Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, September 24 through Sunday, September 30, 2012

Monday
IHC Presents: Ladyhawke with American Royalty, DJ Vice Cooler, American Royalty, DJ Vice Cooler @ The Echoplex
Lavender Diamond, Diva @ The Echo
MOM LA: Beat Junkies Edition with DJ Rhettmatic, residents D-JR, Gordo, Expo @ The Short Stop
D.I.T. fundraiser with Gothic Tropic, Emperor X, Dream Panther, Spaceships @ Pehrspace
Kitten, Mystery Skulls, Sanglorians, Rumspringa @ Bootleg Bar
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe

Tuesday
Musical Beer Crawl in Echo Park
Hola Indio with Dani Shivers, Tropical Popsicle, Ganas, Tropical Popsicle Ganas (Mas Exitos) @ The Echoplex
Ferraby Lionheart, Drug Cabin, Fire Chief Charlie @ Bootleg Bar
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe
Dum Dum Girls @ Origami Vinyl
Fever Party @ Los Globos

Wednesday
IHC Presents: Django Django, Vinyl Williams, HOTT MT, @ The Echo
Dub Club @ The Echoplex
Metal Hour @ The Short Stop
Taken By Trees, Big Search @ Bootleg Bar
Jazz night ever Wednesday @ Echo Lake Coffee Co (formerly Downbeat Cafe)
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe
Harlan record release party @ The Satellite
Indian School @ Origami Vinyl

Thursday
PopShop West 004 with Kisses, Savoir Adore, Blondfire, Savoir Adore, Blondfire @ The Echo
Fallen Riviera, Rene Breton, Kid Cadaver @ Bootleg Bar
Oak Street Blues, Joe Jane, Aaron White Band @ Lot 1 Cafe
Mad for Sadness, Mouse Kills Tiger @ Taix Lounge
IHC Presents: Dum Dum Girls release show with Dunes, Tremellow, and Tamaryn @ Los Globos
The Lonesome Heroes, The Far West, Ben Reddell Band @ Echo Country Outpost

Friday
Jet Jam Presents: Star Slinger, Jim-E Stack, Silky Johnson and Special Guests Jim-E Stack, Silky Johnson, Teams @ The Echo
Seth Petterson and the Undertow, Babies on Acid, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining @ Pehrspace
Firewater, Wedding and Funeral Band @ Bootleg Bar
Vicki Hill, Jeff Turmes @ Taix Lounge
Band Jam Night @ Tribal Cafe
IHC Presents: Sepalcure, Clark, Djemba Djemba, and Say Uhns @ Los Globos
Tim Maia Listening Party @ Origami Vinyl

Saturday
Wonder-Full, LA7 @ The Echoplex
Funky Sole @ The Echo
Alt-J, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Cayucas @ Bootleg Bar
Live music @ Tribal Cafe
Little Owl @ Origami Vinyl

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo with Dave Gleason, Rich Mahan, Greg Felden, Dave Gleason, Rich Mahan, Greg Felden @ The Echo
Downwards Records Nite with Tropic Of Cancer, DVA Damas, Collin Gorman Wieland, Flaamingos, Guest DJ Juan Mendez (aka Silent Servant) @ The Echo
Skamania Presents Ska Clash featuring Stranger Cole meets Eric Monty Morris @ Los Globos
Priscilla Ahn (Solo), The Parlour Suite, Communist Daughter @ Bootleg Bar
Slutever @ Origami Vinyl

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Frogtown Artwalk returns on Saturday

If you’re taking a break from LA Beer Week (although it wouldn’t be entirely without beer, we did enjoy some delicious Eagle Rock Brewery beer last year), head over to Elysian Valley – that little strip of homes and art warehouses just north of Echo Park along the Los Angeles River – for the annual Frogtown Artwalk.

This is the seventh year the community-run event will go on, taking place on Saturday, September 22 from 4:00 – 9:00 pm. It’s a self-guided tour along Blake Avenue, where more than 30 artists, craftsmen, artisans and architects all open their studio doors to the public to view art installations and to just chat about what they do. This year there will also be mobile galleries featuring artists from other parts of Los Angeles.

