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Echo Park’s own Sunset Junction replacement: Echo Park Rising

 

Since Sunset Junction will no longer function this weekend, it became clear yesterday that Echo Park would be absorbing some of the acts meant for the weekend-long festival. Silver Lake residents and business owners have also organized the No Function Junction in the area where the festival would have taken place, and now the Echo Park organizers have a name for our very own Sunset Junction replacement – Echo Park Rising.

From Saturday, August 27 through Sunday, August 28, Echo Park businesses and venues will host many of the performers (some we are sad won’t be booked, like Ozomatli). According to the website, Echo Park Rising is “weekend long festival celebrating life, art, music and culture.  Located in Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood, EPR brings together local businesses on and around Sunset Blvd, creating an open environment for the enjoyment of live music, independent art, local cuisine and all around good times.”

The Eastsider LA posted a great summary of what performers are going where this weekend, the following is a list of Echo Park venues:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Click here for the full list.

Additionally, restaurants and other businesses are contributing with some great deals:

  • Allston Yacht Club: Happy hour all night Saturday, $5 drink special, the AYC Cooler (ginger watermelon lemonade, vodka)
  • Anejo Duddery:- TBA discounts/specials
  • 8-Limbs: Discount Yard Sale
  • Backside: 25% off all apparel and accessories
  • Bobbie: 20% off select apparel
  • City Sip: TBA discounts/specials
  • deKor: TBA discounts/specials
  • Echo Park Independent Co-Op – up to 70% off stock
  • Gentlemen’s Breakfast – 15% all stock
  • iam8bit – 5% charitable donation to 826LA for all original art/product sales and live music
  • Lot 1 Cafe: live music
  • Mohawk Bend: FREE Secret Dessert for patrons who mention Echo Park Rising this weekend
  • Origami Vinyl: 10% Everything Sale
  • Stories Books & Cafe: 20% off all used books, cafe specials and live music
  • Taxi CDC: 30% off regularly priced merchandise
  • Two Boots: Live Music on Patio
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Open Mic Nights at Fretted Frog

Fretted Frog, the acoustic guitar shop that opened recently near Sunset and Alvarado, recently threw its first in-store concert and is now hosting an open mic night!

Starting Saturday, August 28 from 7-9:00 pm, the open mic night will host singer/songwriters and acoustic bands for the evening. You can sign up to strut your stuff (pun intended) two hours prior to start at 5:00 pm at the store. Email them at info@thefrettedfrog.com for more info.

Fretted Frog is located at 1200 N. Alvarado St.

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Learn about album production at Origami Vinyl

Ever wondered about how to make picture discs, custom vinyl or specialty record jackets? Plan on releasing a vinyl record soon? Origami Vinyl is offering up a FREE panel discussion on the basics of album production on Sunday, August 15 from 7:00-9:00 pm.

“Getting Your Record Made: A Step-by-Step Look at Album Production” is a panel discussion with Q and A led by Origami Vinyl owner Neil Schield. On the panel is: Christian Dwiggins (mixing and mastering engineer from Engine Rooms Studios), Pet Lyman (owner and chief mastering engineer from Infrasonic Sound Recording), Kevin Smith (owner of Bill Smith Custom Records), Jennifer Freund (owner and CEO Dorado Music Packaging), and Benjamin Heywood of Summer Darling.

Along with beer, the event will also include some special offers and discounts from panel speakers on their record production services.

You do have to RSVP no later than TODAY, August 12, by emailing RSVPOrigami@gmail.com

Origami Vinyl is located at 1816 W. Sunset Blvd.

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Free For All Festival at Echoplex This Sunday

Free For All Festival

Sunday, August 15
4:00 pm – 12:00 midnight
Echoplex
All Ages
Free! (Donations accepted)

RSVP for priority entrance if there are lines.

