Osunlade takes the Lodge Room on Thanksgiving Eve

The Yoruba Records founder is back in Los Angeles on November 25 for the first time since 2024, with Marques Wyatt and Big Cee on the bill in Highland Park.

The night before Thanksgiving has always been one of the year's big going-out nights, and this year Highland Park has a strong option for it. Osunlade plays the Lodge Room on Wednesday, November 25, 2026. Doors and music both start at 8pm, and Marques Wyatt and Big Cee are also on the bill. Tickets are available through the Lodge Room's own site. The show was announced October 29.

It's Osunlade's first Los Angeles date since May 26, 2024, at Sound Nightclub. That's a gap of a year and a half. It's also a change of setting: the last visit was in a Hollywood club, and this one moves to a roughly 500-capacity room on the Eastside.

The room is part of the draw. Lodge Room was built in 1923 and operated for decades as Highland Park's Masonic Lodge 382, as Janky Smooth's love letter to the venue recounts. The same piece notes that stars like Billy Corgan and Dave Chappelle have picked it when they wanted a small audience. A building that old has some atmosphere, and Osunlade's music suits it.

Osunlade's main legacy is a label. Yoruba Records has been putting out his deep, spiritual strain of house since its first release in 1999, according to its catalog page on Volumo, and it is still releasing records: the newest listing there is from March 2026. Bandcamp Daily's 2023 feature on Osunlade and Yoruba gives a good overview of the catalog for anyone who wants to listen before the show. It ties the music to Yoruba spiritual practice and shows how far the label's sound reaches beyond a single dancefloor style.

That range is what an Osunlade set is about. Expect long, patient builds, lots of percussion and soul, and records that leave room to breathe. This isn't peak-time banging. It's house music meant for dancing all night.

Booking him with Marques Wyatt and Big Cee keeps the night firmly in the deep, soulful lane, and having all of them in one room makes it feel like an event rather than a routine club night. With doors and music both at 8pm, the night starts early, and showing up when the doors open is a good idea.

House music meant for dancing all night.

Thanksgiving week in Los Angeles usually means one of two things: hosting, or heading somewhere else. If you're staying in town, the Wednesday before is the night to go out before the family obligations start.

Get there early, let the room fill up around you, and save the leftovers for Friday.

Sources: Lodge Room Highland Park (tickets) (lodgeroomhlp.com); Love Letter to The Lodge Room Highland Park — Janky Smooth (jankysmooth.com); Yoruba Records — Volumo (volumo.com); The Spiritual House of Osunlade and Yoruba Records — Bandcamp Daily (daily.bandcamp.com); JamBase: Osunlade at Lodge Room (jambase.com)