See Coachella Acts French Police, Freak Slug, Disclosure This Week in LA

Whether you’re catching a Coachella band at a small venue or seeing The Boss rock The Forum, this week’s best shows in Los Angeles for April 6-12, 2026, are full of that exciting festival energy along with those cool underground club vibes. Take your pick!

4/7 & 9 Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at Kia Forum

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4/8 Saul Williams, Carlos Niño at Blue Note Los Angeles

Genre: spoken word, experimental hip-hop, jazz, ambient
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4/7-8 Disclosure and JADALAREIGN at Santa Barbara Bowl

Genre: house, UK garage, electronic pop
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4/9 Gitkin at Gold-Diggers

Genre: instrumental funk, psychedelic soul, world, Latin
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4/9 French Police with Freak Slug at Fonda Theatre

Genre: post-punk, darkwave, indie rock, dream pop
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4/10 Lightning Bolt, OOIOO at Zebulon

Genre: Noise Rock, Math Rock, Experimental Rock
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4/10-12 Coachella

The xx, Nine Inch Noize, Turnstile, FKA Twigs, Iggy Pop, The Strokes, Ethel Cain, Lambrini Girls, Ecca Vandal, Groove Armada, Moby, Die Spitz, Model/Actriz, Little Simz, Wet Leg & more

4/11 Habibi at Sid The Cat Auditorium

Genre: garage rock, surf rock, psychedelic rock
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4/11 Death Valley Girls, The Acid Sisters at Flyway at Fox

Genre: psychedelic rock, garage rock, shoegaze
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4/11 Groove Armada at Sound Nightclub

Genre: house, trip hop, downtempo, dance
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4/11 Soft Palms, Life On Other Planets, Rose Haze at Moroccan Lounge

Genre: dream pop, indie pop, psychedelic pop
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Next Week’s Preview:

4/14 Lykke Li at Fonda Theatre

4/14 Los Retros, Carolina Durante at The Glass House

4/14 Herbie Hancock at Walt Disney Concert Hall

4/14 David Byrne at Santa Barbara Bowl

4/15 Wet Leg at Fox Theater Pomona

4/16-17 Lebanon Hanover at The Vermont Hollywood

4/16 Tomora at El Rey

4/16 Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra, The Allentons, DJ Bubba Sanchez at Lodge Room

4/17 Kate Clover, Jenny Don’t & The Spurs at Moroccan Lounge

4/18 GWAR, King Parrot, Soulfly at The Belasco

4/23 Chuwi at The Roxy

4/24 Face To Face at The Novo

Our Favorite Venues in LA

Whether you want underground grit or tour-level spectacle, pick your genre, choose your room, and make it a live-music week. Grimy Goods gots you. We’ve been covering the Los Angeles music scene and beyond since 2008. Here are our favorite venues in Los Angeles.

Hollywood Bowl – she’s a glamorous outdoor amphitheater (and haunted), historic icon, owned by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. The Summer Season is presented by the LA Phil; however, the county leases this legendary venue during the off-season to Live Nation and others.

Gold-Diggers (very cool independent small club venue)

Zebulon (super cool small club independent venue)

Lodge Room (independent small club venue)

The Forum (aka the Fabulous Forum, currently, the Kia Forum, she’s a historic arena, and an L.A. icon)

Permanent Records Roadhouse (cool independent small club venue)

Fonda Theatre (historic medium sized venue owned by Goldenvoice/AEG)

El Cid Sunset (historic and haunted independent venue)

Moroccan Lounge (independent small club venue)

The Troubadour (independent small club venue)

Teragram Ballroom (independent medium sized venue)

Sid The Cat Auditorium (fiercely independent, and in charming South Pasadena)

The Smell (independent small club venue)