Live performances by:
Akron/Family || Listen
Langhorne Slim || Listen
Active Child || Listen
Old Man Markley || Listen
Roadside Graves || Listen
Sean Hayes || Listen
Frank Fairfield
Bad Weather California || Listen
Dustbowl Revival || Listen
Hi Ho Silver Oh || Listen
The Smart Brothers
Don Juan Y Los Blancos
Dreamcatcher
Mouse Heaven

Food by Chef Brian’s Comfort Truck and Lake Street Creamery.

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Photo: No hipsters here…

…or very few of them, we mean. Instead, there are a few more long-haired, black band-tshirt-clad people (of the metal kind, as opposed to the hipster kind) in Echo Park than usual today – the Echo kicked off its metal fest, “The Power of the Riff,” today at both the Echo and the Echoplex. There was a long wait earlier, but things seem to be pretty much kept inside for the time being.

TwitPic photo via TheEchoLA

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, August 2 through Sunday, August 8

Monday, August 2
Monday Night Residency – Fol Chen, Obi Best, Holloween Swim Team @ Echo
Ferraby Lionheart (The Jack Of Hearts Record Release), Nicole Simone, The Romany Rye @ Bootleg
Ged Gengras, Sun Araw, Metal Rouge, Peaking Lights (Madison, WI), Robedoor @ Echo Curio
Dark Dark Dark, Autolux “Transit Transit” Listening Party @ Origami Vinyl

Tuesday, August 3
Ipo Presents New Maximum Donkey, Cola-Cola, Moostache, The Active Set, Loch And Key, Puppies And Kittens, Jeremiah Streeter @ Echo
Circa Survive, O Brother @ Bootleg

Wednesday, August 4
Dub Club @ Echoplex and Echo
Michael Runion, Franklin For Short, 3’s and 9’s @ Bootleg

Thursday, August 5
Ipo Presents The Janks, Black Jesus, Casey Curry and The Remainders, John Wicks and The Records, Steve Barton and The Oblivion Click, The Shebang, True Margit @ Echoplex
Proximal Records Release Party For “Proximity One: Narrative Of A City” With Benedek, Lawrence Grey, Sahy Uhns, Daedelus @ Echo
KCRW And The Fold Present… Everest (Vapor Records), Mini Mansions, Pacific Hurt @ Bootleg
Ashkahn Art Opening with Healamonster & Tarsier + D/Wolves @ Origami Vinyl

Friday, August 6
Club Underground Vs. Club Zizek (Buenos Aires) @ Echo
Bearracuda @ Echoplex
Battlehooch, Jinsai @ Origami Vinyl

Saturday, August 7
Bootie La – Lady Gaga Vs. Madonna Night @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Eclectic Electric Carnival with Cornelius F. Van Strafrin III, Catharsis for Cathedral Feat. Justine T., Dusty Organ, and more @ Tribal Café

Sunday, August 8
Converse Presents The Power Of The Riff Festival @ Echoplex And Echo
Part Time Punks With W.A.C.O., Thy Squid, No Hablo @ Echo
Eagle Winged Palace @ 6pm @ Origami Vinyl
Love Revisted (Feat. Johnny Echols), The Quarter After, Susan James @ Bootleg

For more information on weekly musical events like club nights, see our community resource pages.Visit the venue website for more information on the cost and times of shows. Venue information can be found in our community resource pages.

This list may not represent all the musical events happening in Echo Park this week – feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time. New events announced for the week after this posting may not be included.

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Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, July 12 through Sunday, July 18.

Monday
Mississippi Man, Superhumanoids, Dahga Bloom, Useless Keys @ Echo
New Music Monday With Greg Mullen, Glacier Saint, Maraca Mouths, Air Surgeon @ Echo Curio
Hyena, Kid Infinity, Myths, Professor Calculus, Sean Pineda, DJ Mapi (KXLU) @ Pehrspace
Residency Night 2: The Black Apples, Wait. Think. Fast., Cue The Moon, Summer Darling @ Origami Vinyl

Tuesday
Smog Sessions With Mrk1, Juan Basshead, Emu, Kemst @ Echo
Big Tree, The Shade, C-horse, Birdlips @ Echo Curio
Open Mic night hosted by Josh Bassett at 7:30 pm @ Tribal Café
Superhumanoids @ Origami Vinyl

