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Things to Do for Free in Los Angeles
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Things to Do for Free in Los Angeles
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Walk on the Beach
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Los Angeles beaches are a great place for walking, people-watching and relaxing. There’s no admission fee, and you can spend as much time as you want there. You can choose an urban beach with a paved walking path or a more natural setting where you might see dolphins swimming offshore or a migrating whale passing by.
Pick your beach from the Guide to the Best Los Angeles Beaches.
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Check Out Downtown Los Angeles
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There’s more to do and see downtown than most people realize. You can check out Chinatown, Union Station and the oldest parts of Los Angeles. Take a peek inside some landmark buildings and take a stroll through the Broadway Historic District.
Use our self-guided tour, and you’ll find plenty to see for free. Just walking that whole tour will take you an entire day.
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Hollywood Boulevard
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Most of the sights on Hollywood Boulevard are free: the Walk of Fame, handprints and footprints at the Chinese Theatre, and people-watching that’s among the best you’ll find in all of Los Angeles.
If you use our guide to Hollywood Boulevard, you won’t need to pay someone else to show you around.
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Be In a Studio Audience
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You might think it’s hard to get into a studio audience, but it isn’t — and to make it better, it doesn’t cost a penny.
All you need are an advance reservation and some time to be in the studio audience for selected sitcoms and game shows.
Find out how to do it in the Guide to Being in a Studio Audience.
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Go Window-Shopping on Rodeo Drive
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The shops on Rodeo Drive are expensive, but window-shopping is free and so is the parking.
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Entertainment for Free
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At the Hollywood Bowl, you’ll pay to get into an evening performance, but some morning rehearsals are open to the public. Call 323-850-2000 for info.
You can get free tickets to concerts, plays, and other events, too. All you have to do is sign up for a free account at Goldstar. You’ll get offers for comp tickets in Los Angeles, but you can also use it to save money wherever you live. This guide will tell you all about it.
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Griffith Observatory
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The Griffith Observatory doesn’t charge an admission fee, except for a few special exhibits. Don’t just turn up your nose, thinking the Observatory is another boring science museum. It’s also a place where you can get the answers to all those pesky questions: why the moon has phases, what causes an eclipse or how tides form. You can see a genuine moon rock and get some gorgeous views of the City of Los Angeles.
You can find out everything you need to know about going in this Guide to the Griffith Observatory.
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Go Behind the Scenes of Horse Racing
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Take one of Santa Anita Race Track’s free tours to see the places where legendary racehorse Seabiscuit lived and ran. You will also the jockey’s room, silks room, saddling paddock, the walking ring, and carriage horses in their home under the Grandstand.
Find out more about this legendary track in the guide to Santa Anita Park.
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Museums for Free
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The California Science Center is free all the time.
The Getty Museum and Getty Villa have no admission fee (although they will charge you to park).
Thanks to generous benefactors, the Hammer Museum at UCLA is also free. So is the Broad Museum downtown, but you do need a ticket to get in — and planning ahead to get that free ticket.
Others offer free admission on selected days only.
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Watch the Rose Parade for Free
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To get a front row seat for the Rose Parade, you’ll have to camp out overnight—or buy an expensive grandstand ticket. Or so most people think. But you’ll know better after you read this Guide to Watching the Rose Parade the Cheap and Easy Way. All you need to know to see the parade — at the last minute and for free — are in it.
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More Things You Can Do in Los Angeles
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There’s a lot more to do in Los Angeles. You may also want to take a look at some less well-known LA attractions that are really fun to visit.
Do you want your kids to have fun in Los Angeles? Here’s where to take them.
It might rain in the winter. Here’s what to do in LA when it’s raining. And if it’s summertime when you visit, you’ll definitely want to know What to Do on a Los Angeles Summer Night. Or for that matter, find out what you can do at night in LA anytime.
Things Not to Do in LA
There are some tourist traps you may want to avoid in LA, but you also don’t want to get arrested, surf at the wrong beach, sound like a doofus or freak out over weird driving. You can learn how to avoid them all in this guide to What Not to Do in Los Angeles.
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Things to Do for Free in Los Angeles
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Things to Do for Free in Los Angeles
01of 11
Walk on the Beach
•••
Los Angeles beaches are a great place for walking, people-watching and relaxing. There’s no admission fee, and you can spend as much time as you want there. You can choose an urban beach with a paved walking path or a more natural setting where you might see dolphins swimming offshore or a migrating whale passing by.
Pick your beach from the Guide to the Best Los Angeles Beaches.
02of 11
Check Out Downtown Los Angeles
•••
There’s more to do and see downtown than most people realize. You can check out Chinatown, Union Station and the oldest parts of Los Angeles. Take a peek inside some landmark buildings and take a stroll through the Broadway Historic District.
Use our self-guided tour, and you’ll find plenty to see for free. Just walking that whole tour will take you an entire day.
03of 11
Hollywood Boulevard
•••
Most of the sights on Hollywood Boulevard are free: the Walk of Fame, handprints and footprints at the Chinese Theatre, and people-watching that’s among the best you’ll find in all of Los Angeles.
If you use our guide to Hollywood Boulevard, you won’t need to pay someone else to show you around.
04of 11
Be In a Studio Audience
•••
You might think it’s hard to get into a studio audience, but it isn’t — and to make it better, it doesn’t cost a penny.
All you need are an advance reservation and some time to be in the studio audience for selected sitcoms and game shows.
Find out how to do it in the Guide to Being in a Studio Audience.
05of 11
Go Window-Shopping on Rodeo Drive
•••
The shops on Rodeo Drive are expensive, but window-shopping is free and so is the parking.
06of 11
Entertainment for Free
•••
At the Hollywood Bowl, you’ll pay to get into an evening performance, but some morning rehearsals are open to the public. Call 323-850-2000 for info.
You can get free tickets to concerts, plays, and other events, too. All you have to do is sign up for a free account at Goldstar. You’ll get offers for comp tickets in Los Angeles, but you can also use it to save money wherever you live. This guide will tell you all about it.
07of 11
Griffith Observatory
•••
The Griffith Observatory doesn’t charge an admission fee, except for a few special exhibits. Don’t just turn up your nose, thinking the Observatory is another boring science museum. It’s also a place where you can get the answers to all those pesky questions: why the moon has phases, what causes an eclipse or how tides form. You can see a genuine moon rock and get some gorgeous views of the City of Los Angeles.
You can find out everything you need to know about going in this Guide to the Griffith Observatory.
08of 11
Go Behind the Scenes of Horse Racing
•••
Take one of Santa Anita Race Track’s free tours to see the places where legendary racehorse Seabiscuit lived and ran. You will also the jockey’s room, silks room, saddling paddock, the walking ring, and carriage horses in their home under the Grandstand.
Find out more about this legendary track in the guide to Santa Anita Park.
09of 11
Museums for Free
•••
The California Science Center is free all the time.
The Getty Museum and Getty Villa have no admission fee (although they will charge you to park).
Thanks to generous benefactors, the Hammer Museum at UCLA is also free. So is the Broad Museum downtown, but you do need a ticket to get in — and planning ahead to get that free ticket.
Others offer free admission on selected days only.
10of 11
Watch the Rose Parade for Free
•••
To get a front row seat for the Rose Parade, you’ll have to camp out overnight—or buy an expensive grandstand ticket. Or so most people think. But you’ll know better after you read this Guide to Watching the Rose Parade the Cheap and Easy Way. All you need to know to see the parade — at the last minute and for free — are in it.
