Concerts in L.A. are popping with Slum Village at Blue Note LA, Gigi Perez with Hannah Jadagu at the Wiltern, Los Retros with Xinxin at the Echoplex, The Dare with Uffie at the Fonda, and many more. Keep scrolling through for more October show recommendations, including Halloween in Los Angeles and a quick peek into what’s good this November. And be sure to press play for a taste of each artist’s music, so you know the level of goodness you’re getting into!

Slum Village will perform two shows at Blue Note LA on Monday, October 20, at 7 PM and 9:30 PM. Get tickets. Give their iconic, jazz-inflected hip-hop a listen.

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10/20 Chance The Rapper at Hollywood Palladium

10/20 Addison Rae at The Wiltern

10/20 Djo, Post Animal at The Greek Theatre

Gigi Perez headlines The Wiltern on Tuesday, October 21, with support from Hannah Jadagu. Get tickets. Dark, emotionally raw indie rock blending grunge influences with confessional lyricism, press play on Gigi.

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10/21 Darkside at Lodge Room

10/22 The Wombats, Only The Poets, Red Rum Club at The Novo 

10/22 Sunami with Scowl at Hollywood Palladium

Los Retros perform at The Echoplex on Thursday, October 23, and Friday, October 24, with support from Xinxin on both nights. The shows are sold out, but you can get reliable presale tickets through VividSeats, which offers a 100% buyer guarantee. Open your ears to their dreamy, lo-fi indie music that blends vintage Latin influences.

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10/23 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Humanist at The Wiltern

The Dare headlines the Fonda Theatre on Friday, October 24. Uffie opens. The show is sold out, but you can get reliable resale tickets through VividSeats, which offers a 100% buyer guarantee. Give The Dare a spin for his brand of sleazy, hedonistic electro-punk that channels early-2000s bloghouse.

Viagra Boys headline the Shrine Expo Hall on Friday, October 24. The Black Lips will open. The show is sold out, but you can get reliable resale tickets through VividSeats, which offers a 100% buyer guarantee. Chaotic, satirical post-punk fueled by gritty basslines, absurdist humor, and a sweaty, unfiltered energy. See and hear for yourself:

Kaytranada and Justice will co-headline the Kia Forum for two nights on Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25. The show is sold out on Friday, but you can get reliable resale tickets through VividSeats, which offers a 100% buyer guarantee. Tickets for Saturday night’s show are still available through Ticketmaster. Prepare to dance your ass off.

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10/24 Cautious Clay at The Regent Theater

10/24 Earthless, Minami Deutsch at Lodge Room

Witness John Carpenter live in concert at The Belasco on October 24, 25, 31, and November 1. The shows are sold out on Friday, but you can get reliable resale tickets through VividSeats, which offers a 100% buyer guarantee. Listen, if you dare.

Hip hop icon and visionary, Talib Kweli, headlines The Venice West on Friday, October 24. Get tickets. Real 90s hip hop for your ears.

Joe Bataan and Quetzal will take the stage at The Ford as one of the final shows of the season at the beloved theater. Get tickets for some Latin soul, doo-wop, and funk with Afro-Filipino and Nuyorican influences from the legendary Bataan.

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10/25 Frankie Cosmos, Chris Cohen, Emily Yacina at Teragram Ballroom

Musician, singer-songwriter, and producer, PJ Morton, headlines The Belasco on Sunday, October 26. Get tickets. Get to know his smooth, soulful R&B infused with gospel roots and live instrumentation.

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10/26 Patriarchy, Coatie Pop, Dagger Polyester, Twin Shadow (DJ) at Lodge Room

MORE SHOWS COMING UP:

10/27 Oklou, Cecile Believe at Fonda Theatre

10/27 2hollis at Shrine Expo Hall

10/28 Current Joys, Lala Lala at 1720

10/28 Sombr, Devon Gabriella at Shrine Expo Hall

10/28 Dijon at The Greek Theatre

10/28 Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist, MAVI, Sven Wunder at The Novo 

10/29 Ela Minus, Danz CM at Echoplex

10/30 N8NoFace at El Rey Theatre

10/30 Geese, Racing Mount Pleasant at Fonda Theatre

10/30 Brooks Nielsen Helloween at Hollywood Palladium

10/30 Self Improvement, Rearanged Face, CISSI TV at Zebulon (FREE) 

10/30 The Cult, Patriarchy at Shrine Auditorium

10/31 Pixel Grip at El Rey Theatre

10/31 Pachyman, MNDSGN, Gabriel Da Rosa at Lodge Room

10/31 Twin Temple at The Wiltern

10/31 John Carpenter (Live In Concert) at The Belasco

11/1 Halloween Organ, Film, Music feat. The Hunch Back of Notre Dame at Walt Disney Concert Hall

10/31 Brooks Nielsen Helloween at Hollywood Palladium

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