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Before the month was over, Cafe Trocadero was thrown into involuntary bankruptcy. [4] The club briefly reopened later that year as The Trocadero, in time to host the Hollywood premiere party for Gone with the Wind in December 1939. [5] But by May 1940, the new owners were out of business and the club's furnishings were auctioned off. [6]
The Starwood was a popular nightclub and music venue in West Hollywood, California from early 1973 to 1981. [1] Many punk bands and heavy metal bands, including Van Halen, started their careers playing at the club. [1] The Starwood was located on the northwest corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Crescent Heights Blvd.
Nightclubs located in Los Angeles County, California. Pages in category "Nightclubs in Los Angeles County, California" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
The club was Hollywood's "first playground of the stars" according to historian Jim Heimann. [15] Marion Davies famously rode a white horse through the hotel lobby en route to a costume party at the Cocoanut Grove. [16] The Academy Awards were held at the nightclub five times, beginning in 1930. [17]
Avalon Hollywood's success led Adelman to expand in the area by opening Club 86 in October 2007 in the old Hillview Apartment building at Hudson Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard, where Rudolph Valentino is said to have once had a speakeasy. [24] And, expanding into Asia, 2011 Adelman opened Avalon at the Marina Bay Sands Casino in Singapore.
In 1943, when Frank Sinatra became a solo act, he made his Los Angeles debut at the Mocambo. [2] On March 15, 1955, [3] Ella Fitzgerald opened at the Mocambo, [4] after Marilyn Monroe lobbied the owner for the booking. [5] The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald's career. The incident was turned into a play by Bonnie Greer in 2005. It has ...
Raji's was a rock and roll nightclub in central Hollywood, open in the 1980s and early 1990s. [1] It was located in the Hastings Hotel building, 6160 Hollywood Blvd. The space had previously been occupied by a Greek restaurant called The King's Palace. It was one of the great sweaty, smoke-filled 'dives' of rock.
The Elks Lodge No. 99 / Park Plaza Hotel, now The MacArthur, is located at 607 Park View Street across from MacArthur Park in the Westlake district of Los Angeles, California. Completed in 1926, it was designed by architect Claud Beelman, later to become renowned an Art Deco designer, when he was practicing as Curlett + Beelman.