Buff Monster Party at JapanLA Tomorrow, July 9th!

Meet Buff Monster at JapanLA tomorrow, Thursday, July 9th.
He will be releasing his new t-shirts, hand screened by Buff himself.
We will also have his new print available...and Buff toys at a special price just for the party.

Buff will be signing stuff and hanging out from 7pm - 10pm.


Free Party Bags!
Free Sapporo Beer!
Free Cupcakes from Kol's Cupcakes!
Fishlips Sushi Truck out front too!

Please RSVP at: info@japanla.com

Japan LA
648 N. Fuller Ave. (off Melrose AVe.)
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323)934-5201

Pablove Supreme Event Tonight!

Dangerbird Records’ Eulogies, The One AM Radio and local songstress Sara Lov, along with special DJ sets by Silversun Pickups and Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, Postal Service), will perform at Pablove Supreme, a children’s cancer fundraiser happening December 16 at 6 p.m., at the newly-unveiled Space 15 Twenty in Hollywood.

Brought to you by Dangerbird Records, Filter Magazine and Urban Outfitters, the free all-ages event is to celebrate and promote the good work of the Pablove Foundation, named after Pablo Castelaz, the 5-year-old son of Dangerbird Records co-founder Jeff Castelaz who is currently battling a rare form of kidney cancer. This charity directly supports pediatric cancer treatment and research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Pablove Supreme follows the recent release of Give. Listen. Help., a double-disc album featuring rare and unreleased tracks by a slew of top-tier indie and alternative artists including Radiohead, Bloc Party, Oasis, Rilo Kiley and Garbage, who completed their song, “Witness To Your Love,” especially for Pablo. The second disc is devoted to Dangerbird’s roster and includes tracks from Silversun Pickups, Eulogies, The One AM Radio, Darker My Love, The Dears, Sea Wolf and several others. Give. Listen. Help. is currently available exclusively at Urban Outfitters stores as well as their website.

For more information about how you can help or to learn more about Pablo, please visit www.pablove.org.

Space 15 Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Free - All Ages - 6pm

Sales!

2 Awesome sales coming up this weekend! First up Saturday from Acrylick with discounts up to 75%! You will need to send a text to rsvp. Also Sunday, the American Apparel holiday factory sale. Cost is $5 for an all day pass and prices have dropped down to $1 for some items.

Meet N.E. R.D. at Hard Summer Music Fest!

Going.com is giving one lucky winner the opportunity to go to Hard Fest in LA and meet
N.E.R.D. Go here to join the group and enter for your chance to win! For more info, check out Hard Summer Music Fest on MySpace!

Buy tickets here:
http://www.hardfest.com/tickets.html

Black Swan Presents It's Pop It's Art In LA

Tomorrow!


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In an event series entitled Black Swan Presents It's Pop It's Art, Black Swan is
bringing these visual cover versions of some of pop music's most important songs to
America in an effort to further express its commitment to support and showcase emerging
culture.

Hosted by: Hit+Run w/DJ's Toks, ABCNT, and Sir Marcus
Live screenprinting by Hit+Run

Complimentary wine will be served courtesy of BLACK SWAN WINES of Australia

Featuring limited edition prints from the It's Pop It's Art collaboration between Airside and EMI Music Publishing, as well as never before seen pieces from US artists Hit+Run, Retna, Mike Genovese, Ethos, Garrett Morin & Cody Hoyt!

Raffle tickets available at the event to enter to win a select print from the It's Pop It's Art collection with 100% of proceeds benefiting Rock the Vote.

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
7:30 PM - 10:30PM/RSVP here.

Unitard Gallery
702 First Street
Los Angeles, CA

See you there!

Air Traffic in LA!! Contest!

Ever heard of Air Traffic? You will..

