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Dog days of summer got you feeling a bit lethargic? We’ve got just the thing: a massive freebie infusion that’ll have you exploring Los Angeles like you never have before.
In our latest round-up, we’ve scouted 100+ FREE events over the next six weeks, ranging from recurring music series and pop-up festivals to community gatherings and theatrical performances. On the docket you’ll find The Hammer’s JazzPOP series, Sunset Concerts in Culver City, Sunday Sessions at Grand Park, Sunset Concerts at The Skirball, Grand Performances, KCRW Summer Nights at Union Station, and WeHo’s Summer Sounds series (just to name a few).
And per usual, we’ve clocked the best way to get to each of the happenings by Metro (where applicable) so you always have the option to save on parking and glide through traffic. Sound like a win? We think so… but you be judge!
Free Things For the Next 40 Days
M = Metro Accessible
July 18 M – Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center presents El Laberinto del Coco. Go Metro: Take Line 761 to Sepulveda / Skirball Center Drive.
July 19 M – The Music Center’s Dance DTLA hosts an evening of Cumbia. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station OR the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
July 20 M – Grand Performances presents Daymé Arocena. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
July 20 M – KCRW Summer Nights at Union Station features sets by KCRW DJs Jeremy Sole and Chris Douridas. Go Metro: Take the A, B or D Lines to Union Station.
July 20 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Arsenio Rodriguez Project. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
July 20 M – The Marina del Rey Free Summer Concert Series continues at Burton Chace Park with Drive-By Truckers. Go Metro: Take the 108 Line to Mindanao / Lincoln.
July 20 M – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Concerts features No Easy Props presents The B Boy Summit, featuring Special Ed, and The Egyptian Lover. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Westlake / MacArthur Park station.
July 20 M – The Getty’s Off the 405 series presents Helado Negro. Go Metro: Take the Line 761 to Sepulveda / Getty Ctr.
July 20 M – LA Plaza hosts their Second Annual Afro-Latino Culture Fest. Go Metro: Take the A, B or D Lines to Union Station.
July 20 M – The Divercity Concert Series brings a free oldies concert to Pershing Square. Go Metro: Take the B, D, or J Lines to Pershing Square Station.
July 20 M – NoHo Summer Nights presents The Roaries – Oldies/Grease Tribute. Go Metro: Take the B Line to North Hollywood station.
July 21 M – The Divercity Concert Series continues at Pershing Square with Montell Jordan, SHAI, Ruff Endz, Blaque. Go Metro: Take the B, D, or J Lines to Pershing Square Station.
July 21 M – LA Made Presents: Taco Day at Central Library. Go Metro: Take the A, B, D, or E Line to 7th Street / Metro Center Station.
July 21 M – Clockshop presents Listening by Moonrise: Low Leaf and Salenta + Topu at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Go Metro: Take the A Line to Chinatown station.
July 21 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by STEVIE RAY VISITED, a rockin’ blues tribute to the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
July 23 – Moonlight Movies on the Beach in Long Beach screens The Sandlot at Granada Beach.
July 25 M – Hammer Summer Concert 2024 featuring The Philharmonik, olea (Soulection), & DJ Monalisa. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd OR take Line 761 to Wilshire / Westwood.
July 25 M – Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center presents Bab L’ Bluz. Go Metro: Take Line 761 to Sepulveda / Skirball Center Drive.
July 25 M – Culver City’s 2024 Sunset Concert Series continues with Mariachi Divas “25 Year Anniversary Tour”. Go Metro: Take the E Line to Culver City Station.
July 26 M – Grand Performances presents the LA Stories: Music is History with Mike the PoeT. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
July 26 M – The Music Center’s Dance DTLA hosts an evening of Line Dance. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station OR the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
July 26 – Community Movie Night at Debs Park screens Ponyo.
July 26 M – The Lego Movie screens at Ovation Hollywood’s monthly Friday Movie Nights series. Go Metro: Take the B Line to Hollywood / Highland station.
July 27 M – Grand Performances presents a night West African highlife music with Okwy Osadeb. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
July 27 M – The Marina del Rey Free Summer Concert Series continues at Burton Chace Park with Musiq Soulchild. Go Metro: Take the 108 Line to Mindanao / Lincoln.
July 27 M – KCRW Summer Nights at Union Station features a night of music with LA-based band The South Hill Experiment. Go Metro: Take the A, B or D Lines to Union Station.
July 27 M – The Divercity Concert Series brings a free RnB concert to Pershing Square. Go Metro: Take the B, D, or J Lines to Pershing Square Station.
July 27 M – Self-Care Yoga returns to the California African American Museum for a sixty-minute flow with yoga and meditation teacher Constance Hartwell. Go Metro: Take the E Line to Expo Park / USC station.