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More Things You Can Do in Los Angeles
•••
There’s a lot more to do in Los Angeles. You may also want to take a look at some less well-known LA attractions that are really fun to visit.
Do you want your kids to have fun in Los Angeles? Here’s where to take them.
It might rain in the winter. Here’s what to do in LA when it’s raining. And if it’s summertime when you visit, you’ll definitely want to know What to Do on a Los Angeles Summer Night. Or for that matter, find out what you can do at night in LA anytime.
Things Not to Do in LA
There are some tourist traps you may want to avoid in LA, but you also don’t want to get arrested, surf at the wrong beach, sound like a doofus or freak out over weird driving. You can learn how to avoid them all in this guide to What Not to Do in Los Angeles.
#California#California Cruise#California guide#California places#cruise#Frank Lloyd Wright#guide#Los Angeles#Los Angeles guides#places#Things to Do for Free in Los Angeles
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Annual Events in Los Angeles 2017
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Annual Events in Los Angeles 2017
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January Events in Los Angeles 2017
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A Calendar of Annual Events around Greater Los Angeles
The Greater Los Angeles Area has a wealth of annual festivals representing different ethnic and cultural groups, music and arts festivals, foodie feasts and major sporting events. Before you plan your visit, take a look at a few events that could add a little excitement to your trip. This listing only includes events that occur every year.
See separate listings by category for:
Film Festivals in LA
LA Music Festivals
Food and Drink Festivals in LA
Car Shows in LA
Summer Concert Series
Summer Family Concert and Festival Series, and
Summer Theatre Festivals
Southern California Greek Festivals
Or check my LA Events Overview for more seasonal events.
To see exactly what’s going on in town for a particular time period, check out www.experiencela.com, www.discoverlosangeles.com, www.ticketmaster.com, and check Goldstar.com for discount tickets.
January Events in Los Angeles
January in Los Angeles is art and photography month with numerous international art and photography expos that bring dealers from around the world.
Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Outdoor Ice Rinks remain open through January Disneyland Christmas Fantasy through the first week in January Queen Mary CHILL through the first week in January Knott’s Merry Farm through the first week in January LA Zoo Lights through the first week in January Japanese New Year in Little Tokyo; 1st Weekend, 213-626-3067 Los Tres Reyes, El Pueblo Historical Monument (Olvera St.) Epiphany procession Santa Monica Restaurant Week – Dining specials throughout Santa Monica dineLA Restaurant Weeks all over LA Baby & Kids Experience – Family Expo at the OC Fairgrounds Kingdom Day Parade and other MLK Day Celebrations Photo LA – an expo of 80 premier galleries under one roof the 3rd weekend in January Los Angeles Art Show fine art showcase at the LA Convention Center Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Contemporary art show the last week in January Night on Broadway, Downtown LA street fair and celebration of historic theatres Chinese and Vietnamese New Year Events around LA, January into February Carnaval and Mardi Gras Events in LA, January into February or March
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February Events in Los Angeles 2017
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February in LA is the month of love with abundant Valentine’s Day celebrations. It’s also a multicultural month in Los Angeles with events celebrating Chinese and Vietnamese New Year, the Queen Mary’s Scottish heritage, African American culture and Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations from around the world. February in Los Angeles is also focused on the movie industry’s biggest day of the year with Oscar events for everyone.
Valentine’s Day Special Events in Los Angeles More Things to Do for Valentines Day in LA Chinese and Vietnamese New Year Events around LA January or February depending on the year Queen Mary Scottish Festival and Games aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show at the LA Convention Center Conscious Life Expo Mardi Gras Events in LA, January to March depending on year African American Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific, 562-590-3100 Docuday, annual day-long screening of Oscar-nominated documentary films, Saturday before the Oscars in February or March Academy Awards Ceremony, end of February or beginning of March at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood; (310) 247-3000 Oscar Events for Everyone – a list of Oscar-related events open to the public St David’s Day Welsh Festival, end of February or beginning of March
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March Events in Los Angeles 2017
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March in Los Angeles is one of my favorite months for just watching the sunset, but it’s also a good time for celebrating everything Irish with numerous St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. LA closes down 26 miles of streets from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Beach for the LA Marathon and for 2016, Easter is also on the calendar in March.
St David’s Day Welsh Festival, end of February or beginning of March Cherry Blossom Festival at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge Chinese Lantern Festival at El Pueblo de Los Angeles/Olvera Street St. Patrick’s Day Events Around Los Angeles St. Joseph’s Table at Casa Italiana, March 17-19 every year LA Marathon from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Baby & Kids Experience – Family Expo in Pasadena Holi Festival of Colors – Indian Festival at Whittier Narrows Park in South El Monte PaleyFest – week-long TV fan experience with live panels at Paley Center in Beverly Hills Orange County Restaurant Week Noorooz Festival and Persian New Year Parade in Westwood Blessing of the Animals at El Pueblo State Historic Site (Olvera St.) Saturday before Easter in March or April 213-485-9769 Los Angeles County Air Show in Lancaster, CA Latin Food Festival in Santa Monica Carnaval Primavera, a four block Mardi Gras festival in Huntington Park – March or April Easter Events in LA March or April
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April Events in Los Angeles 2017
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April in Los Angeles and vicinity is a busy month as the weather warms up and more events move outside. The Renaissance Pleasure Faire begins in April and runs 7 weekends into May. Thai and Cambodian New Year celebrations stretch from Hollywood to Long Beach. It’s also a big month for baseball, soccer, horse racing and auto racing. Cinco de Mayo gets an early start in April with Fiesta Broadway, the biggest Cinco de Mayo event in the world.
Carnaval Primavera, a four block Mardi Gras festival in Huntington Park – March or April Blessing of the Animals at El Pueblo State Historic Site (Olvera St.) Saturday before Easter in March or April 213-485-9769 Easter Events in LA March or April Fantasea Magic Festival abourd the Queen Mary in Long Beach Santa Anita Derby 1st weekend of April Opening Day at Dodgers Stadium Opening Day at Angels Stadium Los Angeles Galaxy – Major League Soccer Night Nation Run – Nighttime running and music event in Costa Mesa & Anaheim Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach – 2nd weekend Topanga Earth Day Celebration – Closest Saturday to Earth Day Earth Day Celebration at the Aquarium of the Pacific 562-590-3100 California Poppy Festival in Lancaster City Park, Lancaster, 661-723-6077 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival, 626-307-2533 Thai New Year “Songkran” Festivals around LA Cambodian New Year – multiple weekends San Dimas Festival of the Arts last weekend in April LA Times Festival of Books at USC 1-800-LATIMES ext. 7BOOK Pasadena Showcase House of Design Home and Garden Tour, mid-April to mid-May Fiesta Broadway, LA’s biggest Cinco de Mayo celebration, Last weekend in April, Downtown LA on Broadway from 1st to Olympic, 310-914-0015 Cowboy Festival in Santa Clarita, 661-286-4021 The Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, weekends from late April through mid-May
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May Events in Los Angeles 2017
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May in Los Angeles is another big month for Renaissance Fair fans with activities every weekend of the month. LA also goes Mexican in a big way for Cinco de Mayo, with numerous events that actually start in April. Mother’s Day dominates the middle of the month with lots of ways to celebrate Mom. The biggest weekend of the month is of course Memorial Day Weekend, with memorials and summer kick-off celebrations far and wide.
