The Best Concerts In Los Angeles This May

There are numerous concerts happening in Los Angeles this May! As May marks the beginning of festival season with summer concerts underway, it’s exciting to know that free summer concerts in L.A. are just around the corner. This May, you can catch some unique indie and underground shows at El Cid and The Venice West, or enjoy a packed house at the Palladium and Fonda. Grimy Gods has compiled all the options for you to choose from.

We understand that sorting through multiple ticket sites can be overwhelming. That’s why we curate a list of concerts that we think you’ll enjoy experiencing. Most importantly, we also help you discover new artists and enjoy the acts that you already know and love.

5/1 PinkPantheress at Hollywood Palladium

5/1 Erick the Architect at The Roxy

5/2 METZ w/ Gouge Away at 1720

5/2 Lola Kirke at The Troubadour

5/3 STRFKR at The Bellwether

5/3 Julia Holter at El Rey

5/3 Hooveriii, The Intelligence at Gold-Diggers

5/3 BeachLife Festival w/ Sting, Seal, Jordana & more

5/4 Blu DeTiger at The Troubadour

5/4 BeachLife Festival w/ DEVO, Incubus, Santigold, Local Natives & more

5/4 Dol Ikara, Kai Tak at Moroccan Lounge

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5/5 Hazel English, Rachel Bobbit at Lodge Room

5/5 BeachLife Festival w/ My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Courtney Barnett & more

5/6 Abby Sage, spiderblush at El Cid

5/6 Caroline Rose, Kairos Creature Club at Lodge Room

5/6 Gaby Moreno at Venice West

5/6 Jessie J at Teragram Ballroom

5/7 Gustaf, Donzii at Zebulon

5/7 Cage The Elephant at Echoplex

5/7 Caroline Rose, La Force at Lodge Room

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5/9 Cut Chemist at Venice West

5/9 TR/ST, ADULT. at The Fonda

5/9 Gitkin, Nick Pagan at Gold-Diggers

5/10 John Dwyer and Tomas Dolas of the Osees at Gold-Diggers

5/10 Rebirth Brass Band at The Miracle Theater

5/11 Cruel World w/ Duran Duran, Interpol, Blondie and more

5/11 zzzahara, cleanse, juggler at Zebulon

5/13 & 14 IDLES at Hollywood Palladium

5/13 & 14 Belle & Sebastian, The Weather Station at The Bellwether

5/14 Rahill at Gold-Diggers

5/15-19 Joanna Newsom at Hollywood Forever

5/15 Belle & Sebastian at United Theater on Broadway

5/16 Royel Otis, Girl and Girl at Fonda Theatre

5/16 Cedric Burnside at The Troubadour

5/17-18 Justin Timberlake at KIA Forum

5/19 Madison McFerrin at The Paramount

5/21 Anitta at the Wiltern

5/21 Charlotte Day Wilson, Ouri at El Rey

5/21-30 Kraftwerk at Walt Disney Concert Hall

5/22 Pearl Jam, Deep Sea Diver at KIA Forum

5/22 Robyn Hitchock sings Syd Barrett at Zebulon

5/23 VIAL, Suzie True at El Cid

5/23 Deep Sea Diver at Moroccan Lounge

5/23 Bully with Reckling at The Echo

5/23 Holly Humberstone, Carol Ades at The Bellwether

5/23 Bratmobile, The Paranoyds, Fatty Cakes & The Puff Pastries at Lodge Room

5/23 Red Rum Club with special guest Velvet Starlings at The Peppermint Club

5/23 Glitterfox at Gold-Diggers

5/23 Gayotic with MUNA & Friends at Largo

5/23 Omar Velasco, Will Worden at Healing Force Records

5/24 Shannon Lay, Earth Girl Helen Brown at Gold-Diggers

5/25 Sky Ferreira: 10th Anniversary of “Night Time, My Time” at Wiltern

5/25 Mon Laferte, Ximena Sariñana at KIA Forum

5/25 Cloud Nothings at Lodge Room

5/25-26 Teezo Touchdown at Fonda Theatre

5/26-27 Joanna Newsom at Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever

5/26 Femme Fatale ft Lola Colette, brookelen at Gold-Diggers

5/26 Valley Queen, Lila Forde at Healing Force Records

5/27 Summa, Guy Blakeslee at Zebulon

5/28 Monsieur Periné, Lucio Feuillet at The Belasco

5/28 Joy Downer at Gold-Diggers

5/29 Yaya Bey at The Paramount

5/29-30 girl in red, The Beaches at The Greek

5/28 Wand, King Tuff (DJ Set) at Gold-Diggers

5/28 Planetary Prince ft. Cameron Graves, DJ Linafornia at Gold-Diggers

5/29 Edie Yvonne at Genghis Cohen

5/29 Cheekface, yungatita at Teragram Ballroom

5/30-31 Asha Puthli at Zebulon

5/30 Avril Lavigne, All Time Low, Royal & The Serpent at KIA Forum

5/30 Com Truise at 1720

5/30-31 Moby at Masonic Lodge, Hollywood Forever

5/31 -6/1 Son Rompe Pera, Spaghetti Cumbia at The Paramount

5/31 Silvana Estrada, Cecile McLorin Salvant at Walt Disney Concert Hall

5/31 Sarah McLachlan, Feist at Hollywood Bowl

5/31 Swamp Dogg at Zebulon

6/1 iLE, Mestizo Beat at Grand Performances

6/1 Flamingosis, Diastrata at Lodge Room

6/1 SEGO, Dark Dazey at Gold-Diggers

6/1 Meerna at Healing Force Records

6/1 Hailu Mergia at The Getty

6/1 Bad Gyal at The Novo

6/1 Natalie Merchant at Walt Disney Concert Hall

6/1 Sluttony with Fake Dad at Moroccan Lounge

6/1 Forester at Fonda Theatre

6/2 Hailu Mergia at Zebulon

6/3 Andrew Bird at Lodge Room

6/5 Finom, Valebol at Zebulon

6/8 Sinkane at Zebulon

Stay tuned! We update this list a few times a week with new upcoming shows.