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Daily Email - Thursday - 8/20/2026

August 20, 2026

The weekend is almost here, August is wrapping up, and September is coming in hot. Kick off the month with a little Dirty Blonde energy and enter to win a pair of tickets to The Drop: Bebe Rexha at The GRAMMY Museum on Wednesday, 9/9, featuring a conversation about her new album, creative process, and a special performance!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Fear& Live brings Hasan Piker, Will Neff, QTCinderella, and AustinShow to The Dolby Theatre on Saturday, 8/29. Win your way in and see the wonderfully dysfunctional podcast jump from your feed to the stage!

  • Catch The Two Lips for free at Artesia’s International Street Fair & Diversity Festival on Saturday, 10/3. The hometown indie dream-pop duo returns after a Coachella appearance, taking the Pioneer Boulevard stage by storm!

  • Isabel LaRosa is putting the pieces together for her Dollparts Tour, hitting Pacific Electric on Thursday, 10/15. Consider this your chance to play dress-up, lose your head, and catch the alt-pop doll before she’s fully off the shelf.

  • Remove your purity rings because the Jonas Brothers are heading to The Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday, 11/18. Kevin, Joe, and Nick are back for a night of throwback hits, scream-along choruses, and peak millennial nostalgia.

  • NYC sibling duo Frost Children, producers behind Kim Petras’ Detour, are bringing their genre-melting pop to The Fonda for three nights this December. Loud, stylish, hyperpop-adjacent, and impossible to pin down.

QUEER ACTS AT DAISY CHAIN FIELDS

Heading to Daisy Chain Fields next Saturday, 8/29? Olivia Rodrigo leads the sold-out, all-women lineup, with plenty of queer artists worth knowing before you go. No ticket? Read up anyway so you know exactly who everyone will be talking about after the fest.

By the way, if Daisy Chain Fields has you curious, we’re also giving away tickets to Eli at The Fonda on Wednesday, 9/2. Go get ‘em!

THIS WEEKEND

CATEGORY via Instagram

🎢 FRI 8/21 - OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN at Six Flags Magic Mountain*

🎧 FRI 8/21 - THE KNOCKS at The Bellwether

📸 SAT 8/22 - CATEGORY VOL. 001 - PRECIOUS METALS at District 7 LA (USE CODE "DOLA20" FOR 20% OFF!)

🌈 SAT 8/22 - RAINBOW SUMMER in DTLA

🌤️ SUN 8/23 - SUNDAZED at Temple Grounds (FREE!)

WIN TIX: DTLA PROUD FESTIVAL AT LA PLAZA DE CULTURA Y ARTES

Text the group chat now. You could win a 4-pack tickets (plus drink tickets!) to DTLA Proud Festival x SUMMERTRAMP on Sunday, 8/30. Come through for drag, DJs, local talent, dancing, and ten hours of queer community right in the heart of DTLA together!

Pssst, have your friends enter too and you can double your chances of winning.

LOCALS ONLY

  • CRANK IT! Pregame Slayyyter’s two nights at The Shrine at Honey’s this Saturday, 8/22 with DJ Evan and Ella Warren. Best part? It’s free!

  • The viral West Hollywood pig just hit the jackpot! Legendary songwriter Diane Warren saw the little guy on the news, fell in love, and had her animal foundation swoop in with the winning bid.

  • Catch the King of Drag Season 2 premiere at Kiso on Sunday, 9/20! Hosted by Skirt Cocaine and King Phantom, this FREE watch party brings themed drinks, raffle prizes, and live drag performances. RSVP for a free raffle ticket!

WIN (GAY) STUFF

🚨 JUST ADDED:

🔥 COMING UP:

  • FRI 8/28 - DIANA ROSS at Pacific Amphitheatre

  • SAT 8/29 - NONAME at ​The Fonda Theatre

  • FRI 9/4 - HAYLA at The Fonda Theatre

WIN TIX: PEARL Pool Party

Soak up the sun at LA’s longest-running queer pool party! Dance poolside with Dante Luv, Mascfish, and Spiñorita at PEARL Pool Party next Saturday, 8/29 at The Godfrey Hotel Hollywood. Win a pair of tickets!*

Queer-Owned Coffee Shops In LA

Skip the chain and support LA's incredible Queer-Owned Coffee Shops instead. From cozy neighborhood cafés to colorful community hubs, here's where to sip with pride!

Vibe Check: Outside Lands 2026

With Death Cab for Cutie, Baby Keem, Charli XCX, The Strokes, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and more heavy hitters on the lineup, this year’s fest was one for the books. DoLA contributors Emma Kopelowicz and Brandon Taraku were on-site to capture it all.

50 Things To Finish Off August

As Zara Larsson said, summer isn’t over yet. So squeeze every last drop out of August with 50 Things To Finish Off August, packed with queer parties, shows, hangs, and reasons to stay out a little longer.

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