Air Traffic's Fractured Life is quickly building momentum with its
brilliantly brutal mood music. After climbing to #1 on the Specialty
Album chart, they have also just re-entered the Top 100 Itunes “Next
Big Thing” album chart. Their music is also currently being featured
on The Hills, One Tree Hill and Kyle XY. As an unlikely product of
Bournemouth, UK, the group's singer, Chris Wall was initially fed
musically by his Celtic roots. Both his parents are Irish born and
bred, and his uncle, Jimmy McCarthy, who still lives in Cork, is a
well known folk singer. Wall met his bandmates (drummer David Jordan,
bassist Jim Maddock, guitarist Tom Pritchard) and while still in
school. It all happened during the academic year when they were up in
London, ostensibly studying, in reality, investing their student loans
in rehearsal and recording time.

After the band were signed to Astralwerks/EMI, Air Traffic set up in
Rockfield Studios to begin working on their new album. Soon
thereafter, Wall heard of a friend’s loss via news of a fatal car
crash,“I could feel the grief, and the sense of helplessness was
overwhelming.” This swiftly inspired the album's most poignant and
beautiful moment, the aching piano ballad, “Empty Space.” The two
month Rockfield experience was, overall, cathartic. "It made us focus
on what we do, and also appreciate how different we are from other
bands." In a world in which it is increasingly easy to confuse things
that sound urgent with things that are actually important, Air Traffic
are, triumphantly, both.

Now, we are proud to announce Air Traffic’s long-awaited North
American tour supporting Elbow as well as numerous headlining dates.
The band has garnered a phenomenal reputation for their extraordinary,
energetic and propulsive live shows as evidenced by their CMJ
appearances last year. See for yourself right here.

Air Traffic North American Tour Dates

5/2 Denver Bluebird Theatre*
5/3 Salt Lake City The Depot*
5/5 Seattle Showbox*
5/6 Vancouver St. Andrews Wesley*
5/ 8 San Francisco Bimbo’s 365*
5/9 Los Angeles Avalon*
5/10 Los Angeles Spaceland
5/11 San Diego Soma
5/12 Phoenix Brickhouse
5/14 Dallas House of Blues
5/15 Tulsa Bob at Cain’s
5/17 Kansas City Record Bar
5/18 Chicago The Bottom Lounge
5/19 Columbus The Basement
5/20 Detroit Shelter
5/22 Cambridge TT The Bears
5/23 Philadelphia Johnny Brenda’s
5/24 New York Knitting Factory

*With Elbow

Air Traffic Minisite where you can listin to their music and check out videos.
Air Traffic on MySpace

And here's a free MP3 of a live performance of "No More Running Away,"
http://www.zshare.net/audio/110534530065a37c/


We are giving one grand prize winner a pair of tickets to the Spaceland show
on Sat. May 10th, a CD, autographed booklet, and autographed poster.

5 runner ups will each get a copy of the CD, autographed booklet, and autographed poster.

To enter send an email to Contests@labywordofmouth.com with the subject "Air Traffic" and let us know what you think of the MP3 above, your full name, and address. Contest ends tomorrow night.

Anthem Magazine/Stones Throw Event

Anthem Magazine event w/Peanut Butter Wolf, Egon, Valida, and Dam-Funk Next Friday Feb. 29th. RSVP now for this FREE event!


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Evil Monito Space
1830 Echo Park Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Also Tomorrow night:
Make sure to RSVP

Stampd Event Today!

Stampd LA party tonight in Westwood! Food, shoes, music! Free event so please go check it out!


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Bagavagabonds Art Explosion: POP!

Bagavagabonds, Filter Magazine, and Scion present: Bagavagabonds Art Explosion: POP!
Friday, 1/25 8pm-1am in the
Grand Ballroom of the Pacific Electric Lofts
611 S. Main St, Downtown LA 90014 (x/s 6th)
$10 entry, All Ages, $5 parking across the street
Free drinks from Newcastle, Kronenbourg, and Tito's Vodka

-Tons of Original Art sold for 50 bucks or less**
-Live music from The Crooners, Sparrow Love Crew, MUDluscious, PORT, 1921A, We Are Lions and more
-"5 for 50 film festival"
-Live silk screening compliments of ALTERNATIVE APPAREL
-DJ's Hatbox, Matter, and Brass Tacks, photo booth, and interactive art with Sr. Aguilar
-A portion of the proceeds goes to the "For The Arts" charity. www.forthearts.us
RSVP to rsvp@bagavagabonds.com

It's only $10 and FREE drinks!! For more info visit Bagavagabonds.

