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This will be an ongoing project. I will continue to update this as I get more info on clubs.)
SUNDAY
MALEDICTION SOCIETY
3100 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Industrial, Darkwave
10pm - 2am
21+ (ID required)
$7 door
notes: your Sunday offering from DJs
Xian and
Amanda, running a
Steampunk-themed club
The Chamber
(at Club Bravo)
1490 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA
downstairs: Gothic, Dark Wave, Industrial, Synth-pop
upstairs: Rock en Espaol, '80s
9:30pm - 2am
18+, bar with ID
$5 door
notes: one of those restaraunt by day/club by night operations; not a bad evening out; local (to the O.C. folks,) cheap door, and there's a buffet, just in case you want something to nosh on
MONDAY
Blue Mondays
(at Boardners)
1652 N. Cherokee Ave.
Hollywood, CA
80's, 80's, and more 80's
10pm - 2am
18+, bar with ID
free before 11:00 p.m.
notes: been to this club, it's lots of fun; free or discount passes often available
Ground Control
(at the Catch One)
4067 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Industial, EBM, dark electronic music
7:30pm - 3am
18+, bar with ID
$4 door
notes: Industrial karaoke, and other strangeness... dinner from 7:30 'til they run out; two rooms of entertainment
:WUMPSKATE: (2nd Monday of the month)
(at The World on Wheels)
4645 1/2 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
varies; usually Goth and/or Industrial; theme nights common
9pm - 1am
all ages
$6 door
notes: spooky club kids on skates. seriously.
TUESDAY
The Darkroom (currently on hiatus)
1235 N. Vine St.
Hollywood, CA
Darkwave, Ethereal, Goth, Industrial
9pm - 2am
21+ (ID required)
-free! no cover
WEDNESDAY
XILE
(at The Can)
14241 Euclid St.
Garden Grove, CA
Industrial, Goth, 80s, Cold Wave, EBM
10pm - 2am
18+, bar with ID
$2 door before 11, $5 after
notes: from the ashes of Infirmary comes this weekly, brought to you by
Asphyxiation,
Thermal Detonator,
Riddick,
Toxic, and
Sycophant
Feedback
(at The Allstar)
12736 Beach Blvd.
Stanton, CA
Industrial, EBM
10pm - 2am
18+, bar with ID
$5 door
notes: the second club to rise from the ashes of Infirmary, with DJs
Daem0n and
Trauma bringin' the Noize
THURSDAY
Perversion
(at the World Club, a.k.a. the Ruby)
7070 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
main room: Industrial, EBM, Powernoise
front room: Disco, House, New Wave, campy sh!t
back room: Goth, Dark Wave
10pm - 2am
18+, bar with ID
$8 door
notes: the old stand-by at the World Club; free or discount passes often available
FRIDAY
Das Bunker
(at the Catch One)
4067 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Industial, EBM, Powernoise; loud stompy sh!t
10pm - 3am
18+, bar with ID
$8 door
notes: this club is run by veterans of the L.A. Industrial scene, quality events to be had; great venue, but in kind of a sketchy area; free parking available in lot, but get there early for it; discount passes often available
Clockwork Orange
(at the World Club, a.k.a. the Ruby)
7070 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
main room: 80's of all sorts
front room: Industrial, Goth
back room: House, Trance
9:30pm - 3am
18+, bar with ID
$12 door
notes: good venue, at the World Club (formerly the Ruby, formerly the Diamond Club...); discount passes often available; Friday night club in a popular spot, so not the place to be if you get claustrophobic or if you mind crowds
Red
1650 Schrader
Hollywood, CA
Techno, Trance, House
8pm - 4am
21+ (ID required)
$15 door? (see notes)
notes: these promoters run a good club, though I haven't been to the new location yet; not sure if the door is still $15 if you just walk up, but you can get door-listed by going to their website (brings cost down to $10 or so, sometimes free)
SATURDAY
Club Hell (monthly, not weekly)
6356 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
Industrial/EBM/PowerNoize
9pm - 2am
21+ (ID required)
$10 door
Spundae
(at Circus)
6655 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
main room: various Techno, Trance, EDM
rotating side rooms, usually House
9pm - 4am
21+ (ID required)
door varies, usually around $25
notes: FAN-TASTIC club for the genre; they always have top-shelf talent spinning there; get to the area early for parking, or be prepared for a whole lot of suck; if I had the time, and could afford to go every week, I would
Giant
(at Avalon, formerly the Palace)
1735 N. Vine
Hollywood, CA
Trance, Techno, EDM
9:30pm - 5am
21+ (ID required)
$10 door before 10:00pm
notes: this is a great venue, used to go here back when it was still the Palace; best parking in relation to cost/location is usually across from the Pantages (unless you get into Hollywood
really early); haven't been to this club, but I hear good reports about it; looks like they also pull big names in the EDM scene
CLUB RESOURCES:
The Evil Club Empire
promoting for ages now; pretty much have the L.A. scene sewn up
L.A. Goth.net
a good resource for clubbing in the SoCal area
Das Bunker
the successor to the Kontrol Faktory legacy (if you're too young to remember KF, ask around)
SoCal Goth.com
-haven't made time to properly investigate this site; have at it...
Spundae
so good, I had to list it again...