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In cities, giving primacy to cars has worked to the detriment of lower-income pedestrians and favored suburbanites over local residents.
L.A. County has relaxed its protocols around masking and vaccinations for most concerts, but individual cities, venues and artists can set their own rules.
MORE Clubbers hit the dance floor at A Club Called Rhonda in Los Globos in Silver Lake. Photo by David Arellanes. LA has reopened, and so have its dance floors, ushering in a “Roaring ‘20s” momentum that has revelers and promoters talking about a nightlife renaissance as they navigate a post-pandemic world. On a recent Saturday night at the 840-person nightclub Los Globos in Silver Lake, sweaty bodies are celebrating the return of the beloved LA dance party known as A Club Called Rhonda. Its founders have been throwing fabulously inclusive disco...
With COVID stimulus in sight, L.A.'s desperate nightclub owners hope it's not too little, too late August Brown © (Interiorstate) "We don't expect to open until early summer. It's heartbreaking," says Akbar co-founder Scott Craig of his Silver Lake nightclub. (Interiorstate) This week, Michael Swier had an unusual feeling for a music venue owner in 2020: optimism that government might do something to help him. Swier, who runs the downtown L.A. independent venues Teragram Ballroom and Moroccan Lounge, had no choice but to shut his doors in March and watch the coronavirus cri...
This week, Michael Swier had an unusual feeling for a music venue owner in 2020: optimism that government might do something to help him. Swier, who runs the downtown L.A. independent venues Teragram Ballroom and Moroccan Lounge, had no choice but to shut his doors in March and watch the coronavirus crisis decimate his industry. None of his venues have had a show or any meaningful revenue since county and state regulations silenced clubs and concerts in the spring. Still, he wasn’t too surprised that federal and local governments did little to help the live music industry. Sens. Amy Klobuch...