Wednesday, February 18, 2026
There’s a reason to get to LAX early: the airport’s concert series
LAist: In my time going to shows in and around L.A., I’ve seen DJ sets all over — in parks, backyards, Thai restaurants, quinceañera venues, plus a few other spots I’m not going to blow up here.
But despite being a big Brian Eno fan, seeing a show at an airport was completely new for me, even though LAX puts on concerts and DJ sets about once every couple weeks as part of their “LAX Presents” performance series.
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I VEHEMENTLY hate the airport. The airport and flying is so mind-numbingly boring and also a process with the least humanly designed infrastructure ever. Everything is so non-intuitive and so unpredictable. You have to get there two hours early because although it almost never takes that long to get from the parking lot to your gate, the one day you don’t show up ludicrously early will be the day that the line at security is miles long and some disgruntled TSA agent decides to pull every item out of your bag and it takes eons to walk to your gate. So, I think that this airport concert idea is pretty cool. It brings something else to the airport other than eating shitty food and buying overpriced snacks. It also is an area where lots of people happen to be, and they can be exposed to new artists and new artists have a captive audience who need entertainment. I like this idea and I think we should keep developing it.
Okay, so here's the thing about LAX. It sucks. It's so big. LAX takes everything evil and unholy about the airport and multiplies it by a million. It's impossible to get to. and navigate. I'd rather put toothpicks under my toenails and kick a wall than hang out there. Except that, recently, California has been making strides to make its airports less miserable. The new SAN terminal is beautiful. The food is good. There's art everywhere. It's become much more relaxing to be in. Los Angeles, in and of itself, is a more exciting place to be, so I think that the DJ set will do a similar thing to LAX as the new art is doing to SAN. Part of me thinks, however, that a DJ set is not the most appropriate for an airport. What about some soft rock? An orchestra? something to relax the airport goers, make them hate their lives a little less and calm down.
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