The puppies convinced me to buy tickets. So you're telling me that I can bring my pup for free AND play with other doggies?! Sign. Us. Up. My bf won't give me a dog bouquet, so this is the next best thing. In case that's not enough reason to go, there's also art, music, comedy, and food trucks! I loved it all. My one complaint is that I missed the Pocky truck. So sad. I loved the photo booths. Since there were a few of them, the lines weren't too crowded and weren't rushed. Fun times. The comedy shows were my favorite. The stage was in a cozy room filled with pillows and blankets. The Improv Space in Westwood was pretty funny too (their booth was outside near the puppies). I spent last year at Coachella and am glad I spent this year here instead. Not being in the middle of the dessert means no sandstorms so you won't be purging sand (and/or blood) from your body afterwards. Definitely a plus that it's closer to home. Absolutely loved my first time here and am excited for next year. Worth the $20 pre-sale ($25 at the door). The event time was from 2pm to 11pm with a dog curfew of 7pm. read more

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Mediocre at best. I was expecting more art installations and vendors. They had food inside and Trucks outside but no where to sit. Music was okay....the front bar that had musicians were better than the ones on the main stage. The comedy room was cool. Mainly I'm making this review to remind me next year to skip this event and go to Chillhella instead. read more

Two words..... Loved it!!!! :) There were local bands playing, beer was cheap, and shirts were cheap too! The art inside was really neat to look at and there was also a guy who made his own video game inside and we got to play it on a big screen! There was also people who took pictures of you inside and you got to dress up! I will be coming next year :) read more

Broke LA - Performing Arts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

If you're 12, live at home, love garage bands that scream their heads off, do drugs, and wear overused garage sale clothes.... This is the event for you. Music is blaring and obnoxious, definitely not "artsy", they need to change the cute little colorful flyer into a dark hot topic theme for this event. Avoid this crap! read more

This year will be Brokechella's fifth and if you're pondering whether to go, I'd say DO IT and you're gonna have a pretty awesome time. But don't forget us little people who've shown up in years prior and literally seen this festival go through its growing pains. (Wow, that's been the most hipster thing I've said in months, which reminds me of a joke: (Q) how did the hipster burn his mouth? (A) he drank his coffee before it was cool. The jokes are free, people. You get what you pay for.) Anywhoooo. I've seen a lot of great local bands whose pages I've liked on Facebook get really excited about being included in the lineup for 2015 which is probably going to mean the music is gonna be a lot more exciting than in the past (for a music festival, this was always kind of a sore point...but now that the word is out and it's becoming more of a destination, I'm sure better acts will be showing up). The venue itself is pretty awesome. Super industrial, under a bridge, with a LOT of good looking people who couldn't swing Coachella prices crowding the grounds. The food trucks were superb and it's where I tried Carmella's earl grey tea flavored ice cream for the first time and it literally changed my ice cream palate. It's a great way to spend a Saturday. After we left last year, we headed straight to Villains Tavern across the street and had a cool little afterparty on the patio. I'm excited to see where this festival is headed--you can't have too many of these things once the weather warms up. read more

Attention ADULTS: If you are 20 and into DJ sets and taking pills- This is great. There are temporary tow away signs on every street which force you to park in their lots which are $25.(Unless you want to walk in from a mile away- and then return late night into the wonderful neighborhood that is DTLA) THERE IS ONE BEER VENDOR FOR EVERYONE. You walk in and there are shanty stages around and no beer. I eventually found the beer- It is being sold inside a warehouse with a line a mile long just to enter it. I spent a total of 10 minutes at this festival before leaving. Will never come back. Food trucks are the only positive. You get what you pay for here- $10 festival- Oh but wait it's $35 because you can't park anywhere if you get there after 6 or 7. read more

30+ bands on 3 stages, food trucks, vendors, a wine truck with a happy hour, art installations, and cool people for only TEN BUCKS! Plus, it's in town and you don't have to sleep there. Watch out, Coachella, Brokechella just one upped you. read more

Broke LA - Indoor stage - Performing Arts Near Me - Los Angeles, California

All you really need to know is that Brokechella is dope as hell. If you wanna get into details..... Bomb ass food trucks. Amazing art installations. Great up and coming/undiscovered local bands, djs, rappers and other artists. Ample space to boogie in. The best part? Its $10-20 (depending on when you buy your ticket) and it's right in DTLA so you dont have to drive 2-3 hours and pay ~~$500+ for the total experience. One cool new thing they did this year was using the Daqri app. It's basically this 4D interactive app that you use by pointing your phone camera at plain looking objects scattered around the venue that magically (or technologically) spring to life! One of the things they had was a simple coaster looking piece of cardboard that turned into an interactive festival lineups and set times map. It was so effing cool! I've gone now for the last three years, and it's always been a super fun alternative to Coachella. Plus, the homies always put on a good show. Good vibes. Good times. Get plurnt. read more

Three stages of music, a handful of hammocks on the streets, one of which we occupied pretty much the entire time we were there. Awesome people watching and overall a fun day to relax and enjoy the music in the background! Will for sure be there next year! read more

