This week brings a massive cultural celebration with Fiesta Broadway, the country’s largest Cinco de Mayo event, alongside festivals like the 2nd Annual Ohlone Big Time Pow Wow and the West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival. You can also fill your weekend with unique experiences, from a variety of artisan markets and the premiere of “Beethoven Eroica” to Goat Yoga and a Glow In The Dark Hike at Griffith Park.
‘One Million Words – Rilke’
Sierra Madre Playhouse | 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre | April 24-26 & May 1-3 | sierramadreplayhouse.org
One Million Words – Rilke, tells the story of a writer who, for nearly a year, struggles to create poetry and can only express himself through letters. An actor uses these letters to navigate his own challenges in a place where even his name feels foreign, shaking the foundations of his identity. Together, the poet and the actor explore themes of love, the creative process, and a sense of not belonging, highlighting the importance of being grounded in the present moment, topics that resonate deeply in today’s world. Tickets: $12-$35.
2nd Annual Ohlone Big Time Pow Wow
Tony Cerda Park | 400 W Grand Ave, Pomona | April 24-26 | costanoanrumsen.org
Friday will feature a special healing dance at 8 p.m. Saturday will have special presentations from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday will honor vets, specials, and cultural sharing from relatives.
Fourth Fridays
4th Street from Temple to Cherry, Long Beach | April 24 | instagram.com/4thstreetlb
From 6 to 9 p.m., shop from local vendors, enjoy live music and performances, and checkout in-store events.
‘Rusalka: The Little Mermaid’
Musco Center for the Arts | 337 N. Cypress St., Orange | April 24 &26 | muscocenter.org
In Dvořák’s lush and haunting opera, a water nymph trades her moonlit world for human love. But desire comes at a devastating cost. Sweeping music performed by The Chapman Orchestra, radiant lyricism, and the beloved “Song to the Moon” illuminate this timeless fairy tale of passion, sacrifice, and transformation. General public tickets: $20.
South Pasadena Arts & Music Crawl
South Pasadena | 1121 Mission St., South Pasadena | April 25 | southpasadena.net
Produced by the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsored by the City of South Pasadena, the South Pasadena Arts & Music Crawl, a free and family-friendly event, will feature more than 30 live musical performances, interactive art activities, special art gallery exhibits, artisan booths, and activities at local merchants. Highlights of the line-up include the debut of Raul Pacheco’s, founder of Ozomatli, solo project, Delgado Bros., Franki Cox, Maya Proulx, Sophie Reynolds, and DrunkHungry as well as former American Idol contestants Tristen and Delaney. Pop-up galleries, art activities, special offers at South Pasadena’s shops and eateries, and artisans offering unique and hand-crafted items will provide attendees plenty to explore along Mission Street, from Meridian to Fair Oaks. Attendees are encouraged to bike, walk, or take the Metro A Line to the South Pasadena station. Those arriving by car can park in one of South Pasadena’s free public parking areas off Mission Street.
Pride House: ‘The Broken Hearts Club’ 25th Anniversary
West Hollywood Park | 647 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood | April 25 | streetfoodcinema.com
PHLA is creating the first U.S. LGBTQ+ hospitality and support house for 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. With multi-day programming around the World Cup and LA28, Pride House will spotlight queer athletes, history, and culture while offering a safe space for community and celebration. This special screening of “The Broken Hearts Club” will feature a Q-and-A, moderated by Jess Cagle, with Billy Porter, Zach Braff, director/writer Greg Berlanti, and producer Mickey Liddell.
Beethoven Eroica
Ambassador Auditorium | 131 S. St. John Ave., Pasadena | April 25 | pasadenasymphony-pops.org
This is set to be a grand display of musical innovation across centuries, with the west coast premiere of Grammy-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s cello concerto, and the bold spirit of Beethoven’s ground-breaking Eroica Symphony. Arrive one hour before the performance for Insights – a free pre-concert dialogue with KUSC Host Brian Lauritzen and Music Director Brett Mitchell – to learn about the works being performed and get a behind-the-scenes look at guest artists and conductor. Tickets start at $55.
Goat Yoga
The Gamble House | 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena | April 25 | gamblehouse.org
Connect with your “inner kid” while moving through yoga postures suitable for all levels; from first timers who ”just came for the goats” to experienced yogis looking to challenge their practice. Tickets: $35 members | $45 non-members.
