It wouldn’t be LA without nightlife, and Loop Magazine is here to navigate the scene with you. Engaging stories from crowded clubs, chill bars where singles can mingle, delicious dining experiences, and live music: we’ve got the intel! Essential to Loop’s storytelling, our suggestions for nightlife venues vary depending on age and taste, but we’re sure to guide you to the luxury you deserve. Click below to spend the night with Loop Mag. 

I’m a DJ and I Hate Your Song Requests

There’s a moment every night when I realize the night is no longer mine. Up until then, I’m in control. The bar is filling up, people are loosening, conversations are still happening. I can guide the room. That’s the whole point of DJing, whether people realize it or not: it’s not about playing songs, it’s about controlling energy.

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15 Essential Palm Springs Pit Stops On the Road to Coachella

Whether you’re camping at Coachella and just passing through, or staying for the weekend in a stylish retro bungalow, there’s plenty of reasons why Palm Springs is an essential pit stop on your way to the main event. For two weekends a year, the city becomes the life of the party, bumping with an electricity that awakens the dormant desert sky.

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I Smoked a Psychoactive Cactus in the Desert and Had the Best Trip of My Life

Phoenix at night feels like a dare. It’s not like LA, where everything is curated and performative, or Vegas, where the chaos is packaged and sold to you with bottle service. Phoenix is different—quieter, wider, like something strange could happen if you just drove far enough into the dark.

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