I See Hawks in LA will perform at RAC DesignBuild at 3006 N. Coolidge Avenue from 6:30-8:00 pm. RAC will also host a Children’s Juried Art Show.

A Hoola Hoop Contest will be held at TAS Architect at 2041 Blake Avenue starting at 5:30 pm, ending with prizes for adults and kids.

Kid’s Sidewalk Chalk Drawing will be held at the  Blake Avenue Lofts at 1839 Blake Avenue from 4:00–9:00 pm.

Local landscape painter Mary-Austin Klein will also be showing her work at the art walk, as well as other return artists like Allen Anderson of Grain Surfboards showing hollow hand-made wooden surfboards.

For your rumbling tummy, bring some cash along and check out the many local vendors and food trucks, including Elysian Valley’s own Tacos by Kevin (delicious burritos!!).

There’s a lot going on, so be sure to check back here or visit the event website on September 22 for the event map with all the details. View photos from last year’s artwalk on Atwater Village Now’s Facebook page.

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, September 17 through Sunday, September 23, 2012

Monday
XBXRX, Ratchet Set, Whqles, Batwings @ Pehrspace
Gabriel Hart and the Fourth Wall, Brass Tax, Assembly Of Mazes @ The Echoplex
Lavender Diamond, Tom Brosseau, Power Mallets, ThirdEye Memories @ The Echo
Kitten, Body Parts, Incan Abraham, LA Font @ Bootleg Bar
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe
Motown Mondays @ The Short Stop

Tuesday
The Burning Of Rome @ Origami Vinyl
Breton, Michna, atthewdavid, Mwahaha @ The Echo
Dawns, J Wong, Japanther, Dirt Bird, Dignitary Loss, Spirit Vine@ Bootleg Bar
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe

Wednesday
Moonface, Foxygen @ The Echo
Dub Club @ The Echoplex
Autolux, Teebs @ Bootleg Theater
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe
HipHop Philosophy Radio with DJ A.C. The Program Director @ Mohawk Bend
ALT! (electrotheque) @ Los Globos

Thursday
Part Time, Sam Flax @ The Echo
Jeremiah Jae, Jonwayne @ The Echoplex
Chickfactor 2012: For the Love of Pop! Los Angeles! with Lilys, Stevie Jackson (from Belle & Sebastian), The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Kim Baxter @ Bootleg Theater
Pinups Issue 16 Launch. The Melt LA v.11 with Kuedo (Planet Mu), Napolian, and Residents @ Los Globos
Cubits, Super River, Time & Temperature, The Pristines @ Lot 1 Cafe
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe

Friday
Bristol and the Palins, Jack Salley and the Prospectors, Matthew Lee @ Pehrspace
Six Organs Of Admittance, Matt Kivel (Princeton), Colossal Yes @ The Echo
Funky Sole @ The Echo
The Bright Light Social Hour, Wake Up Lucid, Infantree @ Bootleg Theater
99 cent ride + After Party @ Los Globos
Hunter and the Wolf, Jake Johnston Group, Coastline Apparition, Ancient Animals, Andrew Reed @ Lot 1 Cafe
Pop Punk Show @ Tribal Cafe
Far Away Radio presents Woofly, Suzanne Kraft @ The Short Stop
Double Naught Spy Car, Flourescin @ Taix Lounge

Saturday
Monolators 10th Anniversary Show, Cassette Release w. Geoff Geis and Kissing Cousins @ Pehrspace
Mike Watt + the missingmen, Chotto Ghetto, Stab City, Opus Dai, Raushi @ Bootleg Bar
Skamania presents Ken Boothe @ Los Globos
Ukulady’s PartyShowFun, The Pocket Rockets, Love Hate Relationship, The Vespertines, Night Fruit @ Lot 1 Cafe
Art vs. Music @ Tribal Cafe

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo, Dave Serby, Noconas, Brett Detar @ The Echo
Reptar, Rubblebucket @ The Echoplex
Micachu and the Shapes
Moon Pearl, Sara Lov @ Bootleg Bar
Domingos Latinos @ Los Globos
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe
Love Train @ Los Globos
French Toast Comedy @ Taix Lounge

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Ticket give-away! Eternal Summers and DZ Deathrays at Bootleg Theater

We’ve got a super indie ticket giveaway courtesy of our friends at IHEARTCOMIX Presents for Bootleg Theater’s show on Friday, September 14.