Wednesday
Dub Club With Echodelic Soundsystem, Jah Faith, DJ Danny Holloway, DJ Expo, J1 @ Echoplex & Echo
Basshaters, Mirage (Featuring Members Of Smegma + Sissy Spacek), Damion Romero, Indian Mound @ Echo Curio
i can be cheery and LA Record 100 Present: Lola Loshkey, VOICEsVOICEs, Halloween Swim Team, Corridor, DJ Jung Hollywood @ Pehrspace
The Breeding Ground Open Mic (every Wednesday) hosted by Joe Mullenix at 7:00 pm @ Tribal Café

Thursday
Threadless West Coast Social With Special Guest DJ Greg Dulli (Of The Twilight Singers), Teen Inc, The Samps @ Echo
Antibalas, The Sway Machinery @ Echoplex
The Gripping Play Ulysses Crewmen, Performance By Peter J Woods, Moment Trigger, True Womanhood @ Echo Curio
Open Mic night hosted by Jackie at 7:30 pm @ Tribal Café
Foxtails Brigade @ Origami Vinyl

Friday
Club Underground With Secret History, Sweater Girls, Waterlaso @ Echo
Trannyshack La @ Echoplex
Kacey Johansing, Honeycomb, Nightmare And The Cat, Kandyce And The Killdozer @ Echo Curio
Otik Records Presents Shirley Rolls Video Release: Shirley Rolls, C-Horse, Brown Irish, Mountain Animal Hospital @ Pehrspace
G.T.Y.E Presents America Eats its Young, Michelle Macedo and Co. @ Tribal Café

Saturday
Bootie La With Dj Shyboy, DJ Paul V., Raid @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo
Heather Woodbury’s “As The Globe Warms” followed By Simon Joyner, Queen Victoria, Claire Cronin @ Echo Curio
Oh Yeah, The Future, Therapy Session, Tubby Boots @ Pehrspace
Mystery Claws @ Origami Vinyl
Indie Rock Night featuring alternative country band, Oak Street Blues and more TBA @ Tribal Café

Sunday
Part Time Punks: Factory Records Night With DJ Tim Burgess (of the Charlatans) @ Echo
Echo Obscura @ Echo Curio
Diggin’ Sunday is Back, Failings Exposed (music event to raise money for lupus) @ Tribal Café

For more information on weekly musical events like club nights, see our community resource pages.Visit the venue website for more information on the cost and times of shows. Venue information can be found in our community resource pages.

This list may not represent all the musical events happening in Echo Park this week – feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time. New events announced for the week after this posting may not be included.

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Week In Music

For the week of Monday, June 21 through Sunday, June 27th.

Monday
Rainbow^Arabia, Abe Vigoda, Aska, Demo Team, DJ ORO11 at The Echo (free!)
Desktop Rulers, Nightmare & The Cat at Bootleg Theater
Nu Sensae, Shearing Pinx, NASA Space Universe, Bad Party at Pehrspace
Totally Serious, Witt, Rats, Snuffaluffagus at Echo Curio

Tuesday
Seasons’ EP release, Tenlons Fort, Death to Anders, Magick Orchids at The Echo
Gemma Ray at Origami Vinyl (free! Early Show; 7 PM)
Space Waves at Bootleg Theater
Nude Beach, Fim at Echo Curio

Wednesday
Matmos, So Percussion, Lexie Mountain Boys at Rec Center Studio
Hot Hot Heat, Eulogies, Links at Bootleg Theater
No Babies, Hawney Troof, TEARIST, Signals at Echo Curio

Thursday
Benefit for Musicares Nashville Flood Relief Fund feat. Carlene Carter, Dave Alvin, Exene Cervenka, Syd Straw, Tony Gilkyson, Seaspin, The Damn Sons at The Echo
Family of the Year, The Steelwells at Bootleg Theater
Learning Music, Rats, Donut at Echo Curio

