We've never been to the Celebrity Center for a concert, but we can vouch for Cowboy (not Country!) musician Dave Stamey if you're into that kind of thang. Still, for those inclined to roots music, The Arthur Adams Band will be at the Baked Potato in Studio City playing blues. more ›

Metal Skool w/ Jeremy Piven - "Back in Black" Metal Skool @ Key Club Ky-Mani Marley @ Amoeba Emo Phillips @ Steve Allen Theatre Softlightes, Porterville, El Ten Eleven @ Spaceland The Ramonas, Shatto, All New Like @ The Airliner I See Hawks In LA, Cydney Robinson @ The Bordello D-Strutters, Ninja Academy, Masterslave @ Crash Mansion L.A. Saint Motel, Le Switch, Last American Buffalo, Voxhaul Broadcast @ Viper Room... more ›

Glen Phillips @ Largo more ›

Gogol Bordello - "Ultimate" Stevie Wonder @ Santa Barbara Bowl Crowded House, Pete Yorn @ The Greek Gogol Bordello @ Henry Fonda No Age @ Amoeba Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds @ House of Blues The Watson Twins, King Straggler, Everest @ Spaceland Sally Kellerman, John Clinebell, Mimi @ Genghis Cohen The Mormons, Bad Dudes, The Frescas, The Janitors @ Mr. T's Bowl Lo Mass Republic, The Felice Brothers, Dan Mangan @ Viper Room I See... more ›

Plasticsoul, Brandon Schott, Brady Harris, The Karabal Nightlife @ Mr. T's Bowl
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Talkdemonic @ Spaceland more ›

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Gogol Bordello, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Peaches, Arctic Monkeys, Stephen Marley, Of Montreal, Silversun Pickups, Satellite Party, Julieta Venegas, Noisettes, Amy Winehouse and others @ Coachella Gwen Stefani, Lady Sovereign @ Gibson Pigeon John @ Malibu Inn Grant Lee Phillips @ The Troubadour I See Hawks in L.A., Horsepainters, Amy Farris @ The Scene The Cinematics, The Heavenly States, Le Meu le Purr @ Spaceland Apes of the New Millennium,... more ›

Ice Cube @ Ventura Theatre Kottonmouth Kings @ Queen Mary Jamie Foxx @ Gibson Ricky Martin @ Staples Jon Mayer @ SMC Type O Negative, Celtic Frost, Brand New Sin @ Avalon Trans Am, Zombi, Black Taj @ The Troubadour Miss Derringer, Mad Juana, The Cheat, Olin and the Moon @ The Roxy Xololanxinxo, Fat Hed & Selecta Fada, Human Beings, Dopestyle @ On the Rox Eleven Hundred Springs, I See Hawks in L.A.,... more ›

The Nightwatchman @ The Hotel Cafe Rocky Votolato, Drag the River, Street to Nowhere @ The Troubadour The Broken West, Mezzanine Owls, Silverface Champs @ Spaceland I See Hawks in LA, The Larks, Vicki Hill, Pete Fahey @ El Cid The Pity Party, Castledoor @ Silverlake Lounge Kind Hearts & Coronets @ Amoeba Anders & Woods, Mark Fosson @ The Echo The Switch, Coco B's, Hearts of Palm UK @ The Scene Uncatagorical Joan... more ›

TV On The Radio, The Noisettes @ Henry Fonda Theater Dos, Antelope, Silver Daggers, Black Fiction @ The Smell The Untouchables, Meet Me at the Pub, The Penny Reel Duo @ The Good Hurt Zapp, The Impressions, Deniece Williams, The Temprees, James & Bobby Purify @ The Gibson Carina Round, Kate Earl, The Oohlas, The Procession, The Amateurs @ The Hotel Cafe The Ettes, Buck, Miss Derringer, Candypants @ Spaceland Double Naught Spy Car,... more ›

Los Lobos, Zen Cruisers (Blondie's Clem Burke, the Cars' Elliot Easton, the Knack's Doug Fieger and Teddy Andreadis) @ Malibu Performing Arts Center more ›

Mudface, Guilt by Association, Damcyan, Aghori, Enemy Inside, Purgatory @ Whisky more ›

Exies, Bad Blood & Broken Hearts, American Eyes, Street Drum Corps @ Key Club Syd Straw @ The Echo Aimee Mann @ Largo Grant Langston & The Supermodels, I See Hawks in LA @ The Mint Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound, Wachi, Arches, Imaad Wasif @ The Smell Shat, Homeless Sexuals, Dragstrip Kitty, The Bombshells, Kriminal Pogo @ The Scene The Skabs, Reckless, Disable Youth, 40 Ouncers, DVML, Vicious Attack @ Cobalt Cafe Slow... more ›

