Michael Juliano

We don’t know about you, but our mind is always focused on the weekend. It can never come soon enough—which is why we’re already thinking about what new restaurants we want to try or where we can drive for the day. Whether you’re looking to scope out the latest museum exhibitions or watch a movie outdoors, you’ll find plenty of things to do in L.A. this weekend. We curate an L.A. weekend itinerary of the city’s best concerts, culture and cuisine, every weekend, just for you. Halloween’s departure has left our weekend list comparatively quiet—but not to worry, there’s just enough going on this weekend to still keep things exciting. Partake in one of our favorite Day of the Dead celebrations, scope out an exhibition of neon bowling signs, pick up a plush bouquet of flowers or head to the Hollywood Bowl for a dose of millennial nostalgia.

If we could write the rules of living in Los Angeles this would be our No. 1, always at the top of our list: When you live in this city, there’s no excuse for boredom just because it’s a weeknight. There are hundreds of things to do in Los Angeles each week, whether you hit the beach at sunset or go for a morning bike ride, or catch a concert or a comedy show—and that’s really only scratching the surface. Well, we don’t make the rules, but we will provide you with plenty of ideas for your next free weeknight right here. Now go out and tackle these things to do in L.A. this week. We curate an itinerary of the city’s best concerts, culture and cuisine, every week, just for you. Halloween is behind us, and it’s admittedly a relatively quiet week—but you’ll still find a handful of spooky events haunting the city, alongside concerts and a few lingering Day of the Dead celebrations. 

With all the landmark movie theaters and iconic Los Angeles attractions, we can certainly understand why Hollywood tops tourists’ to-do lists. And sure, the Walk of Fame is too clogged with bootleg superheroes to exude much elegance, but you can still find a bit of that old glamour in the luxurious Hollywood hotels, or save your money for other Los Angeles indulgences by staying in a more budget-friendly option. Below are our favorite stays in this part of the City of Angels.  Hollywood’s best hotels at a glance: 🍸 Best for classic Hollywood glamour: The Hollywood Roosevelt 💸 Best budget-friendly stay: The Whisky Hotel 🪩 Best for vibrant rooftop nightlife: Dream Hollywood, By Hyatt 📍 Discover our ultimate guide to the best hotels in L.A. How we curate our hotel lists Our team of writers and travel experts review hotels all over the world—new openings, old classics and everything in between—to bring you fresh, honest recommendations, all year round. We have reviewed many of the hotels featured below, but we may not have stayed at every single one. Any we haven’t stayed in have been selected by experts based on their amenities, features, pricing and more. By the way, this article includes affiliate links. These links have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines. 🛏 Check out the best Airbnbs in Los Angeles

Looking to pick out the perfect pumpkin? You’re in the right place. Whether you’re looking for a quaint patch where you can pick up your squash and go or a massive farm featuring family-friendly games, tractor rides, corn mazes, petting zoos and Halloween events, there are plenty of patches in and around L.A. to suit your fancy. Every October, tiny parking-lot patches sprout up all over the city, and local farms bring out their best orange squash—from tiny little fellas to massive 100-pounders. So if you’re looking to carve a jack-o’-lantern with family and friends or perhaps whip up some tasty pumpkin desserts (hello, pumpkin pie), check out our guide to the best pumpkin patches in Los Angeles.  RECOMMENDED: Halloween in Los Angeles

Day of the Dead in Los Angeles is easily one of the city’s most vibrant holidays as far as local commemorations go. The celebration of the deceased isn’t about haunted spirits or prolonged mourning but instead offers a healthy perspective on the afterlife. Observers of the Mexican holiday (traditionally held after Halloween) visit loved ones’ gravestones, often as part of public gatherings. Typically you’ll find cultural affairs around the city with dance rituals, musical performances and plenty of calaca (skeleton) costumes. Get a taste of the holiday with some of our favorite Day of the Dead events, as well as the tastiest Mexican food in town. What is Day of the Dead? Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday in which family and friends come together to remember loved ones who have passed away and to guide their journey into the afterlife. The living visit graves and build altars (or ofrendas) and often decorate them with sugar skulls and marigolds, as well as the deceased’s favorite food, drinks and possessions. When is Day of the Dead? Day of the Dead begins Sunday, November 1, and ends Monday, November 2, 2026—though there are many major L.A. events taking place the weekend prior this year.

