Events on Central

ATH is throwing a blackout-theme welcome back party at the El Rey to close out their welcome back week, which puts a few hundred people in all black inside one...

ATH is throwing its Welcome Back Week opener as a blackout theme party at El Rey, which means wear black or spend the night feeling underdressed. El Rey's main floor...

A benefit concert rooted in tribal energy advocacy, with Tia Wood, The Bearhead Sisters, Destroy Kasmin, and DJ Young Native bringing range to a lineup that moves between acoustic weight...

The Inglewood rapper Fenix Flexin, formerly of Shoreline Mafia, brings his solo catalog to the Sunshine Theater on Central. The Sunshine holds around 800 and has a floor that gets loud fast, so if you want breathing room, arriving early matters more here than at most Downtown spots. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so...

The Queers have been playing fast, funny, three-chord pop-punk since the mid-80s and they still mean it, which is more than you can say for most acts with that kind...

Two solo artists from the heavy-music underground share a bill here: Steve Von Till, known as one half of Neurosis's songwriting core, brings his sparse acoustic work, and Six Organs...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Los Angeles swing band that spent the late '90s making jump blues feel urgent again, plays the KiMo Theatre on Central. The KiMo's art deco...

Bay Area rapper Mike Sherm brings his street-rap catalog to El Rey, a late-night show that runs until 2 a.m. local time. El Rey's long room can feel cavernous for...

Black Veil Brides, the Los Angeles band that built a career out of glam-metal theatrics and arena-sized anthems, plays El Rey with Caskets in support. El Rey is a tight...