Kevin Bronson on July 9th, 2016

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“It’s been a bad week, so let’s all have a good time together, OK?” rapper Open Mike Eagle said solemnly at the outset of Friday’s Into the Night show at the Skirball Center. The Los Angeles-based wordsmith proceeded to get the good times rolling, starting his show by having fans in the front row touch his gold crown (which he has described as his “focal vortex”) and then launching into a set dizzying beats and wordplay. He even had his young son Asa — “my backup dancer and spiritual guide,” he said — busting some moves stage right.

It set the tone for an uplifting night at the Skirball. Headliner Gavin Turek, she of the huge smile and frenetic dance moves — followed with a set of bright disco-pop highlighted by her singles “Frontline,” “Don’t Fight It” (melded with Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.”) and “On the Line,” along with a couple of the songs from her 2015 collaborative album with TOKiMONSTA, “Surrender” and “Hemisphere.”

Into the Night is part of an occasional ticketed music series at the Skirball; the next event, for which the lineup has not yet been announced, is Oct. 7.

The Skirball’s free Sunset Concerts series kicks off July 21 with a performance by Thao & the Get Down Stay Down.