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Studio City Certified Farmers Market — Sunday Mornings

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Studio City Certified Farmers Market — Sunday Mornings

Every Sunday · Next Oct 4 Free 11300 Ventura Pl, Studio City, CA …

On one morning a week a street in the valley closes to cars and becomes something the other six days have no version of. Growers who actually grew it. Cheese makers who can tell you the name of the animal. A prepared-food row that quietly outcompetes the restaurants twenty steps away. It has been running on this block for over twenty years, long enough to have a rhythm the regulars follow without ever discussing it: come early for the selection, get out before the parking turns against you. The vendors know their people, and their people know which stall to hit first depending on the season. Because it sits within walking distance of the studios, the crowd sometimes includes faces you recognize and do not approach. They are buying peaches. That is the whole story. Bring somebody you want an unhurried hour with. This is exactly what an unhurried hour looks like.

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Melrose Trading Post — Sunday Market

Every Sunday · Next Oct 4 Free Fairfax High School, 7850 Melrose …

You can tell the regulars from the tourists in about four seconds. The regulars walk straight past the first two rows, because they already know which dealer got a delivery this week and they did not come to browse. That is what a market holding the same high school parking lot since 1995 builds. Sellers come back every week. Buyers come back every week. All that repetition turns a swap meet into a neighborhood ritual. Quality is honestly uneven — the hunt is the point — but the crowd is constant: creative, unhurried, unmistakably Los Angeles. Vintage denim, records, furniture somebody refinished by hand, art from people who will happily talk to you about it. Sundays, year-round, in the Fairfax High lot on Melrose, with a small admission at the gate that goes back to the school's programs. Bring the friend who claims they never find anything at these. Then watch how long it takes to get them to leave.

Hillcrest Farmers Market 2026 — Every Sunday

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Hillcrest Farmers Market 2026 — Every Sunday

Every Sunday · Next Oct 4 Free 3960 Normal St, San Diego, CA 92103

The decision you did not know you had to make is waiting in the prepared-food stretch at the far end, and by then you are already carrying flowers, a wedge of something, and stone fruit you have no plan for. Sunday morning here is a series of small commitments. More than a hundred and seventy-five vendors means it is really several markets at once: produce near the entrance, flowers in the middle, the cheese and jam people toward the back, and the coffee stand at the east entrance whose regulars have stood in the same spot since the thing opened. Rain or shine, holidays included, for over three decades. That consistency is the design — it shows up every week because the neighborhood does. Normal Street between University and Lincoln, Sunday mornings into early afternoon. EBT accepted, dogs welcome. Go with the friend who has been meaning to cook more. They will come home with no excuse left.

Leucadia Certified Farmers Market 2026 — Sunday Mornings, Encinitas

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Leucadia Certified Farmers Market 2026 — Sunday Mornings, Encinitas

Every Sunday · Next Oct 4 Free 441 Saxony Rd, Encinitas, CA 92024

Ask an Encinitas regular where to go on a Sunday morning and watch them hesitate before answering. Saxony Road sits off the tourist track, which is exactly what has kept it right. Certified farmers only here, which means the person handing you the bag grew what is in it: the heirloom tomatoes in August did not come out of a warehouse, the honey vendor can tell you what is blooming this week, and the flower growers know the season by what is standing in their buckets. The market stays small on purpose. Parking is imperfect and the regulars solve it by walking a couple of blocks, because they have been doing this long enough to know where to leave the car. What you actually come for is the conversation — the variety, the growing conditions, why this particular week's citrus is worth the trip. Go early, and go hungry.

Mustangs by the Bay 2026 — San Diego Embarcadero Car Show

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Mustangs by the Bay 2026 — San Diego Embarcadero Car Show

Tomorrow · Oct 4 400 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92…

The Mustang Club of San Diego has been running this show for decades, and the reason it keeps drawing 250-plus entries and thousands of spectators has nothing to do with brand loyalty. It's because this is the car show where the owners actually want to talk to you. Every generation of Mustang since 1964 lines up along the Embarcadero — the early fastbacks that started it all, the Boss 302s, the Fox bodies that everyone made fun of until they didn't, the Shelby GT500s that cost more than some houses. The owners stand next to their cars with the hoods up, and if you ask a question you're going to get an answer that's longer and more passionate than you expected. October 4 at Embarcadero Marina Park North. Free to attend. If you're entering a car, registration details are on the Mustang Club of San Diego site. The bay view behind a row of polished muscle cars is a photograph that takes itself.

