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    PROGRESSIVE HOUSE NEVER DIED LA

    June 14, 2025

    PROGRESSIVE HOUSE NEVER DIED is returning to The Torch June 14, 2025! Join us for Audien’s biggest show yet featuring unique merch! All merch proceeds will go to Musicares relief efforts in support of those affected by LA’s wildfires. Tickets on sale now!

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March 27, 2023

SVDDEN DEATH Announces VOYD Show at The Torch in LA

Looking for your dose of bass this summer in Los Angeles? SVDDEN DEATH has you covered with his VOYD show outside the LA Coliseum.

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March 23, 2023

Desert Hearts Festival Drops Camping and Moves Los Angeles

Earlier this year, Desert Hearts dropped a massive lineup for the upcoming edition of their annual festival that was set to return to Lake Perris on May 5-8. Today, those plans have changed as their team announced some unfortunate news for those looking forward to 72 straight hours of house, techno, and love. Due to complications with venue requirements and the effects of inflation on production costs, Desert Hearts Festival could no longer move forward as planned at their latest home without sacrificing the quality of the experience.

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October 22, 2022

Framework brings The Martinez Brothers to Los Angeles Coliseum

The kings of Ibiza will make their long-awaited return to Los Angeles on November 19. Produced by Framework, The Martinez Brothers look to headline the first-ever show at The Torch, a new outdoor venue space at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Originally opening as a new venue space in August 2021, The Torch is a 10,000 person capacity outdoor events space.

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September 22, 2021

Burn Notice: Coliseum Opens Its New Venue

AT LOS ANGELES’ VENERABLE STADIUM, THE TORCH IS LIT It is the only venue in the world with plaques in bronze relief of Knute Rockne, Jesse Owens, Bruce Springsteen, Pope John Paul II, Vin Scully and Armistice Day, among many others. This because the new venue’s footprint includes the 1923 building’s grand peristyle plaza, the venue’s signature feature, consisting of a large center arch with a sometimes-flaming cauldron atop it along with six flanking arches on each side and a total of 24 columns surrounding the Memorial Court of Honor.

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August 31, 2021

LA Coliseum Unveils New Multi-Purpose Outdoor Venue, The Torch

The musical landscape of Los Angeles has further broadened with the unveiling of The Torch, a new venue from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The outdoor, multi-purpose venue will host events in the shadow of the venue’s famous Olympic Cauldron.

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August 12, 2021

Q&A: Big Boi On Playing MLS All-Star Concert

Big Boi has a new album, The Big Sleepover, with long time Atlanta mate Sleepy Brown due August 27. To commemorate the occasion, the Outkast member will be co-headlining, with Kaytranada, the MLS (Major League Soccer) All-Star week concert, August 24, at the  Los Angeles Torch at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.

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August 01, 2021

Introducing ‘The Torch’: An Intimate Outdoor Concert Space

A new open-air destination for Los Angeles concert-goers Located alongside the east-end arches of Peristyle Plaza and under the flicker of the Olympic Cauldron, The Torch delivers an epic open-air performance experience unlike any other. With its spacious, park-like feel, The Torch premieres at a time when concert-goers crave a safe place to gather and experience live performances once again.

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The Torch

Officially ignited in August 2021, the Torch at the LA Coliseum introduces a new outdoor performance venue in the heart of Los Angeles. A lush, tree-lined open-air space with the iconic backdrop of the Coliseum’s Peristyle, the Torch will host general admission shows with 3,500 capacity up to 10,000. We welcome the Angeleno community to enjoy cutting-edge entertainment in Exposition Park, under the stars.

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