Renaissance Pleasure Faire and Kroneburg Old World Festival, two renaissance festivals, weekends from early April through mid-June UCLA American Indian Pow Wow, gathering of Native American dancers and drummers Orange County Marathon in Huntington Beach, end of April or beginning of May Pasadena Showcase House of Design Home and Garden Tour, mid-April to mid-May Cinco de Mayo Mexican Festival, usually the end of April to the first weekend in May Celebrate Israel Festival, Rancho Park, end of April or May Mother’s Day Events in Los Angeles Holi Festival of Colors – Indian Festival in the San Fernando Valley Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Arts Festival, The Paramount Ranch in Agoura hosts a festival of live Bluegrass music and country dancing, during the third week of May. (818) 382-4819 Amgen Tour of California Bike tour through California mid-May Long Beach Pride Celebration, 562-987-9191 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, Memorial Day Weekend More Memorial Day Weekend Events British Polo Day Benefit at Will Rogers State Park, May of odd years.
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June Events in Los Angeles 2017
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June in Los Angeles is full of summer events from outdoor concerts and theatre to family festivals. Summer Solstice is probably celebrated by more people in LA than most places. Renaissance festivities continue. The 3rd Sunday is all about Dad for Father’s Day, and there are lots of festivals that weekend that he may enjoy.
Orange County Marathon in Huntington Beach, end of April or beginning of May Kroneburg Old World Festival, weekends from early May through mid-June Santa Monica Festival, Santa Monica LA Gay Pride: Christopher Street West in West Hollywood Dia de San Juan Festival, a celebration of Puerto Rican culture in Long Beach Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl; weekend varies LA Modernism, furniture and design show The BIG Irish Fair and Music Festival at El Dorado Park in Long Beach Long Beach Bayou Festival at Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach Summer Solstice Events in LA Mariachi USA Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, 1-800-MARIACHI Concours D’Elegance on Rodeo, vintage car show on a carpeted Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Father’s Day More Father’s Day Events in LA Long Beach International Sea Festival, A full calendar of events June through September Summer Concert Series in LA – summer concert series at venues across LA, some beginning in June Summer Family Festivals in LA – summer series for kids beginning in June Summer Theatre Festivals in LA – summer theatre series, mostly Shakespeare
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July Events in Los Angeles 2017
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July in Los Angeles kicks off the same way it does in the rest of the country, with abundant fireworks, parades and picnics for Independence Day. Summer fun continues with outdoor concerts, theatre and family fun. It’s a great time to visit Orange County for the Orange County Fair, the Laguna Beach art festivals and Pageant of the Masters and the US Open of Surfing.
July 4th Independence Day Events around Los Angeles and Orange County Old Fort MacArthur Days and Artillery Show at Fort MacArthur Military Museum at Angels Gate Park in San Pedro, 1-888-LAPARKS (527-2757) Lotus Festival of Asian and Pacific Island cultures at Echo Park Lake, 2nd weekend, 1-888-LAPARKS (527-2757) Malibu Art Festival, 310-456-9025 Pacific Islander Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific dineLA Restaurant Weeks all over LA (January & July) Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, mid-July through early August Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival in San Pedro D23 Expo – Disney Fan Expo takes place in odd-numbered years in Anaheim Laguna Beach Art Festivals, Three summer-long art festivals July and August Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach, July and August US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, end of July or beginning of August Surf Festival, Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beaches, end of July or beginning of August Long Beach International Sea Festival, A full calendar of events June through September Summer Concert Series in LA – summer concert series at venues across LA, some beginning in June Summer Family Festivals in LA – summer series for kids beginning in June Summer Theatre Festivals in LA – summer theatre series, mostly Shakespeare
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August Events in Los Angeles 2017
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August in Los Angeles is filled with Summer Concerts, Family Festival Series and Summer Theatre Festivals. The art fairs and County Fair continue in Orange County, and Long Beach hosts festivals every weekend as part of the Long Beach International Sea Festival.
Laguna Beach Art Festivals, Three summer-long art festivals July and August Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach, July and August US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, end of July, beginning of August Surf Festival, Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beaches, end of July, beginning of August Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, mid-July through early August Watts Summer Festival, 323-789-7304, 2nd weekend, 103rd Street, between Compton Blvd. and Success Ave. Nisei Week, Little Tokyo, 213-687-7193 Long Beach Jazz Festival at Rainbow Lagoon Park Great Sand Sculpture Contest in Long Beach Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, Food & Wine Magazine’s multi-event food festival in Beverly Hills, Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and Santa Monica. Fiesta La Ballona in Culver City Long Beach International Sea Festival, A full calendar of events June through September Summer Concert Series in LA – summer concert series at venues across LA, some beginning in June Summer Family Festivals in LA – summer series for kids beginning in June Summer Theatre Festivals in LA – summer theatre series, mostly Shakespeare
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September Events in Los Angeles 2017
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September in Los Angeles starts with a whole array of events over the long Labor Day Weekend heralding the end of summer – at least for kids in school. Our summer continues all the way through the month with Lobster Festivals, numerous Greek Festivals and abundant events to celebrate Mexican Independence Day and Latino Heritage Month, as well as the kick-off of Oktoberfest season in LA. Some Halloween festivities also begin as early as the beginning of September.
Labor Day Weekend Events Around Los Angeles – a full list The Taste Food & wine event in Hollywood Orange International Street Fair, City of Orange, Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend Fiesta Hermosa arts festival Labor Day weekend in Hermosa Beach Mexican Independence Celebration and Latino Heritage Month Events We Are LA Music Festival at the StubHub Center in Carson Lobster Festivals, in Long Beach and Redondo Beach Greek Festivals in Long Beach, LA, Arcadia, Covina and more. Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona Watts Towers Day of the Drum & Jazz Fest, South Los Angeles Abbot Kinney Festival, Music, arts and crafts festival on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice Oktoberfest Events in LA and OC begin in early September and run through October Brazilian Day LA at La Brea Tar Pits, September or October Feast of San Gennaro Italian Festival in Hollywood TarFest, film, theatre, visual and performing arts festival on Museum Row Ponte Winery Annual Grape Stomp in Temecula Halloween Events Around LA start in September
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October Events in Los Angeles 2017
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In Los Angeles, Oktoberfest continues all the way through October, unlike in Munich. However, the city is really overtaken for the entire month by everything Halloween, from theme park events to haunted houses and pumpkin patches. October is also the month for celebrating Soul and Seoul in Los Angeles.
Oktoberfest Events in LA and OC begin in early September and run through October Guide to Halloween Events Around LA – a complete overview from pumpkin patches to club parties Los Angeles Korean Festival at Seoul International Park, LA; 213-487-9696 Los Angeles Lithuanian Fair; 818-701-7977 Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture at Echo Park in LA; 213-380-3722 Brazilian Day LA at La Brea Tar Pits, September or October Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival, three weekends; 760-323-1171 Taste of Encino; 818-879-4711 Long Beach Marathon LA Taste of Soul Festival, South LA Street Fair National Hockey League, Los Angeles Kings Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Disney’s HalloweenTime Knott’s Scary Farm Queen Mary Dark Harbor Magic Mountain Fright Fest West Hollywood Halloween Carnival; 323-848-6400 Halloween Events for Kids in LA and OC Best Halloween Haunted Houses in LA Pumpkin Patches in Los Angeles and OC Halloween Masquerades, Fetish Balls and Nightclub Parties Halloween Carnivals and Festivals Halloween Shows and Performances in LA Day of the Dead Events Around Los Angeles
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November Events in Los Angeles 2017
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November in Los Angeles arrives with some impressive Day of the Dead celebrations, and gives way quickly to the city’s many Christmas traditions, with just a quick blip on the calendar to acknowledge Thanksgiving. November is also a great month for exploring Native American culture in Los Angeles with two of the largest events of the year.