DZ Deathrays comes all the way from Australia with the groups “party slash thrash” sound. Psychadelic pop band Bleeding Rainbows, mellowed out Drug Cabin, and super chill two-piece pop band Eternal Summers round out the lineup.

Bring your date, a friend, or your mom – the first music fan to email us at info@echoparknow.com with their full name will receive two free tickets to the show! Deadline is Friday at 3 pm, so get crackin’!  Congrats to Royce for winning the tickets! Have fun you crazy kids.

Click here for show times and more info.

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, September 10 through Sunday, September 16, 2012

Monday
Social Studies @ Origami Vinyl
Big Sir, Softness, ESP, Blackbush, Softness, ESP, Blackbush @ The Echoplex
Lavender Diamond, Bart Davenport, Bouquet, Daymoon @ The Echo
Kitten, Nova Albion, Hindu Pirates, Y Luv, Baron Von Luxxury @ Bootleg Bar
Motown Mondays: Mom LA x Root Down, Stax vs Motown, featuring Root Down Soundsystem @ The Short Stop
Shayne’s Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe

Tuesday
Trust, DZ Deathrays, Beat Club @ The Echo
The Cigarette Bums, Criminal Hygiene, The Virginia Reed @ Bootleg Bar
BUZZBANDS.LA’s SecondTuesday with Alaska Reid, Michael Davis (of Michael Davis With Lions), The Sweet Hurt @ Lot 1 Cafe
The Iron Giant Open Mic @ Tribal Cafe

Wednesday
Complex Mag Happy Hour with Sapporo, DJ Sofie (Stones Throw) @ The Echo
The Abyssinians, Mexico68 @ The Echoplex
She Keeps Bees, In The Valley Below, Sadie & the Blue-Eyed Devils @ Bootleg Bar
ALT!, George Sarah and String Ensemble @ Los Globos

Thursday
Azalia Snail, N O W @ Origami Vinyl
Los Straitjackets featuring Daddy-O Grande, Big Sandy and His Fly-rite Boys @ The Echoplex
Pokey Lafarge and The South City Three, The Two Man Gentlemen Band, The Driftwood Singers @ The Echo
KROQ Presents: Robert Francis, Vinnie Ferra @ Bootleg Bar
Shine So Hard, War Drum, Alih Jey, Loch and Key @ Lot 1 Cafe
L.A. is Burning… Vogue!, Poly-Phase @ Los Globos
Brian Rodriguez Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe

Friday
People’s Temple @ Origami Vinyl
Chelsea Wolfe, CRYPTS, Gothic Tropic @ The Echo
IHEARTCOMIX presents: Eternal Summers, DZ Deathrays, Bleeding Rainbows, Special Guest @ Bootleg Theater
Mystery of Iniquity plus friends @ Tribal Cafe
Sinjin Hawke, Clicks & Whistles, Fuzz, Keltronix @ Los Globos

Saturday
Sock Puppet Sitcom Theater – Roseanne (1988) @ The Echo
Funky Sole @ The Echo
Bootie LA DJ Tripp vs. Faroff Video Battle @ The Echoplex
The Seshen, Gavin Turek, Def Sound, J Mitchell Melodious Sound @ Bootleg Bar
Joe Jane @ Tribal Cafe
De La Vina @ The Fretted Frog

Sunday
Mac Demarco (Captured Tracks), Ringo Deathstarr, Catwalk (Captured Tracks), Ringo Deathstarr, Catwalk @ The Echo
Casey Neill, Molly Bryant & John Spiker @ Bootleg Bar
Wesley Randolph’s bday Brunch: Tapioca & The Flea, Josh Boyd, special guest @ Lot 1 Cafe
Open mic night @ Tribal Cafe

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Photos: Echo Parkians at the FYF Fest

At the FYF Fest over the weekend, surrounded by so many dang hipsters you wonder where the heck they all came from (Austin?), we found  a little bit of Echo Park amongst the vendors. It was great to see Echo Park businesses at the fest, including Origami Vinyl (with a giant booth!), Backside Echo Park, Blood is the New Black, The Warehouse and The Classroom.