Meet Jimmy Eat World!

Jimmy Eat world will be doing an a FREE In store Tonight and tomorrow. They will be signing copies of their new album "Chase The Light". Check it out:

Wednesday October 17th - Los Angeles, CA 4pm
Best Buy
1015 N LA Brea Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Thursday October 18th - Orange, CA 4pm
Virgin Megastore-The Block At Orange
20 City Blvd, West
Orange, CA 92868

If you missed them at the Wiltern last night, be sure to catch them in Anaheim tomorrow! Purchase tickets here!

Secret She Wants Revenge Show Tomorrow!

She Wants Revenge will be hosting a benefit show at the Dragonfly for two charities:

The 1st is THE ART OF ELYSIUM, a charity organization started by a friend that brings love, artistry, beauty and smiles to children who are battling serious medical conditions.
Info about them is here...
http://www.theartofelysium.org

The 2nd is M.A.P. / MUSICARES. They are an organization that helps musicians who are seeking recovery from drugs and alcohol. Many of our friends in the musical community have received help from them, and they have impacted the local and national music community in ways you could not imagine.

You can find more info about them here.

It cost $10 and the bands that are playing are: She Wants Revenge, Boom Bass, Push, and Spleen United. The show starts at 7pm and She Wants Revenge will go on early so make sure you get there on time!

The Dragonfly 21+
6510 Santa Monica Blvd,
Los Angeles , CA
(323) 466-6111

Free Yeah Yeah Yeahs Show!

The Yeah Yeah Yeah's are set to play the Etnies GvR Party this year! The show will starting at 8pm on Saturday, October 6, and you must have a ticket to get in. Tickets are FREE and will be available at a number of Etnies partners throughout Southern California over the next two weeks, starting with these Zumiez locations where each store will carry 250 tickets, 2 per person for 125 people!

You can get your tickets starting this Sat Sept. 29th at these Zumiez locations:

The Block @ Orange
20 City Blvd W
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 939-6859

Westminster Mall
1025 Westminster Mall
Westminster, CA 92683
(714) 799-9325

Lakewood Mall
404 Lakewood Center Mall
Lakewood, CA 90712
(562) 529-8092

West Covina
112 Plaza Drive
West Covina, CA 91790
(626) 814-8059

The District at Tustin Legacy
2473 Park Avenue
Tustin, CA 92782
(714) 259-0567

Main Place Mall
2800 N Main St
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 973-1573

Galleria at Tyler
1132 Galleria @ Tyler
Riverside CA 92503
(951) 351-4137

Additional ticket drops will be held in conjunction with KROQ at these Etnies dealers over the next 10 days:

Liberty Boardshop in Buena Park
330 N Brea Blvd. Suite B
Brea, CA 92821
Phone 714-256-9464

Jack’s in Huntington Beach
101 Main St
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone 714-536-4516

Identity Boardshop in Brea
7886 Beach Blvd.
Buena Park, CA 90620
Phone 714-232-8020

Active Ride Shop in Irvine
3851 Alton Parkway Suite C &D
Irvine, CA 92606
Phone 949-955-1058

Active Ride Shop in Chino
5491-C Philadelphia St.
Chino, CA 91710
Phone 909-465-1600

Val Surf in Valley Village
4810 Whitsett Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91607
Phone 818-769-6977

ZJ Boarding House in Santa Monica
2619 Main St
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone 310-392-5646

Call or visit the shop nearest you and find out exactly when the KROQ Van will be there doing the drops!

Filter Magazine/Dim Mak Party Tomorrow Night!

Hurry up and Rsvp!!

Detour Secret Showings!

Boosted and Fader Presents an exclusive live performance by Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox of Deerhunter) and White Williams on Oct. 4, and Ed Banger Records on Oct. 5.

