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Contest: Overmono at the Fonda Theatre

We have another Scenestar favorite in town for a show this week! This time it's Coachella 2023 artist Overmono performing live in support of their latest release, Good Lies, on Thursday, September 28, at the Fonda Theatre. Opening for Overmono will be Margo XS.

You can join them as well courtesy of our contest to win a pair of tickets to their Hollywood tour date!

Shows of the Night: Wednesday, September 27th

BUY TICKETS: Japanese Breakfast w/ Ichiko Aoba at Walt Disney Concert Hall (8:00pm)

Happy Humpday, Scenestar readers! Wednesday is stacked with a lot of concert options that include our pick for Show of the Night: Japanese Breakfast! The Scenestar favorite will be performing twice at one of our favorite venues when Michelle Zauner aka Japanese Breakfast plays a show tonight at Walt Disney Concert Hall, before returning on Thursday, September 28, in support of her latest release Jubilee. Ichiko Aoba will open both shows in Downtown Los Angeles.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Kevin Abstract, Jessica Carter Altman, Bad Religion, The Band Camino, Dengue Fever, Dream, Emarosa, Hermanos Gutierrez, Illuminati Hotties, Jethro Tull, Luis Miguel, Model/Actriz, Jai Paul, Craig Robinson, Mark Ronson, Silversun Pickups, Soaky Siren, Styx, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on today's shows and 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!

Contest: Emarosa at the Troubadour

Los Angeles-based duo Emarosa will be kicking off their North American tour right here in Los Angeles! You can see Emarosa live when they play in support of their latest release, Sting, at the Troubadour on Wednesday, September 27. The Dangerous Summer and First and Forever will be their scheduled openers.

We're giving our readers the chance to see them live in West Hollywood courtesy of our contest for a pair of tickets to their show!

Taking Back Sunday to Play at the Lodge Room

Long Island alternative rock act Taking Back Sunday has an intimate record release show coming up! You'll have to head over to Highland Park this "Showvember" to see Taking Back Sunday play an all-ages show in support of their upcoming release, 152, at the Lodge Room on Monday, November 6.

New Order Also Performing at YouTube Theater

Legendary New Wave act New Order will now be playing a warm-up show this fall! Besides playing a set at Darker Waves 2023 at City Beach in Huntington Beach on Saturday, November 18, you can now see the iconic band perform live when New Order headlines a show at YouTube Theater on Wednesday, November 15. Opening for New Order is Blossoms.

Contest: Roosevelt at The Novo

Scenestar favorite Marius Lauber, better known as Roosevelt, will be back this week! For L.A. fans, he will headline an all-ages show at The Novo on Thursday, September 28, with special guest Discovery Zone. The tour is in support of his latest release, Embrace.

You can dance the night away at his show courtesy of our contest for a pair of tickets to his upcoming Los Angeles tour date!

Shows of the Night: Tuesday, September 26th

BUY TICKETS: Jai Paul at the Mayan (9:00pm)

We hope you're having a great Tuesday, Scenestar readers! We continue to share with you what the city has to offer in regard to concert options along with our pick for Show of the Night: Jai Paul! British singer-songwriter will be playing the first of two shows tonight at The Mayan in Downtown Los Angeles. You can also see Jai Paul play in support of his latest release, Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones), at The Mayan on Wednesday, September 26.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Anavitoria, Devendra Banhart, Deon Cole, Dream, Duster, Gracie Gray, Will Hoge, June Swoon, Tori Kelly, Nina Nevra, Styx, Surf Curse, The Wonder Years, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on today's shows and 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!

LA3C Returns to LA's Downtown Historic Core

The LA3C Festival is back! After last year's run at Los Angeles State Historic Park, LA3C 2023 will now be taking place in Downtown L.A.'s historic core which consists of the Theatre at the Ace Hotel, the Orpheum Theatre, the Palace Theatre, and the Los Angeles Theatre, plus its surrounding lots on Friday, November 10, through Sunday, November 12.

This year's lineup includes headlining sets from Erykah Badu and Herbie Hancock with other artists in the LA3C lineup including sets by Robert Glasper, Flying Lotus, Questlove, Kamasi Washington, Marc Rebillet, Terrace Martin, Sudan Archives, Fred Armisen, Julie Byrne, Lonnie Holley, Aja Monet, Pauli the PSM, Novena Carmel (of KCRW), Shabazz Palaces, John Carroll Kirby, Yrsa Daley-Ward with The Josh Craig, Acyde, Siobhan Bell, Kilo Kish, Salami Rose Joe Louis, and Def Rain. Set times are already out for each day as well.

The festival will also host their very own "Marketplace on Main," which will feature more than 20 L.A. food vendors including Ek’Balam, Hotville Chicken, Loam, Canyon Coffee, and Quarters BBQ, along with "Bazaar on Broadway," a collaboration between L.A.’s Black Market Flea and In Sheep’s Clothing vinyl shop.