‘Yamel Cucuy’
The Los Angeles Theatre Center | 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles | Oct. 8–Nov. 1 | latinotheaterco.org
Haunted by folkloric spirits and hunted by ICE, a girl journeys beyond life to discover inherited wisdom in a visually arresting production blending puppetry, music and live performance. Yamel, a girl on the threshold of adulthood, is pursued by immigration agents and tormented by specters drawn from Mexican folklore. As she crosses the shadowy frontier between life and death, Yamel must summon the courage and wisdom to confront both inherited fears and present-day violence. The bilingual production is performed in English and Spanish and features supertitles in both languages. Tickets: $10–$48.
Where The Butterflies Fly
1579 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena | Oct. 9 | partiful.com/e/bohjOI6YMAfbMQJdPuz0
Join La Chula Cafe for a Dia de los Muertos paint and sip with mocktails. Professional animation producer Stephanie Chacon will guide attendees step by step throughout the process. All materials are included. Tickets: $30.
ArtNight Pasadena
Pasadena | Oct. 9 | cityofpasadena.net/artnight/
Enjoy free admission to arts and cultural organizations throughout Pasadena.
Pomona’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration
John F. Kennedy Park | 1150 Fairplex Drive, Pomona | Oct. 10 | instagram.com/p/DdDB2N-iXUR/
Honor Indigenous culture and explore community resources while enjoying art activities, live art demos, danza, poetry and shopping from local vendors. This event is free to attend, open to all.
Bacchus Uncorked: Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
Getty Villa | 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades | Oct. 10 | getty.edu
Beer enthusiasts can enjoy modern brews inspired by ancient practices. A ticket includes presentations on ancient beer culture, followed by brews, bites and conversation at the Villa’s Cafe Terrace. Tickets: $110.
Fall Fantasy Book Faire
Autry Museum Lawn | Oct. 10–11 | dragonsanddreamsevents.com
Step into a two-day fantasy world of books, authors, vendors, live knights, jugglers, food, cosplay, and immersive experiences. Adult admission: $15.
Old Town Fall Festival
Library Park | 321 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia | Oct. 10 | monroviaca.gov
Monrovia’s Old Town Fall Festival returns with wagon rides on Myrtle Avenue, trackless train rides, fall themed photo opportunities, arts and crafts tables, library storytime and more. Admission: free.
Armenian Food Festival
St. Mary Armenian Church | 148 E. 22nd St., Costa Mesa | Oct. 10–11 | stmaryarmenianfestival.com
Indulge in Armenian food, wine, beer, and pastries while enjoying live music, traditional dancing, shopping and more family-friendly fun. Admission: $5.
Magic Market’s Bewitched
Heritage Square Museum | 3510 Pasadena Ave., Los Angeles | Oct. 10-11 | eventbrite.com
Celebrate Samhain at the witchiest market in town featuring a metaphysical/spooky market, tarot readings, live music, workshops, tours of historic homes, and so much more. Tickets: $17.85.
Silverado Country Fair & Folk Festival
Silverado Community Center | 27641 Silverado Canyon Road, Silverado | Oct. 10-11 | silveradocountryfair.org
The Country Fair will feature live music, food, crafts, saloons, 1800’s activities and contests, and vendors. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 kids.
Explore JPL
JPL | 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena | Oct. 10–11 | jpl.nasa.gov
This free, immersive event offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at JPL as it turns 90. Admission is free, but timed-entry tickets are required.
FocusFest 2026
The Commons | Universal Studios Lot, Los Angeles | Oct. 10 | focusfeatures.com
Be among the first to see “Sense and Sensibility” with special guests Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles, then immerse yourself in a day inspired by films like “Emma” and “Pride and Prejudice.” Each ticket unlocks access to all film screenings, exclusive FocusFest tote and complimentary drink voucher, immersive photo experiences, themed snacks and drinks, exclusive merch drops, and more. General admission: $106.49.
Pasadena Latino Heritage Parade and Festival
Pasadena City Hall | 100 N. Garfield Ave., Pasadena | Oct. 10 | pasadenalatinoheritageparade.org
The parade will begin at 4 p.m. on Los Robles Avenue and Buckeye Street, and conclude at Pasadena City Hall. The Festival at City Hall will feature live musical performance by Vilma Díaz y La Sonora, local folklorico dancers, artisan market vendors, local food booths, and family activities. Admission: free.
Festa Italiana
Downtown San Pedro | 6th Street between South Palos Verdes and South Centre streets | Oct. 10 | lilaa.org/festa-italiana
Kick off Italian-American Heritage Month at this free celebration featuring Italian food, live music and performances, vendors, a beer and wine garden, and much more.
Matinees on the Mountain
Mount Wilson Observatory | 100 Mt Wilson Circle Road, Mt Wilson | Oct. 10 | mtwilson.edu
Watch “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” in the Observatory’s 256-seat auditorium. You can picnic on the grounds, enjoy lunch at the Cosmic Cafe, or get some movie snacks and drinks. General admission: $20.
Salsa & Bachata Night at Rodeo 72
Rodeo 72 | 7012 Walnut Grove Drive, Whittier | Oct. 10 | cielo.dance
You don’t need a partner. Just show up at 6:30 p.m. with your dancing shoes on for a free beginner-friendly salsa lesson. Then enjoy social dancing from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
The Disney Mansion Ghost Tour
4053 Woking Way, Los Angeles | Oct. 10 | hauntedoc.com
Led by renowned Disney historian Dusty Sage, publisher of MiceChat.com, take a rare, candlelit journey through Walt Disney’s 12-room residence. You’ll explore ornate living spaces while uncovering tales of tragic former residents, unsolved mysteries, and paranormal sightings. Tickets: $125.
