Music, beer and sunshine: summer’s holy trifecta.
Fortunately for us Angelenos, it’ll be dealt out in spades over the next four months.
Anthemic ’80s classics? Sundown at the Pier? The guys who invented electronica? All en route, the latter with some stunning 3-D visuals in tow.
We’ve got 21 shows en plein air for you to add to your calendar. Plus one that’s indoors — if you can get in. Pick a date, pony up your cash and shake off the picnic blanket.
Because their only album is summer distilled into musical form
Poolside at the Hammer Museum, July 7
Because it’s opening night at the Pier
Mayer Hawthorne at the Santa Monica Pier, July 7
Because this spot is LA’s best-kept summer secret (see main image)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Annenberg Space for Photography, July 9
Because two legends, one stage
Lyle Lovett and Emmylou Harris at The Greek Theater, July 10
Because it’s a birthday party for the guy who wrote freakin’ Pet Sounds
Brian Wilson performs Pet Sounds with M. Ward, Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin at the Hollywood Bowl, July 10
Because this will turn into one helluva beach bash
Borns at the Santa Monica Pier, July 14
Because, hey, wait, Nas is still doing his thing?
Nas at the Annenberg Space for Photography, July 23
Because “The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room” is even funnier live
Flight of the Conchords at The Greek Theater, July 27
Because you don’t need to speak Portuguese to fall in love with her
Bebel Gilberto at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, July 27
Because their Grateful Dead covers hold a candle to the originals
The National at The Greek Theater, July 28
Because selling your first-born to get in will be worth it
Radiohead at The Shrine, August 4 and 8
Because he made Taylor Swift tolerable (kinda)
Ryan Adams at The Greek, August 5
Because it’s perfect for a Sunday picnic
Sufjan Stevens and Kurt Vile at the Hollywood Bowl, August 7
Because she’s Janis Joplin reincarnate
The Alabama Shakes at The Greek Theater, August 9, 10
Because if the guitars don’t blow your mind, the orchestra will
Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Hollywood Bowl, August 14
Because Kraftwerk with 3-D images has us like totally buggin’
Kraftwerk at the Hollywood Bowl, September 18
Because she can rely on the old man’s money, she can rely on the old man’s money
Hall & Oates at the Hollywood Bowl, September 20
Because they invented their own language
Sigur Ros at the Hollywood Bowl, September 24
Because eerie atmospheric sounds in a cemetery
Trentemoller at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, September 28
Because your girlfriend will thank us later
CHVRCHES at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, October 4
Because they should be on your bucket list and they’re both nearing bucket age
Van Morrison with Tom Jones at the Hollywood Bowl, October 13
Because it’s the last show of summer at the Bowl
Bon Iver at the Hollywood Bowl, October 23
Photo credits:
Main Image: Annenberg Space for Photography
Poolside: Windish Agency
Mayer Hawthorne: Jake Michaels
Bebel Gilberto: Windish Agency
Ryan Adams: Photo Credit: Michelle Montgomery
Kraftwerk
Bloc Party: Rachael Wright
CHVRCHES: Windish Agency
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