Skim through the must-visit attractions in Los Angeles and you’ll notice a trend: It’s a lot of outdoorsy fun. So committing to a day inside of a museum might be a tall ask. In fact, choosing anything over a 75-and-sunny day at the beach is a hard ask—especially if you’re visiting from somewhere with a climate that’s not as consistently comfortable as SoCal’s.  But here’s the thing: No matter how good the weather, visiting L.A.’s museums is a must. In fact, not only are they among the city’s best things to do, but Los Angeles museums can increasingly stand toe to toe with ones in cultural capitals like New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. And, lucky you, a handful of them have stunning outdoor campuses with hilltop views, sculpture gardens and sunny courtyards. I’ve spent the past decade-plus visiting all of L.A.’s museums (and revisiting them as each riveting new exhibition and expansion opens). There are even more institutions in the L.A. area than just the ones on this list (including plenty of quirky, off-the-beaten-path museums), but I think the 22 below are the very best—and I’d say the top five in particular are borderline essential for any trip to L.A.  If you’re on a budget, don’t worry: L.A. is flush with free museums. In fact, of the ones on this list, nearly half of them don’t cost a dime, and most of the rest offer regularly scheduled free days. Sure, you might have to pay for parking or trek across town, but that’s nothing a Metro trip or ridesharing service c

Looking for the best things to do in Los Angeles? We have you covered with the very best that L.A. has to offer. I’m a Los Angeles native and have lived here all my life, and take it from me: There’s always more to discover and explore. Whether you’re a culture vulture, an outdoorsy type or simply a lover of our fine city, you’ll find more than enough here to keep you busy. Even lifelong Angelenos can find something new to add to their to-do list, between the city’s landmark attractions, an ever-changing inventory of the best restaurants in Los Angeles, essential L.A. museums and even some off-the-beaten-path secrets. How many of the best things to do in Los Angeles will you try? Updated October 2026: Even though we’re still seeing temps in the 90s, it’s official: Things in Los Angeles have turned autumnal. We’re right in the midst of spooky season, so I’ve added lots of fall fun back into the list—think haunted houses, pumpkin-filled walks, costume parties, changing leaves and Oktoberfests. And right after Halloween, it’s time for Day of the Dead festivities across the city. October is also a great month for the arts. On October 25, Grand Ave Arts: All Access is back, filling the city’s Downtown cultural corridor with workshops, tours, live music and more. And we’re still basking in the lightsaber glow of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s opening. We’re also highlighting the city’s best comedy clubs, where you can catch up-and-coming comedians, and the exciting dining and

If the price of gas has finally worn you down (along with the monthly cost of auto loans and insurance plus occasional repairs and parking tickets), it might be time to (at least occasionally) break up with your car and opt for something more reasonably priced. Yes, your own car will almost always be the most convenient transit option in L.A., but it’s certainly not the most affordable one—and not necessarily always the quickest either. So we’ve decided to help you out and highlight the best cheap transportation alternatives for getting around L.A. Not too long ago, Uber and Lyft absolutely would’ve been on this list, and likely one of our go-to picks. But with prices (and often wait times) way up in recent years, we can’t recommend them as a “cheap” option anymore. We have, however, found six other options (most of them car-free) to make your way around L.A. while staying within budget, whether for everyday errands or a fun day trip.

There’s nothing better than a well-stocked bookstore with friendly staff. Los Angeles has lots of great independent retailers offering both new and used titles, art books, literary fiction, travel guides, political tomes and children’s tales. Some even have coffee shops inside—and lots have resident cats (could it get any cozier?). Check out these top indie bookstores in Los Angeles for the best bargains, out-of-print titles, author readings and community events; they’re also a great place to find gifts, escape the heat (or a rainy day) or pick out your next favorite novel.

This list is from 2024. Read our 2025 ranking or check out our latest ranking for 2026 here. In 2024, what exactly makes a neighbourhood cool? Craft breweries, natty wine bars and street art are well and good, but the world’s best, most exciting and downright fun neighbourhoods are much more than identikit ‘hipster hubs’. They’re places that reflect the very best of their cities – its culture, community spirit, nightlife, food and drink – all condensed in one vibey, walkable district. To create our annual ranking, we went straight to the experts – our global team of on-the-ground writers and editors – and asked them what the coolest neighbourhood in their city is right now, and why. Then we narrowed down the selection and ranked the list using the insight and expertise of Time Out’s global editors, who vetted each neighbourhood against criteria including food, drink, arts, culture, street life, community and one-of-a-kind local flavour. The result? A list that celebrates the most unique and exciting pockets of our cities – and all their quirks. Yes, you’ll find some of those international hallmarks of ‘cool’. But in every neighbourhood on this list there’s something you won’t find anywhere else. Ever been to a photography museum that moonlights as a jazz club? Or a brewery with a library of Russian literature? How about a festival dedicated to fluff? When communities fiercely support and rally around their local businesses, even the most eccentric ideas can become a reality.