Tickets are ONLY available at participating Active locations! To get your FREE tickets, visit the the following Active locations on September 30th; Westwood, Santa Monica, Burbank, Long Beach and Costa Mesa. Tickets available when stores open, opening times vary by store, call in advance.

Must be 21 an older to attend.
2 tickets per person so if you need more than 2 tickets bring a friend.
Atlas Sound and White Williams October 4, 2007 9pm-2am.
Ed Banger Records October 5, 2007 9pm -2am

Location: Secret Downtown LA location to be revealed day of the event. - To reveal secret location , text in the secret code on your cell phone and the location will be text back to you.

Crystal Method Back in LA!

I was just talking to someone the other day about how cool it would be to see them again! Go here for more info and to rsvp! Do not miss this show!


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Secret Yellowcard Show This Monday Aug. 13th!

Yellowcard will be having a secret show in Los Angeles on Monday, August13th where they will be playing fans' requests! 100 lucky fans in theLos Angeles area will be chosen to attend the show (they will beinformed of the location later).

To attend, send an email to yellowcardplaythis@yahoo.com with:

Your song request
Your e-mail address
Your phone number Someone will contact you if you are one of the lucky fans chosen!

Myspace will be featuring the live stream on August 13th at 8pm eastern,5pm pacific so make sure to watch at: www.myspace.com/yellowcard.

Free Editors Performance.

Purchase your copy of The Editors new CD, An End Has a Start – Deluxe or Regular version at Virgin Megastore Hollywood & Highland or West Hollywood, and receive a wristband to see them perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, July 25. *While supplies last.

Jamie Cullum Ticket Giveaway!

So while we are trying to get the site back together we have a fun ticket giveaway for you guys. We are giving away a Pair of tickets to Jamie Cullum at Hollywood Bowl this Friday July 20th! Enter to win by sending us an email with your full name, age, and address to cullum@labywordofmouth.com Winners will be chosen at random and notified tomorrow night! Good Luck!

Buy Tickets Here
Jamie Cullum Official Site
Jamie Cullum on MySpace

Prince Residency At Roosevelt Hotel Is On!!!

Prince was suppose to start this residency on June 15!! I don't know what happened and I don't care, I'm just glad it's still going to happen! Here is the official press release and info on how to get tickets!

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In an unprecedented Los Angeles event,Purple will Reign for seven special intimate performances starting Saturday, June 23rd at the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Hollywood, CA (June 18, 2007) - Pop music icon Prince will be taking up residency and bringing “3121″ exclusively to Thompson Hotels’, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this summer, presented by Verizon Wireless. For possibly the last time in Los Angeles, the royal purple carpet will be rolled out for his Hollywood homecoming and the artist has chosen the legendary hotel for seven exclusive, intimate performances commencing Saturday, June 23rd, 2007.

Reminiscent to Prince’s legendary after hours parties in his Beverly Hills home, a select audience of 200 friends and fans will have an incredible opportunity to witness Prince firsthand in Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, home of the first Academy Awards. Known for his spontaneity, Prince has frequently invited musicians onstage for impromptu performances. Past surprise guests have included Sir Elton John, Will.I.Am, Kelis, Sheila E., Herbie Hancock, Maroon 5 and more.

“The 3121 sessions at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will offer admirers close-up and personal evenings with a musical legend,” states Jason Pomeranc, of Thompson Hotels. “We are honored and excited to host, both artists and guests alike, for this once in a lifetime experience inside the Roosevelt’s beautiful and historic, Blossom Room.”

At the 3121 sessions Prince will debut new music including “Guitar,” the first single from his much anticipated unreleased album, “Planet Earth.” 3121 guests can download “Guitar” right at the venue for free courtesy of Verizon Wireless’ new technology V CAST Song ID.

“When Prince, who has consistently been on the cutting edge of music, harnesses innovative technology to deliver his fresh new music, that’s a tremendous opportunity for music lovers,” said John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Verizon. “At Verizon, we’re committed to delivering powerful, direct and relevant music experiences and we are pleased to be executing on this through our relationship with Prince and the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.”

