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Grand Park Summer Events & Free Movies 2026 — Los Angeles

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Grand Park Summer Events & Free Movies 2026 — Los Angeles

In 10 days · Jul 11 Free 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 9…

Grand Park runs twelve acres from City Hall to the Music Center in the center of downtown Los Angeles. On summer evenings, the park hosts free outdoor movies on a screen that requires no membership, no blanket application, no reservation. You show up. The audience is downtown Los Angeles in cross-section: workers who stayed late and found a reason to stay later, people who walked over from Pershing Square, families from Boyle Heights and Chinatown and Echo Park who treat Grand Park as a weekend destination, tourists who didn't know this existed. Grand Park runs community events, free concerts, and cultural programming through summer and fall — summer movies, fitness events, cultural celebrations, and the kind of public programming that cities claim to want and rarely sustain. Grand Park has sustained it for over a decade. 200 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Free. Adjacent to Metro Red and Purple Lines at Civic Center. grandparkla.org for 2026 schedule.

Cinespia Summer Screenings 2026 — Hollywood Forever Cemetery

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Cinespia Summer Screenings 2026 — Hollywood Forever Cemetery

In 10 days · Jul 11 Ticketed Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 S…

They believed the perfect setting for a film wasn't a dark room with assigned seats — it was a summer evening on a lawn surrounded by the people who grew up loving the same movie. Cinespia built that belief into an institution at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and every Saturday night from July through September, they prove the argument again. Gates open before dark, early enough to set up a blanket, pour a drink, and watch the audience arrive. The crowd brings a specific energy to films they've seen a dozen times — scenes that are known by heart land differently when thousands of people experience them simultaneously on an outdoor screen. Some nights the crowd sings along. Some nights there's silence because the scene still works, decades later, in the cemetery where the people who made it are buried. The lineup shifts each week — cult classics, crowd favorites, films that deserve to be watched this way. Tickets sell out in advance, and the calendar fills fast once the summer schedule drops. This is not a last-minute plan. Advance tickets required. Check cinespia.org for the 2026 lineup and schedule. Every Saturday through September. Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles.

Griffith Observatory Public Star Party — July 2026

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Griffith Observatory Public Star Party — July 2026

In 10 days · Jul 11 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles…

The Los Angeles Astronomical Society's monthly public star party at Griffith Observatory in July falls during peak summer stargazing season, with long warm evenings and generally excellent sky transparency after the Fourth of July marine layer clears. Volunteer astronomers set up personal telescopes on the lawn below the dome and guide visitors through the summer sky — Saturn, Jupiter, and the Milky Way core are prime targets in July from Griffith's 1,134-foot hilltop position. No tickets or reservations required. The star party is free and open to all. Arrive after sunset on the second Saturday of July and look for the telescope cluster on the west lawn below the main dome. Bring a red-light flashlight if you have one (preserves night vision), comfortable layers for the evening breeze, and curiosity. The Observatory building is open until 10pm concurrently — the Zeiss telescope inside the dome offers additional viewing on clear nights. Parking fills along the Observatory road by dusk; the DASH Observatory shuttle from Los Feliz provides a stress-free alternative. Check griffithobservatory.org for any schedule updates.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks

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Los Angeles Dodgers vs Arizona Diamondbacks

In 11 days · Jul 12 1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, …

NL West division matchup with postseason implications. Dodger Stadium sits above Chavez Ravine with the San Gabriel Mountains framing the outfield and 56,000 seats that fill up for a reason. The Dodgers have been the cultural heartbeat of Los Angeles for decades, and a night at the Stadium is one of the few places in the city where strangers genuinely talk to each other. Gates open two hours before first pitch, which matters. Batting practice at Dodger Stadium is worth arriving early for — players are accessible, the park is quiet, and the light across the infield is different before the crowd fills in. Dodger Dogs have been a point of pride and debate since 1962. The loaded nachos are not a lesser option. The third-base pavilion gets loud faster than anywhere else in the park. The fan base is multi-generational and genuinely diverse — Koreatown, East LA, the Valley, and transplants from every other MLB city all show up. What ties it together is that most people who love the Dodgers really love the Dodgers. Division rivals bring out the loudest crowds. Night games in summer are the best version of LA. Parking on-site is $35 (cash and card). Rideshare drop-off at the Elysian Park Ave gate is the cleaner move on a sell-out night. The Dodger Stadium Express runs from Union Station — $8 round trip, no traffic, no parking.

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

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

In 13 days · Jul 14 – Jul 19 Various Los Angeles Recreation and…

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.

