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Best Shows This Week (August 21 - 27) in LA

Metallica, Melvins, Boris, Sudan Archives, L.A. Witch, Alabaster Plume (free), Bully, Herbie Hancock, The Paranoyds & more!

August 19, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (AUGUST 21 - 27) IN LA

WEDNESDAY
Nashville rocker Bully plays songs from their boss new album Lucky For You (see also: Sub Pop) at Teragram Ballroom.
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THURSDAY
Brooklyn Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas plays a free show at sunset at Skirball Cultural Center.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Let's get sludgy. Melvins and Boris play The Belasco and The Glass House.
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FRIDAY & SUNDAY
Metallica plays two shows at SoFi Stadium this weekend and nothing else matters.
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FRIDAY
Superb singer/songwriter/violinist Sudan Archives plays The Bellwether. Solid.
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FRIDAY
LA post ___ garage rockers The Paranoyds play Zebulon and if you don't go they're coming to get you.
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SATURDAY
See the lineup for the free David Bowie Tribute happening in MacArthur Park.
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SATURDAY
Speaking of free shows, jazz artist Alabaster Deplume plays The Getty at no cost to you.
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SUNDAY
Happy Sundays *free music fest* happens in Long Beach this weekend with a bunch of rising buzzy bands playing all along E. Anaheim. See the lineups!
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SUNDAY
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard + Marketa Irglova) play Orpheum Theatre. They were in a movie once.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Herbie Hancock, Gary Wilson, Runnner, Annie Hart, Jimmy Whispers, Tashaki Miyaki, Chris Thile, Drake, Jon Batiste, Mal Blum, Darius Rucker, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, BOYO, The Mystery Lights, City of Caterpillar, Poppy, Dave Matthews Band, Less Than Jake, Saticöy (win tickets), Pearla, Culture Club, Healing Gems, Egyptian Lover 60th Birthday (win tickets), Mt. Joy, Gregory Alan Isakov, Kyle Gass Band, America (win tickets), Bastille, Grandmaster Flash, and lots more...