Day of the Dead Activities Around Los Angeles Night Nation Run – Nighttime running and music event at Irwindale Event Center Doo Dah Parade, the Parade Unorganizers present this irreverent un-Rose Bowl parade, as a Doo Dah-style parody of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Old Town at Raymond Avenue and Holly Street. (626) 440-7379 Outdoor Ice Skating rinks open all over LA. American Indian Arts Marketplace at the Autry National Center; 323-667-2000 Mariachi Plaza Festival at Mariachi Plaza in East Los Angeles, (323) 466-1156 Southern California Indian Center Pow Wow in Costa Mesa Thanksgiving in LA Hollywood Christmas Parade, Sunday after Thanksgiving. Los Angeles Christmas Traditions begin early in November. Christmas Plays and Performances also begin in November Holiday Shopping Events and Tree Lighting Ceremonies The Nutcracker Ballet Performances in LA Disneyland Christmas Fantasy CHILL at the Queen Mary winter attraction Knott’s Merry Farm holiday celebration Magic Mountain Holiday in the Park holiday celebration LA Zoo Lights holiday celebration
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December Events in Los Angeles 2017
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December is a great time to visit Los Angeles. The city and theme parks are decked out for the holidays, carolers fill the malls and there are shows and spectacles galore to keep locals and visitors entertained.
Christmas Events in Los Angeles Disneyland Christmas Fantasy Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Magic Mountain Knott’s Merry Farm holiday event at Knott’s Berry Farm LA Zoo Lights holiday event at the LA Zoo CHILL at the Queen Mary winter holiday event Outdoor Ice Skating at rinks around LA Holiday Shopping Events and Tree Lighting Ceremonies Christmas Concerts and Caroling Events Pasadena Holiday Look In Home Tour first weekend in December Grinchmas at Universal Studios Hollywood Festival Navideño de la Calle Ocho staged on 8th Street at Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles, more than 50,000 Latinos and other celebrants gather at this free festival with arts and crafts, live music, carnival rides, food samples and more. (323) 962-4735. Christmas Boat Parades in LA and Orange Counties Victorian Christmas Celebration at Banning House in Wilmington; 1-888-LA PARKS (527-2757) Hanukkah Events at various locations around LA Las Posadas at El Pueblo Historic Site; 213-485-9769 The Nutcracker Ballet at LA and OC theatres Holiday Plays in LA and OC L.A. County Holiday Celebration, annual all-day Christmas Eve performance by 35 cultural performance groups LA’s Most Unusual Holiday Traditions New Year’s Eve Events
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Annual Events in Los Angeles 2017
01of 12
January Events in Los Angeles 2017
•••
A Calendar of Annual Events around Greater Los Angeles
The Greater Los Angeles Area has a wealth of annual festivals representing different ethnic and cultural groups, music and arts festivals, foodie feasts and major sporting events. Before you plan your visit, take a look at a few events that could add a little excitement to your trip. This listing only includes events that occur every year.
See separate listings by category for:
Film Festivals in LA
LA Music Festivals
Food and Drink Festivals in LA
Car Shows in LA
Summer Concert Series
Summer Family Concert and Festival Series, and
Summer Theatre Festivals
Southern California Greek Festivals
Or check my LA Events Overview for more seasonal events.
To see exactly what’s going on in town for a particular time period, check out www.experiencela.com, www.discoverlosangeles.com, www.ticketmaster.com, and check Goldstar.com for discount tickets.
January Events in Los Angeles
January in Los Angeles is art and photography month with numerous international art and photography expos that bring dealers from around the world.
Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Outdoor Ice Rinks remain open through January Disneyland Christmas Fantasy through the first week in January Queen Mary CHILL through the first week in January Knott’s Merry Farm through the first week in January LA Zoo Lights through the first week in January Japanese New Year in Little Tokyo; 1st Weekend, 213-626-3067 Los Tres Reyes, El Pueblo Historical Monument (Olvera St.) Epiphany procession Santa Monica Restaurant Week – Dining specials throughout Santa Monica dineLA Restaurant Weeks all over LA Baby & Kids Experience – Family Expo at the OC Fairgrounds Kingdom Day Parade and other MLK Day Celebrations Photo LA – an expo of 80 premier galleries under one roof the 3rd weekend in January Los Angeles Art Show fine art showcase at the LA Convention Center Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Contemporary art show the last week in January Night on Broadway, Downtown LA street fair and celebration of historic theatres Chinese and Vietnamese New Year Events around LA, January into February Carnaval and Mardi Gras Events in LA, January into February or March
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February Events in Los Angeles 2017
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February in LA is the month of love with abundant Valentine’s Day celebrations. It’s also a multicultural month in Los Angeles with events celebrating Chinese and Vietnamese New Year, the Queen Mary’s Scottish heritage, African American culture and Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations from around the world. February in Los Angeles is also focused on the movie industry’s biggest day of the year with Oscar events for everyone.
Valentine’s Day Special Events in Los Angeles More Things to Do for Valentines Day in LA Chinese and Vietnamese New Year Events around LA January or February depending on the year Queen Mary Scottish Festival and Games aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show at the LA Convention Center Conscious Life Expo Mardi Gras Events in LA, January to March depending on year African American Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific, 562-590-3100 Docuday, annual day-long screening of Oscar-nominated documentary films, Saturday before the Oscars in February or March Academy Awards Ceremony, end of February or beginning of March at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood; (310) 247-3000 Oscar Events for Everyone – a list of Oscar-related events open to the public St David’s Day Welsh Festival, end of February or beginning of March
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March Events in Los Angeles 2017
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March in Los Angeles is one of my favorite months for just watching the sunset, but it’s also a good time for celebrating everything Irish with numerous St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. LA closes down 26 miles of streets from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Beach for the LA Marathon and for 2016, Easter is also on the calendar in March.
St David’s Day Welsh Festival, end of February or beginning of March Cherry Blossom Festival at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge Chinese Lantern Festival at El Pueblo de Los Angeles/Olvera Street St. Patrick’s Day Events Around Los Angeles St. Joseph’s Table at Casa Italiana, March 17-19 every year LA Marathon from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Baby & Kids Experience – Family Expo in Pasadena Holi Festival of Colors – Indian Festival at Whittier Narrows Park in South El Monte PaleyFest – week-long TV fan experience with live panels at Paley Center in Beverly Hills Orange County Restaurant Week Noorooz Festival and Persian New Year Parade in Westwood Blessing of the Animals at El Pueblo State Historic Site (Olvera St.) Saturday before Easter in March or April 213-485-9769 Los Angeles County Air Show in Lancaster, CA Latin Food Festival in Santa Monica Carnaval Primavera, a four block Mardi Gras festival in Huntington Park – March or April Easter Events in LA March or April
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April Events in Los Angeles 2017
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April in Los Angeles and vicinity is a busy month as the weather warms up and more events move outside. The Renaissance Pleasure Faire begins in April and runs 7 weekends into May. Thai and Cambodian New Year celebrations stretch from Hollywood to Long Beach. It’s also a big month for baseball, soccer, horse racing and auto racing. Cinco de Mayo gets an early start in April with Fiesta Broadway, the biggest Cinco de Mayo event in the world.
