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Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, The Lower 48 The Satellite : 9:00 p.m. October 8
"Never have I had a rational mind," Sallie Ford spits out defiantly between stomping drumbeats and coolly fuzzed-out reverb guitar chords that hang ominously in the air on her aptly titled third album, Untamed Beast. "Never gonna apologize for being so intense. How the hell would that make any... More >>
Silver Lake	Music

Pumpkin Festival Lombardi Ranch : Daily until October 31
With its gorgeously remote, rural setting, nestled in a ring of rolling hills, and its eye-poppingly vivid sprawl of 10,000 or so pumpkins, Canyon Country landmark Lombardi Ranch's annual Pumpkin Festival never fails to deliver plenty of seasonal kicks and idyllic, agrarian atmosphere.... More >>
Santa Clarita and Beyond	Community Events

The Goran Bregovic Wedding & Funeral Band UCLA Royce Hall : 8:00 p.m. October 8
Sarajevo-born composer and bandleader Goran Bregovic leads a scarifyingly tight ensemble of strings, horns, choir, brass and percussion. The group is a purveyor of traditional Balkan tunes for any occasion. Best known for his score for the 1989 film Time of the Gypsies, Bregovic delivers a... More >>
West L.A.	Music

Humor Abuse Mark Taper Forum : 8:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until November 3; 1:00 p.m. every Sun. until November 3; 2:30 p.m. every Sat. until November 3
As the title indicates, Humor Abuse is no lighthearted evening of sidesplitting laughs. Demonstrating elaborate pratfalls, juggling and elegant comedy bits, Lorenzo Pisoni's solo clown show charts his upbringing as a fourth-generation vaudevillian and performer, focusing mainly on a... More >>
Downtown	Theater - Large, Theater

CicLAvia MacArthur Park : 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. October 6
Escape the crushing traffic this Sunday by heading to a part of the city where all motors are banned. CicLAvia is celebrating its third anniversary with the Heart of L.A., its eighth and latest attempt to liberate the people of L.A. from their steering wheels. From 9 a.m.to 4 p.m., streets will... More >>
Westlake	Community Events

Way Over Yonder Festival Santa Monica Pier : 2:00 p.m. October 6
When Conor Oberst introduced himself as Bright Eyes in the 1990s, he inadvertently launched a version of emo rock that spoke to teenagers in shadowy bedrooms around the world. Whether or not the lyrics he sang were fictional, Oberst's fixation on isolation and dark memories led him down a... More >>
Out of Town	Music

Best in Drag Show The Orpheum Theatre : 7:00 p.m. October 6
If you can't wait until the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval, L.A.'s biggest cavalcade of dudes who look like ladies, there's always Best in Drag Show, which proves that it takes a real man to walk around in Lucite heels. The annual pageant spoof, benefiting nonprofit Aid for AIDS,... More >>
Downtown	LGBT Events

Malcolm Gladwell Wilshire Boulevard Temple : 8:00 p.m. October 7
Are you feeling dejected, discouraged and listless? Tonight's cure for your existential malaise: Author Malcolm Gladwell talks to writer Tim Long about Gladwell's latest book, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. This meeting of the minds finds Gladwell --... More >>
Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park	Literary Events

Fiona Apple & Blake Mills Walt Disney Concert Hall : 8:00 p.m. October 7
Singer Fiona Apple and guitarist Blake Mills are calling their current tour of a dozen North American cities Anything We Want, after the surreally hopeful tune on Apple's 2012 album, The Idler Wheel. Touring in a stripped-down duo format will indeed give the pair the flexibility to do almost... More >>
Out of Town	Music

Grand Park One-Year Anniversary Celebration Picnic Grand Park : 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. October 10
Even L.A. landmarks deserve a great first birthday -- and Grand Park is no exception. The downtown venue is turning a year old in style, with a One-Year Anniversary Celebration Picnic that's free to the masses. With live blues featured for the park's annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days... More >>
Downtown	Community Events

John Fogerty Nokia Theatre : 8:00 p.m. October 10
John Fogerty, who as leader of late-'60s hitmakers Creedence Clearwater Revival managed to cleave to old-school American rock & roll vernacular at the height of the Flower Power era's patchouli-doused self-indulgence, has endured a bizarre course of thwarts and vexations. Perhaps the only... More >>
Downtown	Music

The Dogs, The Black Widows, The Rough Kids The Redwood Bar & Grill : 9:00 p.m. October 11
The Dogs were punk rock before the term even existed, forming in 1969 in Lansing, Mich., where they were inspired by such high-energy forebears as The Stooges and The MC5. But when The Dogs headed West, relocating to Hollywood in the mid-1970s, their songs became shorter, faster and meaner,... More >>
Downtown	Music

