Finding Concerts Made Easy.

May 22, 2008 10:40 AM

LosAngelesConcertFilter: Is there some site that lists all the live acts playing at various venues around town, broken down by date?

Like, if I want to see who is playing this weekend in LA I can just hop on to this wonderful site and it'll show me who is at The Wiltern, Spaceland, Bowl, etc.?

I realize I could just hop around from site to site but you don't know me and here's the thing: I'm lazy and I like things to be made as easy as possible for me.

Yes, I could also flip through the Weekly.

But seriously, there has to be something else that's even easier than that.

posted by ryecatcher to Media & Arts (13 answers total)

Best answer: Oh My Rockness is a good site.
posted by ISeemToBeAVerb at 10:43 AM on May 22, 2008

Best answer: Pollstar is the industry bible, and has a very comprehensive database. It may not go all the way down to who is playing for 15 people at a bar, but it's pretty good. Not just in LA, but all over the place.
posted by JakeWalker at 10:52 AM on May 22, 2008

Flavorpill (http://flavorpill.com/losangeles) is a good bet.
posted by cwarmy at 10:52 AM on May 22, 2008

Best answer: As JakeWalker said, all you need is POLLSTAR. Sort by city, then you can see every act in town by date/venue/whatever.
posted by rooftop secrets at 10:56 AM on May 22, 2008

Best answer: Do you use iTunes? There's a plugin (it works as one of the Visualizers) that shows a calendar of shows for all of the artists in your iTunes library who are playing within some radius of a zip code you can specify. It also lists album releases. iConcertcal for Mac OS X and Windows.
posted by emelenjr at 10:56 AM on May 22, 2008

Best answer: Since you said you're lazy, go HERE.
posted by rooftop secrets at 11:00 AM on May 22, 2008

Upcoming.org? It's user driven, so it will have a lot of smaller-scale stuff.
posted by electric_counterpoint at 11:56 AM on May 22, 2008

TRY HERE
posted by SMELLSLIKEFUN at 12:14 PM on May 22, 2008

DUH! HERE
posted by SMELLSLIKEFUN at 12:15 PM on May 22, 2008

SonicLiving and tourb.us are also options, and Last.fm also has concert listings these days.
posted by whir at 2:07 PM on May 22, 2008

tourfilter?
posted by hulahulagirl at 4:49 PM on May 22, 2008

I read The Scenestar. Here's their full upcoming show list.
posted by Bigfoot Mandala at 7:42 PM on May 22, 2008

Melophobe works for indie rock shows if you are in Boston, Seattle or New York. Check out their Upcoming Shows page.
posted by jrholt at 7:10 PM on May 24, 2008