Echo Park Rising returned Saturday for the first time since 2019, and from the stages of the Echo and Echoplex to the pop-up shows all over the neighborhood, the streets were alive with the sound of music.
Escape Halloween, Dia/Noche De Los Muertos, Honky Tonk Halloween, Dia de los Muertos Punk Rock Celebracion, Fields of Funk, Rituals Fest, Grave Affair, Nightmare on Glam Street, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with Danny Elfman, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (film + music), “Get Out” with DC6 Singers & the LA Opera Orchestra, Danzig Sings Elvis, Dead Band Party Mosh, Sex Cells, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fright Night, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, John Sebastian (Lovin’ Spoonful), Carlos Santana, Blondie, Stewart Copeland, the Go-Go’s, Phish, The Strokes, Björk, Oingo Boingo Former Members, Wilco, Soft Cell, Jonas Brothers, Leon Bridges, FINNEAS, Kaytranada, Lucy Dacus, Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Marc Anthony, Greta Van Fleet, Ed Sheeran, the Lox, Caloncho, Cryogeyser, the Gooms, Trishes, Your Angel, DRAAG, Brendan Eder, Hamilton Leithauser, Kevin Morby, Bat for Lashes, Allah-Las, Weird Al Yankovic, Circuit des Yeux, Gothic Tropic, Wolf Alice, Dead and Company, The Hu, Idles, Osees, Wam Dingis, Nation of Language, Glass Animals, Hand Habits, Flat Worms, Amyl & the Sniffers, Ravi Shankar, Jungle, Soccer Mommy, Rituals of Mine, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, Shigeto, Lydia Loveless, Dream Phases, Mon Laferte, Margaret Cho, Liily, Milly, Brandy Clark, Martha Davis & the Motels, My Morning Jacket, Moses Sumney, DRAMA, Starcrawler, BOAN, Almost Monday, Glass Spells, Cola Boyy, Delta Spirit, Twin Temple, BONAVEGA, Nothing, Paint
Incoming: Reggae Fiesta, Latinx Festival, Long Beach’s First Annual Oktoberfest, AUDACY’S 8th Annual We Can Survive, Chain Fest, A Concert Tribute to Linda Ronstadt, Dark Karnival, Willie Nelson & Family, Lucinda Williams, Jason Bonham, X, Wilco, the Eagles, Erykah Badu, Duran Duran, Coldplay, Phish, Incubus, Candlebox, John Legend, Alejandro Fernández, Björk, Snoop Dogg, Jack White, Common, Questlove, System of a Down, Dead and Company, Bon Iver, Jamie Foxx, Brandi Carlile, Deerhoof, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast, J. Cole, Fantastic Negrito, Sleigh Bells, Kills Birds, Ramonda Hammer, Tinashe, Oingo Boingo Former Members, Rick Springfield, Debbie Gibson, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Martha Davis & the Motels, Ben Williams Band, Grant Lee Phillips, Hail the Sun, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Post Animal, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Together Pangea, Alexander 23, Rodrigo Amarante, Vinyl Williams, CAPYAC, Patrolled By Radar, Peanut Butter Wolf, J Rocc, Near Beer, Creature of Doom, Tolliver, Goon, the Entrance Band, Lael Neale, Starcrawler, Marc Maron, Reggie Watts, Margaret Cho, Fred Armisen, Hovvdy, John Coltrane, Nation of Language, Alec Benjamin, Niia, Emotional Oranges, Junaco, Ruby Haunt, Charlie Hickey, MUNA, Polartropica, Poppy, Golf Alpha Bravo, Jamael Dean and the Afronauts, Simone Istwa, the Gooms, the Mismiths
If you’re not already singing along to the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine,” dive into today’s wealth of live streams, including L.A.’s fundraiser All Together Now, Stagecouch, the Play On Fest, Our L.A. Voices, Block By Blockwest, Starcrawler, Mara Connor, Jack Johnson, Anthony Hamilton and more.
From Moses Sumney’s tour de force, to appearances by David Lynch (Flying Lotus) and Danny Trejo (Nick Waterhouse), to engrossing narratives by the likes of TRISHES, Rainstorm Brother, Butch Bastard and TV Heads, here are Buzz Bands LA’s favorite videos of the year. Come for the artistry, stay for the puppet orgasm.