BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//SoCal Spotlight - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://socalspotlight.biz
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SoCal Spotlight
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20240310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20241103T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250601T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250601T220000
DTSTAMP:20250524T140947Z
CREATED:20250524T140947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250524T140947Z
UID:10000415-1748808000-1748815200@socalspotlight.biz
SUMMARY:Melanie Fiona
DESCRIPTION:Don’t ask her to define it. Singer/songwriter Melanie Fiona’s debut album The Bridge reveals a sweet push-and-pull between countless elements of herself. At once Canadian and Caribbean\, strong and sexy\, contemplative and joyous\, blending the sounds of pop and soul. Despite the many moods and musings of Melanie Fiona’s debut\, there is one defining element. The girl’s got soul.”The album is called The Bridge\,” enthuses Fiona. “It crosses the barriers between ethnicities\, genres\, age groups\, and genders. It can’t be defined as just one thing. It’s got a soul that’s something old\, yet something new.” The album reflects the duality that asserts itself in Melanie Fiona’s own exuberant personality. Flirting with the traditions of classic soul from artists like Sam Cooke\, Nat King Cole and Gladys Knight\, the songs also pack the punch\, and authenticity of modern music. United by a singular passion\, Melanie Fiona’s sound bridges past and present with an artistic and consistent blending of classic soul samples. It’s all held together by a unique quality\, something that is innately her\, much like the other artists she mentions as influences: Bob Marley\, Sade\, and Patsy Cline.Born to Guyanese immigrant parents and growing up in a music-filled house in the inner city of Toronto\, Fiona knew from the very beginning that music is what moves her. “My mother\, who shares my love for music\, played everything from The Ronettes to Whitney Houston around the house as I grew up. My father would let me sit on the stage while he rehearsed with his band as a guitarist. “That strong sense of family translates to the team she’s now surrounded herself with\, including Carmen Murray and Michael Michel of Title 9 Productions and managers Jay Brown and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith of Roc Nation “I am so fortunate that I had people to educate me and show me that development as to what it really is to be an artist.”Though Fiona had been writing her own songs for years\, the introduction of songwriter Andrea Martin\, would prove seminal for The Bridge. “When I met Andrea\, it was an instant connection\,” she explains. “We developed this very personal working relationship where we were both inspired by each other.” Sharing each other’s life experiences\, they collaborated on some of the defining songs in the collection. Other producers on the album include UK producers Future Cut\, Florida’s Vada Nobles\, LA’s The Stereotypes\, NYC’s J. Phoenix\, Peter Wade\, and Salaam Remi\, Andrew Wyatt\, Rob Fusari\, and Angela Hunte. Fiona also shows off her Caribbean roots on Reggae Gold 2008\, with Supa Dups’ “Somebody Come Get Me”.”This experience will never happen for me again\,” she muses. “I’ll never be a new artist again. I’ll never be a complete and utter student of the game.” Whatever may come when The Bridge releases on Steve Rifkind’s SRC/ Motown Universal Records in Spring 2009\, Fiona is poised and ready. “I still live humbly out of a suitcase\, and I appreciate the smallest things in life\, and I want people to feel that. I have an opportunity to be on a stage\, but I want my listeners to know that I’m just like them.”
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/melanie-fiona/
LOCATION:El Rey Theatre\, 5515 Wilshire Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036
CATEGORIES:LA Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socalspotlight.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/uploadedimage_67ba995e4af9c1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T230000
DTSTAMP:20250524T135341Z
CREATED:20250524T135341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250524T135341Z
UID:10000413-1748725200-1748732400@socalspotlight.biz
SUMMARY:TOKiMONSTA
DESCRIPTION:GRAMMY-nominated producer TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) has charted a fascinating career over the past decade. She is one of the most revered music producers as one of the pioneers of the seminal 2010 era “L.A. Beat Scene.” As a world-class performer\, she ranks as one of the Top 100 DJs worldwide (DJ Mag) and has performed at nearly every major festival worldwide. From her 2010 debut album Midnight Menu to her most recent 2020 album Oasis Nocturno\, her entire discography has drawn critical praise from NPR\, BBC\, LA Times\, NY Times\, DJ Mag\, Rolling Stone\, Billboard\, Pitchfork and more. As it stands\, her list of collaborators includes Anderson .Paak\, EARTHGANG\, Ryuichi Sakamoto\, Yuna\, ZHU\, Bibi Bourelly\, The Drums — and up-and-coming artists she seeks out to mentor. With over 400 million streams and counting\, she remains in demand having remixed the likes of David Bowie\, Sia\, Beck\, Duran Duran\, Portugal the Man\, Disclosure\, ODESZA and Ólafur Arnalds. \n  \nFollowing her second album Half Shadows\, TOKiMONSTA established and began releasing