Carnaval Primavera, a four block Mardi Gras festival in Huntington Park – March or April Blessing of the Animals at El Pueblo State Historic Site (Olvera St.) Saturday before Easter in March or April 213-485-9769 Easter Events in LA March or April Fantasea Magic Festival abourd the Queen Mary in Long Beach Santa Anita Derby 1st weekend of April Opening Day at Dodgers Stadium Opening Day at Angels Stadium Los Angeles Galaxy – Major League Soccer Night Nation Run – Nighttime running and music event in Costa Mesa & Anaheim Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach – 2nd weekend Topanga Earth Day Celebration – Closest Saturday to Earth Day Earth Day Celebration at the Aquarium of the Pacific 562-590-3100 California Poppy Festival in Lancaster City Park, Lancaster, 661-723-6077 Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival, 626-307-2533 Thai New Year “Songkran” Festivals around LA Cambodian New Year – multiple weekends San Dimas Festival of the Arts last weekend in April LA Times Festival of Books at USC 1-800-LATIMES ext. 7BOOK Pasadena Showcase House of Design Home and Garden Tour, mid-April to mid-May Fiesta Broadway, LA’s biggest Cinco de Mayo celebration, Last weekend in April, Downtown LA on Broadway from 1st to Olympic, 310-914-0015 Cowboy Festival in Santa Clarita, 661-286-4021 The Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, weekends from late April through mid-May
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May Events in Los Angeles 2017
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May in Los Angeles is another big month for Renaissance Fair fans with activities every weekend of the month. LA also goes Mexican in a big way for Cinco de Mayo, with numerous events that actually start in April. Mother’s Day dominates the middle of the month with lots of ways to celebrate Mom. The biggest weekend of the month is of course Memorial Day Weekend, with memorials and summer kick-off celebrations far and wide.
Renaissance Pleasure Faire and Kroneburg Old World Festival, two renaissance festivals, weekends from early April through mid-June UCLA American Indian Pow Wow, gathering of Native American dancers and drummers Orange County Marathon in Huntington Beach, end of April or beginning of May Pasadena Showcase House of Design Home and Garden Tour, mid-April to mid-May Cinco de Mayo Mexican Festival, usually the end of April to the first weekend in May Celebrate Israel Festival, Rancho Park, end of April or May Mother’s Day Events in Los Angeles Holi Festival of Colors – Indian Festival in the San Fernando Valley Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Arts Festival, The Paramount Ranch in Agoura hosts a festival of live Bluegrass music and country dancing, during the third week of May. (818) 382-4819 Amgen Tour of California Bike tour through California mid-May Long Beach Pride Celebration, 562-987-9191 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, Memorial Day Weekend More Memorial Day Weekend Events British Polo Day Benefit at Will Rogers State Park, May of odd years.
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June Events in Los Angeles 2017
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June in Los Angeles is full of summer events from outdoor concerts and theatre to family festivals. Summer Solstice is probably celebrated by more people in LA than most places. Renaissance festivities continue. The 3rd Sunday is all about Dad for Father’s Day, and there are lots of festivals that weekend that he may enjoy.
Orange County Marathon in Huntington Beach, end of April or beginning of May Kroneburg Old World Festival, weekends from early May through mid-June Santa Monica Festival, Santa Monica LA Gay Pride: Christopher Street West in West Hollywood Dia de San Juan Festival, a celebration of Puerto Rican culture in Long Beach Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl; weekend varies LA Modernism, furniture and design show The BIG Irish Fair and Music Festival at El Dorado Park in Long Beach Long Beach Bayou Festival at Rainbow Lagoon, Long Beach Summer Solstice Events in LA Mariachi USA Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, 1-800-MARIACHI Concours D’Elegance on Rodeo, vintage car show on a carpeted Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Father’s Day More Father’s Day Events in LA Long Beach International Sea Festival, A full calendar of events June through September Summer Concert Series in LA – summer concert series at venues across LA, some beginning in June Summer Family Festivals in LA – summer series for kids beginning in June Summer Theatre Festivals in LA – summer theatre series, mostly Shakespeare
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July Events in Los Angeles 2017
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July in Los Angeles kicks off the same way it does in the rest of the country, with abundant fireworks, parades and picnics for Independence Day. Summer fun continues with outdoor concerts, theatre and family fun. It’s a great time to visit Orange County for the Orange County Fair, the Laguna Beach art festivals and Pageant of the Masters and the US Open of Surfing.
July 4th Independence Day Events around Los Angeles and Orange County Old Fort MacArthur Days and Artillery Show at Fort MacArthur Military Museum at Angels Gate Park in San Pedro, 1-888-LAPARKS (527-2757) Lotus Festival of Asian and Pacific Island cultures at Echo Park Lake, 2nd weekend, 1-888-LAPARKS (527-2757) Malibu Art Festival, 310-456-9025 Pacific Islander Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific dineLA Restaurant Weeks all over LA (January & July) Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, mid-July through early August Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival in San Pedro D23 Expo – Disney Fan Expo takes place in odd-numbered years in Anaheim Laguna Beach Art Festivals, Three summer-long art festivals July and August Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach, July and August US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, end of July or beginning of August Surf Festival, Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beaches, end of July or beginning of August Long Beach International Sea Festival, A full calendar of events June through September Summer Concert Series in LA – summer concert series at venues across LA, some beginning in June Summer Family Festivals in LA – summer series for kids beginning in June Summer Theatre Festivals in LA – summer theatre series, mostly Shakespeare
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August Events in Los Angeles 2017
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August in Los Angeles is filled with Summer Concerts, Family Festival Series and Summer Theatre Festivals. The art fairs and County Fair continue in Orange County, and Long Beach hosts festivals every weekend as part of the Long Beach International Sea Festival.
Laguna Beach Art Festivals, Three summer-long art festivals July and August Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach, July and August US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, end of July, beginning of August Surf Festival, Redondo, Manhattan and Hermosa Beaches, end of July, beginning of August Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, mid-July through early August Watts Summer Festival, 323-789-7304, 2nd weekend, 103rd Street, between Compton Blvd. and Success Ave. Nisei Week, Little Tokyo, 213-687-7193 Long Beach Jazz Festival at Rainbow Lagoon Park Great Sand Sculpture Contest in Long Beach Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival, Food & Wine Magazine’s multi-event food festival in Beverly Hills, Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and Santa Monica. Fiesta La Ballona in Culver City Long Beach International Sea Festival, A full calendar of events June through September Summer Concert Series in LA – summer concert series at venues across LA, some beginning in June Summer Family Festivals in LA – summer series for kids beginning in June Summer Theatre Festivals in LA – summer theatre series, mostly Shakespeare
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September Events in Los Angeles 2017
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September in Los Angeles starts with a whole array of events over the long Labor Day Weekend heralding the end of summer – at least for kids in school. Our summer continues all the way through the month with Lobster Festivals, numerous Greek Festivals and abundant events to celebrate Mexican Independence Day and Latino Heritage Month, as well as the kick-off of Oktoberfest season in LA. Some Halloween festivities also begin as early as the beginning of September.
Labor Day Weekend Events Around Los Angeles – a full list The Taste Food & wine event in Hollywood Orange International Street Fair, City of Orange, Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend Fiesta Hermosa arts festival Labor Day weekend in Hermosa Beach Mexican Independence Celebration and Latino Heritage Month Events We Are LA Music Festival at the StubHub Center in Carson Lobster Festivals, in Long Beach and Redondo Beach Greek Festivals in Long Beach, LA, Arcadia, Covina and more. Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona Watts Towers Day of the Drum & Jazz Fest, South Los Angeles Abbot Kinney Festival, Music, arts and crafts festival on Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice Oktoberfest Events in LA and OC begin in early September and run through October Brazilian Day LA at La Brea Tar Pits, September or October Feast of San Gennaro Italian Festival in Hollywood TarFest, film, theatre, visual and performing arts festival on Museum Row Ponte Winery Annual Grape Stomp in Temecula Halloween Events Around LA start in September
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October Events in Los Angeles 2017
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In Los Angeles, Oktoberfest continues all the way through October, unlike in Munich. However, the city is really overtaken for the entire month by everything Halloween, from theme park events to haunted houses and pumpkin patches. October is also the month for celebrating Soul and Seoul in Los Angeles.
