Liquid Stranger books the Hollywood Palladium for Saturday, March 13

The Wakaan founder brings Sully and Twopercent to a 5,000-capacity Hollywood room, two weeks before he's due at Ultra in Miami.

Picture the Palladium floor on a Saturday night in March: 5,000 people, a wall of subwoofers, and the low end rolling so hard you feel it in your teeth before you hear it. That's what Liquid Stranger has lined up for Los Angeles. Liquid Stranger plays the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday, March 13, 2027, at 8 p.m., with Sully and Twopercent in support. The show was announced Nov. 3, and tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster.

The timing puts this one in a busy stretch for him. Live Nation also lists Liquid Stranger at Ultra Music Festival in Miami's Bayfront Park, March 26 through 28, so the Palladium date lands about two weeks before one of the biggest stages in dance music. For L.A. fans, that means catching him at full headline length in a proper indoor room rather than a festival slot.

If you know the name but not the story: Liquid Stranger is the project of Martin Stääf, a Swedish-born producer long based in Colorado, according to his biography. His music runs across dubstep, bass music, downtempo and dub, and he's spent the last decade building an ecosystem as much as a career. In 2015 he launched Wakaan, a label championing experimental bass from producers around the world, which grew into a festival; he's since added a downtempo label, SSKWAN.

That label-boss role shapes his shows. In an EDM.com interview, he talked about what building the Wakaan festival taught him about community, creativity and taking chances. Wakaan crowds are known for showing up as a crew, and a Liquid Stranger headline night usually feels like an extension of that world. His 2025 run, the Revolution Tour, was billed by Stage Hoppers as an invitation to "a revolution in bass music."

A full headline set in a 5,000-cap room, two weeks before Ultra.

Why the Palladium? At 5,000 capacity it's one of the larger standing rooms in Hollywood, and it's a step up in scale that only works for artists with a real draw in the city. Bass music has a deep L.A. following, and a Saturday night booking here is a bet that it'll fill. Sully and Twopercent on the undercard mean the room should be heavy well before the headliner arrives.

Practical notes: it's a Saturday in Hollywood, so give yourself time for parking or plan on a rideshare, and expect the floor to be packed by mid-evening. Bring earplugs; this isn't a show you want ringing in your ears all week.

Tickets are up now. If bass music is your thing, March 13 is the night to clear.

Sources: Liquid Stranger events (Live Nation) (livenation.com); Liquid Stranger / Wakaan (Wikipedia) (wikipedia.com); What Building Wakaan Festival Has Taught Liquid Stranger (EDM.com) (edm.com); Liquid Stranger invites fans to a revolution in bass music with 2025 tour (Stage Hoppers) (stagehoppers.com); Liquid Stranger at Hollywood Palladium tickets (Ticketmaster) (ticketmaster.evyy.net)