Friday
Joe Pug, Jim Hanft, Sonny Pete at The Echo
Head Like A Kite, Smoosh at Bootleg Theater
Lemuria, The Monthlies, Roman Candles at Echo Curio
Moses Campbell, Aerial Stereo, Record Year, Watercolor Paintings at Pehrspace
Travie McCoy, Tay Dizm, Tiron, Ayomari, 82 Stuck Up Kids at Echoplex

Saturday
Lou Barlow, Sarah Jaffe at Bootleg Theater
Giant Drag at Echoplex
Bowery Beasts’ 7″ release at Origami Vinyl
Gabriel Sullivan, Maquiladora, Alina Cutrono, The Fragile Gang at Echo Curio

Sunday
Grand Ole Echo feat. Dan Janisch, Chris Latero & Buffalo Robe, Vanish Valley at The Echo (free! Early Show; 5 PM)
Part Time Punks feat. Fuxa, LSD & The Search For God + Suki Ewers at The Echo
Holy Rolling Empire, The Sea of Cortez, The Atlantic Line, Freddy Fudd Pucker at Echo Curio

Thanks to LAist

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Echo Park Resident Band Health At The Echoplex

Tuesday, June 8th

8:00 pm

The Echoplex

$12 advance, $14 day of show, all ages

Health

HEALTH presumably have a saying: if you do something right once, remix, remix again. They did it two years ago with HEALTH/DISCO, which included remixes of HEALTH tracks by Pictureplane, CFCF, Nosajthing, and of course Crystal Castles, whose version of “Crimewave” threatened to be more popular than HEALTH’s original for a short while. In keeping with this tradition, HEALTH have announced DISCO2, to be released June 22 on Lovepump United.

Like the previous remix album, DISCO2 collects reworkings of tracks from the studio album that preceded it (a little gem called GET COLOR [TMT Review]). Crystal Castles and a few of the same guys from HEALTH/DISCO are back for more, but there are also remixes by Javelin, Small Black, Gold Panda, Tobacco, and Salem. The album’s single and opening track, “USA BOYS,” was mixed by producer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode). And the excitement just keeps coming: HEALTH are topping it off with a US tour, ending with Lollapalooza in Chicago. – Tiny Mix Tapes

with:
Best Coast
Indian Jewelry
Gold Panda

Buy tickets here.

Listen to Health’s new single, USA Boys (flash required)

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The Week In Music

Monday, May 31st – Sunday, June 6th

Monday
The Like, The Young Veins, The Living Sickness at The Echo
Foot Village, Bitches, Nicole Kidman, Forts at Pehrspace
David Scott Stone, Tom Carter, Cooling System at Echo Curio

Tuesday
When You Awake presents First Aid Kit, Samantha Crain, Whispertown at Bootleg Theater
Jeremy Dawson (DJ set), White Apple Tree, Buddy Akai at The Echo

Wednesday
Hot Hot Heat, Stone Darling, Chasing Kings at Bootleg Theater
School of Seven Bells, VOICEsVOICEs, Sister Crayon at The Echo
Socorro, Sisu, Monster at Echo Curio

Thursday
Free Kutmah Benefit Concert feat. Dam-Funk, Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer, Samiyam, Teebs, ABCNT and special guests at Echoplex
Born Ruffians, Young Rival, Random Patterns at The Echo
Spotlight, Floodlight, Lex Land at Bootleg Theater
Hand, Henry Wolfe, Black Jesus, Matthew O’Neill at Echo Curio

Friday
Club Underground feat. Quadron at The Echo
Tilt, Class Actress, Neon Indian (DJ Set), CFCF, Lexicondon, Short Circuit, B.R. at Echoplex
Infinity, Oh Darling at Bootleg Theater
The Delta Mirror, Memory at Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Moses Campbell, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Big Whup, Spirit Vine at Echo Curio
Hello My Name Is Red, tomorrows tulips, Meho Plaza, Cobalt Cranes at Pehrspace

