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Daily Email - Monday - 5/19/2025

May 19, 2025

Pride Month is coming up, and Gay DoLA wants you to win tickets to The LA Raver’s Pride Party next Saturday, 5/31! Keep the party going after OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride (psst – we’re giving away VIP passes) – this is definitely where you’ll want to end your night.

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • British punk legends The Adicts crash The Fonda on Saturday, 5/31, transporting their signature Clockwork Orange chaos from Ipswich to LA with support from Lower Class Brats and The Drowns.

  • The GRAMMY Museum welcomes award-winning Brazilian pop icon and drag queen Pabllo Vittar to the 200-seat Clive Davis Theater on Monday, 6/2 to discuss her creative process – live performance to follow!

  • LA’s own masters of psychedelic hip-hop and experimental beats Triathalon are bringing their Funhouse Tour to Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Friday, 6/13. Tickets are on sale now!

  • Catch the Gritty In Pink Warped Tour Warmup at The Echo on Thursday, 7/24 for Royal & the Serpent’s alt-pop/rock angst. All GRL Jam kicks things off with a blast of punk energy, a perfect prelude to the summer’s loudest nostalgia trip.

  • Plus fresh announcements from Obongjayar, Alexandra Savior, Natural Child, and more!

MAY TOP PICKS

Lightning in a Bottle

There’s only a couple of weeks left in May, but there’s still a LOT to look forward to:

FOR THE MEMORIES

😋 Eat & Play Combo

Every Day at Dave & Buster’s 

Entree, drink, and game credit for under $20!? Dave & Buster’s Eat & Play Combo is kind of a no-brainer. Watch parties, Godzilla VR, Top Gun Maverick – there's no shortage of reasons to book it to your nearest D&B!*

🥴 Drunk Theatre

Every Friday at Santa Monica Playhouse (9PM)

At Drunk Theatre, a comedian takes five shots of whiskey and "performs" a play with five stone-cold sober comedian castmates for a hilarious evening of chaos. Unlock BOGO tickets with code DOLAFREE, or win 4 tickets for the 5/30 show!*

🎶 Sharon Van Etten

Wednesday, May 21 at The Wiltern (7PM)

Queen of indie heartbreak Sharon Van Etten takes her We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong Tour to K-Town with The Attachment Theory. Buy tickets!

🎸 Bad Nerves

Wednesday, May 21 at The Regent Theater (8PM)

LA’s own indie-punk firebrands Bad Nerves unleash in DTLA this week with special guests Spiritual Cramp and Spider. Tickets are only $35, or you can enter to win a pair on us!

🔥 Mereba

Wednesday, May 21 at The Fonda Theatre (9PM)

Atlanta’s genre-blurring Mereba serves up soul-soaked R&B, hip-hop, and folk with poetic grit. See her live with anaiis in Hollywood this week!

Street Food Cinema Presents: 9 To 5

Catch a special screening of 9 To 5 under the stars at The Autry this Saturday, 5/24, featuring a Dolly Parton tribute show by Love Dolly! Get ready for big hair, big dreams, and even bigger tunes — don’t miss the rhinestone magic!

LOCALS ONLY

  • Save the date! Goldenvoice is hosting a HAIM lookalike contest at The Kia Forum this October. Time to start planning your fits with your sisters!

  • Love fishing? Think you have what it takes to win $50k? Enter this trout fishing tournament in Big Bear 6/7-8!

WIN STUFF

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