Best Shows This Week: August 16 – August 22, 2021

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Guns N’ Roses return to the region for a rescheduled show at Banc of California Stadium while The Black Crowes rock The Forum on the same night for their rescheduled event. Elsewhere, singer-songwriters, pop, hip-hop, country, electronic acts light up the nights from LA to OC. There’s even a day-time event in DTLA called Paradise in the Park with Jamie Jones, Hot Since 82 and more for an end-of-summer dance party.

MONDAY, AUGUST 16

Warbly Jets at The Echo, All Ages, 7:00 PM, 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19

Guns N’ Roses at Banc of California Stadium, All Ages, 6:00 PM, $70.00 – $275.00

The Black Crowes at The Forum, All Ages, 7:30 PM, $19.00 – $135.00

Lauren Ruth Ward with Kingsbury and Alicia Blue at Teragram Ballroom, All Ages, 7:30 PM, $18.00

We Found New Music with Luna Aura, Natalie Claro, Jake Hays, Haiden, Halle Abadi at Bar Lubitsch, 21+, 7:00 PM Doors, Free

MSTRKRFT at 1720, All Ages, 9:00 PM, $15.00 – $25.00

Jesse Malin at The Hotel Cafe, 21+, 7PM, $25.00

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 

Riley Green, Dierks Bentley, Parker McCollum at FivePoints Amphitheater, All Ages, 7:30 PM, $34.00 – $99.00

Colbie Caillat and Natasha Bedingfield at Pacific Amphitheatre, All Ages, 7:00 PM, $18.00 – $53.00

Rakim and DJ Jazzy Jeff at 1720, 21+, 8:00 PM, $45.00

Loud Luxury at Academy, 21+, 10:00 PM, $30.00 – $90.00

Flosstradamus at Exchange, 21+, 10:00 PM, $45.00 – $90.00

Joyce Manor at The Palladium, All Ages, 7:00 PM, $45.00 – $107.00

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21

Rise Against and Descendants at FivePoints Amphitheater, All Ages, 7:30 PM, $29.00 – $69.00

Air Supply at City National Grove of Anaheim, All Ages, 8:00 PM, $65.00

Paradise in the Park with Jamie Jones, Hot Since 82, more at Pershing Square, All Ages, 3:00 – 11:00 PM, $78.75