Very fun event with multiple stages for music (indoor & outdoor), local vendors selling eclectic items, multiple food trucks, and beer garden. This year was my first time, and I'll definitely be back next year with more friends! read more

Ok... so far it's averaged out to 5 stars... so I'm the jackass to bring the ratings down a peg. Oopsies, sorry. I thought it was three stars A-OK. Really though, it was a very interesting event. I'm not really a big music festival goer, so I'm not at Brokechella because I can't afford Coachella (PSH I totally can, but I'd rather blow my money on a nice trip somewhere). Basically I'm just saying music fests are just not my scene. I mean I'll occasionally go to like raves (by occasionally I mean one time in my life ever), concerts, and even night clubs (but Ima be real, if I'm at a night club it's because 1) my friends are all going 2) it's some sort of occasion like a birthday or Halloween 3) because I wanna party - it's never for the music)... but I'm not big on them like a lot of people are (unless it's a John Legend concert in which case I'll throw down my money like you don't even know). So I went to Brokechella because it's one of my friend's birthday and he just wanted to go. And it's $10 so of course, why not. And sorry for the excessive parentheses aka side thoughts. I liked that it was a very artsy, laid-back festival. Good chill vibes, and most importantly - no drunk, out of control assholes (at least none that I could see). Paintings and little designs scattered everywhere. Free flowers being given out! Food trucks, drinks, ice cream carts, and little tents selling cute artsy clothes and such, and promoting their causes/products. My favorite part has got to be the DOGGIES! I saw on the website PUPPYCHELLA and I was of course, very intrigued. I was thinking of taking my dog but I didn't wanna have to take care of that crazy lil fluff ball while I'm trying to just chill out. But there were a lot of cute dogs walking around, and there was a tent of dogs for adoption!!! AWWWW. So cute. One of them tried to make out with me and I almost let him ;) Such friendly little creatures. I got a free snack bar (KIND bar), free coconut water, free naked juice samples, free naked juice chapstick, flowers, and just a bunch of small random things. It was nice. Who doesn't like free stuff??? Brokechella really caters to their guests, ie. broke asses. I guess it might just be me, but I didn't really care for the main attractions - the music. I mean the music was fine, there was also some stand up comedy and stuff. I hope I'm not being a b*tch when I say that it just felt like background music while I chat it up with my friends. It's probably just not my scene. I'm picky about my music. So yeah. It was a pretty cool experience. $10 is a very reasonable price. read more

Best place ever cheap drinks good vibes different rooms different scenes. Dog adoptions a bunch of art this gs to look at as well. So much fun with my bf ^_^ read more

This knockoff of Coachella held in the hood in LA was actually a great time with my friends. For $20 we get in. They had high security at the front gate. I'm glad they did. The crowd was very civil and I didn't see anyone act an azz. There were retail booths and food trucks outside of the 3-4 warehouses that had different bands playing in them. It was fun to walk around watching some x-games activity on quarter pipes, listening to different bands, drinking some local beers and then taking photos at the free photo booths. Of course my friends and I went for a gangsta' pose while wearing the props they provided. Made for a classic memory read more

This is amazing, honestly if you are into having a couple beers and getting entertained for the day, it is well worth the ticket price. This was a great time and everyone was friendly and all the bands were great. This is a must go! read more

This event majorly sucked. There were so many issues with sound and terrible transitions. At one point the dance floor was packed everyone was enjoying the DJ's set and then came about 20 minutes of background music, followed by a super depressing set. Everyone left after that and it honestly didn't get better. read more

Awesome vendors, good beer, a great place to spend an entire saturday. People are artsy, mature, friendly and arent the usual "festival crowd" if you know what I mean. read more

This was a fairly fun experience! There wasn't all that much to explore, and the music kind of all sounded the same, but they had some stand-up comics and bean bag tosses and decent drinks, and the food trucks were tasty. Oh, the photo booths were fun! I had a nice time, but I'd suggest going in a large group so you can kind of make it an "event". Two hours was more than adequate time. read more

You might be thinking this place sounds cool, maybe something fun to do on a weekend.. well your wrong. This place sucks major ass. First off there's people walking around vaping & smoking cigs the entire time but as soon as you spark a blunt people start freaking out. (I was outside. They were also selling pipes & posters that said "weed" so I thought it was marijuana friendly) then there's the fact that you can't bring food inside? I'm paying for food that you have at your venue but yet I can't eat anywhere except for the street.. okay? & on top of that all the "security" that they had were just a bunch of assholes in black. They kept insisting that everywhere we stood was VIP/ARTIST ONLY but there was no one there so what harm am I doing you sir.. if he'd said it nicely I would have been okay but he just repeated "VIP! ARTIST ONLY." like 5x before I got the hint. Anyway.. never coming here again. Hard earned money gone.. I would have felt better if they had at least had a decent amount of vendors for me to shop but it was basically a parking lot with about 10 to 15 tiny tents.. good tents but not enough to spend more then 1 hr. tops. No point. My opinion.. some hipsters might enjoy. read more