Industrial Elegance: Top 5 Warehouse Event Venues in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a playground for event planners who crave venues with character, scale, and creative flexibility. Warehouse-style venues deliver a raw, industrial edge — but many are now reimagined with finishes, lighting, and amenities to create unforgettable experiences. Below are five standout warehouse/industrial venues in L.A. — with one brand new gem you’ll want to know: The Lillian.
1. The Lillian
Let’s start with what’s new. The Lillian, located at 720 N. Cahuenga Blvd, is designed to blend luxury and industrial aesthetics. Polished concrete floors, large expanses of windows or skylights, exposed beams, and high ceilings give you a compelling blank canvas. The space is engineered for flexibility — whether you’re doing a seated dinner, gala, performance, or brand launch. Because it’s new, you’ll have more flexibility in co-designing the layout and brand identity with your clients. It also occupies a prime Hollywood adjacency, making it easy to access for guests and vendors.
2. City Market Social House
A Downtown L.A. favorite, City Market Social House converted an historic market warehouse into a refined event space. You get gracious proportions, a high ceiling, polished finishes, and plenty of charm. It’s ideal when you want industrial texture but also want to lean upscale.
3. Firecracker Works
Firecracker Works in East Downtown offers vintage industrial textures — exposed brick, towering ceilings, original structural features — while supporting large activations, brand events, and creative setups. It’s particularly strong when you want an architectural backdrop that makes a statement.
4. DTLA Event Space Warehouse (1714 Wall Street)
This warehouse is broken into two wings (~6,000 + 3,000 sq ft), which gives you flexibility. Combine for a large event or use one wing for guest mingling, the other for dining, entertainment, or exhibitions. It includes an outdoor patio and plenty of room to scale.
5. South Los Angeles Street Warehouse
This is more of a raw blank canvas: skylights, industrial finishes, open spans, and a neutral palette. It’s great for more experimental or high-design events, art shows, film sets, or brand activations where you want to assert your own visual identity.
Why These Five?
Flexibility of layout — each space allows you to adapt how guests move, where key moments happen, and how décor is layered.
Character and texture — whether exposed beams, brick, steel, or concrete, these venues bring visual depth.
Amenity readiness — while raw, all these venues tend to support power, rigging, restroom / backstage areas, load-ins, and AV infrastructure.
Location & access — in L.A., proximity to freeways, parking, and vendor infrastructure matters.
