Bears in Space
DJ Team
Two old queens with an undying love for music traveling through the galaxy. Transmitting cosmic soundscapes and beats both new and old for all willing ears. Picture drinks with Statler and Waldorf at Judy Garland’s summer house on Venus.
Brian Moreno
Los Angeles GaYming Society
President of the Los Angeles Gayming Society, creating safe spaces for queer gaymers while working with other local charities and nonprofits to do good for the local community. Play Games, Meet, Mingle, and find your Player 2 at Gaymer Night, every first Thursday at AKBAR..
DJ Sindri
DJ and Artist
Residing in LA for 11 years after moving from San Francisco. Twice a year you can catch his Horror/Fantasy/Italo/Goth night, Party Suspiria, or on any other variety of nights playing his favorite House, Nudisco, and Electro.
DJ Tobate Sounds
DJ Team
DJ Tobate Sounds and his Crazy Disco Underground experience has been lighting up Akbar's dancefloor since October of 2021. Different from your average top 40 disco party, Tobate spins a variety of 70s & 80s obscure disco, pop, funk, soul and Hi NRG tracks that maybe foreign to the common ear, but will for sure keep those feet stomping.
Drunk on Stage
Stand Up, Writer, Actor
Our Tuesday Comedy Show!
House, Disco’s Revenge!
with DJ Faulkner
An inclusive night of underground House, Deep House & Contemporary Disco.
JP
Artist, Barista
JP is your Tuesday Happy Hour bartender, as well as your Craft Captain. Host of Tawdry Parties, part time bar decorator, and Bingo Caller. She's an artist, reverend, and puppeteer.
Learn the Words, Bitch!
withy Tony Soto
A lip sync competition that anyone can take part in, because why should drag queens have all the fun? Hosted by Silver Lake's Iconic queen, Tony Soto, 1st Monday each Month.
Love Connie
Soundtrack Sundays
Drag legend Love Connie presents ``Soundtrack Sunday`` the last Sunday of every month. It's a unique & thrilling show performed to your favorite movie soundtracks starring Connie and guests from the worlds of drag, burlesque and dance.
Marcel
DJ & Barista
Marcel feels, and is, fabulous. He loves fabulous things and fabulous moments. Marcel can be seen the fourth Thursday of every month spinning all the divas at Funk That! (he’s that awesome)! He can also be seen behind the bar for happy hour every Sunday and Monday making fabulous drinks!
Matt Bailey
DJ
Known for saying, “If I have it, I’ll play it,” and bringing theme nights like Eighties Ladies, Nonstop Nineties, and co-hosting our annual MaDoNNaMaDoNNaMaDoNNa night. DJ Matt carries the jukebox he curates in the front bar over to the dance floor mixing New Wave, R&B, Rock, Disco and more.
Planet Queer
Experimental Cabaret
PLANET QUEER is a LGBTQ+ experimental cabaret on the 3rd Monday of the month featuring performance art, music, dance, video, burlesque, drag, spoken word and more. PQ is committed to providing a consistent venue for the development of new queer work and has been a hub for LA underground performance since 2012.
Rock Steady Lounge
Terry Lee Presents
I’m very proud to be doing ROCKSTEADY LOUNGE at Akbar for almost 17 years that has become an institution in the SKA, ROCKSTEADY and REGGAE scene.
Slash Fiction
with DJ Henry Self
Slash Fiction spins house, disco & other club favorites all night.
ThoughtKnot
DJ & Promoter
DJ, promoter, music industry executive and a bloody tall Welsh man living in LA.
Tony Powell
DJ & Promoter
One of LA's House Music Maestros that gives you that raw house beat that makes your body move all night long!