Outdoor movies combine two things we love about L.A.: an appreciation of movie-making and spending as much time as possible outside. Alfresco screenings usually start to surge across the city in the early spring and continue into the fall and holiday season, be it atop rooftop bars, at L.A.’s best parks or even at a Hollywood cemetery. Most of our favorite outdoor series fall into two formats: Alfresco screenings where moviegoers bring their own chair or blanket and can pack together some picnic food, and rooftop ones where you’ll be offered a seat and some on-site snacks as you catch films both old and new. (If you’re looking for a fun date idea, this one takes the cake.) Be sure to check back all year long for updates on the list, as new screenings are always being added. Looking to see a new movie any night of the week? Check out the best movie theaters in L.A. or the few remaining old-school drive-in movie theaters. And for some at-home inspiration, you can always catch up on the best L.A. movies of all time. For screenings with multiple movies on a single night, each film is separately ticketed unless otherwise noted. Also, unannounced schedule changes tend to occur, but we’ll do our best to keep the list below updated on at least a monthly basis.

What does making it big in comedy look like right now? Landing a steady sitcom gig? Attracting a loyal following on TikTok? Packing folks in at your solo show? Or—if we may inflate our own egos a bit here—landing on our annual list of the comedians you need to know right now? We’ll go with that last option, of course. We’ve turned to our editors and contributors in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles to put a spotlight on the 12 stand-ups, writers and sketch performers that should demand your attention. These are the kind of performers who can singlehandedly turn around a mundane evening; they’re the folks who you see for the first time and come away thinking, “I need to catch their set again.” We chatted with each performer to find out the funniest thing about their lives right now, their go-to joke and where you can catch them live—before landing tickets to see them becomes a competitive sport. Special thanks to Joel Mandelkorn, Mandee Johnson and Teme Ring, who helped curate and craft our lists of L.A. and Chicago comedians.

Situated inside of adjacent Georgian townhouses along Sloane Street, Beaverbrook Town House is an intimate hideaway which manages to both feel like a home away from home and the swanky flat you’ve always aspired to. Here, stylish, playful rooms will very quickly feel like your own. The city counterpart to Beaverbrook’s Surrey Hills country estate, it eschews some of its big sibling’s on-site amenities – but that likely helps keep this high-end hotel priced just below London’s ultra-luxurious competitors. What are the rooms like at Beaverbrook Town House? Each of the 14 rooms is named after a storied London theatre, with decades of poster designs adorning the hallways and room interiors. I stayed in the Adelphi, a studio suite – the second tier of rooms that merely adds some extra space over a standard deluxe room. The design choices here are just lovely: whimsically colorful but calming, with sophisticated selections that don’t skimp on velvety comfort. The TV retracts into an upholstered pedestal at the foot of the bed that keeps the layout open, as does the afternoon light that pours through the park-facing windows (don’t worry, it’s perfectly dark with the drapes closed, and very quiet). My room sported both a walk-in rain-and-handheld shower as well as a soaking tub outfitted with yet another showerhead, resting above the faucet like an old rotary phone. Paired with the blue-green tiles, luxuriously large towels and the geranium lavender scent of the Bamford soaps, this w

First thing’s first: this stay is as central as it gets in London. And sure, it’s responsive service, a dependable restaurant, a full-blown cinema in the basement and a serve-yourself bar – but mostly, you’re in Soho. And the very best of London is right on your doorstep.  What are the rooms like at Soho Hotel? There are 96 bedrooms here, and I’d gladly poke my head in every single one of them since no two rooms are alike; they’ve all been uniquely crafted and personally approved by interior designer Kit Kemp. The look is exceptional. On the tasteful edge of maximalist, these rooms aren’t afraid of color or pattern, with beautifully embroidered headboards and pillows plus eye-catchingly upholstered walls. I stayed in the sprawling Soho Suite, and if you do have the means to book a fifth-floor room with a terrace, I encourage you to go for it (it’s giving Monica’s apartment from Friends). But I also checked out one of the more standard-sized rooms, and these are just as well-appointed and surprisingly spacious (with the same impossibly squishy comforters). Though the chatter of Soho buzzes outside at all hours, the rooms stay perfectly quiet, and the lobby’s alleyway location keeps things relatively low-key. Its fantastically playful interiors may leave the biggest impression on you, and with two or three rooms down for a redesign at any given time, you just may find a new favourite room during your next stay – because you surely will want to return. What is the food like at

Organized by New York’s Museum of Modern Art and presented by the Hammer Museum, the MoMA Contenders series presents 10 influential, innovative films made in the past year that MoMA’s Department of Film believes are bound for big things (whether that means awards-season glory or cult-classic status). In addition to screenings of all 10 films, most are normally accompanied by a post-screening discussion with some of the creatives involved in the project. This year’s picks include Coyote vs. Acme (followed by a conversation with director Dave Green and producer Chris DeFaria), I Want Your Sex (writer Araki), Obsession, Project Hail Mary (directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller), All of a Sudden (writer-director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi), Possible Love (director Lee Dhang-dong), The Invite, La ola negra, Once Upon a Time in Harlem and Clarissa. More special guests will be announced soon. The Contenders isn’t strictly an awards-season spoiler; MoMA considers its picks as movies that will stand the test of time. But the series has turned out to be a pretty good Oscars predictor, with nearly all its films nabbing nominations in recent years.

