SOUL COMIX CON is a comics festival dedicated to celebrating Black creators, Black characters, and Black storytelling across the comics medium. Organized by DP COMIX and held at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in Leimert Park, one of Los Angeles's most important African American cultural neighborhoods, SOUL COMIX CON brings together indie comics, superhero comics, and graphic novels by Black artists and writers.
Attendees can meet Black comic book creators in person, purchase original artwork and limited-edition prints directly from the artists who made them, and discover independent comics that are not available at any chain retailer. A cosplay party is included in the programming, with a focus on characters from Black-created and Black-led comics properties.
Family-friendly and all ages. Saturday June 27, 11am to 5pm. Free or low-cost admission. Leimert Park is accessible by Metro and is one of the city's premier destinations for Black art, culture, and community. SOUL COMIX CON represents the kind of niche community gathering that is the reason Falkor exists — a room full of people who care deeply about the same thing, assembled for one afternoon.
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In 4 days· Jun 5 – Jun 6
Catch One, 4067 West Pico Boulevar…
K-Pop Club Night presented by The KCN Agency brings one of the most energetic Korean music dance floors in Los Angeles to Catch One, a legendary Pico Boulevard venue with a history of hosting the city's most forward-looking music nights. DJ Chen takes over the decks for an evening built around K-pop, K-hip hop, and Korean R&B spanning past and present.
This is a dancefloor event, not a listening party. Expect recent chart hits alongside deep cuts, idol group anthems, and K-indie crossovers that most clubs would not touch. The crowd is a mix of longtime K-pop fans, casual listeners who know every word to their favorite songs, and people who just want to dance to something different from what every other club is playing.
Catch One is a storied LA venue with a powerful sound system and a welcoming, diverse crowd. 18 and over. Doors open at 10pm with DJ Chen starting shortly after. Advance tickets recommended — these nights sell out. Located on Pico Boulevard between Korea Town and Culver City.
In 12 days· Jun 13
327 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles is the oldest Japanese American community in the country and on weekend evenings it functions as the unofficial gathering point for LA-area anime and Japanese culture fans. The stretch of 1st and 2nd Street between Central and Alameda runs izakayas, ramen shops, Anime Jungle with dedicated anime merchandise, Kinokuniya Books, and coffee shops where people sit for hours discussing shows. The monthly Anime and Culture Night draws the community that lives here year-round, not just the convention crowd that shows up twice a year. Street performers, pop-up cosplay groups, and informal meetups fill the sidewalks from early evening into the night. Browse Anime Jungle for figures, tapestries, and limited releases. Kinokuniya carries Japanese-language manga, artbooks, and music releases alongside English-language anime. The ramen spots fill up fast. Arriving by 6:30pm avoids the longest waits at Ichiran, Daikokuya, and Shin-Sen-Gumi. The Metro Gold Line stops at Little Tokyo/Arts District station. Street parking is available on surrounding blocks. No ticket or registration required. Monthly on the second Saturday.
In 4 days· Jun 5 – Sep 19
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, 222…
The San Diego Symphony's Summer Pops season at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park brings world-class orchestral music to the San Diego waterfront for a series of outdoor concerts running June through September 2026. The Rady Shell — an acoustically engineered open-air performance venue on the waterfront at Jacobs Park — provides a stunning setting for the Symphony's summer season with San Diego Bay visible beyond the audience.
The Summer Pops programming spans the full range from classical masterworks to pops concerts featuring Broadway music, film scores, jazz, and popular artists performing with orchestral accompaniment. The variety makes the summer season accessible to audiences who aren't regular classical concertgoers while delivering the full orchestral experience that the Symphony's musician quality supports.
The Rady Shell's outdoor format is distinctly family-friendly — picnic blankets, lawn chairs, and the relaxed atmosphere of the waterfront park contrast with the formality of indoor concert halls. The adjacent Jacobs Park lawn allows families to spread out while the children remain within range of the music. Food and wine are available from vendors on-site.
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park is located at 222 Park Blvd in downtown San Diego, walkable from the Embarcadero and accessible via MTS Trolley (Convention Center station). Parking in the downtown convention center structures. Individual concert tickets and season subscriptions available through the San Diego Symphony website.
