This Week’s Must-See Shows in Los Angeles: May 19-25, 2025

This week’s must-see shows in Los Angeles feature two nights with Kendrick Lamar and SZA at SoFi Stadium. Also: Allison Russell at The Belasco, Mereba at Fonda Theatre, Sharon Van Etten (& the Attachment Theory) at The Wiltern, Lambrini Girls at the Lodge Room, Kyp Malone & Erin Durant and friends at Zebulon, L.A. Witch at Lodge Room, GITKIN at Moroccan Lounge, and many more. Check out below all the best concerts happening in L.A. this week, and for a look at our selections for all of May, see our monthly Best Shows calendar.

5/19/25 Jalen Ngonda at El Rey Theatre  

5/19/25 Jon Batiste at Walt Disney Concert Hall 

5/19/25  ONE OK ROCK, Stand Atlantic at The Greek Theatre  

5/19/25  Black Country, New Road, Nora Brown, Stephanie Coleman at The Observatory 

5/20/25  Jalen Ngonda at El Rey Theatre  

5/20/25  Allison Russell, Kara Jackson at The Belasco 

5/20/25  Black Country, New Road, Nora Brown, Stephanie Coleman at The Wiltern  

5/20/25  Ryan Woods at The Echo 

5/20/25 Melt Mars with Bicha & Lauren at Moroccan Lounge

5/20/25  Lights, King Mala at The Roxy 

5/20/25 Adam Melchor at Troubadour 

5/21/25  Jane Remover, Dazegxd, Lucy Bedroque at El Rey Theatre 

5/21/25  Mereba at Fonda Theatre  

5/21/25  Miya Folick, Olivia Kaplan at Lodge Room 

5/21/25  Daisy The Great at Moroccan Lounge 

5/21/25  Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby at Santa Barbara Bowl 

5/21/25  Kendrick Lamar, SZA at SoFi Stadium 

5/21/25  Your Neighbors, Dreamfone at The Echo

5/21/25  Bad Nerves, Spiritual Cramp at The Regent Theater

5/21/25  Sharon Van Etten (& the Attachment Theory) at The Wiltern 

5/21/25 The Violet Mindfield and Friends at The Monty

5/21/25 KHRUANGBIN with John Carroll Kirby at Santa Barbara Bowl

5/21/25  The Bad Plus at Zebulon 

5/21/25 Matt Berninger with special guest Ronboy at Palace Theater

5/22/25  Matt Hansen at Fonda Theatre  

5/22/25 Been Stellar, Growing Pains at The Echo 

5/22/25  Human Impact, CNTS at Gold-Diggers 

5/22/25  Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby at Santa Barbara Bowl 

5/22/25  FLO at Hollywood Palladium  

5/22/25  Simple Minds, Modern English, Soft Cell at Kia Forum 

5/22/25  Lambrini Girls, Death Lens at Lodge Room 

5/22/25  Kate Hudson, Baby Nova at The Roxy 

5/22/25  Khruangbin, John Carroll Kirby at Santa Barbara Bowl 

5/22/25  Been Stellar, Enumclaw at The Echo

5/22/25 Kyp Malone & Erin Durant’s Song Circle Cycle III at Zebulon (FREE)

5/22/25  Mickey Darling at The Observatory 

5/22/25 Pigeon John, Awol One, Abstract Rude at The Paramount 

5/23/25  Murs at El Rey Theatre 

5/23/25 Anything Box w/ Blaklight at The Paramount 

5/23/25  Royksopp (DJ set) at Fonda Theatre  

5/23/25 Diva Bleach with Alex Vile at Moroccan Lounge

5/23/25  Justice, The Dare at Santa Barbara Bowl 

5/23/25 Tenement Rats, Shock Therapy, Psychic Pigs at Permanent Records Roadhouse

5/23/25 Jackpal, Syd Taylor, Slow Funeral at Location TBA Boyle Heights

5/23/25  Kendrick Lamar, SZA at SoFi Stadium 

5/23/25  Shordie Shordie at The Novo  

5/23/25 bby, Oxis, AKA BK at Scribble

5/23/25  Devin Townsend at The Wiltern 

5/23/25 Nicole Lawrence & The Durango House Band, Jenny O at G-Son Studios

5/23/25  L.A. Witch, DAIISTAR at Lodge Room 

5/23/25  Isabel LaRosa – Psychopomp Tour at The Belasco 

5/23/25 Jeffertitti with special guest Ny Oh at The Goldfish

5/24/25  New Bomb Turks, The Baboon Show at Alex’s Bar 

5/24/25 Detroit Cobras, Tenement Rats, Electric Children at Redwood Bar

5/24/25 Maria Somerville at Zebulon 

5/24/25 La Castañeda at The Paramount 

5/24/25  Kills Birds, Promiseland, Wayne Miller at The Echo 

5/24/25  Whirr, Nothing, Swirlies, Swervedriver, Crushed, Luster, Vyva Melinkolya, claire rousay (sounds) at Hollywood Palladium  

5/24/25  Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers at Moroccan Lounge 

5/24/25  Beach Vacation, kelz at Scribble 

5/24/25  Dope Lemon, The Palms at The Novo  

5/24/25  George Clanton, Slater at The Belasco 

5/24/25 Ledisi at Troubadour 

5/24/25 Dim Mak Afloat Pool Party feat. ?????, Topanga Hills Mafia, Zachary Freemont, Tristan ChantZ, Wake, and Monic! at Level 8

5/24/25 DIIV at Teragram Ballroom 

5/24/25  In Loving Memory, Widowdusk, Ghost Spirit, Portraits of Past, The Spirit of Versailles, Kite Flying Society, Fight Fair, Massa Nera, Kiowa, Drought, Death of James Dean at The Bellwether  

5/24/25  Kendrick Lamar, SZA at SoFi Stadium 

5/24/25  8 Kalacas w/Out of Control Army, La Pobreska & More! at The Regent Theater

5/24/25 GITKIN, BLKSOAP & JEREMY SOLE at Moroccan Lounge 

5/24/25 Ferry Corsten at Avalon Hollywood

5/24/25 Devon Williams Band, Cupid, Psyche, Invisible Dog at Healing Force of the Universe

5/24/25 Caro Pierotto and Brazil Beyond Samba at The Sun Rose

5/25/25  Cloakroom, Mint Field, Kraus, 16 Underground at Echoplex  

5/25/25 Adrian Carmine, Thee Illusions, Chicle at The Paramount 

5/25/25 Yumi Sakugawa + Kyoko Takenaka, Slow Rose at 2220 Arts + Archives

5/25/25 Scott Hirsch, King Dream, Rachel Goodrich at Permanent Records Roadhouse

5/25/25  Knumears, Habak, Kind of Like Spitting, Othiel, Train Breaks Down, Febuary, Sinema, Herlovebeheadsdaisies, Brahm at The Bellwether 

5/25/25 DIIV at Teragram Ballroom 

5/25/25 Astronaut Samurais, Sept, Girl Racers, Sexpeace at The Echo 

5/25/25 Adrian Carmine, Thee Illusions, Chicle at The Paramount

5/25/25 Afrojack at Avalon Hollywood