Venues in Riverside

No bands, openings, or venues are listed in Riverside yet, but Riverside is home to 317,261 residents, 289 adults aged 18–24, 576 working arts professionals — including 750 residents with arts degrees and 2,287 with bachelor's degrees — a strong talent pool for bands, venues, and session musicians. Create a free profile and be the first to put Riverside on the Bandmate map.

Riverside built its reputation sixty miles east of Los Angeles, where Spanky's and the Showcase Theater once hosted raw punk, hardcore, and ska bills that birthed bands like Voodoo Glow Skulls and Alien Ant Farm. Today, the Farm House Collective and Back to the Grind keep that independent flame alive, while the Fox Theatre and RMA Garden Room host metal and indie rock. The Inland Empire's heat and isolation forged a sound that was never coastal; it was working-class, loud, and proudly self-made.