We snapped a few photos of their booths at the fest:

Backside Echo Park

Origami Vinyl

The Warehouse & The Classroom

Blood is the New Black

And lastly, our friends Chromatics had a HUGE crowd

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, August 20 through Sunday, August 26, 2012

Monday
Wildcat! Wildcat!, Rio Bravo, NO, The Union Line @ The Echo
Realization Orchestra, Redwound, Modern Concert, Harry Cloud @ Pehrspace
Meg Myers, Ertel, BUZZBANDS.LA DJs, Special Guests, Holly Conlan, Ryan Darton @ Bootleg Bar

Tuesday
Poliça, Supreme Cuts @ The Echoplex
Oneohtrix Point Never, James Ferraro, Rene Hell, James Ferraro, Rene Hell @ The Echo
Mike Viola, Taylor Locke, So & So, Scott Mellis, COYOL, Tim Bergstrom @ Bootleg Bar
Western Scene @ Origami Vinyl

Wednesday
Tashaki Miyaki, Residual Echoes, Pink Films, Night Control @ The Echo
Dub Club Presents: Pinchers backed by Echodelic Sound @ The Echoplex
Mike Andrews, Snowblink @ Bootleg Bar
Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe
Cigarette Bums, Manhattan Murder Mystery, The Eamon Experience @ Lot 1 Cafe

Thursday
Strictly Social with Joi, Jimetta Rose, Johnnie Heartbreak
Joi, Jimetta Rose, Johnnie Heartbreak & The Radical Legs @ The Echo
State to State, Jonny Polonsky, Even Oceans @ Bootleg Bar
Tyrants in Therapy @ Taix Lounge

Friday
Throne of Blood, Making Shapes, Rong Records take-over @ The Short Stop
Julia Holter, Raw Geronimo, Tes Elations @ The Echo
Shlohmo, Salva, LOL Boys, Groundislava @ The Echoplex
Quote Unquote, Judgement Day, Silian Rail, Kim Free @ Pehrspace
Robert Schwartzman, Jamestown Revival, Patrick Park @ Bootleg Bar
Double Naught Spy Car, The Edwardo Show @ Taix Lounge
Dime Runner @ Origami Vinyl
Plague Vendor, Drug Cabin, Wild Pack of Canaries, Frnch Cnt @ Lot 1 Cafe

Saturday
Echo Park Rising all day, all over Echo Park
Skamania Presents: Pat Kelly in LA @ Los Globos
Bootie LA Echo Park Rising After-Party @ The Echoplex
IE, Horsemeat, Pure Shit, Wimp and Shrimp, Suzi Star @ Pehrspace
Philly Moves @ Tribal Cafe

Sunday
DruMeditation + Concert with Marla Leigh @ Pilates & Arts
Funky Sole, Part Time Punks Presents: Whirr + Permanent Collection + Tennis System, Permanent Collection, Tennis System @ The Echo
The Blank Tapes, Kicking Spit, Mossbreaker, Brass Bed, Aram Arslanian (of Orphan Train) @ Bootleg Bar
Open Mic Night @ Tribal Cafe
French Toast Comedy night  @ Taix Lounge
Brass Bed @ Origami Vinyl

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Echo Park Rising to return on August 25

Echo Park Rising returns to the neighborhood for its second year of hosting and organizing free music, art and fun events.

After the sudden shut-down of Sunset Junction last year, Liz Garo (Spaceland Productions) and other community members decided to fill the void, offering bands and other artists a place to perform at different venues. Thus was born Echo Park Rising in 2011.

Now that the event organizers have had a bit more time to get organized this year, the festival has now become a grass roots neighborhood effort focusing on Echo Park’s arts, culture, music and small businesses.

So far, there will be music and/or DJs at: iam8bit, Fretted Frog, Raffa’s Lounge, Echo, Origami Vinyl, El Prado, Stories Books & Cafe, Sancho Gallery, Fix Cafe and Short Stop.