Down Back Tuesdays — FGC Tournament at Arrow Lodge Brewing

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Down Back Tuesdays — FGC Tournament at Arrow Lodge Brewing

In 13 days · Jul 14 950 E 3rd St #1A, Los Angeles, CA …

The fighting game community does not care how long you have been playing. It cares whether you play. Down Back Tuesdays runs on that principle — a biweekly bracket at a brewery in the Arts District where Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Skullgirls share floor space with people who came to actually compete. This is not a watch party. This is the version of esports where the person you just lost to can immediately explain what went wrong and then challenge you to a rematch. Amateur brackets run alongside the main event — first-timers are expected, not tolerated. The venue is Arrow Lodge Brewing in downtown Los Angeles's Arts District, which means the skill ceiling and the beer selection are both higher than you would expect from a Tuesday night. Doors open at 6pm for casuals. Tournament brackets start at 7pm. Entry is five dollars per game plus a fifteen dollar venue fee at the door. Runs every other Tuesday through the year. 950 E 3rd St, Los Angeles.

Salsa Spectacular: Nathy Peluso & Grupo Niche -- Hollywood Bowl 2026

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Salsa Spectacular: Nathy Peluso & Grupo Niche -- Hollywood Bowl 2026

In 14 days · Jul 15 2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, …

At some point Billboard ranked Cali Pachanguero the ninth greatest Latin song ever recorded. Grupo Niche -- the Colombian orchestra that wrote it -- did not stop after that. They kept playing, kept touring, kept being the band that defined what Colombian salsa sounds like worldwide. On July 15, they share the Hollywood Bowl stage with Nathy Peluso: the Argentine-Spanish artist whose 2025 EP Malportada showed she wasn't just referencing salsa -- she was inhabiting it. Gates open at 6 p.m. for picnicking on the Bowl's lawn with the San Gabriel Mountains somewhere behind the stage. The show starts at 8. This is the kind of Hollywood Bowl night that fills every section -- the regulars who come every summer, the Latin music community who will drive from across the region, and the people who have never been to the Bowl but will not make it the last time they go. Tickets start around $50. Purchase through AXS. Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068. Metro Red Line to Hollywood/Highland.

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Ladies & Tangents: Girls Gone Mild Tour

Jul 16, 2026 448 S. Main St., The Regent Theate…

The guitar tone that comes off a stage in a room like The Regent Theater doesn't survive a recording — Ladies & Tangents: Girls Gone Mild Tour in Los Angeles on July 16, 2026 is the version that only exists if you're in the room. Ladies & Tangents: Girls Gone Mild Tour performs at The Regent Theater in Los Angeles on July 16, 2026. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:30pm, ALL AGES. Live shows at rooms this size leave a different imprint than arenas — the ones who go remember the set list; the ones who don't remember the night they said no.

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Los Angeles Latinx Film Festival 2026

Jul 16 – Jul 20, 2026 Let Live Theater, Los Angeles, CA …

The screen has 80 seats. That is intentional. The Los Angeles Latinx Film Festival returns for its 10th edition, July 16-19, 2026, at Let Live Theater in the heart of Los Angeles. The festival showcases features, shorts, and episodic content from Latinx directors, writers, and stories — with the kind of audience access that only happens at this scale. At a festival this size, the filmmaker is not behind a velvet rope. They are in row four. Q&As are not promotional; they are working sessions. The audience asks real questions, the filmmakers give real answers, and the conversation continues after the credits. Films that would get lost in a larger festival find their audience here. For ten years, the festival has championed work that studios would not take risks on and networks would not greenlight — the specific, the personal, the Latinx. That mandate has not gotten easier. The catalog of accepted films reflects what is possible when the room is built for it. Accepted filmmakers receive free networking events, complimentary passes, and consideration for festival awards. Audience members get access to Q&As after every screening. Festival passes and individual screenings available at lafilmfestivals.com. Opening night: July 16, 2026.

LACMA Free Summer Fridays — Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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LACMA Free Summer Fridays — Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Jul 17, 2026 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, …

LACMA is free to LA County residents every Friday after 3pm through the summer. On the same night, the museum runs live music under the Urban Light lamp installation, rotating programming in the outdoor plazas, and access to a world-class collection that includes everything from ancient Egyptian artifacts to Basquiat to Hito Steyerl. The Friday evening energy at LACMA is different from daytime weekend crowds: younger, more local, more likely to be there because someone texted the group chat rather than because it was on the tourism itinerary. The outdoor spaces and the lamp forest make it a social event as much as a cultural one. Every Friday, 3pm to 9pm, June through September 2026. Free with valid LA County ID. Parking available in the museum garage on 6th Street.

