The Best Events & Things to Do This Weekend in Los Angeles | Dec. 1 – 3
🌟 Celebrate the Magic of LA and the holiday season this Weekend! 🎉✨ Get ready for an unforgettable weekend in Los Angeles with a long list of fantastic events! On Saturday, December 2, join the 12th Annual Venice Holiday Sign Lighting at the iconic VENICE Sign, featuring Santa photos, live music, and complimentary carnival games. On Sunday, embrace the car-free streets of Leimert Park and Historic South Central at CicLAvia – South LA, celebrating 13 years of open exploration. Don’t miss the 2023 Holiday Marketplace at Craft Contemporary all weekend, offering a curated selection of unique jewelry, ceramics, textiles, and more. Plus, there’s many more happenings and things to do around town this weekend in our carefully curated list below. LA is simply buzzing with festive vibes, so gather your crew for a weekend packed with holiday cheer, outdoor adventures, and one-of-a-kind finds! 🎄🚴♂️🛍️ #LAWeekend #HolidayMagic
LA Comic Con
L.A. Convention Center
December 1, 2023 through December 3, 2023
Last year, L.A. Comic Con welcomed 126,000 guests to attend more than 250 panel discussions and meet more than 800 artists, exhibitors and dozens of celebrity guests, so expect more of the same this year. Don your best cosplay gear and shop for collectibles and cool stuff, attend screenings or participate in gaming tournaments and cosplay contests. An impressive guest lineup this year includes Matt Smith, Rainn Wilson, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Bonnie Wright, and James and Oliver Phelps.
La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
December 1, 2023 through December 2, 2023
The Latino Theater Company returns with its signature holiday pageant. Adapted for the stage by Evelina Fernández from the mid-16th century text, The Nican Mopohua, and directed by José Luis Valenzuela, the show shares the story of a peasant who in 1531 was visited by the Virgin Mary. The city’s largest Christmas pageant includes more than 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community. Performances are in Spanish with English supertitles.
A Celebration And Conversation With Busta Rhymes
GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
Friday, December 1, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Rapper and musician Busta Rhymes has been nominated for Grammy Awards a dozen times. He’ll discuss his career, creative process and latest music with comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish at the museum.
Platonic Juke
The Goldfish
Friday, December 1, 2023 at 8 PM
Platonic Juke is a standup show hosted by comic and writer Rachel Joravsky, with lineups that feature established and rising comedians and a focus on LGBTQIA+/POC artists. The latest edition of the show includes Aparna Nancherla, Dylan Adler, Rob Haze, Ru Anderson and others. Stay for the afterparty with music provided by Etan Hawk and DJ Life’s Good.
Post It Show 19
GR2 Art Gallery
December 2, 2023 through December 10, 2023
One of our favorite Giant Robot events of the year takes place this weekend. The annual show features hundreds of artists’ work on Post-it Notes. Previews of the art run from 11:30 to 1 p.m. if you want to look; sales begin at 2 p.m. Nothing will be sold beforehand or held. You must be in attendance to purchase. A second drop of new Post-it Notes, plus a toy drive, takes place on Dec. 9 at noon.
South Lake Avenue Holidayfest 2023
Macy’s Pasadena Plaza
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Join in the family festivities as the fest takes over South Lake Avenue. Watch live music from El Santo Golpe (1 p.m.), Dustbowl Revival (3 p.m.), DJ William Reed (all afternoon) and Fleetwood Mac tribute performances by Twisted Gypsy (5 p.m.). In between the live music, get free Santa photos, holiday activities (cookie making and ornament decorating stations), plus shopping and dining experiences from the local businesses and vendors.
Horror Hi-fi
Grandmaster Recorders
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Alex Oxley and Roxanne Roll, the DJs of the Fleetmac Wood nights, bring their side project Horror Hi-fi to Hollywood this weekend. Join them in an evening of tech-noir, sad-girl disco, zombie-wave and Italo-giallo. The audio-visual night brings a “Suspiria meets Studio 54” experience to the dance floor.
Entertainment Workers Arts and Crafts Fair
Riverfront Stages – Soundstage 4
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM
More than 40 entertainment industry workers, who were hit hard by the strikes, are getting together to sell their arts, crafts and handmade goods this weekend. Also on hand are food vendors, a coffee cart and a photo booth.
Mortified: 20th Anniversary Show
Dynasty Typewriter
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 7:30 PM
One of the OG storytelling shows, in which adults share their most embarrassing childhood memories (through journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art), celebrates 20 years. Since then, the show has become a multimedia juggernaut, branching off into podcasts, radio, games, books and TV. But this Saturday, Mortified heads back to the stage, so listen and watch people tell tales about the relatable highs and lows of their youth.
2023 Holiday Marketplace
Craft Contemporary
December 2, 2023 through December 3, 2023
There are so many holiday markets to shop from this month. Craft Contemporary holds its annual marketplace with a curated selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry, ceramics, vintage and contemporary textiles, craft supplies, homewares and other items. While shopping, enjoy drinks, music and holiday workshops.
12th Annual Venice Holiday Sign Lighting
VENICE Sign
Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 6:00 PM
The family-friendly event features more than 100 local businesses coming together for the sign lighting, and the new Holiday Taste of Venice and Windward Wonderland. After the sign lighting, take pictures with Santa, listen to live music, play complimentary carnival games at Windward Wonderland, and indulge in free bites and drinks at the Holiday Taste of Venice.
CicLAvia – South LA
Various locations
Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Take advantage of six miles of open streets to explore the neighborhoods of Leimert Park and Historic South Central. The latest edition of CicLAvia, presented by Metro, celebrates 13 years of car-free streets. All ages and all abilities are welcome to ride bikes, stroll, jog, skate or use any non-motorized transportation along the route. There’s no start or end point, but there are five hubs along the route that feature family-friendly activities, programs, restrooms, free water refilling stations, free basic bike repair and first aid. Free pedicab rides, sponsored by AARP, are available at each information booth.
Enjoy the weekend!
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