Kick It In the Park — World Cup Watch Parties at Los Angeles Recreation Parks

The mayor closed the meeting rooms. This is happening in the parks instead.

Kick It In the Park is the City of Los Angeles's free World Cup watch party program — daily events from June through the Final at Recreation and Parks sites across every corner of the city. No ticket. No registration. No barrier. You show up, find your park, and watch the match on a large LED screen surrounded by your neighborhood.

The Semifinal match days (July 14–15) are the highest-stakes viewing events of the tournament — four countries that survived the group stage and knockout rounds to get this close. The neighborhoods that show up to these parks are not random. Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Echo Park, Boyle Heights — the World Cup activates communities that organize around diaspora identity and neighborhood pride simultaneously.

The park becomes the thing. The match is the occasion. The neighborhood is the experience.

Different Recreation and Parks sites are activated each match day, rotating by Council District. The full schedule of locations is available at kickit.lacity.gov — filter by date to find your nearest activation for the Semifinal and Final match days.

Free. Family-friendly. All ages. No registration required. July 14–19, 2026. Los Angeles Recreation and Parks citywide. Visit kickit.lacity.gov for your nearest location.