Abbot Kinney First Fridays — June 2026

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Abbot Kinney First Fridays — June 2026

Name: Abbot Kinney First Fridays — June 2026
Start: 2026-06-05T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-05T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, Los Angeles, CA 90291

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Today · Friday, June 5, 2026

5:00 PM PDT – 10:00 PM PDT

Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, Los Angeles, CA 90291

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About

Abbot Kinney First Fridays runs the first Friday of every month from 5 to 10 PM on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Los Angeles. The street transforms into a pedestrian-friendly outdoor market and block party with all the boutiques, galleries, restaurants, and shops extended open late alongside food trucks and live street performances.

Abbot Kinney is one of the few streets in LA that has maintained a genuine neighborhood identity through decades of gentrification pressure — independent retailers, working artists, local restaurants, and design studios have anchored the block since the 1980s. First Fridays is the moment when the community that sustains those businesses shows up together.

The energy is different from a festival. There is no main stage and no single sponsor. Just a few hundred people moving between shops, plates of food from local trucks, and occasional live music spilling out of storefronts. It is LA neighborhood culture at its most accessible.

Street parking fills early. Metro Expo Line to 26th/Bergamot and a short rideshare, or park in the surrounding Venice residential streets and walk in. The event is free.

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