July 27 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Candi Sosa. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
July 27 M – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Concerts features Wonder-Full: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder with DJ Spinna, DJ Monalisa, and MC Cognito presented by Footlong Development. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Westlake / MacArthur Park station.
July 27 M – Movies Under the Stars at One Colorado in Old Pasadena screens Legally Blond. Go Metro: Take the A Line to Memorial Park station.
July 27 M – The Getty’s Off the 405 series presents Julia Holter. Go Metro: Take the Line 761 to Sepulveda / Getty Ctr.
July 27 M – NoHo Summer Nights presents a screening of Grease. Go Metro: Take the B Line to North Hollywood station.
July 27 M – Check out a free artist talk and artist workshop at the Compton Art and History Museum. Go Metro: Take Line 127 to Compton / Acacia.
July 28 M – The City of West Hollywood’s Summer Sounds series presents Emi Secrest, The Gumbo Brothers, and DJ R-Tistic. Go Metro: Take Line 4 to Santa Monica / Fuller.
July 28 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by Stevie Ray Visited, a rockin’ blues tribute to the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
August 1 M – Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center presents Waahli. Go Metro: Take Line 761 to Sepulveda / Skirball Center Drive.
August 1 M – Culver City’s 2024 Sunset Concert Series continues with A Night with Decibels Studios featuring Carlos Y Charlos, Boleros with Attitude and Los Angelenos. Go Metro: Take the E Line to Culver City Station.
August 1 M – The Hammer’s JazzPOP 2024 series presents Jamael Dean and the Afronauts. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd OR take Line 761 to Wilshire / Westwood.
August 2 M – The Music Center’s Dance DTLA hosts an evening of Samba. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station OR the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 3 M – KCRW Summer Nights comes to the Music Center’s Jerry Moss Plaza. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station OR the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 3 M – Grand Performances presents a tribute to “Salsa Queen,” Celia Cruz. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 3 M – The Marina del Rey Free Summer Concert Series continues at Burton Chace Park with Goapele. Go Metro: Take the 108 Line to Mindanao / Lincoln.
August 3 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Las Chikas. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
August 3 M – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Concerts features Y La Bamba, Buyepongo. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Westlake / MacArthur Park station.
August 3 M – The Divercity Concert Series continues at Pershing Square with tributes to Queen, Led Zeppelin, ACDC & Guns N Roses. Go Metro: Take the B, D, or J Lines to Pershing Square Station.
August 3 M – LA Plaza’s Comedy Night features an evening of stand up with Aida Rodriguez. Go Metro: Take the A, B or D Lines to Union Station.
August 4 M – The Divercity Concert Series continues at Pershing Square with Banda Limon, Banda Maguey, and Banda Arkangel R-15. Go Metro: Take the B, D, or J Lines to Pershing Square Station.
August 4 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by The Matt Mauser Big Band.
August 4 M – Angel City Brewery hosts their 12th annual Avocado Festival in the Arts District. Go Metro: Take the A or E Line to Little Tokyo Station.
August 6 – Moonlight Movies on the Beach in Long Beach screens The Breakfast Club at Granada Beach.
August 8 M – Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center presents Cameroonian-American singer, songwriter, and indie-rock artist Vagabon. Go Metro: Take Line 761 to Sepulveda / Skirball Center Drive.
August 8 M – Culver City’s 2024 Sunset Concert Series continues with Eliza SpearKicking Giants, and The Rusties. Go Metro: Take the E Line to Culver City Station.
August 8 M – The Hammer’s JazzPOP 2024 series presents Beth Schenck Quintet. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd OR take Line 761 to Wilshire / Westwood.
August 9 M – Summer of Salsa at LA Plaza continues with Son Miron. Go Metro: Take the A, B or D Lines to Union Station.
August 9 M – The Music Center’s Dance DTLA hosts an evening of Hip Hop. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station OR the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 10 M – 2024 Natsumatsuri Family Festival at the Japanese American National Museum. Go Metro: Take the A or E Line to Little Tokyo Station.
August 10 M – Grand Performances presents “Listen to Music Outside in the Sunset at California Plaza,” a collaboration between dublab and Leaving Records. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 10 M – The Marina del Rey Free Summer Concert Series continues at Burton Chace Park with MDR Symphony | Cinema Fantastique. Go Metro: Take the 108 Line to Mindanao / Lincoln.
August 10 M – One Colorado in Old Pasadena hosts free fitness sessions every second Saturday of the month. Go Metro: Take the A Line to Memorial Park station.
August 10 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Nobresil. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
August 10 – KCRW Summer Nights at the Bowers Museum features sets by KCRW DJs Valida & Nassir Nassirzadeh.
August 10 M – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Concerts features The Wailing Souls, DJ Boss Harmony, and the Dub Club MCs presented by the Dub Club. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Westlake / MacArthur Park station.
