This Week’s Shows: Oct. 26-Nov. 1
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Including: HARD Day of the Dead, Madonna, Failure, MS MR, Mini Mansions, Passion Pit, the Neighbourhood, Walk the Moon, FIDLAR and more.
Tonight in L.A.: London Grammar, Touché Amoré, Pop Noir, The 88, Susanne Sundfør, Hanson, Meiko, Wicker, the Dustbowl Revival, Mystic Braves
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Here’s to a wonderful Wednesday: ‣ Soulful U.K. trio London Grammar plays a sold-out Troubadour behind its debut album “If You Wait,” with L.A.-based singer-songwriter Jaymes Young opening. ‣ Post-hardcore quintet Touché Amoré celebrates this week’s release of its new album “Is Survived By” with a show at Los Globos. Pennsylvania’s Balance & Composure, also […]
The Week Ahead: Sept. 23-29
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Incoming: Cher Loyd, Little Boots, Mount Kimbie, La Dolce Vita, Lorde, Susanne Sundfor, U.G.L.Y., Hanson, London Grammar, Pop Noir, Touche Amore, Meiko, Gregory Porter, Jason Latimer, Gary Clark Jr., Nick Waterhouse, BoomBox, HolyChild, Jail Weddings, Kiven, VUM, Steffaloo, India Arie, Savant, Beirut, Keith Urban, the Lumineers, Army Navy, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Brian McKnight, Wolfgang Gartner, […]
Sunset Junction is off – city denies festival’s second request for permit; makeup shows in the works
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Sunset Junction is off. The L.A. Board of Public Works on Wednesday unanimously rejected the Sunset Junction Street Fair’s permit for this weekend’s festival, ending a week’s worth of drama that included impassioned arguments for and against the two-day event, initial rejection of the festival’s application and a frantic 36-hour fund-raising effort by organizers to […]
Sunset Junction soliciting donations to cover city fees as organizers try to save this weekend’s festival
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UPDATED, 5:30 p.m.: Sunset Junction organizers have raised the $141,000 in city fees to resubmit their case to the L.A. Board of Public Works on Wednesday morning. The morning post: Organizers of the beleaguered Sunset Junction Street Fair are scrambling to collect donations in an effort to reach the $141,000 they need to induce the […]
Permit denied for Sunset Junction, but city may revisit Wednesday if organizers can foot $141,000 tab
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The Los Angeles Board of Public Works voted this morning 3-1 to deny a permit for this weekend’s Sunset Junction Street Fair – but the matter may be reconsidered at the commissioners’ next meeting on Wednesday morning. With only Commissioner Valerie Lynn Shaw – who admitted she’d never heard of Sunset Junction until this year’s […]
Sunset Junction’s fate to be decided Monday
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The fate of next weekend’s Sunset Junction Street Fair will be decided on Monday morning at a meeting of the Los Angeles City Board of Public Works. The meeting, which is open to the public (live audio is available here), is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Room 350 at City Hall. At issue are fees […]
Sunset Junction’s fate ‘in jeopardy’
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This just in from our friendly neighborhood local newspaper: Sunset Junction’s permits may be withheld until festival organizers pay $267,000 the city is owed. Stay tuned.
Sunset Junction 2011: The set times
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Sunset Junction is barely more than three weeks away? Time to plan. Here’s how to get tickets, and after the jump, the complete set times (with one “special guest” still to be announced):
Sneak peek at Sunset Junction’s rock lineup: Helmet, Melvins, Butthole Surfers on Saturday; Gayngs added
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Gayngs (pictured), who just closed out this year’s First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum, have been added to the Sunday lineup for Sunset Junction. A sneak preview of the set times for the Bates and Edgecliffe rock stages Aug. 27-28 reveals some pretty impressive groupings: Helmet, Melvins and Butthole Surfers closing out the […]
