Home What's Happening in August: Fiesta opens in Santa Barbara today, the Perseids peak under a new moon on the 12th, and two of the year's biggest one-day festivals land three Saturdays apart at the Rose Bowl. Here's what's worth your weekend across Southern California this August.
Home Out on the Mountain 2026: Pride Night Takes Over Magic Mountain For one Friday every August, Six Flags Magic Mountain closes to the public and hands the whole park over to the LGBTQ community.
Events HARD Summer 2026: Two Days of Bass, House, and Hip-Hop in Inglewood HARD Summer returns to Hollywood Park on August 1 and 2, 2026, and it's still the biggest electronic music weekend in Los Angeles. Two days, multiple stages, and a lineup that runs from techno to hip-hop on the grounds next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Events Summer Dine LA 2026: Two Weeks of $15 Menus Across the City For two weeks every summer, Los Angeles makes its best restaurants easy to afford. Dine LA Restaurant Week returns August 14 through August 28, 2026, and it's the simplest excuse you'll get all year to book the table you've been putting off.
Events OC Fair 2026: The Food, the Deals, and the Deep-Fried Everything The OC Fair is back for its 136th year, running July 17 through August 16, 2026 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. Five weeks of carnival rides, livestock barns, concerts, and the real reason most of us go: the food.
Events What's Happening in July: Santa Barbara, Pasadena, Newport Beach, Palm Springs, and Beyond July arrives on a Saturday this year, which means the Fourth gets a full three-day weekend instead of the usual scramble. It also happens to be the country's 250th birthday, so cities across Southern California have leaned into the occasion with bigger lineups than usual. Most of
Events Featured What's Happening · Southern California Events across Santa Barbara, Pasadena, Newport Beach, Palm Springs, and the wider region, from Goleta down to San Diego. Dates and times subject to change.
Events Where to See the Best Fireworks in Southern California This July 4th Southern California puts on some of the best Independence Day shows in the country, and 2026 carries extra weight as the nation's 250th anniversary.
Art & Music Golden Hour at the Norton Simon There is a particular quality to late afternoon in Pasadena, when the light turns the color of weak tea and good bourbon at the same time, and the Norton Simon’s sculpture garden does its best impression of a place where nothing has ever gone wrong.
Events Southern California Has Plans for You This June Pride parades, solstice festivals, a concert under the stars, and a theme park after dark. June across So Cal is not a month you sit out.
Events Updated Southern California Calendar for June 2026 Everything happening across Southern California this June, in one place.
Art & Music The Curtain Is Up. Southern California's Theater Season Is Not Waiting for You. From Pasadena to Hollywood to Costa Mesa, the stages across Southern California this June are offering the kind of evenings that remind you why live theater exists in the first place.
Events Your June in Southern California, Properly Scheduled The outdoor concerts, the festivals, the races, the living paintings, and the events that only happen here. June is not the month to stay on the couch.
Events June in Southern California A month so full of things worth doing that staying home begins to feel like a personal failing.