Tropical Festival
Pershing Square | 532 S. Olive St., Los Angeles | Oct. 10 | eventbrite.com
Elvis Crespo, Oscar D’León and Zacarías Ferreira headline this festival featuring food trucks, vendors, and fully-stocked bars. Regular general admission: $46.76.
580th Hangeul Day Festival
Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles | 5505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles | Oct. 10 | la.korean-culture.org
Want to step into a hanbok, craft traditional accessories, or play classic Korean games? Stop by KCCLA for a hanbok try-on, traditional games such as Tuho, Jegichagi, Yutnori, and Ttakji-chigi. You can also participate in traditional-pattern keychain making.
La Feria de los Moles
Gloria Molina Grand Park | 227 N. Spring St., Los Angeles | Oct. 11 | feriadelosmoles.com
Oaxaca vs. Puebla? Tabasco vs. Veracruz? Why choose when you can taste all the mole your heart and stomach desire. While there, enjoy live performances, a vendor market, a kids zone and workshops. Entry is free.
Getty Supper Club: The Literary Gourmet
Getty Center | 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles | Oct. 11 | getty.edu
“Tastemakers” is a series of communal exchanges inspired by cookbooks in the Getty Library, featuring meals led by chefs, scholars and culinary luminaries. Ticket price includes talk, seated dinner and beverages. Tickets: $75.
Off the Hook
Santa Monica Pier | 200 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica | Oct. 11 | offthehookseafoodfest.com
Raise funds and awareness for Heal the Bay while enjoying seafood tastings from more than 25 of the city’s best chefs and restaurants, wine, beer and spirits tastings, live music, photo opportunities, and oyster shucking competitions. General admission: $128.56.
Los Muertos Uptown Festival
Casita del Pueblo | 13100 Philadelphia St., Whittier | Oct. 11 | instagram.com/casitadelpueblo
Enjoy shopping, dining, performances, car show altars, art, food trucks, and more.
ONGOING
‘Antigone: In the Language of Kings’
Getty Villa | 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades | Through Oct. 9 | 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. Thursday night performances are $45 ($40 for students and seniors), Friday night performances are $50, and Saturday night performances are $60.
‘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.
Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Segerstrom Hall | 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa | Through 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.
Oktoberfest at Fairplex
Fairplex | 1801 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona | Through Oct. 17 | fairplex.com
Oktoberfest returns with live bands, German food, cold beer, dancing, and a whole lot of fun. Advance online general admission: $17 Fridays / $20 Saturdays. Gate price: $20 Friday / $25 Saturday.
‘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.
‘Boston Marriage’
European House LA | 12355 Rye St., Studio City | Through Oct. 24 | ticketsource.com/boston-marriage
Set in the late Victorian era, Anna and Claire are involved in a “Boston marriage”—a 19th-century term for a real social phenomenon where two educated women choose lifelong female companionship, living together independently of financial support from a man… often as lovers. Anna, prone to poetic fits of passion, has become the mistress of a wealthy man who supports her luxurious lifestyle, which she hopes can woo her longtime companion Claire to move in with her. However, the cool-yet-lascivious Claire has become infatuated with a much younger woman and wants to enlist a jealous Anna’s help to arrange a rendezvous. Tickets: $50.
‘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.
The Haunted Harvest
Frosty’s Forest & Pumpkin Patch | 14861 Ramona Ave., Chino | Through Oct. 31 | thehauntedharvest.com
Make your way through six haunted houses scattered throughout a sprawling 2-acre corn maze that you must navigate in the dark with monsters at every turn. General Admission: $30.
Los Angeles Haunted Hayride
4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles | Through 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.
‘The Dance and the Railroad’
The Los Angeles Theatre Center | 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles | Through Nov. 1 | latinotheaterco.org
Asian American theater collective Artists at Play and Latino Theater Company reunite for their fourth collaboration in four years with a rare revival of “The Dance and the Railroad,” an early work by David Henry Hwang. Set during the Chinese Railroad Workers’ Strike of 1867, two immigrant laborers form an unexpected bond through their shared love of Chinese opera. Together, they practice the ancient art form atop a mountain in the Sierra Nevada, finding connection and a sense of possibility even as their fellow workers below confront brutal labor conditions, isolation and cultural displacement. Tickets: $10–$48.
Prancers Farm Fall Festival
Prancers Farm | 8540 E. Telegraph Road, Santa Paula | Through Nov. 1 | prancersfarm.com
Spend a day on the farm soaking in the fall atmosphere and enjoying hayrides, the corn maze, live entertainment on weekends, festive photo opportunities, and scenic views throughout the farm. You can also pick out the perfect pumpkin. Tickets start at $15.47.
Dark Harbor
The Queen Mary | 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach | Through 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.
‘Come From Away’
A Noise Within | 3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena | Through Nov. 8 | anoisewithin.org
When 38 planes were diverted to the small town of Gander, Newfoundland on September 11, 2001, its residents opened their homes to thousands of stranded strangers. With an infectious score and a spirit of generosity at its core, this uplifting, Olivier Award-winning musical is a testament to the best aspects of human nature. Tickets start at $41.75.
‘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.