While some may scoff at the idea of Grand Avenue becoming L.A.’s Champs-Élysées, we’re too busy making the most of the Downtown street’s cultural treasures to even engage in that argument. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, Grand Ave Arts: All Access finds more than a dozen institutions celebrating their Bunker Hill home with free performances, exhibitions and tours. Most of the action takes place on Grand Avenue between Temple and Sixth Streets. Highlights of this year’s event on October 24 include graffiti artmaking workshops and a pop-up market at the Broad; a chance to try instruments at the Colburn School; a sugar skull workshop and the world’s biggest pop-up book at the Los Angeles Central Library; a monster-making puppetry workshop at MOCA; and the annual Day of the Dead celebration at Gloria Molina Grand Park. Officially joining the roster this time around is the world’s first museum of AI arts, DATALAND, the brainchild of media artist Refik Anadol, which opened in June. You can get a preview of the museum’s upcoming cultural salon, Latent Space. Other participating institutions include REDCAT, the Music Center, Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Opera, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Grand Performances and Metro, which has a station just off of Grand Avenue atop Bunker Hill.

South Coast Botanic Garden’s adorable dog-walking hours jump from a once-a-month treat to an every-weekend affair just during the month of October at Dogtoberfest. In addition to dog-friendly walking paths, the garden throws a bunch of Oktoberfest-style activities into the mix. For the humans, you’ll find beer stations along a Pup Crawl throughout the garden, as well as on the main lawn. That’s where you’ll find the bulk of the programming, too, including live music from Die Sauerkrauts, plus stein-holding, pretzel-tossing and yodeling contests. For the pups, expect training obstacles along the garden pathway and races on the lawn. As for the beer aspect, a VIP ticket gets you a flight of beer (or root beer) samples, a full-size beer, a pretzel necklace and a few other small perks. New this year is the dog VIP ticket, which comes with a free “dog beer” tasting (who knew that existed?), a treat, a photo of your pet and access to the VIP Top Dog Zone, complete with splash pads and doggie pools.

Street Food Cinema has put together a series of outdoor holiday screenings in the closest thing to a Dickensian town square in L.A.: Heritage Square. In between Victorian home tours, piano sing-alongs, strolls through a light tunnel and sips on hot chocolate and mulled wine, you can catch screenings—many of them double features—of flicks like Elf, Home Alone, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Muppet Christmas Carol and more. Just make sure to bundle up in your best Christmas sweater.

The Marciano Art Foundation took over an old Masonic temple on Wilshire Boulevard and turned it into a massive contemporary art museum in 2017. But by late 2019, museum and Guess co-founders Maurice and Paul Marciano announced the space had permanently closed. In 2021, famed gallerist Gagosian stepped in to program part of the grand venue, but since 2024, it’s reverted back to its original MAF form. So with that history lesson out of the way: What can you actually see here? Expect monumental installations in the spectacularly cavernous theater gallery, as well smaller, timely exhibitions on the second floor. Though the top floor once almost exclusively exhibited very recent works, it now features some more contemporary art titans from the 1990s and forward, including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Yayoi Kusama.  

Yes, there’s some Star Wars to see at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, but that’s only a small slice of the collection at this spaceship-like Exposition Park institution. More than 1,300 genre-hopping figurative works are on display in the near-instantly-iconic landmark, with galleries, gardens and a striking library that are all home to filmmaker George Lucas and businesswoman Mellody Hobson’s personal collection. Though the presentation of the artwork may leave you with questions about curation and context, the overall experience is wholly worthwhile and, for better or worse, unlike any other museum. Pitched as a temple to “the people’s art” and an illustrated showcase of storytelling, the Lucas Museum is stocked with the sources of imagery you’ve seen in decades’ worth of book covers, magazine spreads, newspaper pages and films: It houses artists like Norman Rockwell and N.C. Wyeth as well as recognizable ink drawings from comic strips like Peanuts and Garfield plus genre pioneers like Jack Kirby and Frank Frazetta. Aside from the intro gallery to narrative art on the ground floor and a lofty mural space on the fifth (that includes a surprise assembly of Banksy pieces), the rest of the holdings reside on the fourth floor, broken up by theme (motherhood, community, sports), genre (fantasy, adventure, science fiction) or artist (Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Thomas Hart Benton).  At the center of the floor, the Cinema gallery debuts with a display of Star Wars veh

