Seven Nights LA

Los Angeles live music, edited for tonight and the week ahead.

Venue guide

Hotel Cafe

Best for close listening, jazz, and musician-forward nights.

Hotel Cafe is in Hollywood. Read it as an intimate room where voice and writing do the work. The current seven-day window has 18 shows listed, mostly around listening, vocal, indie.

small listening room · about 100-250 capacity · intimate two-room singer-songwriter space

  • NeighborhoodHollywood
  • Roomlistening room
  • Capacityabout 100-250 capacity
  • Setupintimate two-room singer-songwriter space
  • FloorSeated room
  • SettingMostly indoor room
  • Musiclistening, vocal, indie
  • Current shows18 this week

Start here

Mollie ElizabethTonightListeningVocal
Tue, Jul 14 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Mollie Elizabeth has one good test, voice, riff, beat, or texture. At Hotel Cafe, the songs have to stand up without much cover.

Abe YellenTonightListeningVocal
Tue, Jul 14 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Abe Yellen is a Hotel Cafe vocal listening night with singer songwriter tags. The case is small room Hollywood convenience more than destination pull.

Nick KentTonightListeningVocal
Tue, Jul 14 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Nick Kent is another Hotel Cafe singer songwriter entry, centered on voice and a close room. The good handle is low friction Hollywood listening.

This week's listings

Not Another ShowcaseTonightListeningVocal
Tue, Jul 14 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Not Another Showcase gives Hotel Cafe a close-listening Tue set, where phrasing and detail matter more than scale. The room rewards a patient ear.

Frankie June and ChelsaminaTomorrowListeningVocal
Wed, Jul 15 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Frankie June and Chelsamina puts Hotel Cafe in singer-songwriter mode on Wed, with direct voice and small-room focus. The first verse carries the setup.

Anya TrueNext few nightsHip-hopListeningIndie
Thu, Jul 16 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Anya True is intimate, vocal led indie songwriting in the kind of Hotel Cafe room where small details matter. It stays focused on voice and song shape, not volume.

Dave BarnesNext few nightsListeningJazzVocal
Thu, Jul 16 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Dave Barnes brings Nashville songwriting with country pop polish and blue eyed soul edges. Hotel Cafe keeps that kind of vocal craft close and uncluttered.

Walt HaleighNext few nightsListeningVocal
Thu, Jul 16 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Walt Haleigh makes Hotel Cafe a seated Thu room for writing, phrasing, and quiet attention. The lyric gets the last word.

Lori Garrote & The ChaosNext few nightsListeningIndieVocal
Fri, Jul 17 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Lori Garrote & The Chaos sits between singer songwriter shape and garage/punk pressure. Hotel Cafe makes the vocal and song edges easy to read.

Zane CarneyNext few nightsListeningJazzVocal
Fri, Jul 17 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Zane Carney is a guitarist and singer songwriter with jazz trained chops and blues pop writing. Hotel Cafe keeps the focus on touch, voice, and songs.

CHERISHANext few nightsListeningVocal
Fri, Jul 17 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

CHERISHA keeps Hotel Cafe in craft-first mode on Fri, strongest when the songs land with close detail. Careful ears get more back.

Katy KennyNext few nightsListeningVocal
Fri, Jul 17 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Katy Kenny gives Hotel Cafe a compact Fri bill, where a few well-cut songs can carry the night. Less volume, more shape.

MISS MACHINANext few nightsListeningVocal
Fri, Jul 17 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

MISS MACHINA is a Fri row at Hotel Cafe built around tone, lyrics, and close attention. The set stays small enough to hear.

Alicyn PackardLater this weekListeningVocal
Sat, Jul 18 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Alicyn Packard makes Hotel Cafe a small-stage room on Sat, with patience more valuable than noise. The room settles in before the payoff arrives.

Bryce Fleming with Fine PrintLater this weekListeningVocal
Sat, Jul 18 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Bryce Fleming with Fine Print puts the emphasis on phrasing at Hotel Cafe, with the set landing like a direct listen. The singer earns the room one line at a time.

Cadre ScottLater this weekListeningVocal
Sat, Jul 18 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Cadre Scott is a songwriter-room row for Sat, built on voice and the first few lines carrying the night. A good room for people who like to listen straight through.

Su-ChiLater this weekListeningVocal
Sat, Jul 18 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
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  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Su-Chi gives Hotel Cafe a restrained Sat shape where close detail matters more than volume. Quiet carries the argument.

Monday MondayLater this weekListeningVocal
Mon, Jul 20 · Hotel Cafe · Hollywood
  • Venue page only
  • Intimate Two-Room Singer-Songwriter Space

Monday Monday is a neighborhood scale Hotel Cafe night in Hollywood, built around a listening room singer songwriter setting rather than destination pull.