Downtown LA Architecture Tour
Downtown LA | Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 12 | priceless.com
Discover downtown LA’s architecture on a guided design tour with content creator and LA insider Drew Tillman. Beginning in the historic core, explore landmarks such as the Cal Edison Building, The Biltmore, and the Bradbury Building. Tickets:$95.
Pasadena Greek Festival
Saint Anthony Greek Orthodox Church | 778 S. Rosemead Blvd., Pasadena | Sept. 18-20 | pasadenagreekfest.com
Immerse yourself in Greek culture with delicious food, wine tastings, traditional music, and dance performances. Parking is free at Santa Anita Race Track Parking Gate 3. Buses will shuttle festival goers to and from the main event and parking area every 10 minutes. General admission: $5.
2026 San Manuel Pow Wow
CSU San Bernardino | 5500 University Pkwy, San Bernardino | Sept. 18-20 | socalpowwow.com
Free to the public, this three-day festival features Southern California traditional bird singers and dancers, as well as North American and Canadian dancers and drum singing groups. There will also be vendors from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from all across North America and Canada.
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles | Sept. 18 – Nov. 1 | losangeleshauntedhayride.com
The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns with more frights and fun from Fallen Angel Haunted Attraction, Elvira’s Trick or Treat Mayhem Haunted Attraction, Midnight Falls Cider Mill (fresh apple cider and warm cider donuts await.), Zombie Splat Gellyball Experience, Madame Aurora’s Seance Theatre, add-on experiences and more. Tickets start at $34.99.
Dark Harbor
The Queen Mary | 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach | Sept. 18 – Nov. 1 | darkharborhalloween.com
The Queen Mary transforms into a Halloween festival featuring haunted mazes, monsters, immersive attractions, live entertainment, VIP experiences, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides, festive foods, photo ops and more. Tickets: $58.99.
Pasadena Art Walk
Playhouse Village | Sept. 19-20 | jackalopeartfair.com
Shoppers will find more than 180 vendors selling visual art, photography, original fashion, jewelry, paper goods, home decor, housewares, food, and much more. The fair is free to attend.
Zootoberfest
LA Zoo | 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles | Sept. 19-20 | lazoo.org
This family-friendly Oktoberfest-themed celebration will feature German-inspired food, live Oktoberfest bands, specialty beer, root beer floats, lawn games, a braid bar, a giant ribbon tunnel, themed photo opportunities, keeper talks, seasonal décor, and more. General admission starts at $22.
Harvest Festival Dozynki 47th Annual
Saint John Paul II Polish Center | 3999 Rose Drive, Yorba Linda | Sept. 19-20 | polishcenter.org
The DOZYNKI Harvest Festival is a celebration of Polish culture, heritage, music and Polish cuisine. There will be live music, authentic Polish food, carnival games, face painting, arts & crafts, cultural exhibits, local vendors, Polish beer, disco under the stars, and more. Admission: free.
Music Through the Season
The Gamble House | 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena | Sept. 19 | gamblehouse.org
The Pasadena Conservatory of Music presents “Autumn Equinox” featuring Echoes of China (Chinese Folk) and Ike’s Creek (American folk trio). Tickets: $35-$40.
Frogtown Artwalk
Frogtown | Sept. 19 | frogtownarts.com
This free event is a self-guided tour that takes you into studios, workshops and a series of pop-up galleries. This year, there will be 33 official stops along the LA River, pop ups and surprises along the way.
Rock the Rails II
Pomona North Station | 241 Santa Fe St., Pomona | Sept. 19 | eventbrite.com
Metro Los Angeles is celebrating one year of the A Line extension to Pomona with Rock the Rails II, together with 909 Open Market and It’s Not a Phase, featuring live bands, local food vendors, family-friendly activities, and more.
Mariachi Heritage Society Presents ¡México Canta!
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse | 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel | Sept. 20 | missionplayhouse.org
A fundraiser for Mariachi Heritage Society, the concert features performances from Mariachi Sol de México de José Hernández, Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles, Ángeles Ochoa, Alejandra Rojas and Adriana Rios. Tickets: $48.70 – $128.70.
Armenian Independence Day Festival
Verdugo Park | 1621 Canada Blvd, Glendale | Sept. 20 | armenianindependencedayfestival.com
Celebrate Armenian independence with day filled with Armenian culture including live music, performances, authentic cuisine, local artisans, vendors, a Fun Kids Zone, and more. Admission is free.
