Returning after their sold-out debut last season, Pacific Jazz Orchestra opens the Jazz at Naz festival’s fourth season at The Soraya on Saturday, February 1 with GRAMMY© winner and Tony-nominated actress Eva Noblezada! Enter to win tickets!*

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JUST ANNOUNCED

• Lord Huron just announced their 2025 tour! See the indie folk band with special guest Feist on November 2 at The Kia Forum. Tickets go on sale Friday, 1/31 at 10AM, or you can enter now for a chance to win a pair!*

• Energy, strength, agility, and joy come together in gravity-defying and awe-inspiring acts at Yamoussa Bangoura’s Cirque Kalabanté, which hits the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA on Sunday, 2/16! Win tickets!*

• Lemon Pepper is celebrating Lunar New Year with a QTPOC celebration at Melrose House in East Hollywood on Friday, 1/31! Win tickets to hear DJ sets by BODII, V!, ETHICALDRVGS, and more! 15% of proceeds go to Altadena fire survivors!

• 18 DJs, 2 floors, 5 rooms… Spend your Valentine’s Day raving at Catch One with Magdalena Bay, The Hellp, Twin Shadow, and more at Rhondavous: A Lovers’ Ball 4 Fire Relief!

• Plus fresh announcements from RnB Block Party, Bayside, KSHMR, Lil Skies, Mallrat, Ozomatli, and more!

WILDFIRE BENEFIT CONCERTS & EVENTS

LA really knows how to come together when it counts! Our city’s event promoters and producers have organized more benefit concerts and parties where most if not all ticket proceeds will be donated to wildfire relief charities and community grants:

• RISE AGAIN - Tomorrow, 1/25 at The Moroccan Lounge

• A BENEFIT FOR THE CALIFORNIA FIRE FUND - Tomorrow, 1/25 at Zebulon Cafe

• LA FIRES ARTIST BENEFIT NIGHT - Sunday, 1/26 at Gold Diggers

• I LOVE LA: A NIGHT OF COMEDY - Sunday, 1/26 at The Regent Theater

• BILL BURR & SHANE GILLS: BENEFIT - Monday, 1/27 at The Wiltern

• FOR LOS ANGELES - Tuesday, 1/28 at Lodge Room

• LA GIVES BACK: FIRE RELIEF - Wednesday, 1/29 at The Bellwether

• FIREAID BENEFIT CONCERT - Thursday, 1/30 at Intuit Dome & Kia Forum

• DEORRO & FRIENDS: LA FIRE BENEFIT - Thursday, 1/30 at Exchange LA

• FUNDRAISER FOR WILD RECORDS - Friday, 1/31 at The Paramount

• EMO NITE: LA FIRE BENEFIT - Friday, 1/31 at Avalon Hollywood

• FIRE RELIEF BENEFIT - Sunday, 2/2 at Zebulon Cafe

• LA FIRE RELIEF BENEFIT - Saturday, 2/8 at Zebulon Cafe

• RHONDAVOUS: A LOVERS’ BALL 4 FIRE RELIEF - Friday, 2/14 at Catch One

• HELP ON THE WAY - Tuesday, 2/25 at Lodge Room

• And more!

WHENEVER

LOCALS ONLY

• Head to Venice at 6PM tonight for the opening of sensory pop-up experience Slacker Studio at Do Nothing Social, a zero-proof concept bar on Abbot Kinney by selfmade x The New Bar!

• Craving upscale Mexican food? Costa Mesa’s favorite Mexican street food-inspired taqueria Descanso Restaurant just opened an LA flagship in Miracle Mile at the SAG-AFTRA Plaza! Get an inside look on our IG stories, and order the Mil Plantas cocktail – thank us later!

• Now through 2/9, BOA Steakhouse, Sushi Roku, and Katana are donating 100% of proceeds from their specialty Espresso Martini made with Bandero Premium Tequila to the LAFD Foundation!

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Have a safe weekend, LA!