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Nightly lines down the sidewalk are the norm at Laugh Factory, a veritable mecca for up-and-coming funnymen and a perennial Sunset Strip favorite known for regularly hosting top comedians. Ever since Richard Pryor ... read more
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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 Perched high above the west end of the Sunset Strip, the 20,000-square-foot Soho House is a private members-only social club whose elite atmosphere has made it a preferred hangout for celebrities. A stylish clientele from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, and finance step off the private elevator into an elegant reception ... more
9200 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
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
Club / Lounge
Party Earth Review One of Hollywood’s hottest clubs in the 90s, Las Palmas went through a seven-year transformation during which it was called LAX, only to reemerge with its old name and with the same notoriously difficult door policy that still attracts a discerning and trendy clientele. The packs of paparazzi have also returned, lurking ... more
1714 North Las Palmas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Club
Party Earth Review In mid 2012, actor-turned-nightlife-impresario David Arquette took over Trousdale Lounge – a luxurious celebrity hotspot with the paparazzi perpetually planted out front – and turned it into Bootsy Bellows, a swanky vintage-style club with sexy burlesque dancers, erotic puppetry acts…and the paparazzi perpetually planted ... more
9229 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
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
Party Earth Review Marked by a light blue lifeguard tower, The Colony is an immense indoor/outdoor club that brings a swanky Hamptons vibe to Hollywood. Fashionable guests who make it past the exclusive door are led up a sandy plank boardwalk and into a playful nautically-themed space featuring walls painted with waves, a shallow pool covered ... more
1743 North Cahuenga Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Club / Restaurant
Party Earth Review Perched atop the W Hotel, Drai’s is a sprawling multilevel club with a thousand-person capacity that brings full-on Vegas-style debauchery to the heart of Hollywood. An opulent interior sets the stage at this posh venue where hard-partying people from the worlds of fashion, movies, and music, as well as a fair share of ... more
W Hotel
6250 Hollywood Boulevard, 12th Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028
Club
Party Earth Review Housed inside the former Los Angeles Stock Exchange building, Exchange LA serves as a clear indication of Downtown’s nightlife resurgence. Actually, 1,700 indications, seeing as that’s how many dance-happy revelers regularly fill this multi-level club. The décor is a mix of restored Art Deco styles ... more
618 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Bar / Club / Lounge / Restaurant
Party Earth Review Melding a little of the LA club scene with a laid-back Westside vibe, 31Ten Lounge attracts trendy professionals looking to wind down from work and club-goers in the mood for something different from the typical Hollywood hysteria. Those ready to hit the town early drop by for upscale bites of wood-oven pizza and tacos ... more
3110 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Club / Lounge / Restaurant
Party Earth Review The sixth installment of a franchise that originated in Amsterdam, the Hollywood version of supperclub has found a fitting home in the historic Vogue Theater, former purveyor of X-rated movies and risqué adult revues. After an extravagant makeover, the immense space now draws a dapper dinner and club crowd that flocks in ... more
6675 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
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
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.