Though its rides may not match Disneyland’s charm or Six Flags Magic Mountain’s sheer terror, Universal Studios Hollywood’s hillside theme park nevertheless offers its own amusing identity, with a few truly worthwhile thrills fueled by silver-screen memories, plus a little bit of actual Hollywood magic (and you can’t deny that it’s by far the most convenient theme park to get to for most Angelenos). There are some absolute winners here, including the Super Nintendo, Harry Potter and Jurassic World lands as well as a Fast & Furious–themed roller coaster, all of which I’ll dive into in depth below. Speaking of depths, the park is split between two main levels with a series of escalators between: On the thrill-filled lower lot, the Transformers ride is a slick but muddy crash course in Michael Bay robot carnage, while Revenge of the Mummy is a short but action-packed coaster launch through a movie property you may have otherwise forgotten. (The area is also home to the standout Nintendo and Jurassic World areas.) You’ll find a mix of 3-D movies and stage shows—of all things, Waterworld remains an entertaining highlight—on the upper lot, as well as themed areas and attractions for Harry Potter, Despicable Me and The Simpsons. Kids will appreciate Minion Mayhem and the adjacent Super Silly Fun Land, though neither are quite as engaging as you’d wish. On the other hand, The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash is easily the park’s most charming attraction, a family-friendly dark ride

“Somehow it’s a happier ending than I thought it would be—it felt so bleak,” Tacita Dean says of crafting this tribute to the then-fading format of analog film back in 2011. But now in the year of The Odyssey, Dean’s commission for the Tate Modern—restaged here at the Marciano Art Foundation’s cavernous theater gallery—feels like a triumphant touting of film’s resurgence: An 11-minute-long collage (all of the cutouts were achieved in camera) plays out on a vertically-oriented reel of 35mm film. Make sure to head up to the mezzanine viewpoint to peek into the projection booth. The show coincides with Pierre Leguillon’s selection of old advertisements that feature prominent artists promoting commercial brands, with presentations created for both the ground-floor library and the second-floor gallery.

Walk across the grounds of the scenic King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas as the Santa Monica Mountains hideaway is illuminated with thousands of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns. (Fun fact: Calabasas has a pumpkin-filled history—it’s actually named after the Spanish word for the gourd: “calabaza”.) Night of the Jack returns with a reimagined mile-long trail this year, plus food trucks and a “Spookeasy,” too.  For 2026, the family-friendly event is also introducing Jack’s Carnival, with around a dozen kid-friendly rides and games, plus new lantern art, photo ops, projection mapping and a new display in the illuminated field.  Timed tickets are required each night. As is the case with all similar experiences, they’re not cheap and fluctuate ($34.50–$57) depending on the day of the week and time of night. The cheapest tickets are for the 6pm “Almost Dark” session, where you embark on the trail as it flickers to life during golden hour. The most expensive are the “anytime” tickets, which let you arrive at any point during the night—those cost up to $83. Expect to spend an hour to an hour and a half at the experience, though that could double on weekends (and closer to Halloween) when the entry crowds and food truck lines tick up.

Its past installments have found attendees stealthing their way through a Victorian home and embarking on a Blade Runner-esque bounty hunt. And now this celebrated immersive horror theater event is returning to its roots at the Beckett Manion in West Adams for its longest and most interactive play yet. Delusion, an interactive seasonal event that combines elements of immersive theater with a more story-based approach to a walk-through haunted house, will host visitors on select nights from September 17 through Halloween till November 8. This year’s theme, “Den of the Mosquito,” is set in a New Orleans brothel in the 1920s, with a cast of mobsters, monsters and vampire prostitutes. You’ll play an agent with a secret organization, and the event promises more interactivity and split paths than ever, perfect for those who want to be part of the story. Hollywood director and action coordinator Jon Braver, who hatched Delusion in 2011, has again teamed up with the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride and Dark Harbor producers Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group for this new iteration of Delusion, which returns to the West Adams mansion where the event began back in 2011. Tickets don’t come cheap (they start at $143), and the team is warning to expect the most limited ticket availability in Delusion history, but for true Halloween devotees, it might be worth it: Delusion regularly ranks among the best haunted houses in the city. There’s also a VIP tier for $41 more that lets you take go beh

Your Halloween costume may very well still be draped over a chair or sitting in your kitchen trash, but if you’ve recently ventured on the 5 freeway just south of East L.A., you know that recognizable building-sized bow can only mean one thing: Christmas is coming. We may be more than a month and a half from the holiday, but the folks at the Citadel Outlets sure are ready to celebrate. The (dare we say iconic?) Assyrian palace–themed mall welcomed its Christmas tree to the premises in mid-October, and they’re already lighting it up this weekend. On Saturday, November 7, the Commerce outlet mall will flip the switch on the thousands of bulbs that cover its towering tree. Though you may not typically associate Commerce with the North Pole, the Citadel’s holiday display routinely takes the title of the world’s tallest fresh-cut Christmas tree: Its 115-foot-tall white fir originated near Mt. Shasta, took a three-day, 600-mile journey to Commerce and then, over the past two weeks, began to be sculpted with extra branches and decorated with over 18,000 lights and 10,000 bows and ornaments. Photograph: Courtesy Citadel OutletsSanta waves at the delivery of the Citadel Outlets’ Christmas tree It’ll serve as the main attraction on Saturday night during the Citadel Outlets’ 25th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and Concert. The evening kicks off at 5pm with a free concert that features Keyla Richardson, SZN4, Full Circle Boys and OCSA Montage!—oh, and Santa, of course—as well as the deb

