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Ready to take on your Saturday in Los Angeles? Let’s hit it.
In view for today in L.A. you’ll find KCRW Summer Nights at LA Plaza, the Echo Park Lotus Festival, Roaring Nights at the L.A. Zoo, Summer Soulstice in Santa Monica, the Frogtown Flea Crawl, and more. Check out more options in our handy list below!
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Make Metro Part of Your Weekend
Metro Bike Share Community Ride: to the Beach! -> On Saturday, Santa Monica Spoke and Metro Bike Share team up for a summertime community ride starting from 17th St / SMC Expo Line station. The 8-mile roundtrip journey will take the group to the Santa Monica coast line to enjoy the ocean breeze before returning to the starting point. Participants 16 years and older can reserve a Metro Bike at no cost to attend this event, or you can bring your own. The ride runs from 10 a.m. to noon. Get more info and sign up here.
Go Metro: Take the E Line to 17th Street/SMC station.
Three Top Picks To Do This Saturday
M = Less than .5 miles from an L.A. Metro Station, FA = Free Admission
KCRW Summer Nights at LA Plaza – M FA > KCRW’s signature summer event series swing over to LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes this Saturday, offering an evening of Cumbia curated by music journalist Betto Arcos. The event kicks off with a book presentation on SOMOS CUMBIA, followed by 3+ hour of danceable music sets. Free to attend. Doors open at 6 p.m. More info here.
Echo Park Lotus Festival – FA > This Saturday and Sunday, The 43rd annual Lotus Festival honors the people and culture of the Philippines for 2024 with live music, children’s activities, a lantern launch, dragon boat races, and more. Free to attend, but you want to participate in the lantern portion you can buy tickets starting at $25. Events start at 1:30 p.m. on both days. More info here.
Main Street Santa Monica Summer Soulstice – FA > On Saturday, Santa Monica’s Main Street comes alive on with an afternoon of fun featuring two stages of live music, vendors, a beer garden, and special activities for kids. Free to attend. Runs noon to 7 p.m. Get more info here.
Six More Things To Do in L.A. Today
- The L.A. Zoo’s annual Roaring Nights is back this Saturday. with an 80’s themed 21+ evening of music, dancing, food, drinks, a painting party and animal encounters.
- The Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles concert series continues this Saturday at MacArthur Park with an evening of alternative and indie rock from Pearl and the Oysters, St. Panther, and Los Eclipses. M FA
- The Brewsology Beer Fest comes to California Science Center this Saturday for an evening affair featuring 50 breweries and 150 beers, all paired with after-hours access to museum exhibits. M
- Old Pasadena shopping mall One Colorado hosts the next installment of their Movies Under the Stars series this Saturday, which features a screening of Pitch Perfect. M FA
- The Frogtown Flea Crawl returns this Saturday with special activations adjacent to the L.A. River Path in Elysian Valley, including 50+ vintage curators, makers, chefs, and local brands. FA
- Asada Fest, presented by Northgate González Market, is turning Rolling Greens in the Arts District into one huge block party this Saturday
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