wave to earth never tried to be loud. The Seoul trio built a quiet, jazz-tinged bedroom-pop sound — 'seasons,' 'bad' — on the belief that intimacy scales better than spectacle, and a generation of listeners who share their songs like private letters proved them right. wave to earth on The Pieces Tour at The Greek Theatre is the rare show where a few thousand people go quiet on purpose. For the K-indie and lo-fi crowd in LA, this is the band that lives on the 'study with me' playlist you only share with one person — so seeing them live is a date you make with that exact friend. The Greek's open-air setting, the soft wash of stage light through the trees, a crowd swaying instead of screaming: it's a specific kind of perfect. This is comfort music made communal for a night. Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles. Check Ticketmaster for set times and tickets.
Sep 4 – Sep 6, 2026
Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Churc…
The Long Beach Greek Festival is one of the longest-running cultural festivals in Southern California, held annually at Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in Long Beach and celebrating Greek culture through food, dance, music, and community in a setting that feels like someone moved a Greek village block party to California.
The festival runs across Labor Day weekend with three days of continuous Greek food — spanakopita, souvlaki, gyros, loukoumades (Greek donuts), baklava, galaktoboureko, and the full spread of traditional Greek cuisine prepared by the church community kitchen that has been making these dishes for decades. The food lines move fast and every item is freshly made.
Live Greek music and folk dancing run throughout the weekend on an outdoor stage. The Hellenic Folk Dance groups perform traditional dances from different Greek regions — the synchronized circle dances are a visual highlight — and audience participation is actively encouraged. Greek goods, crafts, icons, jewelry, and olive oil products fill the vendor area.
Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church is located at 3950 Cherry Ave in Long Beach. Parking in the surrounding neighborhood; the festival is walkable from adjacent streets. Admission is charged at the gate — typically a small fee for adults, children free. This is a church-community festival in the best sense: organized by and for the Greek American community of Long Beach and the South Bay, welcoming everyone who wants to spend a day immersed in that culture.
Sep 6, 2026
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The Greek Theatre, 2700 N Vermont …
Asake built his sound by folding Yoruba street fuji and amapiano into Afrobeats until it became something that only makes sense live, with a few thousand people moving in the same direction. For the Nigerian diaspora in Los Angeles — and everyone who fell for 'Sungba' and 'Lonely at the Top' — an Asake show at The Greek Theatre is not a concert you attend, it's one you summon people to. Add Uncle Waffles, the Eswatini-born amapiano DJ who turned a viral clip into a movement, and the bill becomes a full night of the African dance music that has quietly taken over global pop. The Greek's open-air bowl under the trees is the right cathedral for it. This is the show the cousin who introduced you to Afrobeats texts you about first; the one your group chat coordinates outfits for. Sunday, September 6, 2026 at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles. Check Ticketmaster for set times and tickets.
Oct 16 – Oct 18, 2026
Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchest…
Promenade Temecula, 40820 Winchester Rd. The Temecula Greek Festival fills the shopping center with the food, music, and hospitality that make a Greek festival something different from any other outdoor food event: the food is anchoring, the music doesn't stop, and the people running it are genuinely happy you came.
The Greek Festival is one of the few events where the lamb was prepared the way someone's grandmother actually prepared it — not approximated, not adapted for scale, but the recipe that exists because it was the right one. The spanakopita is made in quantity but not at the cost of the thing that makes it worth eating. The loukoumades come out hot. The Greek coffee is strong and served without apology.
The music runs throughout — live Greek folk and traditional music performed by people for whom this is not a performance but a gathering. The dancing starts slowly and accelerates. By the afternoon, people who have never done a Greek line dance are in the circle because it would feel wrong not to be. October in Temecula sits in the exact temperature range where outdoor events are worth attending. temeculagreekfest.com for dates and the program. Come before the lamb runs out.