The Los Angeles edit

LA has another side after dark.

Hollywood house music, warehouse parties and live rooms. Choose your destination, then work out the ride home.

Hollywood house music, warehouse parties and live rooms. Choose your destination, then work out the ride home. Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.

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Sound

A Hollywood dance floor built around house, techno and the artist on the bill, with the night concentrated in one room.

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1720

A warehouse music room south of downtown, moving between live bands, electronic bills and full-scale dance parties.

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Tom Bergin’s

An Irish pub on Fairfax gives a museum-led day an unfussy evening finish.

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Tiki-Ti

A small Los Feliz tiki bar makes the drinks stop the evening’s defining room.

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Circle Bar

A Santa Monica bar adds a late-night option a few blocks from the ocean.

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Spire 73

An elevated downtown bar turns the skyline into the backdrop for a reserved drink.

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The Viper Room

A compact Sunset Strip club keeps the live band close to the audience.

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The Ford

An outdoor amphitheatre in the Cahuenga Pass makes a performance feel connected to the hillside.

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Catch One

A Mid-City dance and live-music venue gives an evening its own programme-led direction.

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The Mayan

An ornate downtown theatre now provides a dramatic setting for a night on the dance floor.

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The Regent Theater

A restored downtown theatre gives a concert night a generous historic room.

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YouTube Theater

An Inglewood live venue makes a concert the centre of a planned South Bay evening.

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Peacock Theater

A large L.A. Live theatre suits an evening built around the scheduled performance.

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Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Opera and major performances fill one of downtown’s most distinctive cultural rooms.

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Mark Taper Forum

A curved downtown theatre puts the stage close to its audience.

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Kirk Douglas Theatre

A former cinema gives Culver City an intimate home for live theatre.

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El Portal Theatre

A North Hollywood stage adds a performance-led stop to an evening in the NoHo arts district.

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San Gabriel Mission Playhouse

A historic San Gabriel theatre gives an eastern Los Angeles outing a stage-led destination.

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Garry Marshall Theatre

A small Burbank theatre offers a more intimate scale for a live-performance evening.

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The Colony Theatre

A Burbank stage makes a useful anchor for dinner and a show beyond Hollywood.

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The Groundlings Theatre

Sketch and improvisation turn a Melrose evening towards live comedy.

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The Comedy Store

A Sunset Strip comedy club rewards choosing the room and the line-up before heading out.

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