‘Breadcrumbs Along the Trail’
Sierra Madre Playhouse | 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre | April 25 | sierramadreplayhouse.org
The storytelling performance includes a collection of folk tales, fables and stories that nourish and enchant, with Weintraub bringing each character to life with humor, voice and movement. Stories include ”The Robin and the Crow,” a Russian tale about the paths we choose; Weintraub’s version of “Hansel and Gretel,” which melds various versions of the story into a compelling coming of age parable; and “The Ballad of the Simple Man,” a Ukrainian story for which a young audience member will be selected to play the title role. Tickets: $15.
Vibechella Music Festival 2026
Britestar Tavern | 731 W. Route 66, Glendora | April 25 | eventbrite.com
Experience the ultimate fusion of live music, local vendors, food, and community vibes. General admission: free with RSVP or $1 at the door.
Glow In The Dark Hike
Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round | 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles | April 25 | happeningnext.com
Dress up in your best LED light costume or cover yourself in glow sticks for this nighttime hike. This is a free event.
Spring Fling
Cerritos Sports Complex | 19900 Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos | April 25 | calendar.cerritos.gov
In celebration of the City of Cerrito’s 70th anniversary, residents are invited to the Spring Fling & Fireworks Spectacular at 4 p.m. on April 25. This is a free event that features a dance recital, local talent, and professional acts. The event culminates in a fireworks show.
Cherry Blossom Festival
Plaza West Covina | 112 Plaza Drive, West Covina | April 25 | plazawestcovina.com/events
Plaza West Covina is partnering with The East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center and the City of West Covina to produce the 2026 West Covina Cherry Blossom Festival featuring Japanese and Japanese-American cuisine, shopping at a variety of vendors, traditional Japanese music and performances, photo ops with Japanese characters, a Japanese beer garden, and more. RSVP to be entered to win a $500 gift bundle.
Arts Open San Pedro
San Pedro Arts and Cultural District | 222 W. 6th St., San Pedro | April 25-26 | artsunitedsp.org
Walk, drive, or ride the trolley around the city to meet more than 100 local artists, hear live music, and experience San Pedro’s Arts and Cultural District in a two-day, city-wide event. Admission is complimentary.
Jackalope Fair
Central Park | 275 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena | April 25-26 | jackalopeartfair.com/old-pasadena
Celebrate handmade goods by shopping from more than 200 handmade artisans. The fair will also have live music, food, an interactive butterfly garden, free activities (like making your own friendship bracelet), on the spot portraits, workshops and more.
Renegade Craft
Los Angeles State Historic Park | 1245 N. Spring St., Los Angeles | April 25-26 | renegadecraft.com
More than 200 independent artists are bringing their best work out into the sunshine. It’s free to attend, dogs on leashes are welcome, and the Metro drops you off right around the corner.
Pizza City Fest
L.A. LIVE | 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles | April 25-26 | lalive.com
SoCal’s best pizzerias will be under one roof with pizza to taste, live demos, and panel discussions with culinary experts. General admission: $95.
Fiesta Broadway
Downtown Los Angeles | Broadway from 1st to 4th Streets | April 26 | fiesta-broadway.com
This is the largest Cinco de May celebration in the country featuring live music from Banda Los Recoditos, Carlos Baute, Mariachi Grullense, Familia Zambrana de Azul Azul, and many more; lucha libre; Mexican and Latin cuisines, a vendor market, a women’s fair, a kid’s zone, a futbol fun zone and more. Admission is free
York Boulevard Road Concert
OxyArts | 4757 York Boulevard, Los Angeles | April 26 | instagram.com/p/DXFHQNZFBZS/
During this one-day, free event, artists and performers will create more than 40 original works in response to York Boulevard and its sites.The event will also feature performances, interventions, participatory projects, music, and happenings along four miles of York Boulevard. Plan your own adventure by printing the map PDF, or loading the interactive map on your phone.
Artwalk Guided Tour
Beverly Gardens Park – Lily Pond | 1300 Park Way, Beverly Hills | April 26 | beverlyhills.org
Join this leisurely stroll through Beverly Gardens Park and explore stunning art pieces from world renowned artists. Knowledgeable guides will provide insights into each artwork. Fee: $10.
95th Anniversary of the Pomona Fox Theatre
Pomona Fox Theatre | 301 S. Garey Ave., Pomona | April 26 | artdecola.org
Art Deco Society of Los Angeles is celebrating the 95th anniversary of the Pomona Fox Theatre with tours, reception with live period music from Jay Munns’ Stardust Trio, and a screening of the Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire musical “Top Hat.” Tour & reception: $50. Movie only: $15 general admission.
Spring Fling Mini Market
The Queen Mary | 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach | April 26 | QueenMary.com/WhatsOnDeck
Grab your friends, stroll the decks (ship admission is included with your $10 ticket), shop local, and snack your way through the afternoon.
