TONIGHT @ 9-2am –  DTLA

Join us tonight at 1720, 

Techno Takeover

May the 4th Be Techno

Spinning techno hits and classics all night long – This is the way

Sounds by Warden

This is an 18+ event

FREE w/ RSVP before 10 PM

This is an 18+ event.

1720 E. 16th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021

1720, named after its address, 1720 E. 16th St., is a music venue that is like a neighborhood secret.

Latticework of brick buildings and fortresses protected by barbed-wire fences. One of the owners described it as

“a pre-gentrified war zone of the Warehouse District”.

The space, in a former garment factory, is the brainchild of principals Alex Alereza, Powell, and Travis Richter. L.A.’s premier party-throwers, the Brownies and Lemonade crew, christened the venue late last year, and now 1720’s calendar is quickly filling up with a variety of genres from the underground to the mainstream.

Sleekly designed (by Brant Ritter) but still keeping a warehouse feel, the 700-capacity venue comes with niceties that belie its neighborhood: There’s a state-of-the-art L’Acoustics sound system, a triptych by artist Nick Knudson on the wall and au courant bar (Matthew Blackburn) and kitchen (Felix Barron) menus.

The space and its location reflect the experiences of the ownership triumvirate — thirtysomething musicians who have plied their trade in metal bands such as the Human Abstract, From First to Last, and Nekrogoblikon. Richter explains that the idea of a venue first arose when the trio started throwing parties (including one for Skrillex) in an office space occupied by Nekrogoblikon’s record label. “From there,” he says, “we went on a mission to build a fully fleshed-out music venue in a warehouse.

1720 was no overnight project. Rehabbing the warehouse took well over a year, with the trio slowly clearing the predictable hurdles of “construction and permitting [and] making sure everything was really legit,” Richter says. “We all grew up with parents who owned businesses, so we had shoulders to lean on and ask questions. But we’ve been to so many events and thrown concerts and done headline tours, so the rigmarole of running a venue is second nature to us. But learning about construction and code compliance was all new. And you have to really stay on it and the codes are constantly updating, so it’s a lot of work for the operational side.”

Unlike many traditional music venues, 1720 can change personalities according to whether it is being used for a party or for live music.

For additional information, visit the website @

https://1720.la/

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