on her own label Young Art Records. Minialbums\, Desiderium and FOVERE both featured artist Anderson .Paak and some of her most belovedsongs to date. After anchoring her label with her GRAMMY nomination\, Young Art has continued to soar with notable releases being Rochelle Jordan’s Juno Award-nominated album Play with the Changes featuring production by KAYTRANADA\, Jimmy Edgar and Machinedrum\, and critically acclaimed album Svengali by Cakes da Killa (rated 4/5 stars by The Guardian). \n  \nAt the end of 2015\, her career temporarily came to a halt after being diagnosed with a rare and fatal cerebral vascular disease known as Moyamoya. After undergoing two consecutive brain surgeries\, TOKiMONSTA was left with acute aphasia\, meaning she could no longer verbally communicate. She soon discovered she had also lost the ability to comprehend the thing most important to her\, music. Through perseverance and healing\, her cognitive and creative faculties returned. Her Moyamoya journey gained more wide-spread attention after starring in the first season finale of the Netflix series Vox\, Explained. \n  \nAfter her recuperation\, she made a triumphant comeback with a jaw-dropping performance at Coachella and a new body of work\, her critically acclaimed album\, Lune Rouge. Her third full-length album was nominated for ‘Electronic Album of the Year’ by the Recording Academy at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards. More than just an accolade\, her nomination was an astounding achievement as she was the first Asian American producer and first female producer ever nominated in the category. \n  \n2020 brought a deeper evolution as TOKiMONSTA shared her fourth full-length album\, Oasis Nocturno. It highlighted her effortless flow between the stylings of house\, soul and hip-hop. Following her album\, her single “The Flower Blooms” was a focus track on Netflix’s Squid Game (Let’s Play) EP. Right after the release of her official remix for David Bowie’s 1975 hit “Golden Years\,” she went on to win Best Remix from DJ Mag for her remix of Sia and Neneh Cherry’s “Manchild.” Most recently\, she released “Eats The Tale” on Young Art Records\, a genre-bending track with label-mate Rochelle Jordan. The single was showcased in Times Square NYC by Spotify for New Music Friday. The rest of 2023 has her continuing her Booms & Blooms tour globally and preparing for more new music in 2024. \n  \nTOKi has now entered the world of tech\, having co-founded a music tech startup by the name of Sona. The aim of Sona is to democratize music streaming for artists in a world where the pay per stream is not adequate for a musician’s cost of living. The protocol and platform will reconstruct the scaffolding of music streaming so that audiences still have access to all the music they desire\, while allowing artist’s payout to equate to what they truly deserve. After a successful seed round in 2022\, the company is aiming to launch late 2023.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/tokimonsta-2/
LOCATION:El Rey Theatre\, 5515 Wilshire Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036
CATEGORIES:LA Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socalspotlight.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tokimonsta_02-18-25_19_67b491f069fe21.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T230000
DTSTAMP:20250524T135056Z
CREATED:20250524T135056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250524T135056Z
UID:10000412-1748638800-1748646000@socalspotlight.biz
SUMMARY:TOKiMONSTA
DESCRIPTION:GRAMMY-nominated producer TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) has charted a fascinating career over the past decade. She is one of the most revered music producers as one of the pioneers of the seminal 2010 era “L.A. Beat Scene.” As a world-class performer\, she ranks as one of the Top 100 DJs worldwide (DJ Mag) and has performed at nearly every major festival worldwide. From her 2010 debut album Midnight Menu to her most recent 2020 album Oasis Nocturno\, her entire discography has drawn critical praise from NPR\, BBC\, LA Times\, NY Times\, DJ Mag\, Rolling Stone\, Billboard\, Pitchfork and more. As it stands\, her list of collaborators includes Anderson .Paak\, EARTHGANG\, Ryuichi Sakamoto\, Yuna\, ZHU\, Bibi Bourelly\, The Drums — and up-and-coming artists she seeks out to mentor. With over 400 million streams and counting\, she remains in demand having remixed the likes of David Bowie\, Sia\, Beck\, Duran Duran\, Portugal the Man\, Disclosure\, ODESZA and Ólafur Arnalds. \nFollowing her second album Half Shadows\, TOKiMONSTA established and began releasing on her own label Young Art Records. Minialbums\, Desiderium and FOVERE both featured artist Anderson .Paak and some of her most belovedsongs to date. After anchoring her label with her GRAMMY nomination\, Young Art has continued to soar with notable releases being Rochelle Jordan’s Juno Award-nominated album Play with the Changes featuring production by KAYTRANADA\, Jimmy Edgar and Machinedrum\, and critically acclaimed album Svengali by Cakes da Killa (rated 4/5 stars by The Guardian). \nAt the end of 2015\, her career temporarily came to a halt after being diagnosed with a rare and fatal cerebral vascular disease known as Moyamoya. After undergoing two consecutive brain surgeries\, TOKiMONSTA was left with acute aphasia\, meaning she could no longer verbally communicate. She soon discovered she had also lost the ability to comprehend the thing most important to