Hammer Summer Concert 2026 — Dummy (July 17)

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Hammer Summer Concert 2026 — Dummy (July 17)

Jul 17, 2026 Free Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd…

They believed the Hammer's courtyard on a summer evening was the most underutilized space on the Westside of Los Angeles — an institution built on free admission that could be the place where the city's most interesting music scenes converge. On July 17, the Hammer Summer Concerts series opens its 2026 season with Dummy, the Los Angeles rock band whose catalog crosses dream pop and guitar noise in a way that sounds exactly like it was made for a museum courtyard at dusk. The evening begins with a happy hour from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, with cocktails available and discounted drinks before the concert. The main set begins at 7:30 PM. After-hours gallery access runs through the evening — the Hammer's current exhibitions stay open, which means you can move between the music outside and the art inside. This is what free admission actually enables when the programming is committed. Free. First-come, first-served. RSVP encouraged but not required. Arrive by 7 PM to secure a good spot in the courtyard. July 17, 2026 — 6:30 PM. Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Pickwick Vintage Show at ROW DTLA — July 2026

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Pickwick Vintage Show at ROW DTLA — July 2026

Jul 18, 2026 0 ROW DTLA, 777 S Alameda St, Los An…

ROW DTLA's warehouse architecture changes what a vintage market feels like. Add vetted dealers and a community that treats this as a standing appointment, and you have what Pickwick has been building in the Arts District. Expect a strong edit of vintage clothing spanning the 1950s through 1990s, vinyl records, vintage homeware, ceramics, and rare prints alongside contemporary makers whose aesthetic extends the vintage sensibility into the present. The Pickwick Vintage Show rewards repeat visits — vendors rotate, new discoveries appear, and the community that forms around the market is part of what makes it work. This is the kind of event that fashion people, interior designers, and collectors make a standing appointment. Perfect for vintage clothing seekers, Arts District regulars, and anyone looking for a weekend ritual that feels authentically LA. Free entry. Bring cash for the dealers who prefer it. Vendors rotate between editions — the July selection will differ from what appeared in June, which is why repeat visitors keep showing up.

Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Obon Festival 2026

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Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Obon Festival 2026

Jul 18, 2026 Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, …

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple has been in Culver City (despite the Venice name) since the community relocated after the internment. The Obon festival it runs every summer is a direct continuation of a tradition that survived displacement. July 18 and 19. Chicken teriyaki, udon, andagi, sushi, shave ice, carnival games, silent auction. Bon odori dancing in the evening. Free to attend. The temple community runs it the way temple communities run Obon: with the assumption that the people who know about it will come, and that the people who stumble in are welcome. 12371 Braddock Dr, Culver City. A 20-minute drive from Venice Beach. Same weekend as the OC and WLA Obon festivals for people doing the full circuit.

Venice Buddhist Temple Obon Festival 2026

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Venice Buddhist Temple Obon Festival 2026

Jul 18 – Jul 19, 2026 Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, …

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Obon Festival takes place July 18–19, 2026 in Venice, California — one of the most atmospheric Obon settings in Southern California, held in the heart of a neighborhood with deep Japanese American history. Venice's Obon has a particular character shaped by its Westside location and the demographic mix of the surrounding community. The Bon Odori dancing draws long-time temple families alongside newer community members and curious visitors from across Los Angeles. The dances are taught informally — you can join at any point, follow the person in front of you, and find yourself fully inside the tradition within two songs. The festival spans two evenings. Traditional Bon Odori circles form around the yagura as dusk falls, accompanied by live Taiko drumming and recorded Obon music. Food booths run the full gamut of Japanese American festival cuisine: fresh grilled chicken, soba noodles, teriyaki, shave ice with azuki beans, and seasonal mochi. Venice Hongwanji is located near Lincoln Blvd in Venice. Street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. The festival is free; food and booths are individually priced. Yukata rentals and lessons are sometimes available at the temple for first-time visitors who want to participate in the dancing fully dressed.

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BKB Fight Night: Los Angeles 2026

Jul 18, 2026 800 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, C…

The gloves come off at The Novo. Bare Knuckle Boxing is not a throwback to some mythologized era — it is the logical conclusion of what combat sports fans have been arguing about for twenty years: what happens when you strip away the padded protection and see what is left? BKB Fight Night lands in Los Angeles on July 18, 2026, bringing its no-gloves championship format to one of the city's premier intimate fight venues. The Novo fits 2,300 people tight — close enough to feel the impact of every exchange, far enough to keep the chaos organized. The fighters do not just punch differently — they move differently. Hand conditioning, skin management, and ring angles become the actual fight strategy. A bad cut means the doctor stops it. There are no defensive tools to hide behind. The crowd reads this faster than any commentary can explain it: bare knuckle is brutal because it is clear. The better man wins, and the evidence is immediate. BKB has built its reputation on championship-caliber main events and stacked undercards. The Los Angeles card features multiple championship bouts across weight classes. July 18, 2026. Doors at 5 PM. The Novo, Downtown LA. Tickets on AXS.

