Los Angeles nightlife is spread across separate districts rather than one centre, and the clock is the one rule they share. California law bans alcohol sales between 02:00 and 06:00 and sets the drinking age at 21, so bars close by 02:00 at the latest, while the big dance clubs, Exchange LA, Academy LA and Avalon, run their Friday and Saturday nights from 22:00 to about 03:00. Hollywood has the dance floors: Sound on Las Palmas Avenue, Avalon on Vine Street and Academy LA on Hollywood Boulevard. Downtown has Exchange LA in a former stock exchange and cocktail bars on Spring Street and in the Arts District. Silver Lake has Los Globos, Echo Park has Thunderbolt, and Koreatown has nightly karaoke at Brass Monkey and a disco and house night at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Metro rail stops around midnight, so the ride home is mostly a rideshare. Worth knowing: bring a physical photo ID, because the main club nights in this guide are 21+.
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It is a city of districts, not one nightlife centre. Hollywood, Downtown, Silver Lake and Echo Park, Koreatown and the La Cienega strip each have their own nights, and moving between them means a car or a rideshare. Hollywood is the one district where several clubs share the same few streets: Sound is on Las Palmas Avenue and Avalon on Vine Street, both just north of Hollywood Boulevard, and Academy LA is on the boulevard itself. Most visitors pick one district per night.
The clock is the same everywhere. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says the lawful window for sales runs from 06:00 to 02:00 the following day, and that a venue may not let anyone drink on the premises between 02:00 and 06:00. A 04:00 last call has been proposed more than once. Assembly Bill 342, which would let cities create hospitality zones, passed the Assembly 50 votes to 11 on 3 June 2025, but its first Senate hearing was cancelled on 8 July 2025 at the author's request, according to LegiScan. The one 04:00 exception reported is a small club inside the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, covered by a 2024 bill (AB 3206).
Dance clubs are weekend rooms. Exchange LA and Academy LA open on Friday and Saturday at 22:00 and close at 03:00, with extra event nights. Sound programmes Thursday to Saturday plus the occasional Wednesday, Avalon's calendar also lists Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday dates, and Catch One and Los Globos run by event. Bars keep shorter hours: in Time Out's list updated on 8 October 2026, the cocktail bars close between 00:00 and 02:00, and most of them stay open until 01:00 or 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Sound runs Thursday to Saturday, Exchange LA has the Mutate hard techno series (LUCIID on 28 November 2026), and Academy LA lists a Desert Hearts all-nighter with Justin Martin this autumn.
Exchange LA has Dimitri Vegas & KROMI on 30 October and Dillon Francis on 31 October, Avalon has Riot Ten on 14 November, and Academy LA lists Nicky Romero, Steve Aoki and Benny Benassi.
Los Globos on Sunset Boulevard runs college parties for UCLA, USC, CSUN and CSULA, listed as 18+, next to Latin, hip-hop and house nights.
Catch One has run since 1973 and hosts Das Bunker, an industrial and goth night, on 31 October 2026.
Death & Co in the Arts District, The Wolves on Spring Street, Thunderbolt in Echo Park and Night on Earth in the Cahuenga Pass all appear in Time Out's October 2026 list of the best bars.
Brass Monkey in Koreatown advertises karaoke every night, and Koreatown also has private-room venues such as Pharaoh, with 34 rooms.
Not for you if you want to walk between clubs after midnight or stay out on public transport. The districts are far apart and rail stops around 00:00.
Cocktail happy hours start: Night on Earth lists 18:00 to 20:00, and Time Out's 2025 review of Death & Co listed $13 cocktails from 18:00 to 20:00 on Monday to Wednesday and Sunday.
Dinner in Koreatown, where Dan Sung Sa on West 6th Street opens at 16:00, or an early show: Los Globos lists some events at 20:00.
Doors open at Exchange LA, Academy LA, Avalon and Sound on club nights, and at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang on Fridays and Saturdays (21:30 on Thursdays).
The late nights start at Los Globos, whose LA After Dark party is listed at 23:30 on 23 and 24 October.
