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Hotel Cafe to Host UnCancelled Music Festival

The music community has been hit hard during the COVID-19 crisis. As a small, independently-owned venue, The Hotel Café is no exception to that. Music venues across the world have had to close their doors with no idea of when—or if—they’ll be able to reopen. It’s an uncertain time for everyone. In an effort to preserve the culture of live music, and in an effort to support their staff and community of artists, The Hotel Café has partnered with the UnCancelled Music Festival through StageIt, where the Hollywood music venue will have a branded, featured virtual stage running from Thursday, April 2 through Thursday, April 9, where fans can pay what they want to check it out. Hamish Anderson, Colbie Caillat, Zane Carney, William Fitzsimmons, Lili Kershaw, Emily Kinney, Meiko, JP Saxe, Vincint, and more are scheduled to perform.

You can also visit the link to The Hotel Café's COVID-19 Relief Fund donation page to support the venue directly as well. 100% of the proceeds benefit their staff. Some L.A. debuts or intimate shows that The Hotel Café has hosted in the past include performances by Adele, Band of Skulls, Gary Clark Jr., Leonard Cohen, Hozier, Michael Kiwanuka, The Lumineers, Bruno Mars, John Mayer, Mumford and Sons, Katy Perry, Damien Rice, Ed Sheeran, Sia, and more.

Coachella Documentary to Premiere on YouTube

Even though the festival was rescheduled to later this year, we can still look forward to Coachella in April! Goldenvoice has officially announced that their Coachella: 20 Years In The Desert documentary will premiere on Friday, April 10, the date that Coachella 2020 was originally going to kick off. Coachella 2020 will be taking place on Friday, October 9, to Sunday, October 11, (Weekend 1) and Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, (Weekend 2) at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Frank Ocean, Rage Against The Machine, and Travis Scott will still be headlining both festival weekends.

Shows of the Night: Friday, March 13th

BUY TICKETS: Tracy Bonham at The Hotel Cafe - Second Stage

It looks like we do have a few things going on tonight, Scenestar readers. Easily the top pick for Show of the Night this Friday is Tracy Bonham! Tracy Bonham wraps up her tour tonight in Hollywood when she headlines the Hotel Cafe's smaller venue, the Second Stage.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by The Dickies, Freedom Hawk, DJ Anthony Valadez (of KCRW), and a few 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: Wednesday, March 11th

BUY TICKETS: The Rapture at El Rey Theatre

We hope you're having a great Wednesday, Scenestar readers. If you're willing to head out tonight, we recommend dancing the night away with our conveniently named Show of the Night artist pick: The Rapture! As we previously announced, the indie dance act will be playing the second of three shows at El Rey Theatre with Luke Jenner Band and Ben White opening the show. They will play one last local tour date on Thursday, March 12.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Automatic, Clairo, Dead Rock West, Easy Life, Angelica Garcia, Glass Animals, Nick Leng, Shopping, Slow Hollows, Tame Impala, Tamino, 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!

Coachella 2020 Postponed Until to October

Photo by Chris Molina of Coachella 2014, Weekend 2

It's time to adjust your plans, Scenestar readers. Goldenvoice has officially announced that Coachella 2020 due to current global coronavirus transmission concerns. One of the biggest and best-known festivals in the U.S. is moving from their originally scheduled dates: Friday, April 10, to Sunday, April 12, (Weekend 1) and Friday, April 17, to Sunday, April 19, (Weekend 2) to Friday, October 9, to Sunday, October 11, (Weekend 1) and Friday, October 16, to Sunday, October 18, (Weekend 2). No details have been released on whether the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, will still feature performances by headliners—Frank Ocean, Rage Against The Machine, and Travis Scott. on both festival weekends.

Shows of the Night: Tuesday, March 10th

BUY TICKETS: Tame Impala at the Forum

Let's keep things going, Scenestar readers. For those of you wanting to head out, we have the return of Tame Impala taking the title of Show of the Night! Tame Impala will be playing the first of two headlining shows at The Forum tonight, in support of their upcoming release The Slow Rush, with opener Clairo. The indie-rock act from Perth will also play a second night at the Inglewood venue on Wednesday, March 11.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Ásgeir, City Morgue, Cult of Luna, Noah Cyrus, Keane, Okay Kaya, The Rapture, Slow Hollows, Conrad Tao, Whispertown, 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: Monday, March 9th

BUY TICKETS: Refused at 1720

Monday is a bit nuts, Scenestar readers. Hopefully, some live music can help fix that starting with our Show of the Night selection: Swedish hardcore punk band Refused! Refused will be making their return tonight at 1720, with openers Metz and Youth Code. Refused are playing in support of latest release War Music.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by KaiL Baxley, Booker Stardrum, Angelica Garcia, The Jacks, Joseph Luca, Machinekit, Skin Mag, Wrabel, Your Smith, and many more. Also, tonight is residency night in Los Angeles, so if you're 21 and over, there's a bunch of FREE shows by local bands that you can check out. 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: Friday, March 6th

BUY TICKETS: Patti Smith and her Band at Walt Disney Concert Hall

We made it to the weekend, Scenestar readers. Let's see what's going on this Friday and suggest you check out a legend that tops our Show of the Night list: Patti Smith! The Godmother of Punk, Patti Smith will be performing tonight at the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Amo Amo, The Beach Boys, Beach Bunny, DragonForce, Gustavo Dudamel, Fartbarf, Lawrence, Microwave, Phantogram (Signing), Twiddle, Wajatta, Jonathan Wilson, 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!