Gold Diggers Bar

"The moment you step onto the jam-packed dance floor at Gold Diggers, you’ll feel like an extra in an early 2000s Ciara music video. This dark, divey dance hall on Santa Monica Blvd. hosts free DJ sets and ticketed live performances almost every night of the week. And it’s one of the few places in LA where the people actually dance. Gold Diggers is part bar, part club, and part boutique hotel—so depending on how your night goes, you could theoretically stay the night. Bring a group the next time you decide to unleash that new shirt you bought, and prepare to sweat it out while dancing to funk and soul jams under a crystal chandelier. " - brant cox, sylvio martins, nikko duren

"The moment you step onto the jam-packed dance floor at Gold Diggers, you’ll feel like an extra in an early 2000s Ciara music video. This dark, divey dance hall in East Hollywood hosts free DJ sets and ticketed live performances almost every night of the week. And it’s one of the few places in LA where people are fully uninhibited. Gold Diggers is part bar, part club, and part boutique hotel—so depending on how your night goes, you could theoretically stay the night. Bring a group the next time you decide to unleash that new shirt you bought, and prepare to sweat it out while dancing to funk and soul jams under a crystal chandelier.  " - Brant Cox, Nikko Duren

"A recording studio by day and a lively music venue by night: Gold Diggers is one of Hollywood’s most unique—and memorable—destinations. There’s always something worthwhile on the event calendar, from all-vinyl dance parties to show tune singalongs. And just in case you’re having so much fun you don’t want to leave, there are 11 chicly designed guest rooms upstairs complete with Sonos speakers and Parachute linens." - Christina Perez

"After losing three bartending jobs, at Gold Diggers, Melrose Umbrella Co., and Genghis Cohen, in one day last March, Josh Jancewicz applied for a job at the United States Postal Service the following month." - Mona Holmes

"From the second we walked into Gold Diggers’ dimly lit space on Santa Monica Blvd., we knew we were going to be spending a lot of time here this year - and we were right. For years, this place was a dive-y strip club in East Hollywood, but after a thorough renovation, it’s been transformed into our favorite new music venue in town. This is the kind of place where you show up to at 9pm to check out a new band, but stumble out five hours later after becoming a dancefloor god and filling your phone book up with new numbers. If you’re sick of the same old Eastside bar routine, head to Gold Diggers to remind yourself it feels good to try something different." - Brant Cox, Kat Hong, Brett Keating