The last B and D Line trains leave around 00:03 and 00:12, and OWL night buses take over until 04:00.
Alcohol sales end by law, and bars such as Death & Co, The Wolves and Night on Earth close on Fridays and Saturdays.
Exchange LA and Academy LA close, and the way home is a rideshare, a taxi or a valet pick-up.
Exchange LA lists Hanami Halloween on 29 October, Dimitri Vegas & KROMI on 30 October and Dillon Francis on 31 October. Avalon lists Emo Nite on 30 October and Gasolina on 31 October, Sound has Deep Dish on 30 October and a three-day Halloween pass, and Catch One hosts Das Bunker on 31 October.
Massano plays on 14 November and Mutate with LUCIID on 28 November 2026, according to the club's calendar and Techno Airlines.
Innellea on 6 November, Riot Ten on 14 November and Andy C on 26 November, all on the club's published calendar.
Oliver Heldens is listed for 31 December 2026, followed by TOKiMONSTA on 1 January and Markus Schulz on 2 January 2027.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang runs MUZIQUE on Fridays, free with an RSVP, and Paradisco on Saturdays with roller-skating performers.
The listing for 25 October 2026 includes a UCLA vs USC party at 21:30, marked 18+.
Sound (1642 N Las Palmas Ave), Avalon (1735 Vine St) and Academy LA (6021 Hollywood Blvd) are the three main rooms, and The Spotlight at 1601 N Cahuenga Blvd lists 21+ house nights with an upscale dress code. The B Line has Hollywood/Highland, Hollywood/Vine and Hollywood/Western stations.
Exchange LA is at 618 S Spring St and The Wolves at 519 S Spring St. Warehouse 1720, at 1720 E 16th St in the Fashion District, runs raves that are mostly 18+ and sells tickets online only.
Death & Co at 818 E 3rd St, Everson Royce Bar at 1936 E 7th St and The Let's Go Disco & Cocktail Club at 710 E 4th Pl.
Los Globos at 3040 W Sunset Blvd, The Echo at 1822 W Sunset Blvd and Thunderbolt at 1263 W Temple St, where Filipinotown, Echo Park and Downtown meet.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang at 3531 Wilshire Blvd, Brass Monkey at 3440 Wilshire Blvd and Dan Sung Sa at 3317 W 6th St, open daily from 16:00 to 02:00. Pharaoh, The Venue and Rosen by Pharaoh have private karaoke rooms.
The Roger Room at 370 N La Cienega Blvd is entered through a curtain behind a neon PSYCHIC sign.
A five-room club at 4067 W Pico Blvd with its own car park, open on selected nights.
The main club nights in this guide are 21+, and doors ask for a physical government-issued photo ID. Exchange LA refuses expired or punched IDs, DMV printouts, photocopies and photos of IDs; Avalon refuses copies and temporary licences. Dress codes are enforced: Exchange LA and Academy LA refuse sandals, tank tops and sportswear, Avalon asks for upscale casual and bans baseball hats, and Sound asks for smart casual and bans joggers, shorts, sandals and slides. Exchange LA and Academy LA also refuse bags larger than 12 x 12 x 6 inches, and Catch One allows only small purses, which are searched.
Prices are set per event. Avalon charged $28.75 to $34.50 on 17 October 2026, Sound's Deep Dish night on 30 October was $41.93 in advance, Catch One's DB30 on 2 October was $25 on Dice, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's Thursday guest-DJ nights were listed at $11.50 to $23. Cocktails run from about $13 to $26 in the bars covered here. Academy LA is cashless.
