Today Fitz and the Tantrums new album is released! You can stream it here to listen to it, but just go ahead and buy the album here, because it’s amazing. All of the songs are catchy and I’ve been listening to the album on loop since it became available.
If you’re a fan living in Los Angeles, tomorrow Fitz is doing a mini-concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow May 8th. Click HERE to get free tickets!
Event: More Than Just A Dream Album Release (buy it here)
Tonight hit up The Satellite for a free night of music. Robert Schwartzman, Gangi, Kisses, and Knesset will be performing. Free tacos for the first 100 people at the show. From 6-9p there are $2 well drinks/PBR and $5 cocktails. Get there early, grab a drink and tacos, and then hit the dance floor.
Event: Robert Schwartzman and Friends the Satellite (event link)
Location: 1717 Silverlake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Time: 6pm doors, 9p-2am
Cost: FREE
Friday night (May 3rd) check out the Pancake and Booze art show downtown from 8p-2am. It’s being held at Lot 613, 613 Imperial St, LA (aka warehouse party/art show). Cover is $5 but it includes all you can eat pancakes. There will be live body painting, a photo booth, a stencil art performance, and a 3d blacklight experience. Street parking is free but sketchy, and the show has a $7 lot.
Independent Label Market is hosting a FREE music event on Saturday May 4th at 11 to 4pm in Silverlake. Expect food trucks and live music. Think of this as a farmers market for the music industry. It’s located at the Micheltorena Elementary School in Silverlake and check HERE for more details.
After checking out the Independent Label Market, head over the the Vegan Beer & Food Festival on Sunset in West Hollywood on Saturday. More than 40+ brewers are participating with more than 30 food vendors and live music. Tickets are $40 in advance (get them here) and general admission gives you unlimited beer sampling. Beer lovers unite!
On Sunday May 5th it’s Cinco de Mayo… but it’s also Big Sunday! Big Sunday is a volunteer weekend about helping your community. In the past I’ve chopped wood at a kids summer camp, danced with elderly people at an old folks social, volunteered at the first Echo Park Art Walk and even made sandwiches and hand delivered them to homeless people. All of these activities were rewarding, eye opening, extremely memorable and a great chance to meet others in the community interested in helping others. There’s still plenty of time to sign up for an event. Do it!
Bootleg Bar is hosting Dear Boy, Soft Swells, and The Active Set tonight. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9pm. Click HERE to read about each musician and get links to their music. Tickets are $10 and you can get them HERE.
Event: Dear Boy, Soft Swells, and The Active Set
Location: Bootleg Bar, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057
Time: 8:00 doors
Cost: $10! Get tickets HERE!
Fraggle Rock turns 30 and the Spare Room is celebrating. Come join the fun at 10:30 tonight. They will be selling $10 special edition Fraggle Rock playing cards. Be sure to RSVP. You don’t get invited to events like this every night, so go check it out!
Event: Fraggle Rock 30th Celebration at the Spare Room
Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Time: Wednesday April 24, 2013, 10:30pm to close
Cost/Tickets: RSVP by emailing reservations@spareroomhollywood.com
This weekend has SOOO much going on, I can’t do all the events justice so instead I’m going to do an abbreviated Weekend Guide. Here goes…
Tonight visit the Iam8bit Art Gallery for the opening of their newest show “It’s the ShizNICK!” celebrating the good ol’ days of Nickelodeon tv shows and cartoons. From 7-11p tonight they are having their opening celebration with live tunes by DJ Lance, a “Photo Playset”, and SLIME! Get ready to get nostalgic!
Do you love reading? And books? And Authors? Check out the LA Times Festival of Books! I went last April and had a fun day (check that post here). Be sure to bring sun screen and walk’in shoes, cause it’s a big event.
The Echo Park Art Walk is happening on Saturday in Echo Park (duh) from 12p-6pm! I do a lot of my secret stair walks around here and it’s a fun neighborhood to explore. Many shops are participating and this is a fun people-watching neighborhood. I went to this two years ago and saw Danny Devito and his wife enjoying a local band performing on the street. I can’t recommend this event enough and it celebrate local small businesses.
Go from the Echo Park Art Walk to the Frogtown Art Walk! Come check out this cool neighborhood along the LA River from 4 to 7pm on Saturday.
Are you less into books and more into cycling? Or running, or just general moseying along the streets of LA? The next CicLAvia is happening this Sunday from 10a-3p. Check out the map HERE for details about road closures. It’s Marina Del Ray to downtown. Get out your sneakers!
There’s just SO much happening this weekend, it’s hard to choose! Either way, get out there and have a fabulous weekend. It’s FRIDAY! Enjoy!
The Spare Room has live music every Thursday in April! Tonights musician is Q’orianka Kilcher. Reservations are always good.
Event: Live Music at the Spare Room
Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Time: 8p-2am (music at 10p)
Cost: Free? RSVP by emailing reservations@spareroomhollywood.com
FIY: There will be live music here every Thursday in April, so come back next week if you miss it tonight.
This past Friday night my friends and I hit up El Cid to check out Becky Kramer’s Brother (BKB), a 90′s cover band. It was AWESOME! They played all the classic 90′s bands like Weezer, No Doubt, and yes, even the Spice Girls. It was so much fun dancing around and singing along to their tunes.
For their last song “Closing Time” (I know you know it!) they invited everyone up on stage (above) to sing with them. It was a really fun night and I’m looking forward to seeing them again soon. Find them on facebook HERE and their 90′s themed website HERE.
Tonight hit up the album release show of The Hectors at The Satellite. The fun starts at 9pm with Spaceships, Haunted Summer at 10, The Hector’s at 11, and TS and The Past Haunts at 12am. Tickets are $8 at the door or $5 with rsvp. Go to their facebook event page, and rsvp as “going” or “maybe” to get on the $5 list.
Event: The Hectors at the Satellite (event link)
Location: 1717 Silverlake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Time: 8pm doors, 9pm show
Cost: $8 at the door
The Spare Room has live music every Thursday in April! Tonights band is The Singles. Reservations are always good,
Event: Live Music at the Spare Room
Location: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Time: 8p-2am (music at 10p)
Cost: Free? RSVP by emailing reservations@spareroomhollywood.com
FIY: There will be live music here every Thursday in April, so come back next week if you miss it tonight.
