Kevin Bronson on June 18th, 2016

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Los Angeles concerts for Saturday:

► Steely Dan (with an orchestra) plays the official season opener at the Hollywood Bowl.
► The first Chinatown Summer Nights of 2016 goes off at Chinatown Central Plaza, with The Lonely Wild, Mating Ritual, Caught a Ghost, Bebopalula, Trickster Guru, Madeline Spooner and The Anti-Job playing the Live Music Stage. The music starts at 5 p.m. [set times here]; the DJ stage features sets from KCRW’s Anthony Valadez and Raul Campos.
► The Sunstock Solar Festival brings Cults, Wavves, Allah-Las, the Big Pink, Kaki King, Gateway Drugs, Trapdoor Social and Yoya to the Autry Museum in Griffith Park.
► Moses Sumney performs at the free Saturdays Off the 405 the Getty Center. (6 p.m.)
► The LA Vegan Beer & Food Festival’s musical menu features Sweet & Tender Hooligans, Sabrosa Purr, Rin Tin Tiger, the Tall Walls and Black Crystal Wolf Kids at the Rose Bowl.
► And Fakers celebrate the release of their first EP, “Sound the Alarmists,” with a show at the Hi Hat, with Pretty Flowers and Le Cossupporting.

Also:

Earl Sweatshirt, Z-Trip, Brother Ali, the Gaslamp Killer, Doomtree, Grieves, Open Mike Eagle, 2Mex Hologram and Darth Trinidad at the Belasco Theater
Emblem3, the Ready Set, Megan Nicole and Dyllan Murray at the Fonda Theatre
Jonathan Toubin, Thee Midniters, the Premiers and Thee Commons at the Regent Theater
John Carpenter at the Orpheum Theatre
The Interrupters and Left Alone at the Roxy Theatre
Maxence Cyrin at the El Rey Theatre
Jacob Whitesides and Shane Harper at the Troubadour
Egyptian Lover and Fartbarf at the Whisky a Go Go
Al DiMeola at the Saban Theatre
Sovereign Syre, Byron Bowers and Louis Virtel at the Bootleg Theater
Tiny Moving Parts, Prawn and Free Throw at the Echo
Captain Planet, Tony Quattro and Haycock at Los Globos
Remy Kay at City Beats at FIGat7th (4 p.m.)
Soy Africano at Grand Performances at California Plaza
L.A. Drones, Gremlock, cthtr and Sashcloth & Axes at the Smell
Los Angeles Punk Invasion 2K16, with Conflict, Blanks 77, Defiance, Cheap Sex, Clit45, Total Chaos and more, at Union
The Knitts, Divided Heaven and Kiltergrey at Maui Sugar Mill
Shark Muffin and the Tissues at the Redwood
Dirty Eyes and Crazy Squeeze at Cafe NELA
Krammpstein and Empyrean Throne at Complex
Adrian Hibbs at Mrs. Fish
Bad Wolf at Amplyfi
Resilience, Evacuate, Corrupted Youth
Very Be Careful and Mike Watt & the Secondmen at El Cid
The Mike & Ruthy Band, the Lemon Trees, the Travis Peery Band, Jones and Nate Currin at the Hotel Café
Folk Riot, Sikemor, Honey & Blue, Melody Federer, Chase Bell and Duality at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Rocky’s Revival, Laure Z, Reading, Whitebread and the Fruit Flies at the Mint
16volt, Gina & the Eastern Block and Hyro da Hero at the Viper Room
Dan Navarro at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Colin Hay, Kate Voegele, Barley and the Walcotts at Saint Rocke
Wet Hand Dan, VNSSA, Christian Barr, Crass, Travmo and Luther at the Wayfarer
A Flock of Goo Goo and Turbonegra at Alex’s Bar
Mase and Killa Kali Crew at the Observatory
Darius and Motez at the Observatory (Late Show)
Ozomatli at the Libbey Bowl
The Hype at the Gaslamp
Jay Mohr at the Canyon
Barbara Mason at the Terrace Theater
Mercury Shot, Mere MacHine and Of the Pine at Molly Malone’s
Dan Franklin and Leland Jackness at Genghis Cohen
Kashif at the Catalina Club