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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 25th Anniversary Concert
A live-to-film concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film, performed at the Peacock Theatre in downtown LA.
LA Galaxy vs. LAFC — "El Tráfico" Derby
The city's fiercest sports rivalry packed into one stadium. The crosstown grudge match is the loudest fixture on the Galaxy's calendar.
Joe Hisaishi: Film Music
The 2026 Composer in Focus performs his Studio Ghibli scores at the Hollywood Bowl during Gustavo Dudamel's final Bowl season as LA Phil music director.
Joe Hisaishi presents Music Future
Composer Joe Hisaishi presents his Music Future program at The Ford in Los Angeles.
Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks
The LA Phil pairs Swan Lake and Marche Slave with LA circus troupe Troupe Vertigo, then closes on the 1812 Overture backed by the USC marching band and full pyrotechnics. The Bowl's most beloved annual tradition.
HARD Summer Music Festival
One of Southern California's biggest electronic/hip-hop festivals, back at Hollywood Park near SoFi Stadium after years of venue-hopping.
Top things to do
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Free admission to the building and grounds, with free public telescope viewing on clear nights, including the historic 12-inch Zeiss refractor on the roof. It's the best free vantage for the Hollywood Sign and a full-city sunset.
Free admission (you only pay to park), reached by a hilltop tram that makes arrival feel like ascending a modernist city. Richard Meier's travertine architecture, the Central Garden, European painting up to 1900, and 360-degree views of the basin make it worth half a day.
Free to enter (you pay only for parking) and reached by a hillside tram. Worth it for the Richard Meier travertine architecture and Robert Irwin's Central Garden as much as the Van Goghs.
Free general admission to a heavyweight contemporary collection, and home to two of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms, which you enter for one minute at a time. Book ahead; the Kusama rooms draw lines.
Open since 1917, this is the edible autobiography of LA. Legacy stalls like Roast to Go (1952) and China Cafe (1959) share a historic roof with 40-plus vendors and some of the city's most exciting newer chefs.
One of North America's largest urban parks at over 4,000 acres, holding the observatory, the LA Zoo, the Greek Theatre, pony rides, and dozens of trails. A whole day's worth of city and nature in one spread.
Where to stay
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Opened in 1927 and financed partly by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, it hosted the first Academy Awards and features the Tropicana pool with a David Hockney mural on the bottom. It sits right on the Walk of Fame, pairing history and location in one.
Opened in 1929 and modeled loosely on France's Château d'Amboise, it's the most mythologized hotel in LA and a longtime celebrity hideaway steps from the Sunset Strip. You're paying for the legend and the location as much as the room.
Kelly Wearstler-designed interiors with a rooftop pool and bar, a short walk to the pier and Third Street Promenade. Best for design lovers who want the beach nearby.