Smorgasburg LA — Sunday Food Market at ROW DTLA

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Smorgasburg LA — Sunday Food Market at ROW DTLA

Every Sunday · Next Oct 4 Free ROW DTLA, 777 S Alameda St, Los An…

You circle the entire market before you commit to anything. Everybody does it, nobody was told to, and the reason is simple: the stall two tents down might be the one you think about all week. What separates this from a food hall is that the competition is visible. Dozens of vendors under canopy, all within sight of each other, all watching where the line forms. You end up trying things you would never order off a menu, partly because the plate is right there and partly because the person who made it is watching your face take the first bite. The roster turns over as people rise or fold, which makes a Sunday here the first month of a restaurant's life, compressed into one block and fifty simultaneous experiments. Sundays at ROW DTLA, south of the Arts District, free to walk in. Go hungry, go early, and do not commit on the first lap.

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The Los Angeles Italian Festival

Tomorrow · Oct 4 Free 1651 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, …

Every immigrant culture in Los Angeles has a day when it takes over a piece of the city, and for Italian LA that day happens right in the beating heart of Hollywood. Southern California's longest-running Italian street festival fills the blocks around Hollywood and Highland with the smell of garlic and frying dough, opera and Neapolitan pop spilling off a stage, nonnas judging the cannoli and meaning it, and a whole diaspora out celebrating a heritage that gave the world half its comfort food. It is loud, warm, and gloriously unbothered — bocce and vino, sausage and peppers, families three generations deep. Sunday, October 4, 2026, Hollywood, right by the Walk of Fame. Bring your appetite and your loudest relatives, and spend a Sunday eating your way through a culture that has never once believed a meal should be small or a gathering should be quiet. Come hungry, leave stuffed, and understand a little better why Sunday dinner is treated like a sacrament.

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Taste of North Park 2026 — San Diego

Tomorrow · Oct 4 30th St and University Ave, North …

You have walked past it a hundred times. Same awning, same handwritten sign, never once been inside. Then somebody hands you a small plate of the thing they are best at and you stand on the sidewalk trying to work out how long that has been happening two blocks from your apartment. This is not a festival in a parking lot with folding tables. The neighborhood itself is the venue — you walk the streets, duck into storefronts, and taste what a chef has been quietly obsessing over for a year. More than fifty restaurants, bars, and cafes open at once, and by the third stop you are already deciding which friend has to come next time. It runs a Saturday in October along Thirtieth Street and University Avenue, midday into afternoon, ticketed ahead. North Park is where this city eats when it is not performing for tourists. This is the day it shows you all of it at once.

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2026 — Albuquerque, NM

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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2026 — Albuquerque, NM

Tomorrow · Oct 4 – Oct 12 From $15 (daily) Balloon Fiesta Park, 5000 Balloon …

At dawn on mass ascension days, hundreds of hot air balloons inflate on the field at once and rise together above the Rio Grande valley. The Sandia Mountains turn pink behind them. You will describe this to people for years. The Mass Ascension is the centerpiece: twice during the fiesta's run, hundreds of hot air balloons — ranging from classic teardrops to balloons shaped like animals, cartoon characters, and abstract sculptures — launch in waves from the launch field as the sun rises over the mountains. The scale of it is genuinely difficult to photograph adequately. You are standing in a field watching the sky fill, slowly and then all at once, with color. The Balloon Glow events — where tethered balloons illuminate simultaneously after dark, turning the field into a landscape of lanterns — are equally stunning in a quieter way. Is the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta worth it? Yes, with no caveats. This is one of the most visually singular events in North America. You do not need to be a balloon enthusiast to be moved by the Mass Ascension. The event is family-appropriate, accessible, and designed for the general public — not a niche audience. The Special Shape Rodeo, where unusual balloon designs launch together, is particularly good for children and for anyone who has ever found a hot air balloon shaped like a bee with a thousand others inexplicably delightful. Before you go: the event grounds open at 5am for Mass Ascension days — arrive early for field access and good viewing position. Parking is extensive but fills fast; shuttle services from remote lots are the recommended approach. October mornings in Albuquerque are cold (30s–40s°F at launch time) and afternoons are warm; dress in layers. The Gondola Club offers premium field access. Many attendees come for a single day; the full nine days is for balloon devotees. Tickets are purchased in advance. Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 4–12, 2026. The Albuquerque Box Effect — a unique wind phenomenon created by the surrounding mountain geography — is what makes the city the balloon capital of the world. Balloons can fly in different directions at different altitudes, allowing pilots to navigate with precision that would be impossible elsewhere. Festival organizers understood this in 1972 and built an institution around it. The location is not incidental. It is the reason the event is what it is.