The evening will begin at the Dakota restaurant with Prince’s personal chef Lena Morgan presenting a VIP dinner, taking over the kitchen from executive chef Tim Goodell. Then the 130 special guests, along with another 70 standing room only attendees, will be welcomed into the Blossom Room for a musical performance like no other. Following every two-hour performance, fans can experience a late-night impromptu jazz set presided over by Prince.
VIP packages, including dinner at the Dakota (tax, alcohol, and gratuity excluded), will be limited to 130 seats, sold in pairs (65) for $3121.00. An additional 70, standing room only tickets will be made available for $312.10 each.

Ticket and VIP package requests will be serviced via email at 3121HRH@ThompsonHotels.com
3121 at The Roosevelt Evening details:

7:30pm - Seated VIP dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Dakota Restaurant9:30pm - 3121 Doors open with DJ11:00pm - 3121 Performance in Blossom Room1:00am - After-hours free form jazz jam

Ticket Information:
VIP Packages - Dinner at Dakota and Seated Show Access for 2 - $3121.00Standing Room Only Tickets - $312.103121 @ The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Dates:
-Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24-Thursday, June 28th , Friday, June 29th, and Saturday, June 30th-Two additional dates forthcoming

HOW TO GET TICKETS:
Email: 3121HRH@ThompsonHotels.com for ticket and VIP package requests.Please include name, affiliation, date and tickets requested and credit card number.
Call: 323-769-7275

White Stripes Live At Icky Thump!

The White Stripes will are performing a very special show in West Hollywood, CA tonight. The band will play a live show for fans at a specially constructed "Icky Thump Records" store on Sunset Boulevard. The location of Icky Thump Records is the site of the former Tower Records flagship store at 8801 W. Sunset Blvd.

Tickets for this unique performance were be made available to the first 200 fans who purchased the album at this store, which opened at midnight on Monday, June 18th. The Icky Thump Records performance will be the band's first Los Angeles show since December 2005. I heard the band bought pizza and burritos for the people who waited in line. For all you lucky bastards who are going, I want to hear all about it. I'm still waiting to find out if I won from taking the White Stripes final exam. Probably not.

If you are not one of the lucky ones who got tickets, the ATT Blueroom is broadcasting the entire show online here. You can also keep an eye on the Icky Thump You Tube channel for updates here.

Art Brut Kareoke Parties!!!

It's A Bit Complicated by Art Brut will be in stores next week June 19th! To celebrate, they are throwing Karaoke Parties this Monday at The Beauty Bar. Check them out and keep an eye on this site for a review of the new album soon! In the mean time check them out performing "Direct Hit" live at The Bowery here.

Monday, June 18th
Beauty Bar
1638 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

www.artbrut.org.uk
www.myspace.com/artbrut
www.downtownrecordings.com

Strung Out Record Release Party!

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From Strungout.com:
Hello all, we will be having our record release party on June 9th in Simi Valley at one of the best skate parks in the US, "Skatelab". The party will go from 7pm to 11pm with a private skate session going down from 10pm to 11pm. If you skate, come on down. If you dont skate, come on down anyway. Jake just might drop in on a ramp. We will be hanging out, signing some posters, have food and drinks, be playing our new album over the sound system all night, and showing our new video for the song "Calling". It will be free and all ages can attend.

Guitar Hero II Tournament Today!

Virgin Megastore and 1Up Network present Mega Gaming Tour '07. Come down to the Virgin Megastore on Hollywood & Highland to compete on Guitar Hero 2 for XBox 360. Sign ups start at 12 p.m. and tournament starts at 6pm, first come first serve. Meet your favorite 1Up editors and compete for the chance to win a $1000 Virgin Megastore shopping spree.

Lily Allen CD Giveaway

We are giving away 2 copies of Lily Allen' s debut album "Alright, Still", Lily Allen posters, stickers, and keychains! Entering is easy, just send us an email to Lilyallen@labywordofmouth.com with your full name, address and let us know what chain store in Britan is Lily Allen currently designing clothes for? This contest will end on Monday June 25. Winners will be randomly chosen and notified Tuesday June 26th. Good Luck!

