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The Abbey Food & Bar
Bar / Gay Bar / Gay Club / Lounge
Located at the epicenter of West Hollywood’s gay scene, The Abbey is a high-energy hangout that attracts fun-loving patrons whether they be gay, straight, male, female, young, or old. An expansive church-themed Spanish villa ... read more
Live Music Venue / Nightclub
Reviewed by Rebecca L.
"My Take: I came to The Bunker in Koreatown to see Shook play on a Thursday night with a ton of friends who had mutual friends that helped set up the e ..." more
2500 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, California 90057
American Restaurant / Club
Reviewed by Madinah N.
"Trendy, cute, across from ratched-ass Avalon. I love Lexington. It's pretty intimate cuz it's so small, & the crowd is very good-looking & up-to-date. ..." more
1718 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Club / Members Club
Party Earth Review An ultra-exclusive, celeb-packed club that’s gone purposefully insane, Beacher’s Madhouse is a vaudeville-inspired performance space where beautiful women don little more than tassels, exotic animals traipse across the stage, and a little person or two flies through the air. Located in the basement of nightlife mecca The ... more
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(entrance on Orange Street
south of Hollywood Boulevard)
Party Earth Review Located in the basement of the Higgins Building – LA’s first private power plant – The Edison is a massive nightclub that combines 1920s luxury with a bit of history and industrialism to create a truly unique club experience. A hostess in a flapper dress leads well-dressed and cultured patrons down a grand staircase with ... more
108 West 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Club / Lounge
Reviewed by Rebecca L.
"My take: I came to Main on Main for a friend’s 23rd birthday on a Saturday night with a group of about 15+ friends from college. Great place for a bi ..." more
2941 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Bar / Music Venue / Nightclub
Reviewed by Nikki L.
"MY TAKE There are plenty of better nightclubs to hit up than the Good Hurt. The talent that plays here is mostly local, and a lot of riff raff, but it ..." more
12249 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Lounge / Club
Reviewed by Katie F.
"My Take: Once inside, Vignette lounge feels instantly intimate. Compared to other, more cavernous Hollywood clubs, Vignette feels positively miniscule ..." more
8623 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069
American Restaurant / Club
Reviewed by Ellie D.
"My Advice/My Take: Twelve + Highland is a great place to go if you want to meet up with some buddies, watch a sports game (or two), and put a few drin ..." more
304 12th Street
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Club / Live Music Venue
Party Earth Review Known as two of the city’s prime performance venues for L.A.’s independent music scene, the connected spaces The Echo and Echoplex also feature some of the most creative club nights in town that attract a diverse mix of hipsters, punk rockers, goth kids, and die-hard music snobs. Upstairs at The Echo ... more
The Echo: 1822 West Sunset Boulevard
Echoplex: 1154 Glendale Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Club / Historic Bar / Lounge
Party Earth Review Visitors to El Cid may feel like they’ve time-traveled into a 16th-century Spanish tavern, but this multilevel club actually offers a very modern spot to drink and dance. Built in 1900 by pioneering American film director D.W. Griffith, the space now invites partygoers three flights of stairs below ground level ... more
4212 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Club / Live Music Venue
Party Earth Review From theatrical performances to famous headliners like the Beatles and Soundgarden, Avalon has been entertaining the masses since the 1920s, but it wasn’t until 2003 that a major makeover turned the space into a DJ-driven dance club hotspot. Although big-name bands still play the cavernous hall, the emphasis is clearly ... more
1735 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Club / Lounge
Party Earth Review Of all the good things to come out of two letters – TV, E.T., R&B –there’s one more to add to the list: AV, an ultra-swanky Hollywood nightclub that began life as a Monday-only hotspot but has since opened for dolled-up weekend warriors as well. Potential guests need only follow the valet line trekking down Selma to discover ... more
1601 North Cahuenga Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
Los Angeles is famous for its exclusive clubs and opulent nightlife, and people either love the glitz or hate it – and the ones who hate it probably couldn’t get past the velvet ropes anyway.
Hollywood on the weekends seems to be one swath of velvet all to itself, with ever-present lines of stunning celebrities and often equally stunning wannabe stars waiting outside the swanky nightclubs and hotspots. Hot one minute and extinct before sunrise, Los Angeles clubs can fade into the mist as fast as an actor’s career, no matter if it’s a famous West Hollywood dance club or a sultry blues club Downtown.
It definitely doesn’t hurt to be famous, wealthy, and beautiful in LA – hey, when DOES it hurt??? – but all of the clubs in Los Angeles aren’t necessarily exclusive. Multi-floored megaclubs in Hollywood have room for just about everyone, and eclectic cool music clubs that dot the city couldn’t care less about what kind of shoes you’re wearing or who you’re totally writing a spec pilot for next week.
And for folks who just want to get their dance on, the options range from budget-friendly college haunts with Top 40 DJs and cheap rails in plastic cups to opulent dance floors with mortgage-level cover charges playing host to some of the top DJs in the world.