Oktoberfest Events in LA and OC begin in early September and run through October Guide to Halloween Events Around LA – a complete overview from pumpkin patches to club parties Los Angeles Korean Festival at Seoul International Park, LA; 213-487-9696 Los Angeles Lithuanian Fair; 818-701-7977 Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture at Echo Park in LA; 213-380-3722 Brazilian Day LA at La Brea Tar Pits, September or October Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival, three weekends; 760-323-1171 Taste of Encino; 818-879-4711 Long Beach Marathon LA Taste of Soul Festival, South LA Street Fair National Hockey League, Los Angeles Kings Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Disney’s HalloweenTime Knott’s Scary Farm Queen Mary Dark Harbor Magic Mountain Fright Fest West Hollywood Halloween Carnival; 323-848-6400 Halloween Events for Kids in LA and OC Best Halloween Haunted Houses in LA Pumpkin Patches in Los Angeles and OC Halloween Masquerades, Fetish Balls and Nightclub Parties Halloween Carnivals and Festivals Halloween Shows and Performances in LA Day of the Dead Events Around Los Angeles
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November Events in Los Angeles 2017
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November in Los Angeles arrives with some impressive Day of the Dead celebrations, and gives way quickly to the city’s many Christmas traditions, with just a quick blip on the calendar to acknowledge Thanksgiving. November is also a great month for exploring Native American culture in Los Angeles with two of the largest events of the year.
Day of the Dead Activities Around Los Angeles Night Nation Run – Nighttime running and music event at Irwindale Event Center Doo Dah Parade, the Parade Unorganizers present this irreverent un-Rose Bowl parade, as a Doo Dah-style parody of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Old Town at Raymond Avenue and Holly Street. (626) 440-7379 Outdoor Ice Skating rinks open all over LA. American Indian Arts Marketplace at the Autry National Center; 323-667-2000 Mariachi Plaza Festival at Mariachi Plaza in East Los Angeles, (323) 466-1156 Southern California Indian Center Pow Wow in Costa Mesa Thanksgiving in LA Hollywood Christmas Parade, Sunday after Thanksgiving. Los Angeles Christmas Traditions begin early in November. Christmas Plays and Performances also begin in November Holiday Shopping Events and Tree Lighting Ceremonies The Nutcracker Ballet Performances in LA Disneyland Christmas Fantasy CHILL at the Queen Mary winter attraction Knott’s Merry Farm holiday celebration Magic Mountain Holiday in the Park holiday celebration LA Zoo Lights holiday celebration
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December Events in Los Angeles 2017
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December is a great time to visit Los Angeles. The city and theme parks are decked out for the holidays, carolers fill the malls and there are shows and spectacles galore to keep locals and visitors entertained.
Christmas Events in Los Angeles Disneyland Christmas Fantasy Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Magic Mountain Knott’s Merry Farm holiday event at Knott’s Berry Farm LA Zoo Lights holiday event at the LA Zoo CHILL at the Queen Mary winter holiday event Outdoor Ice Skating at rinks around LA Holiday Shopping Events and Tree Lighting Ceremonies Christmas Concerts and Caroling Events Pasadena Holiday Look In Home Tour first weekend in December Grinchmas at Universal Studios Hollywood Festival Navideño de la Calle Ocho staged on 8th Street at Normandie Avenue in Los Angeles, more than 50,000 Latinos and other celebrants gather at this free festival with arts and crafts, live music, carnival rides, food samples and more. (323) 962-4735. Christmas Boat Parades in LA and Orange Counties Victorian Christmas Celebration at Banning House in Wilmington; 1-888-LA PARKS (527-2757) Hanukkah Events at various locations around LA Las Posadas at El Pueblo Historic Site; 213-485-9769 The Nutcracker Ballet at LA and OC theatres Holiday Plays in LA and OC L.A. County Holiday Celebration, annual all-day Christmas Eve performance by 35 cultural performance groups LA’s Most Unusual Holiday Traditions New Year’s Eve Events
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Arch Oboler Gate House and Eleanor's Retreat by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Arch Oboler Gate House and Eleanor's Retreat by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Arch Oboler Gate House, 1940
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In the 1940s, radio and television personality Arch Oboler and his wife Eleanor set out to create an estate called “Eaglefeather” on the 360-acre lot they owned in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu.
Their grand plans included a house, a film-processing studio, stables, and paddock, along with other structures. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to do the design.
Unfortunately, the Oboler’s dream was never realized. World War II created shortages that made construction difficult. According to architect E. Fay Rippon, the Obolers stopped working on the project because their son died on the construction site, but Oboler’s waxing and waning fortunes may have also played a part in the project’s demise.
The gatehouse was built first in 1940. It appears in Oboler’s film Five. The next year, a small studio was built for Eleanor on a nearby hilltop (you can see it in the next picture). Eventually, the gatehouse was expanded to its current size.
This structure is the only example of Wright’s desert rubblestone construction in southern California. Oboler enjoyed collecting rocks as a hobby and gathered many of the stones himself, from as far away as Arizona.
The Obolers lived in the gatehouse until 1987, and it has had a few owners since then. In 2017, real estate website Zillow estimated its value at $3.7 million. The lot covers 79 acres, and the two-bedroom house is listed at 2,486 square feet.
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Eleanor’s Retreat, 1941 – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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Eleanor’s Retreat was one of only two structures built out of a grander plan created for 1940s radio and television personality Arch Oboler and his wife, Eleanor. You can read more about it on the previous page.
This small studio created for Eleanor stands on a hilltop near the gatehouse.
I apologize for the tree in the foreground of this image. The photographer should have listened to her driver/spouse who kept saying that this little place was also a Wright design and made a better effort to get a clear shot, and I’m lucky I captured it at all.
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What You Need to Know About the Oboler Property
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The gatehouse and Eleanor’s Retreat are located at:
32436 Mulholland Highway Malibu, CA
This location is about 10 miles inland from the center of Malibu. The buildings are a private residence and not open for tours, but you can see them from the road.
Even though you can’t see the interiors and some were never built, you can see a collection of Wright’s original drawings for the entire estate on this Facebook page.
More of the Wright Sites
The Gate House and Eleanor’s Retreat are among nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
The Arch Oboler Gate House is one of a few California properties that Wright designed using desert rubble construction, a style he first used in Arizona at Taliesin West. These are the other California examples: Berger House, and the Pilgrim Congregational Church.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
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Arch Oboler Gate House and Eleanor's Retreat by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Arch Oboler Gate House and Eleanor's Retreat by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Arch Oboler Gate House, 1940
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In the 1940s, radio and television personality Arch Oboler and his wife Eleanor set out to create an estate called “Eaglefeather” on the 360-acre lot they owned in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu.
Their grand plans included a house, a film-processing studio, stables, and paddock, along with other structures. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to do the design.
Unfortunately, the Oboler’s dream was never realized. World War II created shortages that made construction difficult. According to architect E. Fay Rippon, the Obolers stopped working on the project because their son died on the construction site, but Oboler’s waxing and waning fortunes may have also played a part in the project’s demise.
