What's Happening in LA This Week + The Taste of Fall Festivals 🍁

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Palm Springs Modernism Show

The Palm Springs Modernism Show returns to the Palm Springs Convention Center next weekend. The show features 45 exhibitors offering the BEST in Midcentury and Modern Design. The Opening Night Party benefiting Modernism Week is Friday, October 25th from 6pm-8pm. General show hours are Saturday, October 26th 10am-6pm and Sunday, October 27th 10am- 4pm. Tickets are available online or at the door.

For more information visit www.palmspringsmodernism.com or email info@dolphinfairs.com

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Fall Food Festival Feeding Frenzy

We’re just halfway through October, and the Los Angeles area has already hosted a handful of stellar food festivals.

The 12th annual L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade kicked off the month, raising a record of more than $1.7 million to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s fight against childhood cancers.  

Last week, the 7th annual Tito’s Fiesta Mexicana teamed up Tito’s Tacos and Tito’s Handmade Vodka and raised $23,000 to benefit the Culver City Arts Foundation…

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Roast the Host Live at The Ice House!

The Legendary Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena features the best in comedy with shows every weekend. Early and late-night Happy Hour. Come early! Stay late!

Friday, October 18

7:45PM • AUGUSTE DEROSE-JONES & JOKERS

8PM • Renegade Goddesses

9:30PM • Natural Bald Killers

10PM • The Shindig Show w/Tom Arnold, Jimmy Shin 

Saturday, October 19

7:15PM • Scott Blugrind & Friends

8PM • Jeff Garcia & Friends

9:30PM & 10PM  • Roast The Host Live

Sunday, October 20

6:30PM • STAINED RED CARPET SHOW

Wednesday, October 23

8PM • WEDNESDAYS AT THE DL w/ DL Hughley

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Playing Alice Cooper's 'Love It to Death' to Death

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Find Restaurants (NOM) with WOM

Sick of grumpy reviews, outdated critic opinions, confusing 4.2 ratings, endless group debates, or awkwardly asking, “What do you recommend?” You’re not alone.

Launching in LA, WOM (Word of Mouth) is your all-in-one restaurant discovery app, streamlining the search for where to eat. Available for free for a limited time, download it now from nomwithwom.com, search “WOM restaurant discovery” in the iOS App Store, or Install iOS App Now

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Balloons Over Boyle Heights

The Balloon Museum will bring its immersive art installation to Ace Mission Studios in Los Angeles’s Arts District on Wednesday, October 30, and run through March 16, 2025.

Located along the L.A. River in the industrial flats of Boyle Heights,  the Ace Mission Studios  Balloon Museum “Let’s Fly” exhibit features installations by 21 artists including Filthy Luker, Tadao Cern, MyeongBeom Kim, Ouchhh, SpY, Max Streicher, Karina Smigla – Bobinski, Michael Shaw, ENESS, Roman Hill…

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KAMALAFEST

Join the United Democratic Headquarters of Pasadena as they kick off Kamalafest (formerly

known as Octoberfest) on Sunday, Oct 20 th at 2PM. They’ll be grilling brats, serving up the sauerkraut and celebrating the joy with a live DJ, giveaways, and special guests.

Get your tickets online at www.pasadenademocrats.com or stop by the pop-up store at 400 S Lake St. where you can grab yard signs, tee-shirts, buttons and more to show your support!

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Matter of Time @ Lineage Performing Arts Center

Find yourself on a nostalgic trip through time as Lineage Performing Arts Center takes over the historic Gamble House with interactive dance, theater, and storytelling! Every room takes on a new decade of important cultural, political and historical events from the 1950s to the year 1999 unfold.

Matter of Time is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.

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Bowling for Soup @ House of Blues

Bowling for Soup 20th Anniversary of “A Hangover You Don’t Deserve” at the iconic House of Blues in Anaheim on October 24th.

Tickets are available now, grab them before it’s too late!!

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Director E.L. Katz on Staging a Survival Thriller with Samara Weaving in 'Azrael'

In the horror film Azrael, Samara Weaving’s titular character fights to survive in a world without speech. The post-apocalyptic story follows the mute protagonist as she attempts to thwart a religious cult intent…

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Claudio Simonetti's GOBLIN Live

Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN returns to LA! Hear the LIVE movie score at The Belasco on November 14.

Get your tickets now at thebelasco.com.

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Tamino @ The Belasco

See Belgian-Egyptian singer, Tamino, LIVE at The Belasco on Friday, March 28.

Get your tickets now at thebelasco.com.