In most NBA arenas, once you get about 20 to 30 rows behind the basket, the stands switch from gently ascending seats to swanky lounges and suites, usually with a steep upper deck stacked above those premium spots. But on one side of the L.A. Clippers’ Intuit Dome, the seats just keep going and going. Meet the Wall: a soccer stadium–like supporters section that, at its lengthiest point, sports an unbroken 51-row climb. It’s also reserved exclusively for Clippers fans (yes, snarky Lakers fans, they do exist). Book a spot in the 4,500-seat section and you’ll be met with a very clear condition: No opponent gear, Clippers fans only. I scoped out Intuit Dome before its debut in 2024, but the last time I actually saw the Clippers play they were still in Downtown L.A., sharing the—sigh—Crypto.com Arena with the Lakers. Now, after seeing this season’s home opener in Inglewood and witnessing the Wall in action, I get it: The pitch of the seating bowl is just steep enough that the sizable section fills the entire background behind the basket with a jubilant support section for the Clippers—or a wildly distracting backdrop for the visiting team. The players notice it. The fans notice it. It’s electric. Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time OutThe Wall and the Swell at Intuit Dome during a Clippers game I’ve been attending NBA games sporadically since I was a kid, and there’s a comfort that comes from the squeaky-shoes, foul-booing familiarity of live basketball. But after a summer spen

Artist Cj Hendry’s faux-floral pop-ups in New York regularly attract blocks-long lines and have proved so popular that you can now shop her soft, sculptural blooms year-round at a physical shop. But don’t worry about booking a cross-country flight to secure those covetable blooms, at least not this month: Cj Hendry’s Flower Shop is embarking on a 14-city tour, including a stop here in L.A. You’ll find the plush flowers at 6 Rose Avenue in Venice (barely a block from the boardwalk) daily from 10am to 6pm from November 8 to 21. You can expect multiple varieties of fabric flowers available; a release for the pop-up specifically teases ones “designed with Venice in mind.” Each flower costs $10, though if you’re interested in assembling an entire bouquet, the tenth is free. Photograph: Courtesy Cj Hendry StudioCj Hendry’s Flower Shop Hendry’s colorful, playful pieces are known for attracting pretty thick crowds, so keep that in mind before you venture toward the beach. The flowers are available on a first-come, first-served basis with no ticket or RSVP required, and there’s no need to rush the shop during the first day of the run: New inventory will be available throughout the duration of the Flower Shop pop-up. Photograph: Courtesy Cj Hendry StudioCj Hendry’s Flower Shop To be clear, this is not one of Hendry’s Flower Markets, which offer free flowers in a sprawling setting. Instead, Flower Shop is more of a retail approach. “Flower Market began as an effort to unite communit

Lattices of lasers blanketed the arena, columns of fog and flames puffed up along the edge of the stage, confetti blasts fluttered onto the crowd and decibel-pushing beats practically rattled your bones. Oh, and Pikachu was there too. Pitched as a mash-up of dance music and Pokémon, the sold-out Pokémon Night Out brought both of those elements—though often separately—to Inglewood’s Intuit Dome on Saturday night. The L.A.-area venue is one of only two locations on the planet to host the EDM concert (it’s set to hit up London in November), which is tied to the video game series’ 30th anniversary. So what does a Pokémon rave actually look like inside? Mostly what you’d expect from a big-name EDM show—but with more Jigglypuff and Charizard visuals. Headliner Marshmello stuck to his usual repertoire of songs, albeit sometimes surrounded by arena-sized animations of Pokémon. But opener Alison Wonderland ran with the assignment: She threw in remixes of the TV show’s “gotta catch ’em all” intro and the game’s melancholy Lavender Town theme; was persistently backed by a parade of character illustrations; and even welcomed a costumed Pikachu—trimmed with a light-up hat and glasses—onto the stage. Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time OutAlison Wonderland at Pokémon Night Out Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time OutAlison Wonderland at Pikachu at Pokémon Night Out Before diving into the rest of the night in detail, my trainer bona fides: I’m certainly no present-day Pokémon Master, b

