Music
House of Blues Anaheim
1530 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim'80s and early '90s nostalgia hits critical mass with this (well-received!) comeback tour for the heirs of cheeseball dance-rap
Dec 01, 2008 08:00PM
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd., Los AngelesNoirish grooves ladled with fat synthesizers and exotic world-music textures in service of optimal danceability.
Dec 01, 2008 08:00PM
Staples Center
1111 S. Figueroa St., L.A.She was once shorthand for all things declasse in pop, but after a relatively raucous album "Taking Chances" and a hugely successful Vegas stint, Dion seems poised...
Dec 02, 2008 08:00PM
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West HollywoodThe local heroes have graduated to an international stage for their dreamily fuzz-caked experimental punk that's still grounded in fevered pop hooks.
Dec 02, 2008 07:00PM
Gibson Theater
100 Universal City Plaza, Universal CityCorgan and Co. bring the brasher, almost metal-leaning rock of "Zeitgeist" back to the stage while they figure out their legacy to today's guitar bands.
Dec 02, 2008 08:15PM
Dec 03, 2008 08:15PM
St. James Episcopal Church
3903 Wilshire Blvd., Los AngelesThe all female ensemble performs “The Cherry Tree: Medieval English Carols and American Christmas Tunes.”
Dec 04, 2008 04:30PM
M Bar
1253 Vine St., Los AngelesThe jazz singer is a veteran of the Catalina/Jazz Bakery circuit and national theater, and plays a six-night stand with a cracking live band featuring arranger Tom Garvin.
Dec 05, 2008 10:00PM
The Wiltern
3790 Wilshire Blvd, Los AngelesThe endearing L.A.-based singer songwriter continues her tradition of a tongue-sort-of-in-cheek spin on the holiday variety shows of yore. Only hers features bawdy comedians...
Dec 06, 2008 08:00PM
Hollywood & Highland Center
6801 Hollywood Blvd., HollywoodA free concert by David Archuleta caps Hollywood & Highland's annual tree-lighting ceremony, which this year benefits One Heartland, an organization that works to improve...
Dec 06, 2008 06:30PM
Northridge United Methodist Church
9650 Reseda Blvd., NorthridgeAn afternoon of multi-cultural sacred, secular, traditional, and contemporary holiday music of the season, as well as an audience sing along. At the performance...
Dec 06, 2008 04:00PM
Irvine Barclay Theatre
4242 Campus Drive, IrvineThe men’s choir will perform traditional and modern choral classics.
Dec 05, 2008 08:00PM
Dec 06, 2008 03:00PM
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Ave., L.A.Gustavo Dudamel conducts the orchestra in Kurtág’s Stélé, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 and Strauss’ Alpine Symphony. Featuring...
Dec 04, 2008 08:00PM
Dec 05, 2008 11:00AM
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Ave., L.A.Grant Gershon conducts the singers and the audience in a sing-along of Handel’s “Messiah.”
Dec 07, 2008
Dec 15, 2008