The gatehouse was built first in 1940. It appears in Oboler’s film Five. The next year, a small studio was built for Eleanor on a nearby hilltop (you can see it in the next picture). Eventually, the gatehouse was expanded to its current size.
This structure is the only example of Wright’s desert rubblestone construction in southern California. Oboler enjoyed collecting rocks as a hobby and gathered many of the stones himself, from as far away as Arizona.
The Obolers lived in the gatehouse until 1987, and it has had a few owners since then. In 2017, real estate website Zillow estimated its value at $3.7 million. The lot covers 79 acres, and the two-bedroom house is listed at 2,486 square feet.
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Eleanor’s Retreat, 1941 – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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Eleanor’s Retreat was one of only two structures built out of a grander plan created for 1940s radio and television personality Arch Oboler and his wife, Eleanor. You can read more about it on the previous page.
This small studio created for Eleanor stands on a hilltop near the gatehouse.
I apologize for the tree in the foreground of this image. The photographer should have listened to her driver/spouse who kept saying that this little place was also a Wright design and made a better effort to get a clear shot, and I’m lucky I captured it at all.
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What You Need to Know About the Oboler Property
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The gatehouse and Eleanor’s Retreat are located at:
32436 Mulholland Highway Malibu, CA
This location is about 10 miles inland from the center of Malibu. The buildings are a private residence and not open for tours, but you can see them from the road.
Even though you can’t see the interiors and some were never built, you can see a collection of Wright’s original drawings for the entire estate on this Facebook page.
More of the Wright Sites
The Gate House and Eleanor’s Retreat are among nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
The Arch Oboler Gate House is one of a few California properties that Wright designed using desert rubble construction, a style he first used in Arizona at Taliesin West. These are the other California examples: Berger House, and the Pilgrim Congregational Church.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
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Millard House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Millard House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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George and Alice Millard House, 1923
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This home in Pasadena is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most groundbreaking designs. Created in 1923 for rare book dealers George and Alice Millard, it was Wright’s first attempt at modular building.
The house is most often called the Millard House, but it also has the name La Miniatura.
La Miniatura is on three levels, with a double-height living room. It occupies 4,230 square feet and has four bedrooms, four baths, kitchen, living room and a formal dining room. A studio was added in 1926, designed by Wright’s son Lloyd.
Mrs. Millard contributed a few elements to the design. Given Wright’s tendency to resist others’ inputs, we can only imagine the discussions that preceded including of an ornate fire screen, wooden doors and 18th-century Delft tiles in the bathrooms.
Like many Wright projects, it overran its initial budget of $10,000, costing nearly $17,000 in the end. According to public records, it last sold in 2015 for $3.65 million. You can check its current value and status on Zillow.
You’ll get to see a bunch of great photos of the house here in the website created by its realtor when it was on sale. Wright’s original elevation drawing is here, and you can also see what it looked like during construction.
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More About La Miniatura – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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Breaking away from his more traditional Prairie style houses and the beginning of the so-called “textile block” period. Wright challenged himself to do something with concrete, which he called “the cheapest (and ugliest) thing in the building world.”
To make the concrete blocks for the MIllard House, he used sand, gravel, and minerals found on the property and molded them into highly sculptured building blocks. Following his ideas of organic architecture, he also thought the earth-toned concrete would blend with the site its materials came from. The motif for the blocks is a modernized pre-Columbian design with a cross in the center and a square in each corner.
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What You Need to Know About La Miniatura
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The Alice Millard House is located at:
645 Prospect Crescent Pasadena, CA
The house is a private residence and not open for tours. From the street, you can see and appreciate the textile blocks and part of the structure, but much of it is hidden behind fences and gates.
More of the Wright Sites
Millard House is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
Wright designed only four California structures like the Millard House, using intricately patterned concrete “textile blocks.” They’re all in Southern California: Ennis House, Storer House, and the Samuel Freeman House.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
The neighborhood near this house is full of Arts and Crafts-style homes which are a pleasure to see, and it’s just a few blocks from the Greene and Greene masterpiece Gamble House.
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
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Millard House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Millard House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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George and Alice Millard House, 1923
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This home in Pasadena is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most groundbreaking designs. Created in 1923 for rare book dealers George and Alice Millard, it was Wright’s first attempt at modular building.
The house is most often called the Millard House, but it also has the name La Miniatura.
La Miniatura is on three levels, with a double-height living room. It occupies 4,230 square feet and has four bedrooms, four baths, kitchen, living room and a formal dining room. A studio was added in 1926, designed by Wright’s son Lloyd.
Mrs. Millard contributed a few elements to the design. Given Wright’s tendency to resist others’ inputs, we can only imagine the discussions that preceded including of an ornate fire screen, wooden doors and 18th-century Delft tiles in the bathrooms.
Like many Wright projects, it overran its initial budget of $10,000, costing nearly $17,000 in the end. According to public records, it last sold in 2015 for $3.65 million. You can check its current value and status on Zillow.
You’ll get to see a bunch of great photos of the house here in the website created by its realtor when it was on sale. Wright’s original elevation drawing is here, and you can also see what it looked like during construction.
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More About La Miniatura – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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Breaking away from his more traditional Prairie style houses and the beginning of the so-called “textile block” period. Wright challenged himself to do something with concrete, which he called “the cheapest (and ugliest) thing in the building world.”
To make the concrete blocks for the MIllard House, he used sand, gravel, and minerals found on the property and molded them into highly sculptured building blocks. Following his ideas of organic architecture, he also thought the earth-toned concrete would blend with the site its materials came from. The motif for the blocks is a modernized pre-Columbian design with a cross in the center and a square in each corner.
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What You Need to Know About La Miniatura
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The Alice Millard House is located at:
645 Prospect Crescent Pasadena, CA
The house is a private residence and not open for tours. From the street, you can see and appreciate the textile blocks and part of the structure, but much of it is hidden behind fences and gates.
More of the Wright Sites
Millard House is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
Wright designed only four California structures like the Millard House, using intricately patterned concrete “textile blocks.” They’re all in Southern California: Ennis House, Storer House, and the Samuel Freeman House.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
The neighborhood near this house is full of Arts and Crafts-style homes which are a pleasure to see, and it’s just a few blocks from the Greene and Greene masterpiece Gamble House.
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
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Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Mabel and Charles Ennis House, 1923
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Designed for Mabel and Charles Ennis in 1923 and completed in 1925, the Ennis House was Frank Lloyd Wright’s last Los Angeles-area textile block-style projects and the largest. Ennis lived in the house for only a few years before he died. His widow sold it in 1936. After passing through five owners, it was purchased by Augustus Oliver Brown, who lived in it for many years, opened it for tours and donated it for public use. For a time, it was called the Ennis-Brown House in his honor.
In Architectural Digest (October 1979) Thomas Heinz writes: “Wright transforms cold industrial concrete to a warm decorative material used as a frame for interior features like windows and fireplaces as well as columns.”
Ennis House is large (6,200 square feet), built on a hillside, a site that has caused it much trouble. It consists of the main house and a separate chauffeur’s quarters, made from more than 27,000 concrete blocks; all made by hand using decomposed granite taken from the site.
The 1994 Northridge earthquake and 2005’s heavy rainfall severely damaged its underpinnings. A retaining wall collapsed, and the Ennis House closed to the public. For a time, its continued existence was in doubt, but as of mid-2001, it has a new owner who is committed to its restoration. He has agreed to open it to the public for a minimum of 12 days per year.
Meanwhile, you can see some photos of it here.
