Festival season has begun and we get to partake in some of the summer fun this year. Splash House is back for pool party debauchery and then there’s the newbie All My Friends Music Festival happening in the hot, new downtown Los Angeles spot ROW. The Splash House lineup will be out soon but checkout the initial wave of artists set to perform at ROW below.
Here is what’s new:
Rocky Dawuni at the Teragram Ballroom on Saturday, May 26
Hola Mexico Film Festival at Regal Cinemas LA Live, the Montalban Theater Hollywood and Cinepolis Pico Rivera June 1-9
Splash House (3 day/3 venue pool party) at the Renaissance, Riviera Resort and Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs on Friday, June 8 -10 & Friday, August 10 -12
Now, Now at the Troubadour on Friday, July 27
All My Friends Music Festival at ROW DTLA on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19
The National at the Hollywood Palladium on Friday, September 21
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at The Forum on Sunday, October 21
Rufus Wainwright at The Orpheum on Friday November 9
Another tip:
Remember that super fun night at the Hammer Museum last July when Elohim packed the outdoor courtyard? She’s back in LA this month performing at the Fonda on the 27thand you can be there with her! Here’s the track that was played non-stop over here when it came out last year.
Your post-420 holiday giveaway is Kaya Fest – Anne Litt will be giving away 2-day passes during her show this Sunday (12pm-3pm PST) afternoon.
*If you want to know what other giveaways we have scheduled every day of the year, follow me on Twitter (@acherrymary) for daily updates. I’m fun.
And now your 15 day music planner via our KCRW Presents show calendar:
Thursday, April 19, Tom Misch & Jorga Smith at the Observatory
Thursday, April 19, Moon Boots at the El Rey
Thursday, April 19, Jungle at Pappy & Harriet’s
Thursday, April 26, Giorgio Moroder’s Birthday ft. Roy Ayers (live), Aeroplane, and Yacht (live) at the Globe
Friday, April 27, Elohim at the Fonda
Friday, April 27, Penguin Prison at the Teragram Ballroom
Tuesday, May 1, Lo Moon at the Teragram Ballroom
Thursday, May 3, Lo Moon at The Constellation Room
(Nick Cave photo c/o Julio Enriquez)
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