Padres Postseason Watch Party — NLDS Game 2 at Gallagher Square

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Padres Postseason Watch Party — NLDS Game 2 at Gallagher Square

Tomorrow · Oct 4 ✨ New Gallagher Square at Petco Park, 10…

A one o'clock Sunday game is the sort your dad used to leave on in the background while something cooked. This one will not be background anywhere in this county. The lawn opens again, same five dollars, and a Sunday crowd is a different animal from a Saturday one — more strollers, more sunscreen, more people who decided around eleven that they could not sit at home and wait for a score alert. Nobody actually sits. The videoboard past the outfield wall is large enough that you forget you are not at the real thing, right up until a strike call goes the wrong way and three thousand people groan at a screen in unison. The team store stays open and a few concession stands run, so nobody has to leave the lawn and miss half an inning. Gallagher Square at Petco Park, 100 Park Boulevard. Gates at noon, an hour before first pitch. Whatever this series turns into, this crowd reassembles for it.

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Pacific Beach Night Market

Monthly · Next Oct 4 Free Bayard St and Garnet Ave, Pacific …

A hundred and fifty steps from the ocean, a corner of Pacific Beach turns into a block party that nobody had to organize you into. Fire pits going. Nine to twelve food vendors rotating week to week, so the thing you loved last time might be gone and the thing replacing it might be better. Live music that is genuinely local — acoustic sets, small bands, the occasional DJ. Games. A crowd of PB locals and students and people who simply wandered up from the beach still holding a towel. Past vendors have run birria tacos, banh mi, craft lemonade, Hawaiian shave ice, artisan pastries, small-batch hot sauces. A few craft sellers usually set up alongside. This is a neighborhood gathering, not a ticketed event. Free. No RSVP. You walk up. Bayard St and Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach. 5 to 9:30 PM. Bring a layer — it cools off fast after sunset, even in August.

Venice Beach Drum Circle — Every Sunday at Sunset

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Venice Beach Drum Circle — Every Sunday at Sunset

Every Sunday · Next Oct 4 Free Venice Beach Boardwalk, Venice, Lo…

At some point on Sunday afternoons, the drummers start arriving at the south end of the Venice Beach Boardwalk. There is no organizer. No stage. No permit for the drums. No schedule. The circle forms around whoever arrives first. By the time sunset gets close, there are usually a hundred people playing and several hundred standing around the edges. The Venice Beach Drum Circle has been happening since the early 1970s. It is not a performance — it is an invitation. Anyone who brings an instrument plays. Anyone who wants to dance, dances. The sound builds toward sunset and carries down the beach in both directions. The circle runs every Sunday regardless of weather, which in Venice means it runs every Sunday. It lasts until dark. There is no encore. The drums just gradually stop, and the crowd disperses into the evening. South end of the Venice Beach Boardwalk, Venice, Los Angeles, CA 90291. Free. Every Sunday, late afternoon through sunset.

Boney James & JJ Sansaverino - Champagne Jazz at Thornton Winery

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Boney James & JJ Sansaverino - Champagne Jazz at Thornton Winery

Tomorrow · Oct 4 $85+ Thornton Winery, 32575 Rancho Cali…

Sunday evening, the last real weekend of the season, the Temecula hills going amber behind the stage -- and Boney James picking up the saxophone that has sold more records than almost anyone else's in his lane. Four Grammy nominations, a couple of decades at the top of the contemporary jazz charts, and a live show that runs warmer and funkier than the studio ever let on. Guitarist JJ Sansaverino rides shotgun. Thornton closes its October slate with the usual grace: estate sparkling wine, terrace dinner service, and that specific golden-hour light the winery seems to have a private deal with. A Sunday show is a small gift -- no Monday-morning dread yet, just the long exhale of a good weekend earned. Take the short drive out to the vineyard. Let someone else's saxophone carry the last of your summer out the door.