There will be a main stage in the Taix parking lot, and inside the restaurant. Lineup for the main stage includes Youngblood Hawke, NO, Dante Vs Zombies, Gothic Tropic, Hott MT, Robert Delong and Lavender Diamond.

The Echoplex will have a record fair, book fair, on site t-shirt silkscreening, and workshops on creating a fanzine plus more. The Echo Park Chamber if Commerce will be hosting a Movie Night Under the Stars on the Citibank roof at 7:00 pm that evening. Your $5 for adults, $10 for families donation goes to area youth groups.

Business that wish to participate should email neil@origamiorigami.com with information about what you’re doing (store discounts, music, etc.).

For more information, visit echoparkrising.com

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Tuesday, August 14 through Sunday, August 19

Tuesday
Antibalas, Very Be Careful, DJ Jeremy Sole @ The Echoplex
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s, Rainbow Jackson, Ben Reddell @ The Echo
Kelly Paige, Rene Breton, Divine Fits, Abe Vigoda @ Bootleg Theater
BUZZBAND’S.LA second tuesday with Fort King, College Kids, Doom & Gloom @ Lot 1 Cafe
Open mic @ Tribal Cafe
So Many Wizards @ Origami Vinyl

Wednesday
Ivan & Alyosha, Coby Brown, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers @ The Echo
Dub Club @ The Echoplex
Mike Andrews, Lavender Diamond @ Bootleg Bar
Metal Hour @ The Short Stop
Vaudeville Comedy Show @ Sancho Art Gallery
Open mic @ Tribal Cafe

Thursday
A Celebration for Believer magazine’s music issue compilation cassette, Love Songs For Lamps With Laura Leif & Amber Phelps, The Memories, the Shivas, Mom, Katie & the Lichen, Calvin Johnson, Happy Noose, Sewn Leather @ The Echoplex
Cold Specks, RT N’ THE 44′S @ The Echo
BIG SIR featuring Lisa Papineau and Juan Alderete (Mars Volta), Alpine Decline, In The Valley Below @ Bootleg Bar
Free Show with Always Press Record, The Zermatts, Heart of Gold @ Lot 1 Cafe
Ghosts of Echo Park @ Taix Lounge
Open mic @ Tribal Cafe

Friday
Three Mile Pilot, Dramady @ The Echo
Papermade (TBA) @ Pehrspace
The Be Good Tanyas, Leftover Cuties, Willie Watson (Old Crow Medicine Show) @ Bootleg Theater
Morris Tepper, Tramp for the Lord @ Taix Lounge
Art show and music @ Tribal Cafe
Ugly Winner, Spaceships @ Origami Vinyl

Saturday
Shiner @ The Echoplex
Funky Sole @ The Echo
Hot TV, Le Cos, Traps PS, Whirlynn Pop @ Pehrspace
The Henry Clay People, Jail Weddings, Sanglorians @ Bootleg Bar
BalconyTV LA and MT Productions Presents: Wise Cub, Empire of One, King Washington, Armada @ Lot 1 Cafe
Belvedero @ Taix Lounge

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo with Dan Janisch
Jeremiah And The Red Eyes, Drunken Prayer, Cap Gun Hold Ups @ The Echo
Lee Fields & The Expressions, Boogaloo Assassins @ The Echoplex
Part Time Punks Presents: Seapony, Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike, Sweater Girls @ The Echo
Joy Kills Sorrow, The Well Pennies, The Dough Rollers, Busy Living @ Bootleg Bar
French Toast Comedy @ Taix Lounge
Open mic @ Tribal Cafe

