The Spotlight was one of L.A.’s oldest gay bars. A Hollywood nightlife boom brought it back.

On Saturday night in Hollywood, the rising electronic musician Mindchatter performed to 1,200 people at a sold-out Fonda Theatre. The Spotlight was once one of L.A.’s oldest gay bars, a rough-and-ready beacon from the dawn of queer activism until its 2011 closure, a nearly 50-year run. “Everyone’s welcome,” Danan said, while acknowledging expectations to have at least “a few concepts for beautiful gay nights,” given the club’s history. “I’m jaded because I’ve been a dance music agent for 20 years, and what we have as far as nightlife in L.A., let’s say I’m not often going out to clubs in Hollywood,” said Alex Becket, a dance music agent at CAA who swung by the Spotlight on Saturday night. “I’ve gone up and down on Hollywood because it can get really bad in the streets, but there’s been a lot of new positive energy,” Danan said.