Kevin Bronson on June 27th, 2015

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There’s so much Saturday about this Saturday:

► Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off its summertime series, with the Janks, Quarterback, Tolaku, Alexa Melo, Sneakout and the Fontaines (along set KCRW DJs Anthony Valadez and Raul Campos), at the Chinatown Central Plaza.
► Lots going on with the BET Experience downtown: Ice Cube, Kendrick Lamar & Snoop Dogg with Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul play the Staples Center; the Roots and Eryka Badu perform at Club Nokia; and Janelle Monae and Wondaland do an early show at the Fan Fest at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
► Best Coast (pictured) headlines the Wiltern behind the new album “California Nights,” with Bully opening.
► Big free show in Long Beach as part of that city’s annual Summer and Music series — Tijuana Panthers, FMLYBND, Bella Novela and the Moderates play a at 7th and Pine.
► Braids visit the Lyric Theatre behind their new album “Deep in the Iris.” Born Gold supports.
► Japanese instrumental rockers Mono, who released two albums last November (“The Last Dawn” and “Rays of Darkness”), headline the Troubadour, with Holly Hunt opening.
► And at the Echo and Echoplex, it’s Lolipop Records’ annual jam, Lolipalooza 2, featuring White Fence, Cosmonauts, Corners, Froth, Part Time, Useless Eaters, Feeding People, Adult Books, Winter, LA Witch, Death Valley Girls, Joel Jerome, Drinking Flowers, Kim & The Created, Dub Thompson, The Electric Magpie, The Molochs, Dante Elephante, Globelamp, Andy Kindler, Trenton Willey, Psychomagic, The Sloths, Billy Changer, The Resonars, Max Pain and the Groovies, Love Cop, Hooveriii, Tracy Bryant, Fatal Jamz, The Creation Factory, Popheart and more.

Also:

Frankie Grande at the El Rey Theatre
Modern Life is War, Dangers and Cult Leader at the Roxy Theatre
Mariachi USA at the Hollywood Bowl
LA City Latin Jazz Festival at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
KJazz 88.1 Summer Benefit Concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Devendra Banhart and Niki Haas at LACMA
Black Violin at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
LA City Latin Jazz Festival at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Future at 333 Live
Ben Folds and Venus & the Moon at the Greek Theatre
Roger Sanchez at Avalon Hollywood
Sun Drug at Warehouse Acropolis
Ryan Hemsworth at Lot 613
Black Sun Empire, Ed Rush, State of Mind and Fallen at Los Globos
Motochrist, ThundHerStruck and Glam Skanks at El Cid
Jeffrey James, Marcus Cohen & the Congress, Nathan Fox, Jessica Rotter and North at the Hotel Café
Gabe Rosenn Trio and the Sidewinders at the Mint (Late Show)
Geoff Lenox, Carly & the Universe, River Road and Swami Lushbeard at the Mint
All Hail the Yeti at the Whisky a Go Go
Trent Garrett at the HOB Crossroads
Mike Green Trio, Harumph, L.A. Girlfriend and Decorator at Mrs. Fish
Black Wedding, Band Apart, Washcloth and AXES at 3 Clubs
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Kim Richey at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Fool for Foghat at Saint Rocke
SEGA Genecide at the Wayfarer
Smut Peddlers, the Stitches, the Highway Murderers and Mad Parade & the Sanitys at the Observatory
Taylor Caniff and Michael Wood at the Observatory (Early Show)
Houndmouth and Banta at the Constellation Room
Tribal Theory at the House of Blues Anaheim
Third World, House of Shem and Elu the Dust at the Coach House
The English Beat at the Canyon
Make Music Downey, with New American, Rivertrain Company, Esmoladera, Per Se and more
Rockstar Mayhem Festival at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Lady Antebellum at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Philip Sayce, Rattle Ok and Deadwood Jones at Molly Malone’s
Buddy Holly at the Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium
India Adams and Annette Warren at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Photo by Janell Shirtcliff