The Best Music Events in Los Angeles Happening This Week

Music events in Los Angeles are especially on one right now. You can feel it on the Red Line, in line at HomeState, and definitely in your group chats: people are actually leaving the couch. Over 8,600 Angelenos are already circling this week’s shows, and the mix is peak L.A.—regional Mexican, jammy benefit nights, heavy psych at the Lodge Room, and a whole lot of art kids staying out too late.

If your friends are suddenly talking about Banda MS en Los Ángeles, CA 2026, you’re not imagining it—that’s big-arena, plan-your-outfit-now energy. Eyes of the World: A Benefit for the Rex Foundation with Cubensis, The Great Divide, and Shaky Feelin’ is pure Deadhead-core: long jams, longer stories, and a crowd that knows every note. Chocolate And Art Show Los Angeles is for the “I like live music but also need something to look at” crowd—part gallery, part hang, part ‘wait, why is there a DJ in this warehouse?’

Over on the more rooted side of things, African American Music Celebration is the one you go to when you want your night to actually mean something—history, legacy, and musicians who can absolutely play. Risas & Recuerdos: Tardeada de Tributos is your move if you’re in the mood for tributes, sing-alongs, and catching up with cousins you didn’t know were going. And if your heart lives somewhere between Doom and Echo Park, Yob and Early Moods at the Lodge Room in Highland Park is a no-brainer: loud, immersive, and the kind of show you end with tacos on Figueroa.

The venues anchoring it all are very L.A. about it. The United Theater on Broadway is having a real moment right now—historic downtown shell, very modern lineups. Blue Note Los Angeles is where you go when you want to pretend you live in a jazz movie and maybe order something with an actual garnish. Walt Disney Concert Hall is still the city’s flex: the place you dress up for, arrive early to, and post from shamelessly.

If you’re trying to find the best music in Los Angeles this month, skip the endless scroll and pick your lane: big-night Banda, benefit jams, gallery-adjacent chaos, cultural celebrations, or a heavy night under the Lodge Room arches. Whichever you go for, this is what discovery looks like in Los Angeles right now—spread out across neighborhoods, a little chaotic, and exactly why we still put up with the traffic.