Entertainment Districts in Los Angeles

Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice presents boutique shops, art galleries, and trendy cocktail bars along one of the most fashionable and Instagram-famous entertainment streets in Los Angeles.

The Arts District is Los Angeles's most creatively explosive entertainment neighborhood — a former industrial corridor east of Downtown where street art, craft breweries, outstanding restaurants, and galleries have created one of the most extraordinary creative concentrations in the United States. Its proximity to the Los Angeles River, its extraordinary street art (including work by ROA, El Mac, and internationally recognized muralists), and its concentration of creative talent have made it one of America's most celebrated emerging entertainment districts.

Arts District in downtown LA presents converted warehouse breweries, galleries, and cocktail bars, one of the city's fastest-transformed neighborhoods into a major nightlife and dining destination.

Chinatown in downtown LA presents Central Plaza's neon-lit courtyards now home to natural wine bars and galleries, blending historic Chinese-American heritage with a new generation of nightlife.

Downtown Los Angeles's Historic Core and South Park neighborhoods present rooftop bars, Crypto.com Arena, and LA Live combining into the city's largest concentrated sports-and-entertainment district.

Echo Park east of downtown LA presents indie music venues and cocktail bars around the historic Echo Park Lake, a fast-gentrified neighborhood central to LA's independent music scene.

Hollywood Boulevard presents the Walk of Fame, TCL Chinese Theatre, and dense nightlife venues along the world's most famous entertainment street, drawing tourists and locals to LA's original entertainment industry heart.

Koreatown in central LA presents an intense concentration of karaoke bars, 24-hour restaurants, and nightclubs, one of the densest and most vibrant nightlife districts in the city.

L.A. LIVE surrounding Crypto.com Arena in downtown LA is a 4-million-square-foot entertainment complex with restaurants, a Grammy Museum, and nightclubs anchoring the city's sports and entertainment district.

LA Live is a 4-million sq ft entertainment, residential, and hotel complex in downtown Los Angeles built around Crypto.com Arena. The precinct includes Hotel Figueroa, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, The Grammy Museum, Regal Cinemas, multiple dining and nightlife venues, and the Microsoft Theater — making it the entertainment anchor of Southern California's growing gaming market.

Santa Monica Pier presents Pacific Park's amusement rides, an aquarium, and beachfront restaurants and bars over the Pacific Ocean at the terminus of Route 66.

Silver Lake in East LA presents indie bars, vintage shops, and music venues along Sunset Junction, one of the city's most culturally influential hipster nightlife neighborhoods.

The Sunset Strip through West Hollywood is the most legendary rock-and-roll nightlife corridor in America, home to the Whisky a Go Go, Roxy, Viper Room, and decades of billboard-lined music history.

Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica is a pedestrian outdoor shopping and entertainment corridor with street performers, restaurants, and bars three blocks from the beach.

Venice Beach Boardwalk presents street performers, Muscle Beach, and beachfront bars along one of the most iconic and eclectic entertainment corridors in Southern California.

Westwood Village is Los Angeles's most storied movie premiere and entertainment district — a 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival village adjacent to UCLA where Hollywood's most important movie premieres happen at historic theaters and where Marilyn Monroe is buried in the adjacent Westwood Village Memorial Park. The extraordinary movie palace architecture, UCLA's 47,000-student population, and the concentration of studios in nearby Century City create an entertainment district shaped by Hollywood's most enduring legends.