Whether you were ordering a Yo LA Tengo at the bar or devouring their standout cheeseburger on the twinkle-lit patio, Everson Royce Bar—more commonly known as E.R.B.—was just the best hangout in Downtown L.A.’s Arts District. And unfortunately, the past tense here will soon be required. On Friday, ahead of its 11th anniversary, E.R.B. announced that it’ll be closing on December 20. In a post to its Instagram account, the bar thanked its regulars and staff but noted that Los Angeles has been a “disturbingly difficult place to do business in,” and suggested that there’ll be more details to come. Situated at the corner of 7th Street and Mateo Street, E.R.B. debuted in 2015 when DTLA and the Arts District in particular were ascendant. It initially opened next to a satellite location of sister shop Silverlake Wine (which co-owner Randy Clement was also behind), but E.R.B. quickly became the main attraction: Its simple “BAR” sign outside barely hinted at the elegant but inviting tavern space hiding inside, and certainly not the patio party waiting in back. Photograph: Erin KuschnerERB burger For Time Out, E.R.B. has been a fixture on our best bars list, and one of our go-to happy hour suggestions. And sure, you went there for the beer and cocktails primarily, but chef Matt Molina’s minimalist single burger—a patty with cheese and house sauce—was so good that it too has been glued to our best burgers list for years. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ERB

It took 25 trips into orbit, a flight across the country, a drive along L.A.’s surface streets, a decade-long public-facing stay in a temporary tent and a crane lift into a construction site. And now finally, after 14 years in Los Angeles, Space Shuttle Endeavour is ready to greet guests in its soon-to-open permanent home. The California Science Center announced over the summer that the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center—where Endeavour has been stacked alongside a fuel tank and boosters in a vertical, ready-to-launch position—will open on November 13. But this week, the science museum revealed the full details of how you’ll be able to visit the NASA orbiter, starting with the news that reservations will open up next week. Timed tickets for the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which includes Space Shuttle Endeavour, will become available on Wednesday, October 21 at 9:30am. Museum members will be able to procure their time slots a little bit earlier, starting Monday, October 19 at 9:30am. Either way, you can make them online or over the phone at 213-744-2019. You can make up to 19 reservations at a time; any more than that and you’ll need to call for a group reservation. The preexisting areas of the California Science Center will remain free and open to visit without a reservation. The museum will initially release four months of time slots and then release additional dates at a later time—so if you want to visit by the end of the winter, you’ll want to secure your spot

There are probably about as many comedy clubs in Los Angeles as there are In-N-Out locations—you’re never more than a few-minute drive from one. Whether you’re after arena-caliber performers in a small comedy club on the Sunset Strip or genre-defying acts at an old playhouse near the L.A. River, there’s a comedy scene for you somewhere in the city. So seeing top-tier comedy in L.A. often becomes less a question of where and instead one of who—and we think you should beeline it to just about any show that has one of these on-the-rise local comedians on its lineup. A mix of stand-ups, actors, writers and sketch performers, these are the folks who can snap you out of the doomscrolling doldrums or singlehandedly rescue a ho-hum evening. That’s why these three solo performers and one duo were inducted into the 2026 class of Time Out’s Comedians to Watch in America—and while we’re enamored with the other eight picks on that nationwide list, we wanted to make sure to give the Angelenos in it some extra local love. Very special thanks to Joel Mandelkorn and Mandee Johnson, who curated and helped craft this list of L.A. comedians. Photograph: Courtesy Jim McCambridgeAndrew Orolfo Andrew Orolfo We all have those “truth is stranger than fiction” moments, but we can’t all craft those random encounters into a funny story quite like Andrew Orolfo. A fixture at the Comedy & Magic Club and on Don’t Tell Comedy lineups, Orolfo lures in crowds with relaxed setups that give way to surprisingl

You’ve probably already seen footage of the Star Wars props, the Van Gogh–inspired Pikachu and the striking spaceship-like architecture. But the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s most unique assets actually might be outside of the galleries—and, after it officially debuts on September 22, open to visitors for free, no museum ticket required. George Lucas has referred to his eponymous institution as a temple to the people’s art, where a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo, an oil painting of dogs playing poker and a screen-used Batman suit make unexpected neighbors. But that for-the-people perspective also—especially—extends to the entrancing gardens surrounding the building, as well as the open-to-the-public library. “I love that if you walk into our parks and gardens, you feel different,” says Lucas Museum CEO Tracey Bates. “You do feel like you’ve been transported somewhere else, which is the joy of storytelling—which is what the museum is all about.” Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time OutLucas Museum of Narrative Art Whether you enter down the street from the Metro station on Vermont Avenue, across from the Natural History Museum and Coliseum at Bill Robertson Lane or into the middle of the Exposition Park–adjacent campus via the parking garage, you’ll find yourself in a mix of open grassy spaces and meandering walking paths. (Access here is completely separate from the museum galleries, which cost $25 for adults and nothing for kids 17 and under.) Dense clusters of native flor