Rooftop Cinema Club DTLA — Los Angeles (Summer 2026)

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Rooftop Cinema Club DTLA — Los Angeles (Summer 2026)

Jul 18, 2026 Level Hotel, 888 S Olive St, Downt…

The Rooftop Cinema Club operates a different location in Downtown Los Angeles from its San Diego venue: the fourth-floor terrace of the Level Hotel at 888 S Olive Street, with the DTLA skyline replacing the San Diego bay. Same wireless headphone format, different city overhead. Programming here leans toward cult classics, queer cinema, and themed nights that the Hollywood Hills crowd would kill to get into: drag screenings, retro double features, and films that the rooftop format makes better than a theater would. Adirondack chairs and loveseats. A craft bar. A screen that exists in the same physical space as the skyline. Summer 2026 programming runs through the season. Tickets from around $22 at rooftopcinemaclub.com. The DTLA location sells out faster than San Diego. If you see a date you want, book it.

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Melrose Trading Post — July 2026

Jul 19, 2026 $3 admission Fairfax High School, 7850 Melrose …

The Melrose Trading Post is a weekly flea market held every Sunday from 9 AM to 5 PM in the parking lot of Fairfax High School at 7850 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. It has been running since 1995 — over 25 consecutive years — which means the vendor community and regular buyers have genuine continuity. This is not a transient pop-up. The mix tilts toward vintage clothing, estate jewelry, mid-century furniture, vinyl records, and collectibles. Around 200 vendors set up each Sunday. The Fairfax District location means the crowd is a blend of local designers, stylists, vintage dealers, and the streetwear community that gravitates to the Fairfax/Melrose corridor. Lids, Supreme, Kith, and Fairfax Ave boutiques are all within walking distance — the market feeds off that ecosystem. Admission is $3 (cash or Venmo). Early birds show up before 9 AM for the best finds. The lot opens to general public at 9. Parking is limited on Melrose — the school lot is available for a fee, or street park and walk. Proceeds benefit the school's arts education programs.

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Harajuku Day Los Angeles — July 2026

Jul 19, 2026 333 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA …

Harajuku Day Los Angeles is the city's premier monthly J-fashion event — a curated marketplace and community walk held every third Saturday at Little Tokyo Galleria. Every month, the kawaii and Japanese street fashion community takes over LA's Little Tokyo corridor for a day of vintage finds, independent brand pop-ups, cosplay spotting, and the kind of conversations that turn strangers into friends. The market runs noon to 5 PM, and the fashion walk picks up steam early afternoon when the crowd hits critical mass. This is where Harajuku-core, lolita, fairy kei, gyaru, decora, and acubi aesthetics collide in real life — not a tutorial, not a TikTok, but actual people who live these aesthetics in SoCal. Vendors range from imported Japanese accessories to locally-made alternative fashion pieces you won't find anywhere else. The July 2026 edition lands July 19 at Little Tokyo Galleria, 333 S Alameda St, Los Angeles. Free admission. Dress like you mean it — this community shows up fully committed every time.

Copa Del Rave — World Cup Final Watch Party at Academy LA

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Copa Del Rave — World Cup Final Watch Party at Academy LA

Jul 19, 2026 Academy LA, 6021 Hollywood Blvd, L…

Somebody decided the World Cup Final should not be watched in a sports bar. Or on a couch. They built a room where the music is scored to the match, where the drop hits when the goal does, and where the crews curating each night — Afrobeats To The World, Gasolina, Reggaeton Rave, Haitian Spotlight — have spent the entire tournament running toward this single night. July 19 at Academy LA is Copa Del Rave's last match. The Wednesday night DJ residencies since the group stage have all been rehearsals for this room. The first half hour after the final whistle, regardless of who lifts the trophy, is the moment people who came to these parties will remember for the rest of their lives. The crowd is the rare one where soccer culture and electronic music are not pretending to coexist. The 2026 Final happens on US soil for the first time since 1994. Most of LA will watch it on a screen with the sound off. The room at Academy LA will be the one place in the city where the sound is the whole point. Academy LA, 6021 Hollywood Blvd. Doors at 9 PM. 21+. Tickets at academy.la. This is the kind of night that defines what World Cup summer felt like in Los Angeles in 2026.

