This Sunday, August 18, is Disco Matinee at Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown. Join Jus’ B and me for an afternoon of disco, funk, dance punk, Italo and HiNRG from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Discount, advance tickets are available now on Restless Nites.
Click here for Disco Matinee tickets.
The Grand Star is located at 943 N. Broadway inside Chinatown’s Central Plaza, next to the Bruce Lee statue. There is both street and lot parking in the neighborhood and the venue is located right across Broadway from Metro’s A Line stop in Chinatown. Cover will be $8 at the door (cash or Venmo) and it’s a 21+ party.
Keep reading to see more of what’s happening in L.A. between Thursday, August 15 and Wednesday, August 21.
Thursday, August 15
Alex Izenberg @ Zebulon
2478 Fletcher Dr., Elysian Valley 90039; 8 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Family of Light, Supergloom, Her Magic Orchestra, Science in Nature, DJ Yon @ Alex’s Bar, 2913 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach 90804; 8 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
No Controles: Madonna Summer Party w/DJs Scarlett Casanova, Maurice de la Falaise @ The Offbeat
6316 York Blvd., Highland Park 90042; 9 p.m.; No cover
96 Tears: 1970s Vintage Dance Party w/DJ perksandkisses @ Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012; 9:30 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Friday, August 16
MC Chris, Crunk Witch, Fartbarf @ Permanent Records Roadhouse
1906 Cypress Ave., Cypress Park 90065; 9 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Crystal Nostalgia w/3D Blast, Jak Syn, Groovy Kaiju, Datagirl, Theyfriend @ High Tide
605 E. 4th St., Little Tokyo 90013; 9 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Club Underground: ‘90s Nite w/DJs Larry G and Jesse B @ Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012; 9:30 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Latin Summer Nights w/DJs Las Chicas Tristes @ Grand Star Jazz Club (upstairs)
943 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012; 9:30 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Popeye/Time Bandits (double feature) @ Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica 90403; 7:30 p.m.; Get tickets
Chung King Express (screening) @ Videotheque
4102 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park 90031; 8:30 p.m.; Get tickets
Saturday, August 17
Echo Park Rising
Multiple locations, see Instagram for details
Aug Stone, John Andrew Fredrick (reading) @ North Figueroa Bookshop
6040 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park 90042; 5 p.m.; No cover
Disintegration w/DJ perksandkisses @ Grand Star Jazz Club (first floor)
943 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012; 9:30 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Supa Dupa @ Grand Star Jazz Club
943 N. Broadway, Chinatown 90012; 9:30 p.m.; 21+; Get tickets
Dr. Strangleove of How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (35 mm screening) @ Autry Museum
4700 Heritage Way, Griffith Park 90027; 1:30 p.m.; Get tickets
La Bamba (screening) w/special guests Lou Diamond Philips, Daniel Valdez, Esai Morales @ Academy Museum
6067 Wilshire Blvd., Mid-City 90036; 7:30 p.m.; Get tickets
Wednesday, August 21
Princess Chelsea, Big Sis, Primer @ Lodge Room
104 N. Ave. 56, 2nd Floor, Highland Park 90042; 7:30 p.m.; All ages; Get tickets
Have You Got It Yet?— Syd Barrett Documentary + Q/A w/director Roddy Bogawa @ Philosophical Research Soceity
3910 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Feliz 90027; 7 p.m.; Get tickets
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.
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