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Echo Park’s Week In Music

For the week of Monday, July 30 through Sunday, August 5

Monday
KXLU and Echo Present: Screening of Pass the Music followed by performances with Seasons, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Torches, Body Parts @ The Echoplex
Monday Night Residency: American Royalty, Jesse Woods, The Franks, The Miracals, Hit City USA DJs @ The Echo
Sean Carnage presents: Treasure Mammal, Clipping, Ezra Buchla/Corey Fogel, Essay, IE, Andrew Tholl with DJ sets from Vice Cooler, Kyle Mabson, and Jacob Cooper @ Pehrspace
JMSN, All Eyes West, Broadcaster, Astronautica (DJ) @ Bootleg Theater
Motown Mondays: Ghetto Blaster vs. Mom LA, special guest DJs Antwone, JPOE, Expo, Phatrick @ The Short Stop
Indians @ Origami Vinyl
Pam Shaffer, Tara Busch, The Singularity @ Lot 1 Café

Tuesday
International Pop Overthrow w/Jason Falkner + Cannoneers, New Maximum Donkey, The Hunting Accident, Lovers Drugs, SUNKEN SHIPS, King Washington @ The Echoplex
Origami Vinyl and KXLU Present: HOTT MT “Never Hate Again” Release Party with Oh Boy Les Mecs, Evrika, Cosmonauts plus very special guests
Oh Boy Les Mecs, Evrika, Cosmonauts @ The Echo
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, Natalie Angiuli @ Bootleg Theater
Southeast Engine, The Wild Reeds, Ethan Gold @ Bootleg Bar
Kraut Hop 3, Ben Cassorla (Belle Brigade), Denny Weston Jr @ Lot 1 Café

Wednesday
Alt J with Erika Spring (Au Revoir Simone), Something Died In Memphis @ The Echo
DUB CLUB @ The Echoplex
Mike Andrews, Nik Freitas @ Bootleg Bar
Open Mic Night with Victoria @ Tribal Café
Kevin Hull @ Taix Lounge
Brother, Pink Slime (PDX), release of Folk Owl Zine featuring readings by Chan Plet, Folk Owl Folk Zine Launch Party @ Lot 1 Café

Thursday
ONRA, Free The Robots, Matthewdavid, MNDSGN, Knxwledge @ The Echo
David Lynch hosts an evening with Chrysta Bell @ Bootleg Theater
Man Your Horse @ Origami Vinyl
Lila Lilamayi, Claire Cronin, Brandi Emma @ Taix Lounge
The Sensitive Side with Virginia Reed & TBA @ Lot 1 Café

Friday
89.9 KCRW Presents: New LA Folk Fest Kick Off Party with Beachwood Sparks, Tomorrows Tulips, DJ Kave-In (Kevin Fitzgerald) @ The Echo
Diamond in the Rough: – A tribute to Neil Diamond’s “Hot August Nights” @ The Echoplex
Skyline Pigeons, Ocean Grove, C O L O R @ Bootleg Bar
Carolyn Edwards Band, Adam Marslands Chaos Band @ Taix Lounge
First Friday by ORG @ Lot 1 Café

Saturday
Bootie LA Michael Jackson Mashup Night @ The Echoplex
Funky Sole @ The Echo
The Colourist, Kiev, Monsters Calling Home @ Bootleg Bar
Blonde Summer @ Origami Vinyl
DJ Thergood, Open Mic @ Tribal Café
Charles Ezell, Brian Spence @ Taix Lounge
Feed Your Head presents Saint Sea Hat, The WildBunch, John Seasons, Ryan Ellis @ Lot 1 Café
LA Folk Fest sponsored by Echo Country Outpost @ Zorthian Ranch

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo  with Henry Wagons, The Hi-Ho’s, Stephen Sowan @ The Echo
The Drive Tour, College, Anoraak, Electric Youth @ The Echoplex
Part Time Punks Presents: DIIV, Part Time, Melted Toys @ The Echo
Warm Weather, Go West Young Man, Drug Cabin @ Bootleg Bar
Super Soul Sunday @ The Short Stop
French Toast Comedy @ Taix Lounge
Mimosapalooza: Ugly, Ugly Words, Lou Jane, Isabella Brent, Jayson Landon Marcus @ Lot 1 Café

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Chinatown Summer Nights kicks off Saturday

Another way to keep cool this summer and enjoy some family-friendly activities is not far from Echo Park in nearby Chinatown. Chinatown Summer Nights starts this weekend, July 28, and will continue for just two more Saturdays in August.

