Your daytime/nighttime activities, starting with three local events:

‣ The Ranch Party festival in Toganga Canyon boasts a lineup featuring The Internet, Kisses, Races, the Record Company, Jeffertitti’s Nile, HOTT MT, Mansions on the Moon, Zak Waters, Goodnight Keaton, the Dustbowl Revival, Terraplane Sun, Mystery Skulls, the Diamond Light, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers and more.
‣ The What Cheer! Festival at the Silverlake Overpass offers a long day and night of music including Feeding People, Tapioca & the Flea, Rainbow Jackson, Moses Campbell, the Abigails, Cotillon, Draemings, Criminal Hygiene, Body Parts, the Vim Dicta, Vinyl Williams, Summer Twins, Seasons, Fort Kings, Babies on Acid and more.
‣ “A Song for Echo Park: A Film Within a Film,” featuring Simone White, the Dead Ships, the Janks, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Joey Siara, Amanda Jo Williams, Geoge Glass, Judson McKinney and more at the Church of Fun (4109 Melrose).

And the clubs:

‣ Kitten and Blondfire rock the Roxy Theatre.
‣ Youngblood Hawke plays Big ’Cap Day at Santa Anita Park, where there will be food trucks, microbrews and, of course, the races.
‣ Monster dance party at Staples Center with Tiesto, Tommy Trash and Alvaro.
‣ And STRFKR headline the Fonda Theatre behind the new album “Miracle Mile,” supported by Blackbird Blackbird.

Also:

Rhett Miller, Clayton Joseph Scott, Jonny Perdue and Bully’s & Matadors at Saint Rocke
The Muffs and Jusstuss at the Satellite
Seven Saturdays, Light FM and Nightmail at El Cid
Meshuggah at the Wiltern
Morrissey at Hollywood High
Ricardo Arjzona at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
STS9 at the Hollywood Palladium
Oleta Adams at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Dariush at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
Russell Ferrante, Mike Valerio and Steve Schaeffer at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Hook N Sling at the Yost Theater
Beautiful Swimmers, Jazner vs Jenn, Cooper Saver, CRS?, Oscar Da Grouch, Machete, Scooba, Clutch, Noface, Drone and MC XYZ at Los Globos
PROTECTME, Palm Reader, Business Cats and Canyons at the Smell
Deux Sons at the Virgil
Chris Laterzo, Bobby Joyner and the Sundowners, Devon & the Crazy Hearts and Brian Spence & the Transcendent Hula Hoop at the Mint
Electric Six, Gabriel the Marine and Prima Donna at the Troubadour
Lovehammers, Thomas Nicholas Band, Checkpoint Charlie and Drug the Kids at the Viper Room
The Chapin Sisters at the Central SAPC
Manda Mosher and more at the Songs for Sandy Hook Benefit at the Talking Stick Coffee Lounge in Venice
Jack Littman, Dream Panther and special guest at Art Share LA
A Silent Film, Gold Fields and Royal Teeth at the Constellation Room
Rakim, Evidence and Phora at the Observatory
Ryan Bingham and Honey Honey at the House of Blues Anaheim
Dada, 7Horse, the Outsane and Soul Shock at the Coach House
Mustard and Los Kung Fu Monkeys at the Vault
Banshee In the Kitchen at the Templar’s Hall
Pretzel Logic and Taylor Made at the Scherr Forum Theatre
Rudresh Mahanthappa at the Royce Hall
Stevie Nicks at the Fantasy Springs Resort
Bob Weir at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Rick Springfield at the Canyon
Anjelah Johnson at the Pechanga Center
Redd Kross at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
Michael Feinstein at the McCallum Theatre