The Echo on Sunset in Echo Park, with the larger Echoplex room below, has booked indie, electronic and hip-hop in Los Angeles since 2001 under Spaceland.
Tip: Doors at 19:30 most nights; the back patio bar opens an hour earlier. Both venues share the bill on big nights.
Address: 1822 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Hollywood Palladium on Sunset and Argyle in Los Angeles, opened 1940, is the 4,000-capacity Live Nation Streamline Moderne ballroom for touring rock and pop.
Tip: General admission floor fills early; the upper balcony is reserved seating with the cleanest sight lines. Doors at 19:00 typically.
Resident in the DTLA Arts District pairs a 210-capacity music room with a 300-capacity beer garden built around a refurbished Spartan trailer.
Tip: Most shows free or under $20. Beer garden opens at noon weekends; live music starts around 20:00 most nights.
Perch in Downtown LA sits 15 and 16 floors above Pershing Square, with French bistro plates downstairs and a rooftop terrace over the DTLA skyline view.
Tip: Weekday afternoons walk in easily; Friday and Saturday after 19:00 reserve through OpenTable. The 16th-floor patio holds the best sunset.
Skybar at Mondrian on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood is the poolside open-air rooftop the Standard chain opened in 1996, refreshed in 2024 with new bookings.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Friday and Saturday DJ sets run to 02:00; hotel guests get priority entry on busy nights.
Bar Lis on the 10th floor of the Thompson Hollywood is the Cote d'Azur themed rooftop opened 2021, a tile-paved terrace with cabanas and full Hollywood Sign views.
Tip: Reservations through Resy or the venue site; smart casual dress code is enforced. The sunset slot at 19:30 fills first.
Spire 73 atop the InterContinental Downtown LA is the tallest open-air bar in the Western Hemisphere, a 360-degree terrace 1,000 feet above Wilshire.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Take the express lift past the hotel lobby; security caps the rooftop on windy nights.