A packed crowd under string lights watches a band play at The Studio

Hermosa Beach · Arts District

Where creativity breaks the rules

The Studio is an award-winning, queer- and woman-owned creative space where art gets made, music gets loud, friendships are formed, and big ideas find a home.

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Pick a door

Three ways in

Come for a show, rent the room, or help keep the whole beautiful experiment alive.

A singer bathed in magenta light performs on The Studio stage

Attend

Concerts, comedy, candlelight strings, drag brunch, weird workshops. The calendar never sits still.

Explore events
The Studio floor arranged with lounge seating, rugs, and large paintings, lit for an event

Book

One flexible room, infinite configurations. Events from $250/hour, rehearsals from $50/hour, productions by quote.

Book the Studio
Four friends grin and raise cans together at a Studio event

Belong

Membership keeps the lights on and the doors open — and unlocks perks, priority booking, and private nights.

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Proof of life

This actually happens here

Real nights, real people, zero stock photos. Every frame below was shot inside these four walls (or right out front).

String musicians perform surrounded by hundreds of candles
candlelight strings
A yoga class stretches out on mats across The Studio floor
sunday reset
A comedian works the room from the spotlight
comedy night
Guests share a long candlelit dinner table decorated with sunflowers
supper club
A guitarist plays an acoustic set in front of the climbing wall
unplugged
Shoppers browse racks of clothes at a community swap
clothing swap
A film crew lights an interview subject with a softbox
on set
Bold contemporary paintings line the black gallery walls
art everywhere

Rent the room

Your weird idea needs a home

Concerts, fundraisers, film shoots, band rehearsals, launch parties, sound baths — if it brings people together through creativity, it probably belongs here.

We keep pricing simple and quotes personal: tell us what you’re dreaming up, and we’ll build the room around it. Lights, sound, and atmosphere included; imagination yours.

  • Events from $250/hour
  • Rehearsals from $50/hour
  • Filming & production by custom quote
Start an inquiry Tour the specs
set the stage
The Studio stage set with a full backline and drum kit under purple and amber lights
keep it loud
Two friends laugh together in the crowd at a Studio show

Membership

Invest in cultural survival

Independent creative spaces are disappearing. This one refuses to.

Every membership keeps the lights on, the doors open, and a home alive for artists, musicians, filmmakers, nonprofits, and creative weirdos in Hermosa Beach. Perks are great — priority booking, private nights, discounts — but the real perk is that this place keeps existing.

From $25 a year. Cancel anytime. Feel good forever.

Membership options

Next door

One wall away: Not Shockboxx

Our owners also run Not Shockboxx, the unapologetically independent contemporary art gallery next door — and its rotating collection spills onto our walls. See something you love? It can follow you home.