
The 57 best dance clubs in L.A.
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Look past the cold glamour of Hollywood, and L.A.’s true spirit lies in its diverse archipelago of dance halls, lounges, bars and pop-up community hubs that cater to clubbers from most every subculture and demographic. Being a well-rounded Angeleno means kicking off Friday night with a KCRW-core soul set at the Lodge Room in Highland Park, then meeting friends at La Cita for a goth cumbia bonanza and finally, by 2 a.m., inexplicably cheering on your kooky DJ cousin at Catch One in Mid-City.
Although the COVID-19 crisis shuttered a number of establishments in 2020, the dogged support of L.A.’s nightlife communities kept many clubs standing strong. Here’s a list of essential places to jump-start your weekend — but only you can decide where the night will take you.
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1720

The Abbey

Academy
Akbar

Avalon Hollywood

Bar Lubitsch

Blind Barber

叠辞补谤诲苍别谤’蝉

Break Room 86

Catch One

Club Bahia

Club Tee Gee

Club Tempo
Desert 5 Spot

Don Quixote

Echoplex

El Cid
Exchange

Executive Suite
Factory 93
贵辞辞迟蝉颈别’蝉
The Friend

General Lee

Gold-Diggers

Good Times at Davey Wayne’s

La Cita
尝别辞苍补谤诲辞’蝉

Lock and Key

Lodge Room

Los Globos

The Mayan

Melody Lounge

Monty

Moroccan Lounge

The New Jalisco Bar

Nightingale

Oracle Tavern

Paramount

Peppermint Club

Precinct
Que Sera

The Queensberry

Redline

The Reserve
Resident
The Room
Short Stop

Sound
Star Love
Take It Outside
Time
Townhouse
The Virgil
Winston House

Xelas

Zebulon
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