Broadway Gamble Ramble
The Gamble House | 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena | Sept. 20, 22 | lineagepac.org
Journey through the house in small groups, encountering a curated series of live performances that weave together dance, theatre, and narrative. Flash sale generaL: $28.22.
Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Segerstrom Hall | 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa | Sept. 22 – Oct. 11 | scfta.org
This tale as old as time about far-off places, daring fights, and a prince in disguise, is taking over Segerstrom Hall. Tickets start at $44.
Paris Paloma: The Fatal Flaw Tour
The Ford | 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Los Angeles | Sept. 22 | theford.com
The British singer-songwriter behind “Labour” invites the audience into her world. Tickets start at $45.
ONGOING
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
A Noise Within | 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena | Through Sept. 20 | anoisewithin.org
Set during a 1927 recording session in Chicago, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom transforms an ordinary afternoon into a volatile clash over race, art, power and ownership. As legendary blues singer Ma Rainey battles white producers determined to control both her music and her career, ambitious trumpeter Levee dreams of a future beyond the band. Their competing visions ignite tensions that build toward one of Wilson’s most devastating finales. Post–performance conversations with the artists will take place every Friday. GalaPro closed captioning is available at select performances, courtesy of the Perenchio Foundation. Tickets start at $41.75.
‘Under the Oaks’
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga | Through Sept. 24 | theatricum.com
The annual Under the Oaks salon series, featuring performance and music every Thursday in September, is back. Tickets: $35.
‘Romeo and Juliet’
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga | Through Sept. 26 | theatricum.com
Co-directors Ellen Geer and Willow Geer have set their “Romeo and Juliet” in New York City during the tumultuous Gilded Age, a period marked by stark social inequality and rampant industrialization. Through this lens, the famous love story becomes not just a tragedy, but a powerful warning about the costs of division, hatred and fear. Tickets to performances range from $15 to $63. Children 4 and under are free.
‘Enemy of the People’
Odyssey Theatre | 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles | Through Sept. 27 | odysseytheatre.com
Director Bart DeLorenzo brings Henrik Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People” squarely into the 21st century with a new adaptation that thrusts the play’s central conflicts—between public health and economic survival, individual conscience and collective will—into sharp contemporary focus.When Dr. Tom Stockmann discovers that the waters of the local hot springs are contaminated, the solution seems obvious: shut them down before more people are harmed. But protecting public health comes with a devastating price. As financial interests, political expediency and public opinion collide, Stockmann finds himself branded not a hero, but an “enemy of the people.” Tickets to performances are $35. Discounted tickets are available for seniors ($27) and students ($15). A $3 fee will be added to each ticket purchased with a credit card.
‘Antigone: In the Language of Kings’
Getty Villa | 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades | Through Oct. 3 | getty.edu
The Getty Villa Museum and Latino Theater Company present “Antigone: In the Language of Kings” for the 20th annual “Outdoor Classical Theater.” The ancient story, originally set in fifth-century B.C. Greece, of Antigone confronts themes of loyalty, familial duty and the clash between divine law and state edict. Latino Theater Company’s presentation sets the story in pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, Mexico, weaving in pre-Hispanic music and poetry and bringing Aztec mythology into Sophocles’ story. An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performance will take place on Thursday, Sept. 24. Thursday night performances are $45 ($40 for students and seniors), Friday night performances are $50, and Saturday night performances are $60.
‘Waiting in the Wings’
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga | Through Oct. 3 | theatricum.com
Set in “The Wings,” a charity home for retired actresses, Noël Coward’s 50th play is a witty portrait of nine opinionated, funny, difficult and full of life women, each of whom once basked in public admiration — but who must now learn to face old age together, long after the curtain has fallen. A tribute to the theater that evokes the lives of aging stars, their lingering jealousies and the enduring power of friendship, Waiting in the Wings is a meditation on community and forgiveness. Old grievances linger here like half-remembered roles, but Coward suggests that bitterness is heavy to carry, and that reconciliation, no matter when, can be liberating. Tickets to performances range from $15 to $63.
‘Treasure Island’
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga | Through Oct. 3 | theatricum.com
In this re-imagining of the novel by Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer, a young man’s romantic dream of pirates on the high seas becomes a harrowing reality. Tested at every turn, young Jim Hawkins faces each challenge with courage, trusting in a moral compass strong enough to triumph — and to discover the true treasure: a life lived with integrity and purpose. Tickets to performances range from $15 to $63.
