The Echo (venue)
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The Echo is a venue/nightclub located in Echo Park
in Los Angeles, California
. It also hosted Arthur Magazine's yearly ArthurFest.
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California
Echo Park is a hilly neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, northwest of Downtown Los Angeles and southeast of Hollywood.-History:At the end of the 19th century, when the hills were still covered with native vegetation, a horse-drawn streetcar line served the dirt road that is now Echo Park Avenue...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. It also hosted Arthur Magazine's yearly ArthurFest.
Notable performers
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- Daedelus
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- Gravy Train!!!!
- Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
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- I Love You But I've Chosen DarknessI Love You But I've Chosen DarknessI Love You but I've Chosen Darkness is an indie rock quintet originating from Austin, Texas...
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- George Ellias
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- Say Hi
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See also
- Echoplex (venue)Echoplex (venue)Echoplex is a live music venue located in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is owned and operated by the same people as The Echo, and the two are considered sister venues...
, another Los Angeles music venue owned by the same people as the Echo - SpacelandSpacelandSpaceland was an alternative rock/indie rock nightclub in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, that existed between 1995 and 2011. The club was formerly a gay disco called Dreams...