August 11 – FoLAR’s third-annual River Fest returns to L.A. State Historic Park. Go Metro: Take the A Line to Chinatown station.
August 11 M – The Divercity Concert Series continues at Pershing Square with NSYNCs Chris Kirkpatrick, O-Town, The Calling, and LFO Pop Tour. Go Metro: Take the B, D, or J Lines to Pershing Square Station.
August 11 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by 80’s cover band Radio Royalty.
August 13 – Moonlight Movies on the Beach in Long Beach screens Mamma Mia! at Granada Beach.
August 15 M – Culver City’s 2024 Sunset Concert Series continues with Sadubas & Friends andJeremy Sole’s World Music Discovery . Go Metro: Take the E Line to Culver City Station.
August 15 M – The Hammer’s JazzPOP 2024 series presents Dan Rosenboom’s Polarity Quintet. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd OR take Line 761 to Wilshire / Westwood.
August 16 M – Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center conclude with a Friday night DJ Dance Party featuring Jauretsi and TossTones. Go Metro: Take Line 761 to Sepulveda / Skirball Center Drive.
August 16 M – Grand Performances presents LA Stories: Home w/Carribean Fragoza. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 16 M – The Music Center’s Dance DTLA hosts an evening of Disco. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station OR the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 17 M – The 2024 edition of Echo Park Rising is scheduled for August 17, with the lineup TBD. Go Metro: Take the 4 Line along Sunset Blvd.
August 17 M – KCRW Summer Nights comes to KCRW HQ featuring a performance by Mexican Institute of Sound. Go Metro: Take the E Line to 26th St / Bergamot Station.
August 17 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
August 10 M – The Marina del Rey Free Summer Concert Series continues at Burton Chace Park with Lila Downs. Go Metro: Take the 108 Line to Mindanao / Lincoln.
August 18 M – Grand Park hosts Sunday Sessions, celebrating Los Angeles’ contributions to the global art form of dance music. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Grand Park / Civic Center station.
August 18 M – The City of West Hollywood’s Summer Sounds series presents The Neighborhood Orchestra and DJ Aaron Paar at Summer Sounds. Go Metro: Take Line 4 to Santa Monica / Fuller.
August 18 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by The Tom Nolan Band.
August 18 M – CicLAvia Meet the Hollywoods is back with a car-free course traversing portions of Hollywood Blvd, Highland Ave, and Santa Monica Blvd. Go Metro: Take the B Line to Vermont/Sunset, Hollywood/Western, Hollywood/Vine, or Hollywood/Highland.
August 20 – Moonlight Movies on the Beach in Long Beach screens A League of Their Own at Granada Beach.
August 22 M – Culver City’s 2024 Sunset Concert Series continues with Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca . Go Metro: Take the E Line to Culver City Station.
August 22 M – Zocalo Public Square hosts a talk on When Does Protest Make a Difference? at the ASU California Center in DTLA. Go Metro: Take the A or E line to Pico station OR take Lines 35/38 along Broadway.
August 22 – Moonlight Movies on the Beach in Long Beach screens Coco at LBCC-LAC Campus.
August 24 M – KCRW Summer Nights comes to KCRW HQ featuring a performance by Dehd. Go Metro: Take the E Line to 26th St / Bergamot Station.
August 24 M – Grand Performances presents Chucho Ponce Los Daddys. Go Metro: Take the A or E Lines to Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station.
August 24 M – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Concerts features The Do-Over. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Westlake / MacArthur Park station.
August 24 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Luis Conte Band. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
August 24 M – The Getty’s Off the 405 series presents Woods. Go Metro: Take the Line 761 to Sepulveda / Getty Ctr.
August 25 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by The Kings of 88.
August 29 M – Culver City’s 2024 Sunset Concert Series continues with Tom Kenney & The Hi-Seas. Go Metro: Take the E Line to Culver City Station.
August 30 M – KCRW Summer Nights comes to California African American Museum featuring sets by KCRW DJs Novena Carmel & Francesca Harding. Go Metro: Take the E Line to Expo Park / USC station.
August 30 M – Barbie screens at Ovation Hollywood’s monthly Friday Movie Nights series. Go Metro: Take the B Line to Hollywood / Highland station.
August 31 M – Latin Sounds at LACMA presents Son Mayor. Go Metro: Take Line 20/720 along Wilshire Blvd.
August 31 M – Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles Concerts features a Mexican Regional Showcase presented by BMI & Walter Mosely Group and AJUDISGUA. Go Metro: Take the B or D Lines to Westlake / MacArthur Park station.
August 31 M – > The Leimert Park Jazz Festival returns to Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Go Metro: Take the K Line to Martin Luther King Jr Station.
September 1 – Polliwog Park Amphitheater hosts Concerts in the Park with a performance by The Blue Breeze Band.
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