The event showcases food trucks, neighborhood shops, restaurants, bars and art galleries, along with cooking demonstrations and other cultural activities.

It’s a pretty easy bicycle commute from where I live in Echo Park, and they even offer free bike valet courtesy of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition. This weekend, there’s a cooking demonstration, family workshop with Chinese calligraphy, food trucks (including B Sweet Mobile, Crepe N Around, Flying Pig, Jogasaki Burrito, Munchie Machine, Pigs Feet Under, Tabom Truck, Trailer Park Truck, and Tropical Shave Ice), dancing and DJs.

And what’s a celebration of summer without beer? A craft beer garden on the corner of Meiling Way and Jung Jing Road will have Eagle Rock Brewery on deck with its Solidarity & Umlaut Kolsch brews, along with Golden Road Brewery featuring IPA and Hefe, and El Segundo Brewing Company featuring Blue House Pale Ale and White Dog IPA.

Click here for the Chinatown Summer Nights website to view the event map and full schedule.

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Woody Guthrie tribute in Echo Park Saturday

The Trailer Trash Project (a Pasadena Arts Council’s EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program) is celebrating the 100th birthday of folk artist Woody Guthrie. And because he was a resident of Echo Park, what better way to have a celebration in the neighborhood!

The celebration is an all-day event tomorrow, Saturday, July 14, 2011, with art, music, and other family-friendly activities. The schedule is as follows:

Children’s Concert and Storytelling + Sign Making + History Breakfast
Blues musicians S.S. Jones plays Lead Belly songs for children. Woody Guthrie greatly admired Lead Belly and valued his friendship. Other musicians will play some of Woody’s many children’s songs as well as some of their own compositions. Dancers help out with movement.

El Centro Del Pueblo
10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Afternoon Picnic + Street Art + Writing Session + Song Writing
El Centro Del Pueblo
12:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Concert / Art Activities
El Centro Del Pueblo
12:30 pm – 5:03 pm

Second Line Parade
El Centro Del Pueblo
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm

An Evening of Music, Dancing & Activism / Skid Row Fundraiser:
The Echo
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

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iam8bit hosting charity night with Robot Chicken

On Saturday night only, Echo Park gallery iam8bit will be hosting a charity art show with Adult Swim TV show Robot Chicken.

The event will benefit Steven, the brother of Robot Chicken crew member Lindsey Gilbert, who fell ill from a rare and deadly bacteria. All proceeds from this show will go to aid Steven’s medical expenses and rehabilitation.

“Robot Chicken and Friends Presents: An Art Show for Steven” is an exhibit of artwork from Robot Chicken artists and various artists from Los Angeles and beyond. Up for auction are custom, one-of-a-kind puppets sculpted to the likeness of the highest bidder.

The event takes place tomorrow night, Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Admission is free, beverages will be provided. Click here to RSVP.

iam8bit, located at 2147 W. Sunset Boulevard

h/t Echo Park Online

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Green Works “art installation” under 2 Freeway Terminus in Echo Park

Underneath the 2 Freeway overpass at the Echo Park/Silver Lake borders, and along my daily commute to Atwater Village for work, is some almost unnoticeable “graffiti” along with a noticeable Green Works brand logo. Called “The Reverse Graffiti Gallery,” the installation is exactly that – instead of painting on the walls, artist Mr. Kiji used water and a power washer, essentially washing off the pollution and leaving behind the artist’s designs to prove “that cleaning can be beautiful, natural and inspirational.”

While I’m not a fan of these corporate ad campaign (Green Works is owned by Clorox in some ironic way), it was unexpected and got me Googling when I got to work…. Watch the video of how they did it after the jump.
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2nd Annual Echo Park Stories fundraiser tomorrow

From The Echo Park Stories Festival:

Friends of Elysian Heights Elementary invites friends and neighbors of the school, residents of Echo Park, and anyone else who has an entertaining story to tell, to participate in what promises to be a fun community event.

Storytellers, writers, poets and performers to share their stories of life in Echo Park and Los Angeles to help raise money for the after school enrichment program at Elysian Heights Elementary.

The festival will take place on Saturday, June 16 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the school, located at 1562 Baxter Street.

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