On the heels of last weekend's music festival starring Public Enemy, The Real McCoy and Kurupt, Skid Row will host the Festival for All Skid Row Artists, a two-day event that will highlight the creative work of residents of Skid Row and their neighbors. more ›

If you weren't ready to buy Coachella passes at the stroke of 10 am this morning, chances are you're going to have to pay a scalper a little (but probably a lot) extra if you want to go to the festival this year. Passes for both weekends sold out within three hours. more ›

You've had a couple of days to peruse, analyze, contemplate, debate, and evaluate the current lineup for the 2012 Coachella festival (and, yes, the one we published was legit, mmmkay?!) and now it's time to figure out if you're going, and how to get tickets. more ›

It's the beginning of a long holiday weekend for most of us, and tonight's events are mostly Christmas related. There's a Janky Christmas party at the Bootleg; a food truck fest in NoHo; and the British panto 'A Cinderella Christmas.' Read on for all the details. more ›

The dance studios, theatres, and galleries of the NoHo Arts District will be opening their doors up Saturday for a free multi-arts festival. Experience NoHo is a combo art walk and festival, with the streets closed down to make way for a stage and booths featuring artists and other vendors. more ›

Save those pretty pennies to support local talent, L.A. Patchwork Indie Arts & Crafts Festival is returning to SoCal for its fall holiday event, offering unique handmade items for community-conscious shoppers. Be selfish and score goods for yourself and/or start crossing off friends and family members on your holiday shopping list. more ›

Arachnophobes beware: Spiders have invaded the Natural History Museum's South Lawn for Spider Pavilion. Free to spin their webs for all to see, arachnids of all kinds - from common orb weavers to jewel garden spiders - will safely be on display for the rest of October. more ›

Laguna Beach transforms into an outdoor studio every year during the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. Hosted by the Laguna Art Museum and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA), the event returns in 2011 to showcase 50 of the nation's top plein air landscape painters. more ›

Local residents, celebrities and renowned artists will play tour guides and lead participants through culturally dynamic 'hoods. Hosted by LA Commons, Found L.A. grants "tourists" peeks at local bakeries, artist studios, hidden alley gardens and more. This inside look at the sprawl begins in various L.A. neighborhoods at 9am and wraps at 5pm. more ›

The bubbling La Brea Tar Pits will welcome the ninth installment of TarFest, a free indie art and music celebration, on Sunday, September 25. Shining on emerging talent, the spotlight features live music, live painting, art installations and environmental sculpture. Musical performances include Saint Motel, Everest, Obi Best, A House for Lions, Infantree and Ash Panda. more ›

Open your calendars and pencil in the Orange County Brew Ha Ha for this Saturday, September 10. Celebrating custom craft and import beers, the annual beer festival guarantees to satiate the thirstiest of beer connoisseurs and curious amateurs. more ›

Yesterday, L.A.'s Board of Public Works voted to deny a permit for Sunset Junction. The decision was made based on the fact that the organizers hadn't coughed up $142,000 to pay for this year's city services, including police, fire and transportation services. But organizers for the festival, which is scheduled to take place this weekend, aren't giving up just yet. more ›

Today's L.A. Board of Public Works meeting voted 3-1 to deny a permit for the Sunset Junction Street Fair until $141,000 in fees are paid, reports Buzz Bands. What a buzz kill for fans. more ›

The Butthole Surfers may or may not be shredding the stage at next weekend's Sunset Junction Street Fair. Unless organizers pay back $267,000 in police staffing and police closure fees, the show will not go on. If cancelled, street fair goers will not be clapping their hands and saying yeah. They'll be clenching their fists and saying other four-letter words. more ›

For as advanced as we humans are, it’s a wonder that it took us this long to come up with the idea of Brew at the Zoo, last weekend’s craft beer bonanza at the LA Zoo. As the sun went down on Friday, a few local bands turned up the sound and a few thousand hop-heads turned up at the front gates of the zoo for a taste of the taps from more than a dozen craft brewers. more ›

We caught the final 3 days of the Just For Laughs festival in Montréal = amazing! We will be going back for at least a week at next year's 30th anniversary event. With all the comedians and entertainment industry focus in LA, it's a shame that a similar event can't be launched but perhaps it's for the better. more ›

For the first time in Burner history (25 years), tickets for Burning Man have sold out, according the official blog. "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which oversees the Black Rock Desert National Conservation Area, requires us to manage growth in line with the previous year’s population in order to comply with our use permit. As a result, Burning Man has exercised its oft-stated right to cap ticket sales." more ›

Sunset Junction Street Fest is adding a sixth stage this summer to feature some of L.A.'s finest local bands. The Locals Only stage will actually be off-street, inside everyone's favorite mariachi/punk rock/Mexican restaurant/dance club El Cid. more ›

What could be more refreshing than an ice cold beer on a Saturday afternoon in mid-June? An ice cold vegan beer! On Saturday June 25 the 2011 Vegan Beer Fest takes place at The Roxy on the Sunset Strip from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. more ›

Mötley Crüe will heed the call of the motherland as they rock the 2011 Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF), taking place August 18 through August 20, announced organizers. Mötley Crüe, this year's Elmer Valentine Award honoree, will share the spandex'd spotlight of the 3-day fest with Public Enemy, Bush, Matt & Kim and more than 50 other bands (check the lineup for new additions). more ›

The theme to this year's Christopher Street West's LA Pride event is "Power. Passion. Purpose." For many, the highlight is the big parade, which takes place Sunday morning in the heart of West Hollywood. more ›

A man accused of raping a 23-year-old woman in the parking lot at last weekend's Stagecoach Music Festival will face charges in court next week. 46-year-old Darin Garrett of Los Angeles was working as a parking attendant at the festival, which took place at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio last Saturday night when he offered assistance to a woman who was looking for her car in an overflow parking lot... more ›

Tomorrow, the annual LA Times Festival of Books—a weekend-long celebration of literature and a fifteen-year old Los Angeles tradition—officially begins. With new features like the free Target bus, Korean Taekwondo performances, and the LATFOB phone app, there’s a lot more you’ll want to check out at this year’s festival. Here’s the rundown on how to get there and what to expect: more ›

Let hyperboles of excitement fly: the greatest annual book festival in the country is only a week away. Our beloved Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is set to take over USC’s campus next Saturday, where some of the greatest names in the book world will congregate for LA’s most literary weekend of the year. more ›

Happy Earth Day, Angelenos! Honoring Mama Earth today makes the sun shine a little brighter, the air blow a little cleaner, the grass grow a little greener and the water flow a little clearer. So let us pledge to be green, not just today, but throughout the entirety of spring and summer. L.A. hosts a bevy of green events all year round, and here are ten of this season's greenest local events. more ›

Evade both church and sloth this Sunday, March 27, and head to the historic Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia for The Third Annual Pink Parlour Festival. A full day (11am-7pm) where "crafty women of the world unite," the festival showcases handmade products created by women. Approximately 150 participants are expected, including handmade crafters, small businesses catering to the handmade scene, visual artists, performing artists and more. Though the spotlight illuminates women, gentlemen, you are welcome to attend. And ladies, do not delay - the first 200 female attendees win giveaways provided by Leg Avenue. more ›

When it rains, it pours. And don’t we know it. Lotta good dance going on this week. The first Bootleg Dance Festival opens this Friday and runs through the weekend, presenting the choreography of seven intrepid local dancemakers. more ›