How lucky are we that the Broad has not one but two of the late Yayoi Kusama’s reflective Infinity Mirror Rooms? And that they’re both free to see? But with the Downtown L.A. museum’s expansion—add that to the list of things we’ll soon be lucky to have—currently under construction, the smaller of those two installations will be taken off view for the next couple of years. Longing for Eternity, Kusama’s 2017 box-like structure that allows visitors to poke their heads through portholes and into a colorful, seemingly endless mirrored expanse of sometimes-flashing LEDs, will remain on display in the museum’s third-floor galleries until September 20. After that, it’ll be temporarily taken off view until the museum’s expansion opens in 2028, ahead of the Olympics. But thankfully, the Broad’s signature Kusama piece, the twinkly Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away will still remain on view. That step-in installation on the ground floor will continue to be viewable with a free general admission ticket and a timed reservation. (Longing for Eternity, by comparison, is viewable via a first-come, first-served line in the eastern corner of the museum’s top floor.) The Broad is currently embarking on an expansion project that’ll add three floors of new gallery space and two open-air courtyards on the Hope Street–facing side of the block. Construction began in 2025 and topped out this spring, and the museum expects for visitors to fill the new space before the Ol

With its pagoda-style roofs, hanging lanterns and pedestrian plazas, L.A.’s Chinatown strikes a balance between honoring its history and consistently reinventing itself with splashy new restaurants and nightlife spots—and this past year or so has been a particularly buzzy one. It’s been such a lively stretch that Chinatown earned a spot on Time Out’s annual list of the coolest neighborhoods in the world. And it didn’t just eke its way into the feature: It landed at No. 4, the highest-ranked neighborhood anywhere in the United States (Chicago’s West Town came in at No. 18, while the list’s very top spot belongs to Seoul’s Jongno 3-ga). Just in the past year or so, the Downtown-adjacent neighborhood has welcomed Chinese American standout (and Michelin-recognized restaurant) Firstborn, day-to-night destination Café Tondo (where Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker stopped by for a surprise DJ set underneath the facade’s red glow) and design-forward Archives of Us (home to some of the city’s best matcha). Photograph: Sean DavidsonCafé Tondo Focaccia sandwich spot Frank ’n’ Frank’s just set up shop in the iconic Chinatown Central Plaza, right down the alleyway from the beloved Bruce Lee statue and across from where astrology-inspired Brooklyn cocktail bar Mood Ring is opening a second location soon. Meanwhile, Chinatown’s legacy restaurants and institutions like Phoenix Bakery and Philippe the Original are still draws. While Chinatown’s most recognizable span is near the neon-lined Centra

It’s kind of astonishing that a destination-worthy hotel has eluded Silver Lake for so long, right? After all, the neighborhood has been synonymous with a certain sort of L.A.-cool for roughly three decades. But aside from Silver Lake Pool & Inn’s motel glow-up a few years ago, there hasn’t really been a proper place for travelers to rest their heads in the area. Hotel Lucile stands to reshape the hospitality map along Sunset Junction—and the wider neighborhood—with one of L.A.’s splashiest hotel-meets-restaurant openings in recent memory. As of today, the 95-year-old church-turned-hotel is welcoming overnight guests to its 25 rooms, and it’s bound to be packing locals into Sous Sous, a Southern-inspired French restaurant situated in the divinely detailed nave. Sitting at the corner of Griffith Park Boulevard and Lucile Avenue, about a block up the street from the faded polka dots of Sunset Triangle Plaza, Hotel Lucile has taken up residence at a 1931 Romanesque Revival sanctuary, built as a Presbyterian church and later used as everything from a performance theater to an antique market. It’s worth clarifying upfront, given the surprising number of people who’ve asked: No, it’s not the infamous Katy Perry church—the former convent the singer was once interested in buying is located a couple of miles up the street in Los Feliz. The confusion is understandable, though: Perry’s dramatic legal battle over that property involved a local restaurateur who once owned and later relinq

We were excited to see a large-scale concert return to the Santa Monica beachfront, but it looks like we’ll have to wait a bit longer: Ocean Way, the two-day music festival from the same folks as Coachella, has been canceled. Ocean Way was just around the corner, set to hit the sand southeast of the Santa Monica Pier on September 26 and 27, but an email from AXS that went out to ticket holders on Friday afternoon announced that the event had been canceled as a result of recent storm-related erosion on the beach. “Due to the impacts of Hurricane Marie, the City of Santa Monica has canceled the inaugural Ocean Way Festival,” the message that we received reads. “Storm surf and runoff has caused significant beach erosion and the festival can no longer be safely held as planned.” The statement also notes that plans are underway to make the fest happen in 2027 (this year’s debut would’ve included the Killers, Jack White, Olivia Dean and Khruangbin). If you already purchased tickets, which started at $399 for a two-day pass or $229 for a single-day, you should automatically receive a refund within the next five to seven business days. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ocean Way Festival (@oceanwayfestival)   The news comes after Hurricane Marie, an offshore storm southwest of the Baja California Peninsula, pummeled Southern California shorelines last weekend, sending wild waves breaking along the coast in Malibu and Long Beach and battering seawalls