The best Los Angeles events for the week of April 15 - April 21

April 16, 2024 by Terrance Pryor in Music

Lots of great events this week.

Bayside announce U.S. spring 2024 tour with Finch, Armor For Sleep, and Winona Fighter

January 27, 2024 by Terrance Pryor in Music

Tickets on sale right now.

Thrice and Bayside announce 2022 U.S. co-headlining tour

March 08, 2022 by Terrance Pryor in Music

Pre-sale tickets on sale right now.

My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins announced for Riot Fest 2021

June 16, 2020 by Terrance Pryor in Music

This year’s installment of Riot Fest has been postponed, but this didn’t stop organizers from unveiling the first string of acts for next year’s event.

Revealed today, The Smashing Pumpkins, Run The Jewels, and The Pixies will headline the event, which takes place from September 16 through September 19, 2021 at Chicago’s Douglas Park. September 16 (Preview Night) will feature secret sets from bands that will be only be available that day. Other bands set to perform include Fever 333, The Sounds, Circle Jerks, and Sublime With Rome. My Chemical Romance, who were slated to headline this year, will still perform at the 2021 installment.

You can check out the first wave announcement below. More acts will be released leading up to the event.

If you purchased tickets for the 2020 installment of Riot Fest, you can use them for next year or request a refund or transfer them to a friend here. Refunds/transfers are only available until July 16, 2020. Tickets for Riot Fest 2021 are available here. Entry into the Preview Night is only available for those keeping tickets for next year or folks buying tickets by July 16, 2020.

Riot Fest - First wave announcement

My Chemical Romance

The Smashing Pumpkins

Run the Jewels

The Pixies

Coheed and Cambria

Taking Back Sunday

Sublime with Rome

Dirty Heads

Lupe Fiasco performing The Cool

Vic Mensa

The All-American Rejects

New Found Glory

Simple Plan

Gogol Bordello

Circle Jerks

Thrice

Circa Survive

K.Flay

Toots and the Maytals

Jawbox

Les Savy Fav

Best Coast

Bayside

Meg Myers

PUP

Mayday Parade

FEVER 333

Living Colour

Big Freedia

SWMRS

Beach Bunny

Alex G

Thursday

Saves the Day

Don Broco

Joywave

Hepcat

Fishbone

Fucked Up

Boston Manor

The Sounds

White Lung

KennyHoopla

Beach Goons

Meet Me @ the Altar

Radkey

Holy Fawn

Chubby and the Gang

Bayside announce Battle of the Bands contest for upcoming headlining tour

September 24, 2019 by Terrance Pryor in Music

Bayside will be supporting their forthcoming album Interrobang on tour, and they’re giving unsigned bands a chance to perform with them.

Announced today, their Battle of the Bands contest will allow an unsigned local band to open for them each night. Aside from playing with Bayside, these bands will get paid, and they can set up merch. All genres are welcomed to enter. To submit your band, head here. Submissions will be open until this Friday (September 27). Fan voting will take place from September 30 through October 25. Whoever wins the fan vote gets to perform.

Bayside’s headlining tour, which includes support from Sincere Engineer and Capstan, will kick off on November 6 inside Indianapolis’ Deluxe. Tickets for this tour will go on sale this Friday at noon local time. Dates can be seen below.

Interrobang, which comes out on October 4 via Hopeless Records, can be pre-ordered here. This is the follow up to their 2016 studio album Vacancy.

Bayside tour dates

November 6 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe

November 7 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge

November 8 - Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar

November 9 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Stache

November 10 - Rochester, MN - Anthology

November 12 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar

November 13 - New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg

November 15 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA

November 16 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair

November 17 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount

November 19 - Greensboro, NC - Blind Tiger