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Two of the most quietly influential voices in left-field hip-hop share a bill, with Surf Gang and skate legend turned rapper Na-Kel Smith opening. El Rey holds around 500 and the floor gets close fast, so arriving early puts you in a better position than the ticket alone does. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket,...
Night two of Launchpad's annual Halloween-season cover band marathon, running late into a Saturday night on Central with multiple acts cycling through the main stage. Launchpad keeps the volume high and the room dark, which suits this kind of night well, though the floor gets tight once the later bands draw a crowd. Tickets are...
El Rey's White Lies Party is a late-night themed event on a Saturday, the kind of night that leans hard into costume, persona, and whatever social fiction you feel like maintaining. The El Rey floor gets warm fast when it's packed, so dress for the vibe but plan for the heat. Tickets are through Hold...
The One Night Stanleys are doing long-form improv at The Box, which means no sketch outlines, no safety net, just a single audience suggestion stretched into something that either falls apart beautifully or holds together better than it has any right to. The Box is a proper black box theater, so you're close enough to...
The traffic light format is exactly what it sounds like: wear green if you're available, red if you're not, yellow if you're somewhere in between, and let the color do the talking for the rest of the night. El Rey's layout works well for this kind of social event, with enough room to circulate but...
Four bands cycling through El Rey's stage on what is effectively a late Sunday night, with doors putting you well past midnight by the time the lineup runs its course. El Rey's long room rewards the bands in the middle of a bill more than most venues do, since the sound stays consistent whether you're...
Halloween-themed stand-up comedy at one of the quirkier venues on Central, a brewpub that also happens to rent rooms, which means the crowd on any given night is a genuine mix of locals and travelers who wandered downstairs. The Brews & Boos series has been their fall calling card, so expect the room to lean...
The 1922 Nosferatu gets the full treatment here: bingo cards, DJ Fishbowl on the soundtrack, and cold beer in a building that was itself once a little creepy. Painted Lady is a genuinely small room, so the film fills the space in a way a big screen never quite replicates. Tickets are through Hold My...
The third night of Launchpad's Halloween cover band run means the series has already sorted out its sea legs, and whatever lineup lands here tends to play looser and longer than night one ever does. Launchpad's room rewards that, a standing floor with decent sightlines and a sound system that actually handles guitars. Tickets are...
BIJOU, the Denver-based producer who built a following through relentless touring and a catalog that sits at the harder, grittier end of house music, plays Effex on a Saturday night....