ONGOING
‘The Adding Machine’
The Actors’ Gang | 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City | Through April 18 | theactorsgang.com
Elmer Rice’s groundbreaking 1923 expressionist drama comes to life in this production directed by Cihan Sahin. The Adding Machine follows Mr. Zero, a bookkeeper replaced by automation after 25 years on the job, whose tragic unraveling becomes a sharp satire on technology, labor, and society. A century after its debut, the play’s themes of mechanization and human worth resonate in the age of AI. Performances Thursdays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; select Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets available online or by phone at 310-838-4264.
¡Sí Se Puede!
LA County | Through April 18 | centertheatregroup.org
Follow the life of trailblazing activist, Dolores Huerta, through a blend of movement, music, and actors inspired by El Teatro Campesino, on this journey towards justice. All performances are free and presented in English with some Spanish.
‘Kim’s Convenience’
Ahmanson Theatre | 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles | Through April 19 | centertheatregroup.org
This award-winning comedy drama is a feel-good story about a Korean family-run corner store. Mr. Kim works hard to support his wife and children with his Toronto convenience store. As he evaluates his future, he faces both a changing neighborhood landscape and the gap between his values and those of his Canadian-born children. Tickets start at $40.25.
LA Spring Fair
Whittier Narrows Recreation Area | 1600 N. Rosemead Blvd., South El Monte | Through April 19 | lapradaevents.com/events/los-angeles-spring-fair
LA County’s largest spring festival features kids and adults amusement rides, live music on Saturdays and Sundays, carnival games, local artisans, food court and more. Event admission is $5, cash only. Unlimited ride wristbands are $32 online or $42 on site. Free parking 5-11p.m. on any day of the event, $10 parking fee Saturday and Sunday 2-5 p.m.
Springtime Easter Festival 2026
Moorpark Location | 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark | Through April 21 | underwoodfamilyfarms
Celebrate springtime and Underwood Family Farms with acres to visit and numerous activities including photo opportunities, visits from the Easter bunny, animal shows, giant eggs, wagon rides, baby duck feedings, bird house making, and much more. Weekday admission: $15.00 (at gate only). Weekend admission: $20.00 (on-line tickets required on weekends including Friday, April 3).
‘Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter’
Odyssey Theatre | 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles | Through April 26 | odysseytheatre.com
Veteran director Jack Heller is at the helm of “Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter,” an evening of two rarely staged Pinter one-acts—both darkly comic, both unmistakably unsettling—in this visiting production at the Odyssey Theatre. In “Party Time,” affluent guests at a chic London gathering trade gossip and brag about wealthy pursuits while, just beyond the half-open door, an unjust regime enforces “order” with brutal force. “The Lover” shifts the tone, as a married couple enlivens their relationship by exchanging intimate accounts of their affairs—until Pinter’s sly, bittersweet twist reveals how fragile the boundaries between fantasy, power and desire truly are. Tickets are $35.
‘Back to Oz’
Mark Taper Forum | 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles | Through April 26 | muse-ique.com
MUSE/IQUE presents “Back to Oz: From the Wonderful Wizard to The Wiz, to Wicked — An American Fairy Tale.” Admission for non-members starts at $75 for a single admission or $100 for a trial membership with admission for two people.
‘English’
Bram Goldsmith Theater | 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills | Through April 26 | thewallis.org
Sanaz Toossi’s dramatic comedy about an Iranian ESL class studying for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) debuted at Roundabout on Broadway in 2025. This is a quietly powerful play about four Iranian adults preparing for an English language exam in a storefront school near Tehran, where family separations and travel restrictions drive them to learn a new language that may alter their identities, and represent a new life. Chasing fluency through a maze of word games, listening exercises, and show-and-tell sessions, they hope that one day, English will make them whole — but it might be splitting each of them in half. “English” won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for five 2025 Tony Awards including Best Play. Tickets start at $53.90.
‘Mean Girls’
La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts | 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada | Through May 3 | lamiradatheatre.com
You don’t have to wear pink to this fetch musical but you should consider it if you don’t want to be personally victimized by Regina George. Adapted from Tina Fey’s hit 2004 film, “Mean Girls” was nominated for 12 Tony Awards. Tickets start at $13.20.
‘Level Up!’
The Los Angeles Theatre Center | 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles | Through May 3 | latinotheaterco.org
“Level Up!” is a family-friendly new play by Gabriel Rivas Gómez that unfolds across everyday reality as well as in a vividly imagined virtual realm. Desi López, a trans tween, is afraid to come out to her family. In her oversized hoodie, Desi is seen as a boy IRL (in real life). But inside The Proxy, a richly imagined virtual world within the play’s digital realm, Desi discovers the freedom to exist as her true self: a powerful female warrior with enormous butterfly wings who embarks on an epic quest to save her dying dog and reunite with her mother. Tickets range from $10 for all Thursday performances to $48 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, except students and seniors, who pay only $24.
