Hollywood Gothique

Gothique Musial performances in stadiums, concert halls, or clubs.

Date: October 20
Location: Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90026
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Description: It’s almost Halloween, so The New L.A. Folk Festival, L.A. Record, & Grand Ole Echo are getting together to present “The Return Of Murder Ballads,” a follow-up to last year’s tribute to timeless songs about killers, scorned lovers, & evil doers. Performers [...]

Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012
Date: October 30 at 7:30pm
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Description: From the website: “Organ virtuoso Clark Wilson will improvise an appropriately atmospheric sound track on Walt Disney Concert Hall’s magnificent pipe organ for this groundbreaking 1920 silent film, one of the earliest, most influential [...]

Among the music on the menu will be selections from Dario Argento's TENEBRAE
Location: Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Date: October 26 at 8pm
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Description: Hey there, horror movie soundtrack fans! The Cinefamily assures us they have a concert for you! NILBOG (that’s “Goblin” spelled backwards, for those of [...]

Location: The Warner Grand Theater, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Date: May 14, 2011 at 8pm
Description: An encore performance of Tale Old as Time, told in music and images.
Tickets: $15, $25, $35

Location: The Warner Grand Theater, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
Date: Saturday, Apr. 9, 2011, 8 p.m. – doors open at 7 p.m.
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Description: Experience the next wave of orchestra music with millennial imagery.
Tickets: $15, $25, $35

Location: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard
Date: October 30, 2pm to midnight
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Description: The 11th annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival at Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles’s oldest memorial park, observes the mystical beauty and wonder of this ancient spiritual celebration. Partake of various sacred ceremonial tributes and memorable altar creations on the [...]

Planning your Halloween Weekend? Wondering What to do with these final days of October? Looking for something new and different? With the opening of the Theatre 68 Haunted House this past Friday, all of Los Angeles’s professional Halloween haunts are in full swing, leaving the Halloween yard haunts to dominate the concluding weekend of October, along with various horror movie screenings. Here is a rundown of Halloween events and attractions opening around Los Angeles this weekend.

Location: Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, (213) 413-8200
Date: October 26 at 8pm
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Description: The New Los Angeles Folk Festival, in association with The Echo, present this folk music festival focusing on ballads of murder and despair. Although these are not “Halloween” songs their dark themes are certainly appropriate for the [...]

[ October 31, 2010; 6:30 pm; 6:30 pm; ] Location: Exposition Park, 700 Exposition Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037
Date: October 31 – doors open at 5:30pm; band begins at 6:30pm; film screens at 8pm
Description: The Outdoor Cinema Food Fest presents the second of two evenings of Halloween fun, featuring Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film version of Stephen King’s THE SHINING, preceded by live Music from Criminal Belly. There will be a costume contest, ghoulish treats from the food trucks, and giveaways that those who attend in costume will be automatically entered to win.

[ October 30, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Title: Halloween Fright Night 8 – Golden State Pops Orchestra
Location: Warner Grand Theater, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
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Description: ounder, Artistic Director and Conductor Steven Allen Fox and the musicians of Golden State Pops Orchestra celebrate the beginning of their 6th season at the Warner Grand with their eagerly anticipated [...]

[ September 30, 2010; 7:15 pm; ] Location: Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk, Universal City, CA. Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper reunite for the Gruesome Twossome Halloween Hootenanny Tour. The stop at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City includes a special offer: a combo ticket for the concert and for a trip to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood – for $59.

Location: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA
Date: May 22 at 8pm
Description: Enjoy an evening of live orchestral performances from your favorite Disney fair tale films and fantasies. [Presentation licensed by Walt Disney Music Company]
Tickets: $35/$25/$15 [$35 reserved seats]
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Location: Warner Grand Theatre, 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA
Date: April 24 at 7:30pm
Description: A one-day festival of film and video for opera lovers of all ages; WGT’S contribution to LA Opera’s Ring Festival LA. Morning Family Festival: (11am – 1:30pm) Warner Bros. hilarious cartoon “What’s Opera, Doc?”, legendary comedienne ANNA RUSSEL’S “1st Farewell [...]

Location: Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Date: April 13 at 7pm
Description: This is a little bit off the beaten path for Hollywood Gothique but still interesting: part of a “a citywide series of special exhibitions, performances, symposia, and events centered on LA Opera’s upcoming presentation of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle, the first [...]

Looking for a different way to enjoy Halloween in Los Angeles? Something besides horror movies and trick-or-treating? How about some orchestral music from sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films? Well, then, here you go: The Golden State Pops Orchestra celebrates Stu Phillips’ 80th Birthday – the concert will include selections from his scores for BATTLE STAR [...]

[ July 24, 2009; 8:30 pm; ] Two schlocky sci-fi films screen as part of Noah K’s Fright Night, which also includes live performances by Mad Marionettes & Miss Bonnie Delight. There will be a rafle after the first intrmission.

Box office opens at 7pm, doors at 7:30pm. Tickets are $13.

Location: Warner Grand Theatre – 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA (310) [...]

On Friday Night, the Warner Grand debuts the first in a series of “Fright Night” programs, featuring classic and cult movies plus live musical performances. The crypt kicks off with HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (a gimmicky thriller starring Vincent Price as a man who invites guests to his haunted house) and GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (which [...]

Location: Warner Grand Theatre  – 478 West 6th Street in San Pedro
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Description: The Golden State pops Orchestra performs music from STAR WARS, SUPERMAN, and other blockbusters scored by John Williams. Visit www.gspo.com for tickets and information.
Start Time: 20:00
Date: 2009-06-13

I first heard of The Rocketz when I saw them at Knott’s Berry Farm’s Halloween Haunt last year. (You can check them out in the video I shot taht night; they appear at approximately 6:30.) As a rule, I don’t bother with the shows at the Haunt; I’m there for the Halloween mazes and rides. [...]

The Rocketz – joined by members of Moonlight Cruisers – will be performing live on St. Patrick’s Day at Spike’s in the suburb of Rosemead. In case I haven’t mentioned it lately, the Rocketz a are a cool punk-a-billy band that gave a killer performance at last years Knott’s Scary Farm, blasting out songs like [...]

Bear McCreary, who scores the sci-fi series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, recently announced details for a live show at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. The performance is scheduled for April 13.

McCreary previously performed live at the Mint in Los Angeles, back in 2006. He promises that the new show will be bigger and better:

This year’s show [...]

John Williams will be conducting selections of his scores for the HARRY POTER and STAR WARS this weekend.
There are two shows, on Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14. Both start at 8:30pm.
Personally, I’ve always felt the Williams is somewhat over-rated as a composer of films scores. Sure, he does great work, but sometimes I [...]