Metro rail stops around midnight and OWL buses run from 00:00 to 04:00. Sound recommends rideshare and has lots at 1632 and 1634 N Las Palmas Ave, Avalon has no on-site parking, Exchange LA offers valet, and Catch One has its own lot. InsideHook reports free validated parking after 17:00 behind Brass Monkey.
| Metro bus or rail ride, one way | $1.75 |
| Metro daily fare cap | $5 |
| Avalon general entry, 17 October 2026 (Resident Advisor) | $28.75 – $34.50 |
| Sound, Deep Dish advance ticket, 30 October 2026 (Dice) | $41.93 |
| Catch One, DB30 ticket, 2 October 2026 (Dice) | $25 |
| Exchange LA cover (Discover Los Angeles listing) | $30 – $50 |
| Academy LA cover (Discover Los Angeles listing) | $20 – $50 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Thursday guest-DJ night | $11.50 – $23 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Friday MUZIQUE with RSVP | Free |
| Cocktail at Death & Co (Time Out, 2025 and 2026) | $18 – $26 |
| Cocktail at Night on Earth | $13 – $19 |
| Cocktail at Thunderbolt (average) | About $16 |
| Margarita at Brass Monkey (December 2022 guide) | $5 |
Friday MUZIQUE at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is free with an RSVP, and a Metro ride before midnight costs $1.75. Drinks and the rideshare home are extra, and no fixed fare is published.
The lowest Avalon ticket listed for 17 October ($28.75) plus one Metro ride ($1.75). Add drinks and the ride home.
The top of the cover range Discover Los Angeles lists for Sound, before drinks, valet or the ride home. Table prices are not published.
Alcohol sales stop at 02:00 by state law, even where the door stays open until 03:00.
Sound sells most nights through Dice and lists X CLUB. on 23 October as sold out. Academy LA says tickets from resellers such as StubHub, Vivid Seats and Eventbrite are not valid.
Exchange LA accepts foreign IDs and passports only if they show a photo, name and date of birth in English.
Bags above 12 x 12 x 6 inches are refused at Exchange LA and Academy LA, and professional cameras are not allowed at either.
Time Out says weekend walk-ins at Death & Co are slim to none. Thunderbolt takes Resy bookings for parties of up to nine, and Night on Earth also uses Resy.
Rail stops around midnight, so decide between rideshare, taxi, OWL bus or valet before the night starts.
LA venues close with little notice: The Belmont on La Cienega Boulevard announced it would close at the end of August 2026 after 26 years, Las Perlas in West Hollywood had its final night on 31 May 2026, and the Mama Shelter rooftop in Hollywood stopped operating under that name on 2 February 2025.
Avalon's building opened in 1927 as the Hollywood Playhouse and later became the El Capitan Theatre, a TV studio called The Hollywood Palace and The Palace before being renamed Avalon in 2002.
Exchange LA is in the former Los Angeles Stock Exchange, a 1931 Moderne building and a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and opened as a club in 2010.
Catch One opened in 1973 as Jewel's Catch One and was one of the first Black discos in the United States. Performers including Sylvester, Donna Summer and Madonna passed through.
Los Globos opened in the mid-1930s as an American Legion hall and was remodelled in 2011.
California's 02:00 last call has applied since 1935, according to Los Angeles Magazine. Brass Monkey opened in 1971.
Alcohol sales stop at 02:00 by state law. Exchange LA and Academy LA list 22:00 to 03:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and most bars close between 00:00 and 02:00.
Hollywood for dance clubs (Sound, Avalon, Academy LA), Downtown and the Arts District for Exchange LA and cocktail bars, Silver Lake and Echo Park for Los Globos and Thunderbolt, and Koreatown for karaoke and disco.
Not with alcohol. Nothing may be sold or drunk between 02:00 and 06:00, so the late option is a dance floor open to 03:00 without a bar. A 04:00 last call (Assembly Bill 342) stalled in the Senate in July 2025.
The main club nights at Exchange LA, Academy LA, Avalon and Sound are 21+. Los Globos and Catch One run some 18+ nights, and the age limit is on each event listing.
Rideshare or taxi. The last B and D Line trains leave around 00:03 and 00:12, and OWL night buses run from 00:00 to 04:00. Exchange LA offers valet.
Expect $20 to $50 at the large rooms: Avalon charged $28.75 to $34.50 on 17 October 2026 and Sound's Deep Dish night was $41.93. Friday MUZIQUE at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is free with an RSVP.
Sound has lots at 1632 and 1634 N Las Palmas Ave, Exchange LA provides valet, Catch One has its own lot, and Avalon has no on-site parking but several paid lots nearby.
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