A jam-packed Best Shows This Week calendar as we hit mid-September and high temperatures. Ben Harper and Neneh Cherry at the Hollywood Bowl stands out, along with shows from Jay Som at the Echoplex, Bon Iver and Sharon Van Etten at The Forum, and more.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Elle King at Hollywood Bowl, all ages, 7 PM, $29.50+
Keshi, Zac Greer at The Echo, all ages, 8 PM, $18 advance/$22 day-of
School Night: Warm Brew, Michigander, Pasha, Raffaella at Bardot, 21+, 7:30 PM, FREE WITH RSVP
Greensky Bluegrass at GRAMMY Museum, all ages, 7:30 PM, $25.00
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Keshi, Zac Greer at The Echo, all ages, 8 PM, SOLD OUT
Night Verses at 1720, all ages, 7 PM, $15.00
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Ben Harper, Neneh Cherry at Hollywood Bowl, all ages, 8 PM, $9.00-$134.00
Sigrid, Raffaella at Fonda Theatre, all ages, 8:30 PM, SOLD OUT
The Drop: The Bird and the Bee at GRAMMY Museum, all ages, 8 PM, $30.00
Sheryl Crow at Theatre at Ace Hotel, all ages, 8 PM, $59.50+
Mac DeMarco at Ford Theatres, all ages, 8 PM, $42.50
Prophets of Rage (9:30 PM) at The Mayan, all ages, 8 PM, $39.50
Twilight on the Pier: Hollie Cook, Western Standard Time, Upstream at Santa Monica Pier, all ages, 7 PM, FREE
Andy Clockwise, VS Colour, Midnight Faces, Bella Darling, Stella Mozgawa (DJ set) at The Echo, 18+, 8 PM, $8 advance/$10 day-of
Fiona Grey, Aloud, Mawd, Alicia Blue at Bootleg Bar, 21+, 8 PM, $10.00
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Explosions in the Sky, Sessa at Hollywood Palladium, all ages, 8 PM, $39.50
Brian Wilson, The Zombies at Greek Theatre, all ages, 7:30 PM, $50.00+
Xavier Rudd, Bobby Alu at El Rey Theatre, all ages, 8 PM, $27.00
Sheryl Crow at Theatre at Ace Hotel, all ages, 8 PM, $59.50+
Allah-Las, Big Search at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, all ages, 9 PM show, SOLD OUT
Prophets of Rage (9:30 PM) at The Mayan, all ages, 8 PM, $39.50
Jennylee presents: Spring Summer, Jake and Abe, BEEF (Stella Mozgawa + Boom Bip) at Zebulon, 21+, 8 PM, FREE
Wolfbrigade, Dropdead, Final Conflict at 1720, all ages, 8 PM, $20.00
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Jay Som, Affectionately, Boy Scouts at Echoplex, 18+, 8:30 PM, $17 advance/$22 day-of
Squeeze, X at Orpheum Theatre, all ages, 8 PM, SOLD OUT
Ty Segall & Freedom Band (performing First Taste + Manipulator), Ruth Garbus at Teragram Ballroom, all ages, 8 PM, $28.00
Mac DeMarco, Cate Le Bon at Greek Theatre, all ages, 7:30 PM, $28.00+
half•alive, Sure Sure at Fonda Theatre, all ages, 8 PM show, SOLD OUT
Young Jesus, Ada Lea at Bootleg Bar, 21+, 8:30 PM, $10 advance/$12 day-of
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Harvest Moon Gathering: Neil Young, Norah Jones, Father John Misty, Masanga, all ages, 12 PM, SOLD OUT
Open Music & Arts Festival ft. Nick Waterhouse, Jen Awad, Gavlyn, Sister Mantos, Ricardo Lemvo, Makina Loca at Alex Theatre, all ages, 3 PM, FREE WITH RSVP
morgxn at Troubadour, all ages, 7 PM, $16.00
Off the 405: Ex Hex, King Tuff (DJ set) at Getty Museum, all ages, 6 PM, FREE
Maren Morris at Greek Theatre, all ages, 7 PM, $33.00+
Hayden James, NAATIONS at Fonda Theatre, all ages, 9 PM show, SOLD OUT
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Bon Iver, Sharon Van Etten at The Forum, all ages, 7:30 PM, $39.50+
Spotlight: Maggie Rogers at GRAMMY Museum, all ages, 7 PM, SOLD OUT
Cake, Ben Folds, Tall Heights at Greek Theatre, all ages, 8 PM, $29.50+
Cafe Tacvba, Cherry Glazerr at Hollywood Bowl, all ages, 7 PM, $20.00-$112.00
Top photo of Sharon Van Etten by Justin Higuchi