The Echo

The Echo opened in 2001 in a former Latin restaurant and nightclub on Sunset Boulevard, run by promoter Mitchell Frank. Frank's actual credential is Spaceland, the Silver Lake club he ran from 1995 to 2011 that shaped a specific era of LA indie rock before closing and reopening as The Satellite — The Echo is where that lineage continued rather than a new brand chasing the same audience.

Still booked by the same person, even after the sale

Echoplex, the sister room downstairs, opened in 2007 to handle bigger bills under the same roof. Frank sold the whole complex to Live Nation in 2019 but stayed on as the booker — a detail that matters more than it sounds, since it's the difference between a room that keeps its identity after a corporate sale and one that doesn't.

Google's 964 reviews put it at 4.5 stars. Recent visitors single out something unusual for an LA venue: easy nearby parking and a block that "felt like a small town" rather than sketchy, per one visitor seven months before this writing who'd worried about the neighborhood beforehand. BOLTCUTTER plays November 10, 2026, per the venue's own ticketed calendar — check current listings, since the booking rotates constantly.