The El Rey Theatre is currently a live music venue in the Miracle Mile area of the Mid-Wilshire region in Los Angeles, CA. This art-deco building was designed by Clifford A. Balch (who designed over 20 classic art-deco movie theaters around Southern California). Much of the theater still retains its art-deco roots. Miracle Mile has several meanings: The first time an athlete ran a mile in under four minutes A district in Los Angeles, California, USA: see Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California The title of a 1988 film: see Miracle Mile (movie) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... Mid-Wilshire is a region in west-central Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

The El Rey was originally built in 1936 as a single-screen movie theater and functioned as a movie theater for nearly 50 years. From the 1980s to the early 1990s the El Rey Theatre was a dance-music club called Wall Street, but since 1994 this theater has been a live music venue.

The El Rey is exclusively booked through Goldenvoice Concerts.

The theater was designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 520 on February 26, 1991.

Location

5515 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90036

Between Burnside and Dunsmuir

References

• | El Rey Theatre Official Web Site
• | Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) Report