Saturday
Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Marvelous Toy at Bootleg Theater
Painted Hills at Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Jack Wilson Jr., Jo and Jillinda, Sister Grizzly, Honey Loving Cells at Pehrspace
The Body Parts, The Preservation, Oh, The Future at Echo Curio

Sunday
Subhumans, Cross Stitched Eyes, A-Heads, Rayos X at The Echo

Thanks to LAist

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June Events At Echo Curio

Wed, June 2nd – SOCORRO + SISU + MONSTER

Thurs, June 3rd – HAND + HENRY WOLFE + BLACK JESUS + MATTHEW O’NEILL

Fri, June 4th – CLOSING EVENT for HEARD OF ELEPHANT’S BLUEPRINTS with MOSES CAMPBELL + MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY + BIG WHUP + SPIRIT VINE

Sat, June 5th – THE BODY PARTS + THE PRESERVATION + OH YEAH, THE FUTURE

Mon, June 7th – PU$$Y COW + PRIZZY PRIZZY PLEASE + OH BARRACUDA + THE EX-GENTLEMEN

Tues, June 8th – ART DROP for the TRUE CRIME? SHOW 7p to 10p

Fri, June 11th – TRUE CRIME? EXHIBITION opens 8p to midnight plus special dance party!!!!

Sat, June 12th – THE KRIS SPECIAL + MY FLAG IS ON FIRE + OBLIO’S ARROW + WALK

Sun, June 13th – TELEPHONE HAT + FILBERT + NICOLE KIDMAN + CARLEE HENDRIX & THE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG

Mon, June 14th – NEW MUSIC MONDAY

Tues, June 15th – THE ROOFTOP VIGILANTES + FRENCH EXIT + HORSE MARRIAGE

Thurs, June 17th – FALCON EDDY + ABE MARBER + NIGHT CONTROL

Fri, June 18th – HI HO SILVER OH + TENLON’S FORT + OLENTANGY JOHN + JUDSON & MARY

Sat, June 19th – GYPSYHAWK + LUNGBUTTER + PROFESSOR + TAP THIS (all girl tribute to SPINAL TAP!!!!)

Sun, June 20th – CHROME WINGS + ITALIC INDIANS + BARR + PROTECT ME

Mon, June 21st – TOTALLY SERIOUS + WITT + RATS + SNUFFALUFFAGUS

Tues, June 22nd – NUDE BEACH + guests

Wed, June 23rd – NO BABIES + HAWNEY TROOF + TEARIST + SIGNALS

Thurs, June 24th – LEARNING MUSIC residency

Fri, June 25th – LEMURIA + THE MONTHLIES + ROMAN CANDLES

Sat. June 26th – GABRIEL SULLIVAN + MAQUILADORA + ALINA CUTRONO + THE FRAGILE GANG (featuring ARLO AND AISLING)

Sun, June 27th – HOLY ROLLING EMPIRE + THE SEA OF CORTEZ + THE ATLANTIC LINE

Mon, June 28th – NEW MUSIC MONDAY with BUZZ OR HOWL + DARYL SHAUN + guests

Wed, June 30th – 5-TRACK ALL STAR JAM-a-THON

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Tonight in Music, Echo Park

Bootleg Theater
The Good Listeners at 9:30, Pearly Gate Music at 10:30, Walking Sleep release party at 11:30
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Echo Curio
Tom Carter, Barn Owl, Slasher Risk, Magick Orchids, Dreamcolour, The Faraday Trippers

Wooly Blvd (1840 Glendale Blvd)
NASA Space Universe, Okie Dokie, Green Screen Door, Ecoli, Soloing Over Alanis Morissette (thanks LAist for this one! Looks like this a fairly new space, never been before.)

Echoplex
Bearracuda: “San Francisco’s dance night for beards, furballs, bears, cubs, pups and beefcakes comes to Los Angeles.” DJ/Product Matt Consola, Sam Storicks.

The Echo
Funky Sole (every Saturday) with DJs Music Man Mills, and Clifton AKA Soft Touch.

Origami Vinyl
Cannoneers Of The New Command 7th release party at 7:00 pm.

