Concerts & Events in Altadena

Put on your psychedelic platforms or groovy leisure suits, and treat your ears to the original disco masters in an outdoor venue that looks as if it's a pulsating disco-tastic space ship. With today's Groupon, $18 gets you one ticket to see Disco Fever 3 on September 27 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Hollywood Bowl ($35 value). The show features Kool & the Gang, Chic with Nile Rodgers, the Village People, and special guests Yvonne Elliman, Thelma Houston, and Maxine Nightingale. Rarely do such powerhouses of disco come together to get down and boogie in one venue, so you should go with your disco-lovin' hunnies and funky fans and get this Groupon.

Get a head start on All Hallow's Eve cosplay and horseplay with today's side deal: one VIP ticket to Halloween Eve Preview Night from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. on October 30 at Marbella for $14 (a $25 value and a $3 will call fee included). Your VIP ticket gives you access to all four levels of Marbella, and given that dressing up and pretending to be something you're not is an American tradition dating back to the Spanish-American War, you can expect to enjoy killer costumes and top-quality people-watching long past the witching hour throughout the new venue.Is the “dracula” surrounded by sexy nurses? Monster Status: REAL. Only a real dracula is that charming.

Before guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen marks her historic Pasadena Symphony debut with a program that features Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Grammy award-winning violinist James Ehnes showers the crowd with pulled and stuttered notes in a virtuosic performance of Korngold’s Violin Concerto. Having performed in more than 30 countries and appeared with some of the world’s most renowned orchestras, Ehnes tugs sonic rainbows from his stringed companion in a solo work that earned him Grammy, Juno, and Western Canadian Music awards. Captive audiences seated in Section B will have precious little time to slingshot their rose bouquets onto the stage before Mei-Ann Chen claims her place as the first woman to conduct the Pasadena Symphony’s assemblage of gifted musicians from the motion-picture industry.

Led by head coach Terry Murray and captain Dustin Brown, the 2010–11 LA Kings' gloved hands are firmly holding steady in the heart of the Western Conference standings. Watch as they attempt to solidify a spot in the playoffs behind sleek passes from Anze Kopitar and the deft puck-stopping of goalie Jonathan Quick. At a hockey game, you get the suspense of watching an object swish against a net (like in basketball or soccer), the thrill of rambunctious brawls (boxing), the elegance of ice skating, and the utter brutality of golf all combined into one action-packed event.

On this night only Dianne Reeves belts it out on one of the largest, most star-strut-upon stages in Los Angeles. Orchestra-level seats place you right up front (seating is anything below the balcony section), close enough to feel all of the soulful notes roar. Reeves, a musical titan, part R&B star, part storyteller, and pure jazz from voice to toe, improvises and revises the genre's tradition, singing always her present moment's gospel. She has earned so many Grammys and other shiny accolades that she donates them to children to fill up their birthday piñatas. Her eclectic career defies simplistic labels: she sung the soundtrack to period-piece heavyweight Good Night and Good Luck, closed the 2002 winter Olympic games, and broke through a seemingly impassable cultural barrier by being the first jazz singer to perform in the Arab kingdom of Qatar. With a voice that holds more soul than purgatory, it's an evening not be missed.

The sound of basketballs bouncing across hardwood floors and splashing through nets charges the air at the NBA All-Star Jam Session. There, young hoops fans dribble and dunk their way through 40 interactive NBA-themed attractions. Players can showcase their shooting, dribbling, and passing abilities in the skills challenges, and a Kids Zone gives tykes the ability to rattle rims with windmill dunks and get in the All-Star spirit. NBA legends past and present also will make regular appearances throughout Jam Session to mingle with fans, sign autographs, and trade soufflé recipes.