Best things to do this week in Los Angeles and Southern California: January 27 - 30

Well, L.A., we’ve entered our charity benefit concert era. While no one wants to need a charity benefit for their city, if there’s a silver lining to any of this, it’s the way the community — and this week, I’m talking about the music community — has come out to support Los Angeles in the wake of the fires.

If you didn’t luck out with a ticket for the heavy hitters — from Lady Gaga to Billie Eilish to Sting to Stevie Nicks — at FireAid on Thursday at the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome, have no fear. First off, it’s being streamed on many major platforms, but more importantly, there are excellent smaller benefit shows at the Lodge Room (featuring Lord Huron) and the Bellwether and every venue in between every night this week; comedy benefits like Bill Burr and Shane Gillis at the Wiltern, and many more than I have room to list.

Don’t feel like going out? Support artists in L.A. by buying one of the 40 unique prints for sale at the White Label Editions auction, online through Feb. 20.

For more to explore, visit LAist.com, where you can find out how to sign up for 90 days of free Metro rides if you’ve been affected by the fires, learn how to help regrow the Altadena seed library, and of course, check which Oscar movies you need to see now that the nominations are out.

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