Los Angeles Magazine Curates October Weekend Guide
Los Angeles magazine curates its weekend guide with cultural festivals, culinary events, and retail pop-ups across the city. The programming features L.A. Design Weekend bringing studio and showroom tours to local neighborhoods, alongside Grand Central Market celebrating Filipino American History Month.
Neighborhood Tours and Cultural Festivals
L.A. Design Weekend invigorates neighborhoods across the city with studio and showroom tours, workshops, and music programming. At Grand Central Market, visitors can observe Filipino American History Month through chef collaborations, culinary offerings, film screenings, live music, cultural events, and a shifting selection of Filipino and Filipino American vendors taking part in the Baryo Bazaar. From 6 to 10 p.m., the San Gabriel Dumpling & Beer Fest takes place in San Gabriel’s Mission District, featuring a kids zone with free carnival games, K-pop activities, an upgraded VIP option, and a Delta Culinary Journey highlighting Asian flavors.
Musicals and Immersive Ballet Hit Local Stages
The Outsiders North American Tour Company brings its Tony-winning musical to the Pantages stage for the first time, offering an adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s film. Little Women Ballet hosts five performances of Louisa May Alcott’s novel, brought to life as an immersive ballet at the Heritage Square Museum.
Pop-Ups and After-Hours Experiences
The Haunting takes over The Ordinaire in Long Beach with decor, themed cocktails, and spooky treats from the team behind Christmas-themed pop-ups Miracle and Sippin’ Santa. Eataly throws an all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink after-hours experience from 9 p.m. to midnight featuring seasonal Italian bites, wine, cocktails, chef-led demonstrations, live entertainment, and fall-inspired activations. Poshmark hosts a shoppable marketplace at City Market Social House featuring live music, food trucks, drinks, photo moments, and Rowenta’s Steam Studio. The jewelry brand worn by Bella Hadid and Camila Cabello hosts the final days of its Venice pop-up this weekend.
ComplexCon and Music Festivals Return to Los Angeles
ComplexCon returns to the Southland at the Los Angeles Convention Center with a weekend of collaborations, launches, immersive activations, live conversations, and the Family Style Food Festival. The Hot Wheels Legend Tour touches down at the Mattel Design Center with life-size vehicles, interactive play spaces, and exclusive on-site collectibles from 8 a.m. to noon. Rasa hits the Santa Monica Pier with a two-day festival featuring sets by Kaz James, Arodes, LP Giobbi, and Claptone. Zeds Dead takes a bow on their Journey of a Lifetime Tour with a two-night finale at Gloria Molina Grand Park, while Soulection marks 15 years with a night of music at Reframe Studios Outdoors headlined by Kaytranada, including Joe Kay, Sango, and DJ Miss Milan.
Exhibitions and Culinary Fêtes
Peter Harrington brings a cultural and literary heritage fair to Union Station featuring a signed Dracula Broadway poster, an archive of David Lynch’s Dune production materials, and Hunter S. Thompson’s Watergate research materials. The Best of the Best in Drag Show corrals six former winners and runners-up to raise funds for essential services and housing for people with HIV across Los Angeles County. Los Angeles hosts its 20th annual culinary fête at Calamigos Ranch with tastings by Josephine, The Hideaway, The Lobster, Uchi West Hollywood, Yama Sushi Marketplace, and Bacari. Tito’s Fiesta Mexicana commemorates nine years of its annual National Taco and Vodka Day event for the Culver City Arts Foundation, while GEARYS Beverly Hills showcases a window installation blending Mexican modernism and midcentury California influences by Saint Louis Crystal and L.A. Designer Luis Fernandez.