Get ready to groove to house and disco stylings provided by Andy Butler of Hercules and Love Affair, this Friday September 4th at Avalon.

This September, join the family for three days of lobster, pirates, local bands, and Mini-Tina Turner. What more could you ask for? How about a parade of pets dressed in lobster costumes?

Don’t just hang out on your couch with Netflix on the weekend. Better to assume the same position poolside at Avalon Beverly Hills (replace Netflix with tequila cocktail).

You have no idea how much we had to eat to bring you this guide to brunch all over Los Angeles. There’s always room for pancakes, don’t forget.

The Sunset Strip Music Festival goes down September 10th to 12th. Get your tickets to a rock and roll smorgasbord taking over West Hollywood’s streets and clubs.

Electro-disco fever comes through clean, strutting and pretty with Glass Candy at Lot 613, July 25th. Brought to you by the good folks at Blow Up LA, IHeartcomix and Mad Decent.

Wine tastings come and go, but the chance to drink with the master of Japanese booze is a one-time deal. For the next few weeks, the Kabuki Japanese Restaurant collective is hosting Sake Nights with Yuji Matsumoto you don’t want to miss.

Not only a place to get your shopping fix satisfied along its outdoor storefronts, the Grove welcomes warm weather by setting up a wine-tasting series to raise funds for worthy charities. We love drinking for a good cause.

On Thursday, June 24th, record label Friends of Friends makes merry with Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf and more at Echoplex. The show also serves as a launch party for the label, and Puma will be on hand, dishing out the souvenirs.

The Getty’s Friday evening events have always been awesome, but who can make it there in L.A. traffic? Joy comes in being able to get up that hill on a Saturday for music and good times.

This summer, do dinner in the round at Breadbar with special guest chef Ludovic Lefebvre. For about 30 smackers, you’ll get fancy, slightly strange culinary treats and possibly an autograph from an up and coming reality TV star.

Know what you're drinking. This applies when handed a cocktail at da club, or at brunch when the champagne's a-flowing. Here's all you need to know, maybe more, about Champagne. And where to get it around town.

For their one year anniversary, Danceism is throwing a major party, pulling some of your local favorite and jet-setter DJs and pushing the decibels as high as they can possibly reach. Through the roof, if all goes well.

When then-fiance Nicole Richie visited the nightclub DJ AM helped to found, she took one look at the red and silver streamlines and said, hey, it looks like an airport. LAX was born. Over hundreds served!

A man with some dough to spill who knows his brands makes a pit stop here on his way to the Standard rooftop. Where’s it at? HUF or Hundreds, positioned at opposite ends of the district, one in white, the other in black.

The historical venue has re-opened and the roof will definitely not fall on your head. Only the big guys get to play at the Palladium in Hollywood, but, lucky for us, we get to watch.

Happy hour isn't the only time of the day we want drink specials. MetroWize cruised LA looking for weekly cocktail deals at all hours and came up with a list of dependable pit stops. Some involve snacks.

Happy hour isn't the only time of the day we want drink specials. MetroWize cruised LA looking for weekly cocktail deals at all hours and came up with a list of dependable pit stops. Some involve snacks.

To roll into the new year with your mind blitzed, Giant invites you to a decadent feast of light, blinky things, and music that enhances both those features.

Knowing what's hip in the art world is LaxArt gallery's sign of Zorro. We interrupted assistant curator Daniel Pelt between sips of his Angelino at Intelligentsia to recommend some hot LA art spots.

There are a few more Halloween festivities you may want to fit into your night. Perhaps shaking the dinosaur bones to Juan Maclean at the Natural History Museum? Or psychedelic dancing at the Hammer? How about a Justice movie?

Downtown's still working on making its major comeback. As part of that, hot spots have taken to burning the midnight oil in the kitchen, giving nightlife a reason to be rumbly in its tumbly. We've even broken it down by neighborhood.

Downtown's still working on making its major comeback. As part of that, hot spots have taken to burning the midnight oil in the kitchen, giving nightlife a reason to be rumbly in its tumbly. We've even broken it down by neighborhood.

Searching for the best thing to eat when drunk, I stumbled into a private "Darker My Love" show at Berrics skatepark. They had one bartender, so the beer line was ridiculous. Feast your glazed over eyes on what these people do for the drunk munchies.

Do you love bacon so much sometimes you wish you could drink it? Well, put down the frying pan. No need to be disgusting about it. Take the classy route and stir yourself a bacon cocktail.

Deerhoof hits Los Angeles October 3rd at the Avalon. Greg Saunier tells us that when it comes to their band, nobody ever gets hurt. Except by emails.