Money Mark, Mark de Clive-Lowe Bootleg Theater : 10:00 p.m. October 11
For Subsuelo's Los Tres Marks event, three of the most daring and experimental musicians -- all named Mark -- come together to dismantle and then reassemble hip-hop, funk, soul and ferociously rare vintage keyboards and even children's toys, too. Jurassic 5 alum Nu-Mark has an entire set... More >>
Out of Town	Music

Culture Collide Taix French Restaurant : 2:00 p.m. October 12
Emphasizing the cultural diversity thing, Filter's annual rock and pop extravaganza boasts a nicely varied slice of some of the best bands we've currently got going in L.A. and beyond, as Culture Collide includes acts from England, France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Singapore.... More >>
Echo Park	Music

Los Angeles Facial Hair Society's First Beard and Mustache Competition The Federal Bar : 4:00 p.m. October 12
Most members of the Los Angeles Facial Society have chin hairs older than their new club, which just launched in July. Founded by two men and two women, all ardent stubble supporters, the group promotes what co-founder Michael Sparks calls "facial-hair awareness," with the goal of "unifying... More >>
San Fernando Valley	Comedy

Warpaint El Rey Theatre : 8:00 p.m. October 12
Warpaint are fairly popular in England, where they often appear in music polls and on magazine covers, but the quartet got their start here in L.A.. No matter. Their sparkling reveries aren't limited by geographic boundaries, although there are some commonalities with British hazy-pop bands... More >>
Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park	Music

Pet Shop Boys Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center : 8:00 p.m. October 12
Throughout their 32 years of activity, Pet Shop Boys have sold an impressive 50 million records worldwide and collaborated with heavyweights including David Bowie, Elton John, Liza Minnelli and Madonna, among an array of talented others. After 28 years with the label Parlophone, the U.K.-based... More >>
Out of Town	Music

Día de los Muertos Art and Music Festival Casita del Pueblo : 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. October 13
Over the last 100 years or so, Uptown Whittier has developed an atmosphere of refined California funk, and the occasion of art gallery/community center Casita del Pueblo's annual Día de los Muertos Art and Music Festival should further enhance the district's slightly offbeat tone. The... More >>
Southeastern Cities	Festivals, Arts, Holiday, Dia de los Muertos

Venice ArtBlock Venice Beach : 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. October 13
When Google took over the former Chiat/Day building on Main Street in Venice Beach (you know, the one with the giant Claes Oldenburg binoculars out front), locals figured that would be fine. A fairly progressive company (or at least one that wants to be seen that way), the tech giant attempted... More >>
Out of Town	Art - Galleries, Arts, Outdoors

Guitar Wolf, The Coathangers, Coward The Satellite : 8:00 p.m. October 13
They've been called the world's loudest band, they've been called robots, and they've in fact been called far worse things. Regardless, Tokyo's garage kings reign supreme. Guitar Wolf stars Seiji (Guitar Wolf) on vocals and guitar, Toru (Drum Wolf) on the drums, and U.G. (Bass Wolf) on, that's... More >>
Silver Lake	Music

Primal Scream The Fonda Theatre : 9:00 p.m. October 13
Primal Scream have always been most comfortable exploring the boundary between rock and rave, although that also means the group's sound is regularly stranded in the purgatory between good and weird. Ever since 1991's game-changing Screamadelica, the output of these groovy Scottish... More >>
Out of Town	Music

Beverly Hills Architecture, Art and Alleys Walk Nic's Restaurant & Martini Lounge : 5:30 p.m. October 14
You can be a pedestrian but you don't have to actually be pedestrian -- that's the moral of the Los Angeles Walks-presented Beverly Hills Architecture, Art and Alleys Walk. A 2-mile, all-ages triptych of architecture, public art and secret alleys in Beverly Hills led by renowned street-beater... More >>
Beverly Hills	Arts

Spirit Vine, Raw Geronimo, The Reflections, The Preatures The Satellite : 9:00 p.m. October 14
Raw Geronimo reveal a new side of themselves on "Magnetic Love," from their debut album, Dream Fever. In a short, 2½-year career, the local sextet has already moved back and forth from caffeinated punk and jaggedly funky new wave to dreamy art-pop and percussive, tribal incantations. In... More >>
Silver Lake	Music

Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg & Andrew W.K. The Fonda Theatre : 8:00 p.m. October 15
The Ramones were inarguably one of America's finest rock & roll bands, and for fans, the grim four-year period between April 15, 2001, and Sept. 15, 2004 -- during which we lost Joey, DeeDee and finally Johnny Ramone -- was like a slo-mo wide-awake nightmare. Nearly a full decade later, those... More >>
Out of Town	Music

Michael Chow, Jeffrey Deitch & Steven D. Lavine REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater : 8:30 p.m. October 15
If there is one secret to financial success that restaurateur Michael Chow and outgoing MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch probably would agree on, it's the power of quality eyewear. The bespectacled lightning rods have left quite a mark on the art scene. Mr. Chow (of the eponymous restaurant)... More >>
Downtown	Arts