In 5 days· Jun 6 – Jun 7
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E …
The SoCal Retro Gaming Expo is back at the Pasadena Convention Center for another two days of gaming nostalgia, competitive play, and community built around the consoles and games that defined generations. Whether you grew up on the NES and Sega Genesis or you are a younger fan who fell in love with retro gaming through YouTube and TikTok rabbit holes, this is the expo that makes the Pasadena Convention Center feel like the most fun room in California for a weekend.
The vendor hall is massive — hundreds of booths with retro hardware, cartridges, limited prints, and collectibles that can not be found anywhere else in SoCal in one place. Beyond shopping, the free-play arcade lets you put coins in machines you forgot existed. Tetris World Championship qualifiers run live on the floor. Cosplay meetups happen organically. Skate ramps are set up for demos.
Voice actors, YouTubers, and gaming personalities appear as guests. Esports tournaments run in dedicated tournament halls. General admission is 0-30. Parking at the convention center is available.
In 5 days· Jun 6
Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 333…
One day at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center. Over a hundred vendors, twenty-plus celebrity guests, an idol performance on the V-Stage, cosplay showcases, LAN Hero gaming tournaments, and a maid cafe. Twenty dollars at the door. Children under 12 free with a paid adult. AniFest is small enough to actually meet people and large enough to fill the day.
In 5 days· Jun 6 – Jun 7
Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E …
SoCal Gaming Expo takes the Pasadena Convention Center June 6-7, 2026 — two full days of free-play arcade, 200-plus vendor tables, and the specific joy of holding cartridges and controllers you haven't touched since childhood.
This is a retro gaming show at its core, but that label undersells it. The vendor floor runs old-school SNES carts next to Japanese import Famicom titles, limited-run indie releases, vintage arcade PCBs, and anime merch that crosses over with the gaming collection. The free-play arcade is the heart of it — classic cabinets lined up and running, no tokens, no lines, just walk up and play. Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Street Fighter II. The sound alone takes you back.
The Pasadena Convention Center is a manageable size, which means you can actually spend time talking to vendors instead of shuffling through a river of bodies. Parking beneath the convention center. Doors open at 10 AM both days. This is the show where people walk in planning to browse and walk out carrying a bag.
In 5 days· Jun 6 – Jun 13
Game Empire, 5037 Shawline St, San…
Game Empire San Diego, 5037 Shawline St. June 6th. The Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Prerelease at Game Empire — the set that the overlap between Magic players and JRPG fans has been waiting for, on the day it's first legal, with the sealed format that makes every player's experience equally unpredictable.
The Final Fantasy set is the kind of Magic release where the IP does extra work. The card names, the mechanics built around specific game moments, the art that references thirty years of the franchise — these land differently for players who grew up with the games. The Prerelease sealed format means you're building your deck from what you open, which means the sorceries and creatures and enchantments you pull aren't guaranteed. You build with what you get and play what you built.
magic.wizards.com for the full Final Fantasy set spoiler and mechanic previews. June 6th at Game Empire San Diego. The prerelease pod runs through the day — show up early for your allocation. The Final Fantasy set is one of those release events where the whole store is excited before the first pack opens. Be in the room when the packs do.
In 5 days· Jun 6
$12
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 5665 Balb…
Alamo Drafthouse, 5665 Balboa Ave, San Diego. June 6th. $12. Dungeon Meshi — Delicious in Dungeon — gets a special screening at Alamo Drafthouse, which is the venue that understands exactly what a themed anime screening should be and builds the entire experience around it.
Dungeon Meshi is the anime that took the isekai genre's premise and asked what happens when the adventurers eat the monsters. It's funny and it's genuinely well-crafted and it's the kind of show that makes you want to watch it with people who will react to the food writing the way it deserves. Alamo Drafthouse serves food during screenings, which at a Dungeon Meshi event is not a logistical detail — it's the point.
$12. June 6th. Reserve your seat at drafthouse.com/san-diego. The pre-show programming at Drafthouse is curated, not filler — at a themed screening like this, it's part of the event. Come with a sense of humor and an appetite. The show rewards both.