Midnight Star, Heatwave, Bloodstone, El Chicano, Evelyn "Champagne" King @ The Forum The Roots, Jill Scott, Lupe Fiasco, Akon @ Gibson Amphitheatre The Ettes, Rocket, The Affair @ The Scene Bob Weir & Rat Dog @ Ventura Theatre Los Lobos @ The Canyon The Mentors @ The Knitting Factory Cindy Lee Berryhill, John Doe @ Largo The Groovie Ghoulies @ Alex's Bar Mirah, Anna Oxygen & Sir DSS, The Sharp Ease @ The Troubadour... more ›

Lucy Lawless @ The Roxy Great Northern, Gray Kid, Foreign Born @ Little Radio George Winston @ Pepperdine University, Smothers Theater Ray Wylie Hubbard, I See Hawks in L.A. @ McCabe's Warner Drive, Itis @ Viper Room Volto @ The Knitting Factory War @ Canyon The Fucking Champs, Earthless, Citay @ Spaceland Girl Talk, Matt & Kim, The Gray Kid @ The Echo Neurosis, Red Sparowes @ El Rey Aztlan Underground, Juan the Mannequin,... more ›

Primus, GOGOL BORDELLO @ Palladium Panic! at the Disco, Bloc Party @ Long Beach Arena Jon Lovitz @ Laugh Factory Storm Lee, Shane Mack @ Genghis Cohen Amos Lee, Mindy Smith @ El Rey Slightly Stoopid, Pepper @ Wiltern Tralala, Jim Noir, Annuals @ Spaceland Waz, Greg Johnson, Jake Coco @ The Hotel Cafe Disco Biscuits @ Roxy DJ AM @ LAX Freshwater Collins, Phillip Sace @ Viper Room The Colour @ The Troubadour... more ›

Congratulations to Bernie for winning The Cold War Kids tickets at the NME Club at Spaceland. Stay tuned to LAist for more contests! Merle Haggard @ Royce Hall Kasabian @ Henry Fonda Cold War Kids @ Spaceland Arianna Huffington @ Borders Books (Westwood) Porcupine Tree @ House of Blues Blue October @ Grove of Anaheim I See Hawks in L.A @ Highland Grounds Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo The Hot IQs @ The... more ›

If you're undaunted by rain or the rain-induced traffic, you haven't grown soft like so many Angelenos. You know you won't melt! In other cities it rains all the time! Maybe you're just dying to get out tonight, but don't know what's going on. more ›

TONIGHT

• Tony Orlando and Dawn take the The
  Grove stage at
  7pm. This is the final concert of the season. Admission is free.
  
• Colored Shadows play the Troubadour at 8pm sharp. The doors open at 7:30pm and tickets are $5.
  
• I See Hawks perform at Cole's at 9pm. For more information, call 213-622-4090.
  
• The Silversun Pickups wrap-up their Wednesday night residency at Spaceland. The show starts at 9pm. Tickets are $5. Call 213-989-0146 for details.

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Unless otherwise noted, all of the following shows are free of charge.

SUNDAY, 8/28

• Cellist Ruslan Biryukov and pianist Mary Au perform sonatas by Beethoven,
  Debussy and Shostakovich at LACMA's Bing Theater at 6 pm. Call 323-857-6234
  or visit www.sundayslive.org.
  

MONDAY, 8/29

• Inara George wraps-up her
  Monday Night Residency at the
  echo at 10:30pm.
  
• The Excuse, Modern Memory, Satisfaction and Magic
  Bullets play at The Fold
  Silverlake Lounge. The opening act takes the stage at 9pm.
  

TUESDAY, 8/30

• The Terry Gibbs Jazz Ensemble play at Hollywood & Highland at
  7pm. For info, call 323-467-6412.
  

• Tony Orlando and Dawn take the The
  Grove stage at
  7pm.
  
• I See Hawks perform at Cole's at 9pm. Call 213-622-4090.
  

• Shonen Knife and The Knack grace the stage at the Santa Monica Pier. The concert starts at 7:30pm. Call 310.458.8900 for details.
  
• Sam Graham performs at The Farmer's
  Market from 7-9pm. For details, call 323-933-9211.
  
• Odara play at the Culver City Hall Courtyard at 7pm. Call 323-933-9211.
  

• LACMA's
  Friday Night Jazz Series features Dr. Art Davis Quintet in the LA Times Central Court at 5:30pm.
  

FRIDAY more ›