Lily Allen on MySpace
Lily Allen's Webpage

Level Up This Saturday!

Our friends at Game Music 4 All present to you Level Up! This is their one year anniversary/CD release party and there will be 5 amazing video game bands:
Two Playa Game
8 Bit Bandit
Super Barrio Brothers
Toploader
The Megas

Aside from the concert there will also be a Guitar Hero II tournament which will be played on Xbox 360 and is only open to the first 30 people who sign up so get there early! There will be prizes for the first and second place winners as well as random prizes. Check out their site here

Saturday June 2nd
CIA
11334 Burbank Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA for more info. Tickets are only $10 so you better be there!

Green Day Punks Up 'Simpsons' Theme Song

From Billboard.com:

In a new twist, the score soundtrack for the upcoming "Simpsons" movie, featuring Green Day's rendition of the show's famous theme, will be released simultaneously by three companies.

On July 24, three days before the film opens in U.S. theaters, Warner Bros. Records will put out the Green Day single (the band also appears in the film). Fox Music will make a digital score album available through its Web site and other outlets. And Extreme Music, usually known for its vast production music library, will release 25,000 pink doughnut cases to such specialty retailers as Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble.

For traditionalists, jewel-cased CDs also will be available. "We really wanted to think outside of the box," Fox Music president Robert Kraft says. "'The Simpsons Movie' was a perfect vehicle to try a new approach."

The idea largely was the brainchild of Kraft and composer Hans Zimmer, who scored the film. "Hans has a great relationship with Extreme Music," Kraft says. "They are known for their creative packaging. The model of handing over a soundtrack or score to a traditional label and then hoping it does well is changing. This is a coordinated marketing effort of behalf of Extreme, the studio and Warner Bros. Records."

Suprise Satellite Party Event This Sun!

Venice Flashmob/Record Release Info:

Sunday, May 27th From 2-6 PM
Flashing: Satellite Party.
Mashing: DJ Muggs.
Fashioning: Stronghold Co.
Found: The Greening of Fine Art.
Carbon Offset: Global Cool

Secret Location, Venice Beach.
Text "Satellite" to 66937 for more details and location

If you don't want to text, LosAnjealous has all th info here.

Akomplice Season 6 Release Party w/Talib Kweli

Akomplice Clothing is having thier Season 6 Release party tomorrow night at Element with a Special guest performance by Talib Kweli and surprise artist. Their will be a purple carpet and media coverage from MTV, E, Vapors, 944, and others. There will also be a runway show with sexy girls wearing sneakers and Akomplice tees only.

This event is 21+ & FREE.

Element LA
1642 N. Las Palmas Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Adidas/Complex Magazine Party Tonight. Open Bar!!

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JapanLA Is Throwing A Party!

JapanLA Turns One!

JapanLA announces its One Year Anniversary Party!

When: June 2nd, 2007
Where: Cinespace, 6356 Hollywood Blvd, 2nd Level, Hollywood, CA 90028.

JapanLA is a store off of Melrose Ave, in Los Angeles, that is known for having lots of hard-to-find Japanese and L.A. pop culture-inspired toys, t-shirts, accessories, and gifts. Brands they carry include tokidoki, Sanrio, Gloomy Bear, and more. The store caters mainly to adults who love anything cute, unique, and fun.

Cosplay.com will be hosting a cosplay contest with over $1000 worth of prizes and giveaways from JapanLA and Cosplay.com. Cosplay comes from the words “costume” and “play”, and is centered on dressing like characters from anime, manga, and video games. You do not have to dress up to attend the party.

Hello Kitty will be available for pictures from 7pm to 10pm
Free gift bags for first 100 people, including fun stuff from tokidoki and more.
Free Face Painting will be available from 8pm to 12am
Rony’s Photobooth will be set up from 10pm-2am
This is a 21 and over event
Doors Open at 7pm until 2am
Free Admission with RSVP, but come early to make sure you get in.

rsvp at: rsvp@japanla.com