‘The People of Pompeii’
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga | Through Oct. 4 | theatricum.com
Weeks after the Palisades Fire narrowly spares their Topanga home, Carlos and Vera invite friends over for a celebratory dinner party meant to restore a sense of normalcy. But as the night descends into EDM-fueled chaos, chocolate mushrooms and brutally honest confrontations, the myth of communal harmony begins to crack wide open. At once hilarious and deeply uncomfortable, The People of Pompeii dissects performative progressivism, gentrification, race, class and the uneasy social dynamics between longtime canyon residents and wealthy newcomers searching for authenticity as Topanga becomes increasingly trendier and more elite. Tickets to performances range from $15 to $63.
‘The Visit’
Pasadena Playhouse | 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena | Through Oct. 4 | pasadenaplayhouse.org
In “The Visit,” when the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it from ruin… on one condition. In this haunting, twisted, and truly grotesque comedy, an entire community is forced to confront an unthinkable question: how far are you willing to go for a billion dollars?
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga | Through Oct. 10 | theatricum.com
Set against the natural backdrop of Topanga’s woods, this production requires no elaborate set design to conjure Shakespeare’s enchanted forest brimming with magic, mischief and romance. Audiences of all ages will be enchanted by the whimsical entanglements of four lovers, a troupe of bumbling actors, and the mischievous fairies who meddle with them. Tickets to performances range from $15 to $63. Children 4 and under are free.
‘WASHOKU | Nature and Culture in Japanese Cuisine’
Japan House LA | 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles | Through Oct. 18 | japanhousela.com
This landmark exhibition explores the core elements, evolution, and cultural significance of washoku, a UNESCO-recognized intangible cultural heritage.
‘Dog Man: The Musical’
Kirk Douglas Theatre | 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City | Through Oct. 18 | centertheatregroup.org
Based on the bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, “Dog Man: The Musical” follows the chronicles of Dog Man, who loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. Tickets start at $40.25.
‘Marisol’
Atwater Village Theatre | 3269 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles | Through Oct. 24 | openfist.org
“Marisol” is a darkly funny, apocalyptic fable about survival, faith and hope. After her guardian angel abandons her to join the celestial battle against a senile God, Bronx resident Marisol Pérez must navigate a terrifying, unraveling world on her own while struggling to preserve her humanity. Tickets range from $26 to $40.
‘Winter’s Bench’
24th Street Theatre | 1117 W. 24th St., Los Angeles | Through Oct. 25 | 24thstreet.org
Actress Anne Gee Byrd, joined onstage by flutist Shih-wei Wu, stars in the world premiere of “Winter’s Bench,” a lyrical and deeply human new play by Olivier Award-winning British playwright Mike Kenny. Set in a park where only one ancient tree remains, Winter’s Bench follows Gladys, an elderly woman who has spent a lifetime believing the tree spoke to her when she was a child, and who waits, even now, to hear its voice again. Tickets range from $10 to $24 with Monday performances offered on a pay-what-you-can basis.
‘Hold Each Other’s Hands: Trans Mutual Aid 1966 – 1996’
OXY ARTS | 4757 York Blvd., Los Angeles | Through Dec. 5 | oxyarts.oxy.edu
“Hold Each Other’s Hands” chronicles a history of mutual aid led by transgender and gender expansive people. This exhibition explores how people with various relationships to gender nonconformity have worked together to develop inventive mutualistic models to create communities. With archival installations, contemporary artworks, featured speakers, and community programming, “Hold Each Other’s Hands” holds space for expansive thinking and public dialog around collectivity, co-existence, and care.
‘Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography’
Getty Center | 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles | Through Jan. 3 | getty.edu
“Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography” brings together a selection of works by 13 influential photographers, tracing Mexican photography from the late 1920s to the mid-2010s. This bilingual exhibition offers a nuanced portrait of Mexico’s visual culture. Spanish-language guided tours will also be offered monthly throughout the exhibition.
‘Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon’
Academy Museum | 6067 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles | Through Feb. 28 | academymuseum.org
“Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon” will celebrate Marilyn Monroe as a visionary actor and image-maker, examining the many facets of how she created and shaped her public image in the context of the classical Hollywood studio system. The pink satin gown will be on view in the exhibition, located on Level 3 in the Rolex Gallery. General admission tickets for the museum’s exhibitions are $25 for adults, $19 for seniors (age 62+), and $15 for students.
‘Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo’
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures | 6067 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles | Through March 21 | 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.