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BUY TICKETS: The Smell’s 20th Anniversary Celebration: Night I w/ Surf Curse, French Vanilla & more at the Smell

We made it to Friday, Scenestar readers. Let’s get the weekend started right with a big anniversary event at The Smell as our pick for Show of the Night! The Smell is celebrating 20 years of bringing fans live music in Downtown Los Angeles. Tonight is the first of three consecutive shows showcasing talent that has played on its DIY stage, starting with performances this evening by French Vanilla, Moaning, Post-Life, Small Forward, Surf Curse, and Wild Wing. There also will be DJ sets by DJ Mishka (KXLU), ¡Viva Pomona!, and Danger Collective, as well as vegan baked goods by Clara Cakes.

If you can’t get in to our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Lewis Capaldi, Circles Around the Sun, Dishwalla, The English Beat, Anthony Green (of Circa Survive), Hot Water Music, Low, No Parents, Cooper Saver, Shwayze, Sweet & Tender Hooligans, T.S.O.L., 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

The Smell’s 20th Anniversary Celebration: Night I w/ Surf Curse, French Vanilla & more @ The Smell

Lewis Capaldi @ Moroccan Lounge

Anthony Green (of Circa Survive) @ The Hotel Cafe

Hot Water Music @ The Regent Theater

Circles Around The Sun @ The Troubadour

No Parents @ Teragram Ballroom

Thumpasaurus @ The Echo (FREE w/ RSVP)

The Revies @ The Satellite (FREE)

iamnotshane @ Bootleg Theater

Yachley Crew @ The Viper Room

The Big Surprise @ The Mint

Tig Has Friends @ Largo At The Coronet

Blunts & Blondes @ Avalon Hollywood

Rickyxsan @ Exchange L.A.

Steve Bug & Ray Kash @ Sound Nightclub

Club 90’s: Spice Girls Night @ Club Los Globos

Debussy, Ravel, & Beyond @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Andy Garcia & The CineSon All-Stars @ Catalina Bar & Grill

Daniel Rotem Group @ Blue Whale

“An Evening w/ Cher, Dolly, Lionel, & Streisand” @ Upstairs At Vitello’s

Girls Night @ The Peppermint Club

Low @ Moroccan Lounge (FREE)

Ugly Sweaters @ The Hi Hat (FREE)

Marshall Allen @ Zebulon

The Permagrins @ Silverlake Lounge

The Backbeat @ Resident (FREE)

Paul Nicholas Slater @ The Love Song (FREE)

Club Underground @ The Grand Star Jazz Club (FREE w/ RSVP)

Club Bang @ Boardner’s

Far Away w/ Cooper Saver @ The Ace Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles (FREE 2:00pm)

Kyle Woods @ The Ace Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles (FREE 11:00pm)

DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard And Stone (FREE)

DJ Buddy @ The Federal Bar

Margaret Cho w/ Bobby Lee @ Hollywood Improv

China Groove @ The Rose

Baby Girl @ Echoplex (FREE w/ RSVP)

Punky Reggae Party @ La Cita

Duane Betts And The Pistoleers @ Harvelle’s Santa Monica

Discoteca DTLA @ The Conga Room

80’s Dance Party @ New Wave Bar

T H R E A D L A @ Union Nightclub

White Boy Scream @ The Handbag Factory

Joey Grossman & Instant Gold @ Genghis Cohen

Pato Banton @ The Whisky A Go Go

Gold Groove @ Alex’s Bar (FREE)

Snapback Long Beach @ The Federal Underground (FREE)

Knyght Ryder @ Gaslamp

Samu @ The Parish At House Of Blues Anaheim

Sweet And Tender Hooligans @ House Of Blues Anaheim

T.S.O.L. @ The Observatory

Shwayze @ Saint Rocke

5th Annual New Years Eve Redo @ The Wayfarer

Savi @ Time

80’z All-Stars @ Holiday

Hula-A-Go-Go w/ Outta Sites & The Hula Girls @ Don The Beachcomber

Jay Mohr @ The Rec Room Huntington Beach

Flex Friday @ Velvet Lounge

Norm Macdonald @ Irvine Improv

Russell Peters @ Brea Improv

Gabba Gabba Heys @ The Slidebar (FREE)

Metalachi @ The Canyon Club

Dishwalla @ The Canyon Club Santa Clarita

Hannah Rose @ Borderline Bar & Grill

Brandon T. Jackson @ Oxnard Levity Live

TMI @ Copper Blues Oxnard Restaurant

Twisted Gypsy @ Discovery Ventura

The English Beat @ The Concert Lounge

Carlos Mencia @ Ontario Improv

Rose’s Pawn Shop @ Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace (FREE)

Feels @ The Ace Hotel, Palm Springs (FREE)

Adam Hunter @ Pechanga Resort And Casino

Sinbad @ Morongo Casino

The Stranger @ The Cave

Coco Montoya @ The Coach House

Oceans @ Music Box

Chris*Star @ The Merrow

*Scenestar favorites in BOLD

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