Dine LA Restaurant Week 2026 -- Los Angeles

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Dine LA Restaurant Week 2026 -- Los Angeles

Jul 25 – Aug 8, 2026 Citywide -- Los Angeles, CA

For two weeks, the whole city becomes the venue -- every participating restaurant a different room in the same sprawling house. That is the idea behind Dine LA Restaurant Week, the largest restaurant promotion in the United States: from Koreatown izakayas to Downtown fine dining rooms to Silver Lake brunch spots, hundreds of restaurants offer prix fixe menus at lunch and dinner. This is not a food festival with booths and samples. It is designed for the curious eater -- the person who has driven past that place on Melrose a hundred times and never walked in. For two weeks, the barrier drops and the prix fixe menu is the invitation. Over 34 Michelin-starred restaurants participate alongside neighborhood gems that never needed a star to fill their dining room. Prices range from 15 to 325 dollars. July 25 through August 8, 2026. No tickets required -- just walk in and ask for the Dine LA menu; reservations recommended for high-demand spots.

Zenshuji Obon Carnival Festival 2026 — Little Tokyo

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Zenshuji Obon Carnival Festival 2026 — Little Tokyo

Jul 25 – Jul 26, 2026 123 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles,…

The ancestors get the dance first. Obon is a Buddhist festival of the dead — a few days each summer when the spirits return and the living make noise to welcome them back. In Little Tokyo, that noise comes from the Zenshuji Soto Mission's Obon Carnival: a two-day outdoor festival on July 25 and 26, 2026 at 123 South Hewitt Street, a few blocks from the Japanese Village Plaza. The centerpiece is the Obon odori, a circle dance performed around a central yagura tower with taiko drums driving the beat. Anyone can join — no experience required, no special costume needed. Families come who have been dancing the same steps for three generations. First-timers show up and learn on the spot. That is the point. There are also carnival games, food stalls, and the particular atmosphere of Little Tokyo in summer — warm evenings, paper lanterns, the smell of grilled corn and teriyaki threading through the air. The mission runs one of the most beloved Obon festivals in Southern California, drawing the Japanese-American community from across the region. Free admission. Open Saturday and Sunday, noon to 7:00 PM. July 25–26, 2026 at 123 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Zenshuji Obon Carnival — 68th Annual (Little Tokyo, Los Angeles)

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Zenshuji Obon Carnival — 68th Annual (Little Tokyo, Los Angeles)

Jul 25, 2026 Zenshuji Soto Mission, 123 S Hewit…

The Zenshuji Obon Carnival has been running in Little Tokyo since 1958. Sixty-eight years. That continuity is not accidental: the Zenshuji Soto Mission has been the anchor of Little Tokyo religious life for over a century, and the Obon festival is the community showing up for itself every July. Free admission. The Zendeko taiko group performs. Booths sell sushi, somen, andagi, and games that have been the same games for decades. Bon odori dancing in the evening is open to anyone willing to learn the steps by watching and then joining. July 25 and 26, noon to 7pm, at 123 S Hewitt St in Little Tokyo. This is one of the oldest continuously running Japanese summer festivals in Los Angeles. It runs whether or not anyone outside the community knows about it.

Higashi Honganji Obon Festival — Little Tokyo (2026)

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Higashi Honganji Obon Festival — Little Tokyo (2026)

Jul 25 – Jul 26, 2026 Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple, …

The Higashi Honganji temple on 3rd Street is one of three Little Tokyo temples that runs Obon in the same weekend every July. The combination creates something rare: three communities, three blocks apart, all doing the same ritual at the same time. The Higashi Honganji Obon runs Sunday and Monday, July 26 and 27. Colorful bon odori dancing where visitors are explicitly invited to join the circle. Farmers market and flower stalls on the grounds. Free. The kind of event where the crowd is entirely people who came specifically for this and know exactly what they are doing. Little Tokyo in late July, three temples running Obon simultaneously, is one of the more quietly remarkable summer weekends in Los Angeles.

West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Obon Festival 2026

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West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Obon Festival 2026

Jul 25, 2026 West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple, …

Sawtelle Japantown is one of the oldest Japanese American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple has been at the center of that community since its founding, and the Obon festival it runs every July is the neighborhood at its most itself. Bon odori on the temple grounds, taiko performances, Japanese food from the community booths. The circle is open to anyone. The festival is free. The Sawtelle corridor outside turns into something that does not exist in the same form anywhere else in the city on these two days. July 25 and 26 at 2003 Corinth Ave, West Los Angeles. The temple is walkable from Sawtelle Blvd and its ramen and Japanese grocery stores. Come early for the food lines.

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