Pehrspace
Easter Everywhere presents Princeton, Mystery Claws record release, Gamble House, Sleeping Bags, and a special guest.

Have fun and be safe! And as always, let us know if we’ve missed anything.

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Hot Hot Heat All June

Hot Hot Heat releases it’s new album, Future Breeds, via Dangerbird Records on June 8th. Los Angeles fans can hear the new sounds early, as the band will be doing a June residency every Wednesday night at Bootleg Theater.

Hailing from British Columbia, Hot Hot Heat first came to prominence in 2002 with their breakthrough debut LP, Make Up The Breakdown, an electrifying dose of urgent, dancey rock anchored by frontman Steve Bays’ characteristic yelp and highly infectious melodies. Over the years, the Canadian band has delivered their kinetic brand of rock and roll live to thousands, toured the world with bands such as Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon, The Walkmen and Queens of the Stone Age, and released several albums, garnering praise from everyone from Pitchfork to Rolling Stone and Spin who described their sound as “aggressively exuberant funk-punk.” Listen to Hot Hot Heat on myspace.

The shows are $12. Tickets can be bought here for an additional fee of $2.88 per ticket.

18+

The dates and line ups are as follows:

June 2nd
Hot Hot Heat 10:30p
Stone Darling 9:30p
Chasing Kings 8:30p
Doors open at 8pm.

June 9th, KCRW presents…
Hot Hot Heat 11:15p
Eulogies 10:15p
Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits 9:15p
Doors open at 9pm.

June 16th
Hot Hot Heat 10:30p
Eastern Conference Champions 9:30p
The Janks 8:30p
Doors open at 8pm.

June 23rd
Hot Hot Heat 10:30p
Eulogies 9:30p
Links 8:30p
Doors open at 8pm.

June 30th
Hot Hot Heat 10:30p
Voxhaul Broadcast 9:30p
1,2,3 8:30p
Doors open at 8pm.

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Open House for Summer Drummer Program

As we posted last month, Bedrock in Echo Park is offering basic drumming classes for kids age 8 to 16 this summer. Presented in association with Dixon Drums, the two-week course is led by studio/live drummer John Montgomery and Jacob Dillon, and takes place  from July 12-24, 2010. There is a morning group (9:00 am – 1:00 pm) and an afternoon group (1:30 – 5:30 pm).

At the end of the course, there’s a graduation concert for friends and family where students get to play live with a band. The classes themselves are not free ($800, all-inclusive), but a limited number of scholarships are available courtesy of the Los Angeles Performing Arts Foundation. There are still spots available as of the publishing of this post.

UPDATE: On the second day of the program, drummer Denny Seiwell (drummer in Wings) will give a private clinic for the group sponsored by DW Drums.

Open House Part Deux Scheduled:

Bedrock had an open house at the end of April, and due to its success is having another one on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm for those interested in the summer session to meet the staff, play drums, and take part in a demonstration. Kids will get some free stuff like t-shirts, snacks and drinks. It’s free, and you don’t have to make a reservation.

“The one we did in April was a lot of fun,” said Adam Aaronson from Bedrock. “It was truly amazing to watch kids shyly shuffle in and within minutes be jamming out a beat.  There were even a few jam sessions with teachers and students.”

For more information, call Bedrock at  213-673-1473 (ext. 7), email them at lessons@bedrockla.com, or visit the website.

Bedrock Studios is located at 1623 Allesandro St.

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Nail Art and Music Tonight at Iko Iko

Looking for something a little different to do tonight? Iko Iko is hosting nail art by artist Sebastian Boher and music by composer/musician David Semien. For $3/nail you can walk away with some fine looking hands and a unique music experience.  Shop Iko Iko while you wait. Their current selection includes big dot tenugui, paper prints and t-shirts, mini weaving looms, wool curly locks in new colors, polka dot button downs, summer scarves, ceramic beads for necklace making, vintage fiber books, and wood stools.

Saturday, May 22

6-8 pm

Iko Iko

1298 Sunset Blvd

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