BUY TICKETS: Rakim w/ The Soul Rebels at Blue Note Los Angeles (7:00pm & 9:30pm)
Here we go with another week of live music, Scenestar readers. Netflix Is A Joke is done with, so now we have mostly concerts to share with you, and that includes the legendary Rakim as our pick for Show of the Night! Rakim continues his brief residency at Blue Note Los Angeles in Hollywood that includes two shows tonight at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. He will be backed at each show by The Soul Rebels.
Rakim will wrap things up tomorrow at Blue Note Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 12, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. PT.
If you can’t get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Archive, Cold Weather Venture, Colleen, DDG, Norah Jones, Ana Roxanne, Yebba, YT, and many more.
Click here for ticket links and info on today’s shows and upcoming local shows in 2026 and beyond on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter, Bluesky, or Threads for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!
SHOWS OF THE NIGHT
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026
Rakim w/ The Soul Rebels at Blue Note Los Angeles (7:00pm)
Rakim w/ The Soul Rebels at Blue Note Los Angeles (9:30pm)
Ana Roxanne w/ Isabel Pine at Sid The Cat Auditorium (7:00pm)
DDG w/ Baby Rich & T.O. at The Roxy (8:00pm)
Jesse Solomon w/ Ana Saia at the Troubadour (7:00pm)
Archive w/ JoyCut at the Lodge Room (8:00pm)
YT at Echoplex (8:00pm)
Cold Weather Venture w/ Magenta Wave at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30pm)
Operelly w/ Ella Woolsey at El Cid (7:00pm)
Colleen w/ Infinite Body & Cécile Schott at 2220 Arts + Archives (8:00pm)
Rocco Deluca & His Brothers w/ Liberate Elemental Forces (LEF) at Zebulon (FREE w/ RSVP – 8:00pm)
We Found New Music (WFNM) Almost Acoustic Showcase w/ Syke, Marcus Kley, Amesie, Madeline Rosene, Yvr, Ron Blakely, Medeleyev, Rhiannon Lewis, Kyle Rising, & Riley Oak at Bar Lubitsch (FREE w/ RSVP – 7:00pm)
Monday Monday w/ Mona Lucine, Hasson, Liv DeToma, Broadway B, Spence Taylor, Jessica Vines, Feathers, Oriana Cognata, & The American Buffalo at the Hotel Cafe – Second Stage (8:00pm)
Celebrating Kevin Lyman & the Vans Warped Tour w/ Senses, Sammy Adams, & Hoobastank at the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live (7:30pm)
Adam Hersh “Tornado Watch” Sextet at the Baked Potato (8:00pm & 10:00pm)
Butch Norton w/ Jason Roberts & David Hlebo at Club Tee Gee (FREE w/ RSVP – 8:00pm)
DJ Coffin Prick at Sid’s Bar at Sid The Cat Auditorium (FREE w/ RSVP – 5:00pm)
Blue Mondays On Mondays at Boardner’s by La Belle (9:00pm)
Nightshift After Hours at the Lexington (11:00pm)
Raw Materials with Iliza Shlesinger & Friends w/ Iliza Shlesinger at the Hotel Cafe – Second Stage (7:00pm)
Legends w/ Gabriel Iglesias, Arsenio Hall, Jay Leno, Greg Baldwin, Tara Cannistraci, & more at the Comedy Store – Main Room (8:00pm)
Monday Potluck (Free Entry) at the Comedy Store – Original Room (FREE w/ RSVP – 6:00pm)
Friends & Family w/ 40 Comics + Huge Surprise Guests! Hosted by Matt Burn at the Comedy Store – Original Room (7:00pm)
Pop-Ins Continued! Hosted by Frazer Smith at the Comedy Store – Original Room (9:30pm)
Bassem & Friends hosted by Paul Elia at the Comedy Store – Belly Room (8:00pm)
The Ding Dong Show with Don Barris at the Comedy Store – Belly Room (FREE w/ RSVP – 11:59pm)
Dan LaMorte at Hollywood Improv – The Main Room (7:30pm)
Does This Work? w/ Deon Cole at Hollywood Improv – The Lab (9:30pm)
Varietyville w/ Matt Felten, Esmerelda The Puppet, Ron Lynch, M.C. Gainey and The Varietyvillians (Cait Bidwell, Will Marcil, Suzanne Nichols, Iris Perry, & Yasha Rayzberg), & J.C Wright & The Varietyville Sound (“Fiddlin Tom” Hanslowe, Madison Shearer, Geremy Good, Andrew Crawford, & Steve Craig) at Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth (7:30pm)
Jam Comedy Open Mic – Los Angeles at the Garage (8:00pm)
Swyndle at Harvard & Stone (8:00pm)
John Nemeth at Maui Sugar Mill Saloon (8:00pm)
Very Good Mondays w/ Alex Wasily, JMB, Joe Cleveland, Nate Foley, Dominique Xavier, Peter Knudsen, Deven Trusclair, & DJ Lastword at Gold-Diggers (7:00pm)
All-Star Jam Session Benefit at Harvelle’s Santa Monica (9:30pm)
Monday Karaoke at Redwood Bar & Grill (FREE – 8:00pm)
Risograph Printing 101 at Heavy Manners (6:00pm)
Karaoke at the Sardine (8:00pm)
Rocknite.LBC w/ Mod Sun Trio at Alex’s Bar (FREE w/ RSVP – 8:00pm)
Yebba w/ Astyn Turr at the Observatory (8:00pm)
Ground Whiskers at the Wayfarer (FREE w/ RSVP – 8:00pm)
Marsey & Siono’s Soul Hour Collective at Spaghettini (6:30pm)
Norah Jones at Yaamava’ Theater (8:00pm)
The Heavy Heavy w/ Lou Hazel at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace – Indoors (9:00pm)
Sophie Cooper w/ Tell Your Dad I Said Hi at Molly Malone’s LA (CANCELLED)
For a list of upcoming shows with links in and around Los Angeles, please visit our online concert calendar here.
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