Brian Simpson, Ilya Serov & Michael Paulo - Rhythm on the Vine at South Coast Winery

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Brian Simpson, Ilya Serov & Michael Paulo - Rhythm on the Vine at South Coast Winery

Tomorrow · Oct 4 $45+ South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, 3…

The best smooth-jazz players are the ones you have heard a thousand times without ever learning their names -- the keyboard on the record you love, the sax on the ballad that gets you every time. Brian Simpson spent years as the musical director behind Janet Jackson and Teena Marie before his own name got big; put him alongside trumpeter Ilya Serov and saxophonist Michael Paulo and you get a front line of genuine craftsmen who make hard things sound like breathing. South Coast frames it on an October evening in Temecula, the vineyard cooling down, glasses full, the horns carrying over the rows. This is grown-up music for a grown-up night out, minutes from home. Bring someone whose company you actually enjoy in the quiet parts. The quiet parts are the whole point.

Music Bingo & Trivia Mondays at Brewers Deck

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Music Bingo & Trivia Mondays at Brewers Deck

Every Monday · Next Oct 5 Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands Town…

Monday earned its bad reputation just about everywhere except the rooftop at Sky Deck, where a couple hundred people willingly show up to shout song titles at each other into the sunset. Music bingo is the great equalizer: it doesn't matter how you dress or what you do for a living, only whether you can name the deep cut off the third bar of a track, and the whole deck erupts when someone finally slams their card down. Perched above Del Mar Highlands with the light going gold, it's the rare Monday plan people actually look forward to instead of quietly dreading. Half the room is on a nervous first date, half is a friend group that's been coming for months, and everyone is a little too competitive about a game with no real stakes at all. Bring the one friend who somehow knows every 2000s pop lyric by heart. It runs Monday evenings on the rooftop at Sky Deck, Del Mar Highlands Town Center.

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Carnival of Souls

In 2 days · Oct 5 Vidiots at the Eagle Theatre, 4884…

Some films are frightening. This one is worse, because it is about the sensation of being present at your own life and unable to make contact with any of it. A woman walks out of a river after a car goes off a bridge, takes a job playing church organ in a town where nobody quite meets her eye, and keeps being drawn toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. It was shot in three weeks in 1962 by a man who otherwise made industrial and educational films, on almost no money, with a cast of non-professionals, and that accidental amateurism is precisely why it works: nothing behaves the way a studio picture teaches you to expect. The organ score does most of the damage. Directors have been quietly stealing from it ever since, usually without saying so. Monday, October 5 at 7:30pm in Eagle Rock. It runs seventy-eight minutes and it follows people home.

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Vintage Market at Hollywood Park

Monthly · Next Oct 6 Hollywood Park Lot A, 3900 W Centu…

Half the fun is the arithmetic you run standing over a milk crate — is this a dealer who knows exactly what they have, or somebody clearing out a garage who has no idea. In a lot this size you get both, in the same aisle, on the same morning. Hundreds of vendors spread across the asphalt in the shadow of the stadium: vinyl, mid-century furniture, Levi's with the right stitching, sports memorabilia, film props, and objects that resist classification entirely. You can cover every row and still walk out certain you missed half of it. The early crowd is serious about this — the resellers and the collectors are through the gate before the rest of the city has finished its coffee. Monthly Saturdays in Lot A off Century Boulevard in Inglewood, small cash admission at the gate, and the K Line runs close enough to walk. Go early, and take the friend who cannot pass a record bin without stopping.

Cars and Coffee Classics — Downtown Anaheim

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Cars and Coffee Classics — Downtown Anaheim

Monthly · Next Oct 6 Center Street Promenade, 201 W Cen…

You learned these cars from a video game before you ever saw one move. The boxy Skyline. The first-gen NSX. The Datsun somebody's uncle still talks about selling. One morning a month, on the first Sunday, the Center Street Promenade belongs entirely to that generation of machine, and unlike the everything-welcome mega-meets this one leans hard and lovingly vintage: nineties and earlier Japanese iron, Toyota and Nissan and Honda and Subaru and Mitsubishi, the imports a whole cohort of kids grew up worshipping through a screen. There is a DJ, a vendor market, a Best of Show, and the unhurried pleasure of holding a coffee while you walk rows of machinery people kept alive out of pure stubborn devotion. Free to walk in. Come if you can date a car by its headlights. Then bring the friend who can date it by the taillights and let the two of you argue about it all morning.

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