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Live-music venues worth the trip in West Hollywood, California

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The Roxy Theatre (opens in a new tab)

West Hollywood

A ~500-cap Sunset Strip landmark open since 1973, now run by Goldenvoice with a steady touring calendar. One of the Strip’s defining rooms, a step up in size from the clubs and a step down in scale from the theatres.

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Troubadour (opens in a new tab)

West Hollywood

A 1957 club that has been the launch pad for more careers than almost any room in the country — Elton John and James Taylor among the debuts. Still books touring acts across the ~400-cap floor.

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Whisky a Go Go (opens in a new tab)

West Hollywood

The 1964 Sunset Strip club where the LA rock scene was born — the Doors were the house band, and half the bands on the Strip cut their teeth here. Loud, small, and unrepentantly historic.

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The Viper Room (opens in a new tab)

West Hollywood

A small, dark Sunset Strip rock club open since 1993, still working the touring rock and alternative circuit at club scale. A Strip institution where the room itself is as much the draw as the bill.

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