Things to do in Los Angeles on Saturday

The masters of alfresco rooftop movie viewing have returned for another season of screenings to LEVEL in Downtown L.A. Known for excellent film choices and a steady supply of snacks and booze, Rooftop Cinema Club is your snazzy, comfortable and less stressful alternative to other outdoor movie screenings. You don’t even need to bring your own camping chair—Rooftop Cinema Club provides you with your very own comfy lawn chair (with optional blankets for purchase to up the coziness). And instead of listening to the movie over loudspeakers, you’ll get a set of wireless headphones so you never have to miss a word. Find the full schedule on their site, or in our outdoor movie calendar.

Angelenos, let it all hang out. The World Naked Bike Ride hits L.A. each year with its bare-as-you-dare dress code to fight “indecent exposure to cars” and promote both a healthy planet and body acceptance. The 2025 ride will expose itself Saturday, September 13 (postponed from its original date in June. Route details are still TBA, but there will be two different rides through DTLA, each around 7 miles long. Meet up at the parking lot, where body painters, food trucks and vendors will congregate. Oh, and make sure to bring a lot of sunscreen. See our photos of some previous World Naked Bike Ride events.

A favorite of in-the-know shoppers, MAUM Market champions AAPI artists, creatives and entrepreneurs, and the result is a mindfully curated shopping experience. Founded in 2022, MAUM regularly pops up both in New York and in L.A., at ROW DTLA. Find accessories, art, kids’ toys, beauty and wellness goodies, ceramics, clothing, jewelry, home wares and treats at the family-friendly and pet-friendly pop-up. While entry is usually $5, this time around it’s free.

It isn’t summer in L.A. until the first cemetery screening brings hoards of movie-lovers to Hollywood Forever Cemetery, toting folding chairs, picnic blankets, snack spreads and lots of booze. Each year, Cinespia brings classic cult favorites to the hallowed resting place of such Hollywood greats as Rudolph Valentino and Bugsy Siegel. The series typically releases its slate one month at a time, with summertime screenings at the cemetery and a few off-site ones on either end (usually at L.A. State Historic Park). For each evening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, pack a picnic (yes, booze is allowed), pose in the photo booth and enjoy DJ sets, dance parties and all sorts of other magical mischief that’d otherwise be strictly forbidden behind the cemetery gates. The outdoor screenings are an L.A. rite of passage, a quintessential summer experience and one of the best film venues in the city. Just be sure to get your ticket early, arrive early, pee early… it’s a popular affair, to say the least.

Catch free outdoor movies at Burton Chace Park. Bring a low-back chair to claim a first-come, first-served space. Tickets aren’t required, but RSVPs are appreciated to stay up to date on any changes.

Watch a slate of classics from the past couple of decades on one of the prettiest rooftops—now called Oasis—in Hollywood at this outdoor screenings series. All movies are piped in over sets of provided wireless headphones. Before showtime, make sure to hit up the bar or the on-site kitchen.

The reopened Getty Villa is back with a new season of its Outdoor Classical Theater series, which brings a dramatic work to life each year in the museum’s outdoor, ancient-Greece-style amphitheatre. This time around, the play is a musical mashup of Sophocles’s incestuous tragedy and the songs of Elvis Presley performed by the L.A.-based Troubadour Theater Company, known for its innovative adaptations of classics. Enjoy the ocean breeze while you dine on concessions like Memphis-style baby back ribs or an “Elvis” peanut butter, banana and Nutella sandwich before the show.

Ready or not, spooky season is slowly stalking its way ever closer. The clearest sign? Universal Studios has already announced the haunted houses set to inhabit its Hollywood-adjacent theme park for Halloween Horror Nights—and there are some pretty big ones. Fallout will get its own haunted house at Universal Studios Hollywood this year (as well as the theme park’s Orlando location), which promises to be a blast. Wander through the post-apocalyptic Wasteland—complete with Scavengers, Raiders, the Ghoul and RAD Roaches the size of dogs—inspired by the award-winning video game franchise and Prime Video TV show. You’ll also find a maze celebrating 45 years of Friday the 13th’s iconic villain, Jason Voorhees, in “Jason Universe,” which will re-create the summer camp, cabin and forest as the hockey-mask-wearing killer goes on a vengeance tour. And a Five Nights at Freddy’s haunted house will bring the creepy animatronic characters to life. Over on the studio tour—ahem, Terror Tram—you can expect a “disturbing new turn” this year.  Halloween Horror Nights runs on select evenings from September 4 to November 2. Tickets cost $77 to $107, depending on the night; with Express Pass add-ons, options range from $209 all the way up to $529 (for the R.I.P. Tour option). See more of the best haunted houses in L.A.

For dinner and a movie, all in one, just follow the food trucks. During the spring, summer and fall, Street Food Cinema throws together a series of 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. The screenings are held in venues across L.A. into October and alternate from week to week, so make sure to check the schedule. Some of the outdoor venues are dog-friendly, allowing you to bring your four-legged cinema lover along. See more of this season’s outdoor movie screenings in L.A.

Complex-sponsored food/streetwear mash-up Family Style Fest is back for 2025. This year's edition will bring together high-profile apparel brands like Uprisers, Staud and Kids of Immigrants alongside a handful of critically acclaimed L.A. restaurants, including Kato, Kuya Lord, and Bistro Na’s. Out-of-towners include Curry Up (Tokyo), Michelins-starred Bell’s (Los Alamos), Bettina (Santa Barbara/Montecito) and the Wiener’s Circle (Chicago). Attendees will be able to sample from over 50 unique restaurants, including Amboy, Ototo and TikTok-famous concepts like Miya Miya Shawarma, Marathon Burger and Handles Coffee (formerly known as Camel Coffee). Since this is a streetwear festival, expect tons of merch. A $225 VIP ticket nets five meal tickets (albeit only for certain restaurants) plus access to a separate section with complimentary stations, a VIP-only open bar and a special merch pack. For tickets and the full line-up, visit the FSF website.