her\, music. Through perseverance and healing\, her cognitive and creative faculties returned. Her Moyamoya journey gained more wide-spread attention after starring in the first season finale of the Netflix series Vox\, Explained. \nAfter her recuperation\, she made a triumphant comeback with a jaw-dropping performance at Coachella and a new body of work\, her critically acclaimed album\, Lune Rouge. Her third full-length album was nominated for ‘Electronic Album of the Year’ by the Recording Academy at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards. More than just an accolade\, her nomination was an astounding achievement as she was the first Asian American producer and first female producer ever nominated in the category. \n2020 brought a deeper evolution as TOKiMONSTA shared her fourth full-length album\, Oasis Nocturno. It highlighted her effortless flow between the stylings of house\, soul and hip-hop. Following her album\, her single “The Flower Blooms” was a focus track on Netflix’s Squid Game (Let’s Play) EP. Right after the release of her official remix for David Bowie’s 1975 hit “Golden Years\,” she went on to win Best Remix from DJ Mag for her remix of Sia and Neneh Cherry’s “Manchild.” Most recently\, she released “Eats The Tale” on Young Art Records\, a genre-bending track with label-mate Rochelle Jordan. The single was showcased in Times Square NYC by Spotify for New Music Friday. The rest of 2023 has her continuing her Booms & Blooms tour globally and preparing for more new music in 2024. \nTOKi has now entered the world of tech\, having co-founded a music tech startup by the name of Sona. The aim of Sona is to democratize music streaming for artists in a world where the pay per stream is not adequate for a musician’s cost of living. The protocol and platform will reconstruct the scaffolding of music streaming so that audiences still have access to all the music they desire\, while allowing artist’s payout to equate to what they truly deserve. After a successful seed round in 2022\, the company is aiming to launch late 2023.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/tokimonsta/
LOCATION:El Rey Theatre\, 5515 Wilshire Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036
CATEGORIES:LA Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socalspotlight.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tokimonsta_02-18-25_19_67b491f069fe21.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250529T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250529T220000
DTSTAMP:20250524T140247Z
CREATED:20250524T140247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250524T140247Z
UID:10000414-1748548800-1748556000@socalspotlight.biz
SUMMARY:Jensen McRae
DESCRIPTION:Jensen McRae is a “wordgirl”. “Everything I do is about\, and in service of\, words and stories”\, explains the 27-year- old LA Native. As a bi- racial\, black and Jewish woman growing up in predominantly white spaces\, McRae’s music explores all aspects of identity from race and gender to issues of depression and unrequited love. Inspired by the likes of Stevie Wonder\, Carole King\, Alicia Keys\, and James Taylor\, McRae started her musical journey writing in her bedroom\, to then playing the local songwriting circuit in Los Angeles. Attending Grammy Camp as a high schooler\, McRae received a full-ride scholarship to USC Thornton School of Music where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Popular Music in 2019. While finishing her senior year\, her unique voice and songwriting caught the attention of her now-manager\, who connected the young artist with Grammy award-winning producer Rahki (Eminem\, Kendrick Lamar). The two were in the studio weekly working on her debut album. In late 2019\, she went on to release her first single\, “White Boy\,” recounting her struggles with racial microaggressions. The following year she released “Wolves\,” a stripped-down song that weaves together vivid vignettes about sexual assault. In early 2021\, McRae took to Twitter to post a short video clip performing “a preemptive cover” of a song inspired by Phoebe Bridgers that acquiredover 2.5M views and even caught the attention of Bridgers herself. Due to the wide attention and praise\, the short clip was later released as a single titled “Immune”. She has earned praise from Wonderland\, Pitchfork\, and Fader\, amongst others and was named NPR Slingshot’s 2021 Artists To Watch. McRae released her debut album “Are You Happy Now?” on March 22\, 2022\, which landed at #1 on the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart and peaked at #50 on iTunes All Genres Chart. McRae spent the remainder of 2022 on the road opening for Amos Lee\, Corinne Bailey Rae\, and MUNA\, finishing off the year with back to back sold out headline shows at the Rockwood Music Hall in NYC\, followed by a final sold out show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. She spent a good portion of 2024 on the road with Noah Kahan on his sold-out world tour and is currently in the studio working on new music for her sophomore project due out early 2025.
URL:https://socalspotlight.biz/event/jensen-mcrae/
LOCATION:El Rey Theatre\, 5515 Wilshire Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90036
CATEGORIES:LA Music,SoCal Events,SoCal Music Events
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socalspotlight.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/jensen-mcrae_02-19-25_19_67b60a19ccc541.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR