Shows of the Night: Saturday, December 8th

BUY TICKETS: KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas w/ Smashing Pumpkins, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Third Eye Blind, Greta Van Fleet, Bad Religion, The Interrupters, AFI, AJR, & Badflower at the Forum

Saturday is here, Scenestar readers! Another big event this weekend takes our top pick for Show of the Night: KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas! Taking place tonight and Sunday, December 9, at the Forum, this year's lineup will include 30 Seconds To Mars, AFI, Bad Religion, Bastille, Chvrches, Death Cab For Cutie, Billie Eilish, Greta Van Fleet, Smashing Pumpkins, Third Eye Blind, Young The Giant, and many more. Check out our photos (and review) from last year here and the complete lineup below. You can watch the live webcast here.

If you can't get in to our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Louis The Child, John Maus, Gaby Moreno, Nine Inch Nails, La Santa Cecilia,  and many more. Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

SHOWS OF THE NIGHT

KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas w/ Smashing Pumpkins, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Third Eye Blind, Greta Van Fleet, Bad Religion, The Interrupters, AFI, AJR, & Badflower @ The Forum
Nine Inch Nails @ Hollywood Palladium
John Maus @ the Regent Theater
Louis The Child @ Shrine Expo Hall
Orbital @ The Belasco Theater
Bomba Estéreo @ The Novo by Microsoft
Peter Bjorn and John @ Teragram Ballroom
Knowler @ El Rey Theatre
"Why Can't We Be Friends" Holiday Jam w/ WAR, Brenton Wood, Barbara Mason, Joe Bataan, The Chi-Lites, Manhattens, Patti Drew, Rolls Royce, & Mike and The Censations @ Microsoft Theater
Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Fonda Theatre
Daniel Habif @ Wiltern
Shawn Wasabi @ The Roxy
SUUNS @ The Lodge Room
Dave Alvin w/ Jimmie Dale Gilmore (backed by The Guilty Ones) @ The Troubadour
Koo Koo Kangaroo @ The Echo (5:30pm)
The Wild Reeds @ Bootleg Theater
Hernan Cattaneo @ Avalon Hollywood
Turbo 20 Year Anniversary w/ Tiga @ Exchange L.A.
Sacha Robotti @ Sound Nightclub
Black Coffee @ Los Angeles Theatre
Giorgio's @ The Standard, West Hollywood
Phil Hartnoll (DJ Set) @ Orbital Afterparty
Richard Fearless (of Death In Vegas) @ Lights Down Low
True L.A. Underground @ We Own The Night
Incognito @ Compound
Tchaikovsky & Ives with MTT @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Steve Gadd Band @ Catalina Bar & Grill
Northridge Singers @ Cal State Northridge
Anthony Wilson Group @ Blue Whale
Molly Moore @ The Peppermint Club
Shad @ Moroccan Lounge
Girls Rock Fundraiser w/ Ramonda Hammer & more @ The Hi Hat
Bridges @ The Love Song (FREE)
Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE)
Clockwork Orange Reunion @ The Lash (FREE)
And Friends @ The Short Stop (FREE)
Mucho More @ La Cita
Conga Room Saturdays @ The Conga Room
80's Dance Party @ New Wave Bar
Minus The Bear @ the Glass House
Stitches @ Alex’s Bar
Holiday Love Jam w/ Charlie Wilson, Boyz II Men, En Vogue, & Keith Sweat @ Honda Center
The Adolescents @ The Observatory
KXMAS 2018 w/ Nancy Wilson (of Heart), Roadcase Royale, Gothic Tropic, & La Sera @ Irvine Bowl Park
Common Kings @ Marty’s On Newport
Logan Mize @ The Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Tatanka @ The Slidebar
Berlin @ The Canyon Club
Red Kross @ The Garage
Cayucas @ Velvet Jones
La Santa Cecilia @ The Concert Lounge
Gaby Moreno & The Holynighters - The Posada Show @ Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
Discoteca @ The Ace Hotel, Palm Springs (FREE)
Human Nature Jukebox @ Agua Caliente Casino

*Scenestar favorites in BOLD

For a list of upcoming shows with links in and around Los Angeles, please visit our online concert calendar here.