News bits: Jawbreaker, KROQ Acoustic Christmas, Hollywood Christmas Parade, benefit concert with Beck

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Jawbreaker (Photo by Chrissy Piper)
Jawbreaker (Photo by Chrissy Piper)

Emo legends Jawbreaker has been announced as the headliner for Sunday’s Ben Is Dead 30th Anniversary show, which caps a weekend of activities celebrating the publication founded by Darby Romeo and Kerin Morataya.

The Sunday show, which has been moved to the Catch One nightclub from its originally announced location of the Echoplex, will also feature Skatenigs, Savage Republic, Midget Handjob, Popdefect, Waco, Hepa-Titus, JFA, 11:11 (ex-Fluorescein), Poppy Jean Crawford, Pu$$y Cow, Superbean, Glen Meadmore and the Kuntry Band, John Trubee and Leyna M. Papach (ex-Geraldine Fibbers). The show will also include an exhibition of old-school zines and photographs. Tickets are on sale here.

The celebration begins with a party with live bands at Cafe NELA on Friday night. On Saturday, there’s a program at the UCLA Music Library presented by the UCLA Punk Collective and Library Special Collections titled “The Zine Explosion… Archived!” There’s a panel discussion featuring other old-school zine editors, and Romeo will give the keynote.

► Smashing Pumpkins and Florence + the Machine top the bill on the two-night KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, coming to the Forum on Dec. 8-9. The Saturday night bill is rounded out by Thirty Seconds to Mars, Third Eye Blind, Greta Van Fleet, Bad Religion, the Interrupters, AFI, Badflower and AJR. On Sunday, Death Cab for Cutie, Bastille, Mike Shinoda, Billie Eilish, Young the Giant, CHVCHES, Mike Posner and Lovelytheband also play. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday here: Saturday, Dec. 8; Sunday, Dec. 9.

► Ashanti will be among the performers at the 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, set for Sunday, Nov. 25, on Hollywood Boulevard. Clare Dunn, the Band of Merrymakers, the Tearaways, David Archuleta, Ruben Studdard, Elliott Yamin, Blake Lewis and Kimberly Caldwell are among the others.

► Beck will join Billie Eilish, Mike Posner, Denzel Curry, Lil Dicky, Cashmere Cat, Lele Pons and Bryce Vine on the lineup at the benefit Concert for Tommy’s Field on Nov. 18 at the Orpheum Theatre. The concert honors the memory of Tommy Mark, a player on the Los Angeles Galaxy’s U13 Academy team, who died in April. Proceeds will fund the development of a public soccer field in Los Angeles, Tommy’s Field. Tickets.