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Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks (Aug 1)
Second night of the LA Phil's beloved fireworks spectacular, featuring Swan Lake, Marche Slave, Troupe Vertigo, and the 1812 Overture with the USC marching band and full pyrotechnics.
St. Vincent with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
St. Vincent performs with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra during the 2026 summer season.
Head in the Clouds LA (88rising)
88rising's music-and-arts festival is the marquee celebration of Asian talent in the US, with 2026 headliners including KATSEYE and XG. All ages, kids 5 and under free.
626 Night Market — Arcadia
The original and largest Asian night market in the US, named for the San Gabriel Valley's 626 area code. Hundreds of stalls of Singapore/KL-style street food, desserts, and drinks.
Nisei Week Japanese Festival (86th Annual)
One of the country's longest-running Japanese American festivals, featuring street dancing (ondo), taiko, cultural exhibits, and a huge downtown Grand Parade on August 16.
Nisei Week Japanese Festival (86th Annual)
Little Tokyo's signature nine-day celebration with taiko, ondo street dancing, cultural exhibits, and food throughout downtown's historic Japanese American core. The Grand Parade rolls Sunday, August 16.
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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.