July 2020 events calendar for Los Angeles
Plan your month with our July 2020 events calendar of the best activities, including free things to do, festivals and our favorite summer concerts
July kicks off the wild, infectious summertime spirit around L.A. and there’s no shortage of things to do. Take advantage of warm summer nights and catch an outdoor movie screening, escape the heat and head for the beach or take an imprompu weekend getaway. Follow our guide to some of the best events and festivals in L.A. this month—including 4th of July events and parades. And of course, make sure to catch one of L.A.’s excellent fireworks displays.
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Second Home Serpentine Pavilion by SelgasCano
SelgasCano’s crisscross of airy rainbow tunnels will welcome visitors who are looking for colorful photo ops and free performances.
Ty Segall
For this summer residency, Segall will play through a different album every Friday night at the Teragram Ballroom.
Level 8 Drive-In
The parking garage at the Grove has some surprisingly spectacular city views from its top level, which makes it the perfect spot for this new pop-up drive-in movie theater.
Rooftop Cinema Club
The masters of alfresco rooftop movie viewing have returned for another season of screenings in Hollywood and Downtown L.A.
Cinespia Cemetery Screenings
It isn’t summer in L.A. until the first cemetery screening brings hoards of movie-lovers to Hollywood Forever, toting folding chairs, picnic blankets, snack spreads and lots of booze.
Street Food Cinema
Street Food Cinema throws together a series of mostly outdoor parties that include screenings of some of our favorite movies, paired with an assortment of gourmet food trucks and even a live music performance from a cool local band.
Donna Huanca: Obsidian Ladder
Known for using nude bodies as her canvas, Huanca’s site-specific performance piece will fill the Marciano’s theater gallery, a former gathering place for the Freemason’s secret order of men, with painted female models.
4th of July in Los Angeles
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Cub Scout
Given that Silver Lake is where the bears like to play, is it any wonder that the cubs have taken such a shine to the neighborhood as well? Cub Scout, presented by popular nightlife personalities DJ Chris Bowen and DJ Victor Rodriguez, is a monthly den of sexy fun with cheap drinks and a furry crowd on the first Friday of every month. But don’t be misled: This cruisy, no-frills party attracts boys from all parts of town and every stripe of the rainbow. Bears, cubs, otters, wolves and pups are all welcome and sure to find something—or someone—to cozy up to at this all out man-fest.
Taylor Swift
The old Taylor is dead and the new Taylor is… filling mega venues with undeniably catchy pop songs, just like the old Taylor. But Swift has started to rebound from the murky reception to Reputation with 2019’s more well-liked Lover, which she’ll be supporting with shows around the world. Here in L.A., Swift will spend her only West Coast concert dates in 2020 at SoFi Stadium, the NFL’s newest swanky space. Look out for the announcement of some major opening acts for Lover Fest West, as it’s being billed, before it rolls into town on July 25 and 26. Taylor Swift fans can start enrolling in a verified presale, otherwise general admission tickets go on sale October 14.
South Park: Cartman’s Escape Room
Come on down to the Glendale Galleria and try to escape the foul-mouthed fourth graders’ least favorite spot—the classroom—in this official South Park-inspired escape room.
“Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds”
Space: the final frontier. This is the voyage of a traveling pop culture exhibition. Its latest mission: to stop by L.A.’s Skirball Cultural center. “Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds” is set to land at the Skirball in 2020 with a visual examination of the sci-fi franchise’s impact on culture, art and technology, as well as its futuristic vision of inclusiveness. Originally organized by the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), Seattle, “Exploring New Worlds” will feature over 100 artifacts, set pieces and props from the television series, spin-offs and films. Highlights include the Enterprise’s navigation console from the original series; Kirk, Spock, Uhura and McCoy costumes; and the six-foot U.S.S. Enterprise filming model from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Though we don’t know many other details about the exhibition (including pricing and L.A.-specific additions), we expect to hear more in early 2020.
Taylor Swift
The old Taylor is dead and the new Taylor is… filling mega venues with undeniably catchy pop songs, just like the old Taylor. But Swift has started to rebound from the murky reception to Reputation with 2019’s more well-liked Lover, which she’ll be supporting with shows around the world. Here in L.A., Swift will spend her only West Coast concert dates in 2020 at SoFi Stadium, the NFL’s newest swanky space. Look out for the announcement of some major opening acts for Lover Fest West, as it’s being billed, before it rolls into town on July 25 and 26. Taylor Swift fans can start enrolling in a verified presale, otherwise general admission tickets go on sale October 14.
South Park: Cartman’s Escape Room
Come on down to the Glendale Galleria and try to escape the foul-mouthed fourth graders’ least favorite spot—the classroom—in this official South Park-inspired escape room.