‘MJ the Musical’
Pantages Theatre | 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles | Through May 3 | broadwayinhollywood.com
This Tony Award-winning bio-musical looks at the artistry, innovation, and influence of the King of Pop. Tickets start at $56.
Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California
Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area | 15501 E. Arrow Highway, Irwindale | Through May 17 | renfair.com/socal
Hear ye! Hear ye! The Renaissance Pleasure Faire returns to SoCal with entertaining shows ranging from falconry and magic to drinking songs and jousting. With delicious food, flowing drinks, a marketplace like nowhere else, and actors getting everyone into the spirit, you will undoubtedly have a good time. Huzzah!
‘The Storyteller of East LA’
The Los Angeles Theatre Center | 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles | Through May 17 | latinotheaterco.org
Dedicated to her mother, the newest work by Latino Theater Company resident playwright Evelina Fernández celebrates the sustaining power of love, compassion, storytelling, and the resilience of family. Lucy Rodriguez and Sal López star as Mercedes, a 90-year-old woman with dementia, and Serafina, the guardian angel with whom Mercy interacts in “The Other Place,” a liminal space existing somewhere between memory and reality. As Mercy’s health declines, her daughters Grace and Mary and granddaughter Lulu are forced to confront unresolved tensions and make difficult choices about her care. Their fragile caregiving arrangement is further strained when Mercy’s nighttime caregiver stops coming, afraid to leave home during ICE immigration raids. Daytime caregiver Josefa faces similar fears, even as she tries to ensure that Mercy’s care continues. The play blends intimate family drama with elements of magical realism to explore themes of memory loss, family dynamics and the complexities of caring for aging loved ones. Tickets range from $10 to previews and for all Thursday performances to $48 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, except students and seniors, who pay only $24.
LA Zoo Bloom
LA Zoo | 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles | Through May 25 | lazoo.org
The LA Zoo will be buzzing with activity all spring. LA Zoo Bloom is a season-long event featuring colorful photo ops, strolling characters, and the new conservation themed Mission Safari maze. Tickets: $22-$27.
‘For Want of a Horse’
Atwater Village Theatre | 3269 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles | Through May 25 | echotheatercompany.com
The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of a darkly comic, deeply human exploration of love, desire and unconventional relationships. Joey Stromberg stars as Calvin. Calvin is devoted to his wife, Bonnie, played by Jenny Soo. But, as Calvin confesses to his best friend, PJ, if he’s to move forward, he needs to open up their relationship to include his new romantic partner. One complication: that partner would be Q-Tip — and Q-Tip is a horse. Tickets range from $15 to $42.75.
Photography and the Black Arts Movement
The Getty | 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 403, Los Angeles | Through June 14 | getty.edu
“Photography and the Black Arts Movement brings together works by more than one hundred photographers, painters, graphic designers, and multimedia artists who used photographic images in their struggles against inequality,” says Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the J. Paul Getty. Divided into eight sections, this exhibition brings together more than 150 artworks in a range of media, including video art, paintings, collages, contact sheets, newsletters, and magazines, giving a sense of the varied ways that photographic imagery circulated at the time.Admission to the Getty Center is always free, but a reservation is required for admission.
DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion: Escape
L’ESPACE DIAVOLO | 616 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles | Through June 14 | diavolo.org/escape
Founder and Creative Director Jacques Heim, choreographer of Cirque du Soleil’s long running Las Vegas production KÀ and creative director of the 16th Asian Games Opening Ceremony, continues his mission to explore the relationship between the human body and its environment. This 70-minute piece explores the conditions of the human struggle to break free from a chaotic world — featuring a company of 22 artists testing themselves against a variety of DIAVOLO’s most famous custom-made architectural structures. Pre-show and post-show interactive opportunities give audiences the opportunity to experience movement with the architecture pieces as well. Tickets start at $39.
‘Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo’
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | 6067 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles | Through Jan. 10, 2027 | academymuseum.org
The Academy Museum presents Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo, celebrating the artistry of Studio Ghibli and the hand-drawn animation behind the 2008 film. The exhibition features over 100 original materials from Studio Ghibli, including art boards, posters, an animation desk, and hand drawings by Hayao Miyazaki, many on display in North America for the first time. Curated by Jessica Niebel with assistant curator Emily Rauber Rodriguez. The museum is open six days a week, closed on Tuesdays. Tickets $15–$25; film screenings $5–$10.