Events & Festivals

Your guide to the best events and festivals in L.A.

Things to do

Free things to do in L.A.

Read on for the best free things to do and places to visit across the city, for tourists and locals alike.

Music

Upcoming concerts in L.A.

We scour venue listings and scope out new artists so you don't have to—it's all right here.

Comedy

Upcoming comedy shows

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Music

Music festivals within driving distance of L.A.

Whether a day trip or a Metro ride away, there's no short of music festivals near Los Angeles.

Concerts in L.A.

Music

Record Store Day

Alternate takes, limited represses and colored seven-inches… Yes, the annual celebration of independent brick-and-mortar music shops is upon us! On...

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Broke LA Music & Arts Festival

Formerly Brokechella, the Broke LA Music & Arts Festival is leaving the “-chella” behind while still focusing on a mix of more than 50...

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Krush Groove

Ice Cube, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Method Man & Redman and Warren G headline 93.5 KDAY’s annual hip-hop concert.

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Light Up the Blues

Neil Young, Sheryl Crow and Jack Black play Stephen Stills’s annual autism-awareness benefit, which includes the Heartbreakers’ first show since...

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Food events

Restaurants

Little Dom's Monday night supper

Dine out without digging too deep into your wallet at Little Dom's Monday night supper, where a three-course meal goes for an affordable $18. Each week the...

Bars

Wine Wednesday at Everson Royce Bar

Looking for a go-to Wine Wednesday option? Downtown's Everson Royce Bar offers a killer deal every Wednesday off the week: $25 for a flight of three wines...

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Feastown Collective's Dinner & Story Series: Epicurious Embers by Chef Royce Burke

Secret Lasagna's Royce Burke is whipping up kamayan-style grilling dinning at Hollywood food festival Feastown's new dinner series, which puts...

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Big Bar + Alcove's Gala in the Gardens Party

Big Bar and Alcove's big spring soirée is back and bigger than ever. This year, the conjoined Los Feliz cocktail and café gems are transforming...

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Comedy events

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Asssscat

Every Saturday and Sunday, the UCB franchise's longest-running, most beloved showcase starts when a base cast of the theater's current...

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Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen

Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler host their variety show, Hot Tub, every Monday night at the Virgil. Expect a fresh, oddball lineup each week of stand-up...

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The Secret Society of The Sisterhood

Each month—on the full moon, no less—a diverse selection of women share stories related to a central theme as part of this female-fronted...

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George Lopez

Time magazine put the comedian Lopez on its list the 25 most influential Hispanics in America in 2005. His sitcom, 'The George Lopez Show,' aired on ABC from...

Shopping events

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Artists & Fleas Venice

The newest flea market on the block, the Venice outpost of this artisan/craft-focused flea market mini-empire is bringing records, vintage and...

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Melrose Trading Post

If Melrose Ave is LA’s sceney-est street, then the Melrose Trading Post is the epicenter of that scene. Every Sunday, hundreds of stylish Angelenos...

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NSYNC Dirty Pop-Up

It’s been 17 years since NSYNC last released an album, but that hasn’t stopped us from gushing over ever piece of news related to the boy...

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Downtown Modernism

Take a Sunday morning stroll (more like a jog) through five acres of 20th century furniture and housewares. The biannual Downtown Modernism show...

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