The Jujubeats Festival has promised a “wonderland of visual orgasms and sensory bliss” will take over Oak Canyon Ranch on August 1st. Bee costumes are encouraged.

The L.A. Shorts Festival returns with hundreds of short films by and starring both Hollywood bigshots and indie risers in the midst. From July 23 - July 30.

The lunch lady never served egg salad on brioche. At Lemonade’s third restaurant in Los Angeles, you can feast on classic cafeteria options with a gourmet twist and quench your thirst on delicious, fancy lemonade beverages.

This September, Los Angeles welcomes Convention 101, the first of a new, ambitious music festival series by Robotnik. For three days, L.A. will remind the world that it’s a global dance music center to be reckoned with.

The Fresh-Squeezed Festival returns July 11th with its giant green laser, tons of oranges, and nine hours of dance music from around the world. Gather your friends, your citrus-themed attire, and take the long but worth-while drive to Whittier.

This summer, Skirball is bringing in world music bands from all over to spend a night under the stars with Los Angeles, as part of its free Sunset Concerts series.

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Bigfoot Lodge brings us a week of special events, reintroducing live bands on Sunday afternoons, “Sasquatch sightings,” vintage drink prices and the opening of a sister-bar in Culver City, Bigfoot West.

Get your free Shakespeare and an affordable wine tasting in one fell swoop with a 360-degree view of Los Angeles at Barnsdall Park.

Maybe one of the only times you’ll spend the day in Pasadena - June 21st is World Music Day, and Pasadena intends on creating an Epcot experience of musical performances for the masses to enjoy—for free!

Pencil this into your after-work drinking schedule: every Tuesday in June, Viceroy has partnered with Casa Noble tequila for a sweet, tangy, cocktail session. These concoctions make your homemade margarita look like a chump.

Nothing goes down better with the beach than a three-day festival drenched in dub and magical sunsets. Positive vibes await at West Beach Music & Arts Festival, stretched out upon Santa Barbara’s sandy shore. Can we borrow your sun block?

Time to show off all the Kama Sutra training you’ve practiced in the confines of your bedroom with an invisible lover. The Air Sex Competition wants to see how good you are at not having sex.

Good vibes are mandatory and inevitable at this hippie fest. You’ll be talking about the cosmos by the end of the first day. After days two and three, you might find yourself barefoot and you’ll be leading spontaneous drum circles.

L.A.’s Cinco De Mayo must contend with the Southwestern United States' zest for celebrating its neighbor across the border. So do your part and support your city by drinking and dancing until you must sell your shoes for one more shot of tequila.

Just a few days away from Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, many of us have already transported our souls poolside and initiated signs of sunstroke. MetroWize will try to prepare you for what's to come.

New is exciting in a time when other things are combustively imploding, in other words, shutting down. A new record store hits Sunset Blvd at Lemoyne. Echo Park is getting cooler, imagine.

MetroWize offers a brief rundown of new restaurants that opened in March.
From chic...to chic, really. Nothing's that cheap but it sure tastes good.
Time to sell that Fender you'll never master and eat out.

There's the big guys and there's the little guys...here are a few rocking bands we stumbled upon at the outer limits of the South By Southwest Music Festival.

Life gets tough with more than one great party to attend on a given night.
Here are some reasons Wednesday night puts us in a tizzy. Are you feeling electro? Shmoozy? Want to dance to M.I.A? We'll break the decision into simple terms.

Festival season is waking up from its winter slumber. Adding to the
excitement, Pitchfork Festival has announced their dates. So we may not be
getting an Ozzfest this year, but we'll still get our indie on in Chicago.

Club Melodic begins hosting its first weekly party at Ecco. Andy Caldwell returns to Ecco to kick off this week's FREE party. Enjoy some of the freshest beats in one of LA's most eco-friendly venues.

The recession has put empty pockets in our empty pockets. But have no fear, there’s still ways to snag free food and drinks around town. Follow our lead and you’ll be buzzing in no time.

Cool guy West Hollywood store, Union, has gotten their hands on some of Plastic Little's Jason Musson's fun and racy poster collection, Too Black For B.E.T. Go check them out and buy yourself a flannel baseball cap.

Don't fret, Animal Collective has rescheduled its canceled LA concerts and is coming to a major venue near you very soon.