Whisky a Go Go

Catch live rock, metal, punk and tribute bands at a Sunset Strip club that has been open since 1964.

8901 Sunset Blvd · West Hollywood, CA

About Whisky a Go Go

Whisky a Go Go is a live music club on the Sunset Strip that opened in January 1964. It was billed as a discotheque and helped popularize go-go dancing, with a dancer spinning records from a glass-walled booth hung high above the floor. The Doors were once the house band, and The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention all played here. The club was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and still books rock, metal, punk and tribute acts.

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#rock club
#sunset strip
#concert venue
#music history

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