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More About the Ennis House – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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Sited on a hillside overlooking the city of Los Angeles, Wright’s last and largest textile block house in Los Angeles commands attention even from the street below it.
Its eye-catching presence has not been lost on the Hollywood film industry, and it has starred in many movies. It may be best known as the place where Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) lived in the 1982 film Blade Runner, but it has also appeared in countless films, television shows, commercials and photo shoots.
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What You Need to Know About Ennis House
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The Ennis House is located at:
2655 Glendower Avenue Los Angeles, CA
The house is a private residence and not open for tours at this time. Be respectful and don’t go climbing over the fence or under the gate just to get that selfie you think you can’t live without.
In fact, the best way to get a clear view fo the Ennis House is from the grounds of the Hollyhock House, although you will need binoculars to get a good look.
More of the Wright Sites
The Ennis House is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
It is also one of Wright’s designs which are on the National Register of Historic Places. Others include the Anderton Court Shops, Hollyhock House, Samuel Freeman House, Hanna House, Marin Civic Center, the Millard House, and the Storer House.
Wright designed only four California structures like the Ennis House using intricately patterned concrete “textile blocks.” They’re all in Southern California: Storer House, Millard House (La Miniatura), and the Samuel Freeman House.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
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Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Mabel and Charles Ennis House, 1923
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Designed for Mabel and Charles Ennis in 1923 and completed in 1925, the Ennis House was Frank Lloyd Wright’s last Los Angeles-area textile block-style projects and the largest. Ennis lived in the house for only a few years before he died. His widow sold it in 1936. After passing through five owners, it was purchased by Augustus Oliver Brown, who lived in it for many years, opened it for tours and donated it for public use. For a time, it was called the Ennis-Brown House in his honor.
In Architectural Digest (October 1979) Thomas Heinz writes: “Wright transforms cold industrial concrete to a warm decorative material used as a frame for interior features like windows and fireplaces as well as columns.”
Ennis House is large (6,200 square feet), built on a hillside, a site that has caused it much trouble. It consists of the main house and a separate chauffeur’s quarters, made from more than 27,000 concrete blocks; all made by hand using decomposed granite taken from the site.
The 1994 Northridge earthquake and 2005’s heavy rainfall severely damaged its underpinnings. A retaining wall collapsed, and the Ennis House closed to the public. For a time, its continued existence was in doubt, but as of mid-2001, it has a new owner who is committed to its restoration. He has agreed to open it to the public for a minimum of 12 days per year.
Meanwhile, you can see some photos of it here.
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More About the Ennis House – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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Sited on a hillside overlooking the city of Los Angeles, Wright’s last and largest textile block house in Los Angeles commands attention even from the street below it.
Its eye-catching presence has not been lost on the Hollywood film industry, and it has starred in many movies. It may be best known as the place where Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) lived in the 1982 film Blade Runner, but it has also appeared in countless films, television shows, commercials and photo shoots.
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What You Need to Know About Ennis House
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The Ennis House is located at:
2655 Glendower Avenue Los Angeles, CA
The house is a private residence and not open for tours at this time. Be respectful and don’t go climbing over the fence or under the gate just to get that selfie you think you can’t live without.
In fact, the best way to get a clear view fo the Ennis House is from the grounds of the Hollyhock House, although you will need binoculars to get a good look.
More of the Wright Sites
The Ennis House is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
It is also one of Wright’s designs which are on the National Register of Historic Places. Others include the Anderton Court Shops, Hollyhock House, Samuel Freeman House, Hanna House, Marin Civic Center, the Millard House, and the Storer House.
Wright designed only four California structures like the Ennis House using intricately patterned concrete “textile blocks.” They’re all in Southern California: Storer House, Millard House (La Miniatura), and the Samuel Freeman House.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
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Pearce House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Wilbur C. Pearce House, 1950
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This house at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains is made of simple concrete block, with a dramatic, cantilevered roof covering the carport. It was built in 1950 on a hillside site that has panoramic views.
Wilbur Pearce was a businessman who moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s to work for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Pearce and his wife, an art teacher had met Wright when they lived in Akron and talked with him about their move to California. When they got to California, they contacted him and commissioned a design.
Wright drafted plans in 1955 and construction began in 1955.
From the street, the house looks disappointingly ordinary, but if you see a few photos and a floorplan at SaveWright.org and in the article mentioned below, it begins to look anything but that.
The style is basically Usonian but takes advantage of the sun in a unique way. Its curved south face lets the some come in all day long. The polished concrete floors are Wright’s typical Cherokee Red, inscribed into squares.
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More About the Pearce House – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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The house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms and occupies 1,988 square feet. The small entry area keeps visitors from lingering there and moves them quickly inside. The layout is three sections. The central workspace is rectangular in shape and opens onto a terrace. The living room has one curved wall facing the promenade, and the wing containing bedrooms and bath have curved front and back walls. A workshop sits next to the carport.
The house is built of concrete block and has a carport with a dramatic cantilevered roof, which not only looks good but has no walls or posts to back into, an advantage for anyone with poor parking skills.
The house is still owned by the Pearce family, according to a 2013 article in South Bay Digs. Current owner Konrad Pearce is the original owner’s grandson and is working to restore the house, saying that when his father transferred it to him, he didn’t ask questions but knew it was something he had to do.
If you want to know more about Usonian architecture, try this article that explains it – or read Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Houses by Carla Lind.
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What You Need to Know About the Pearce House
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The Pearce House is at:
5 Bradbury Hills Road Bradbury, CA (about 12 miles east of Pasadena)
The Bradbury House is a private residence and no tours are given. It is in the gated Woodlyn Lane community and you can’t even drive by. I was lucky enough to drive by one day when the gates were open with no guard at the gate, but haven’t seen that again since.
More of the Wright Sites
The Pearce House is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest around LA include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
Pasadena is also nearby and well-known for its Arts and Crafts architecture. You can take yourself on a tour of that and more using this guide from the Visitor’s Bureau.
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Wilbur C. Pearce House, 1950
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This house at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains is made of simple concrete block, with a dramatic, cantilevered roof covering the carport. It was built in 1950 on a hillside site that has panoramic views.
Wilbur Pearce was a businessman who moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s to work for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Pearce and his wife, an art teacher had met Wright when they lived in Akron and talked with him about their move to California. When they got to California, they contacted him and commissioned a design.
Wright drafted plans in 1955 and construction began in 1955.
From the street, the house looks disappointingly ordinary, but if you see a few photos and a floorplan at SaveWright.org and in the article mentioned below, it begins to look anything but that.
The style is basically Usonian but takes advantage of the sun in a unique way. Its curved south face lets the some come in all day long. The polished concrete floors are Wright’s typical Cherokee Red, inscribed into squares.
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More About the Pearce House – and More of California’s Wright Sites
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The house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms and occupies 1,988 square feet. The small entry area keeps visitors from lingering there and moves them quickly inside. The layout is three sections. The central workspace is rectangular in shape and opens onto a terrace. The living room has one curved wall facing the promenade, and the wing containing bedrooms and bath have curved front and back walls. A workshop sits next to the carport.
The house is built of concrete block and has a carport with a dramatic cantilevered roof, which not only looks good but has no walls or posts to back into, an advantage for anyone with poor parking skills.
The house is still owned by the Pearce family, according to a 2013 article in South Bay Digs. Current owner Konrad Pearce is the original owner’s grandson and is working to restore the house, saying that when his father transferred it to him, he didn’t ask questions but knew it was something he had to do.
If you want to know more about Usonian architecture, try this article that explains it – or read Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Houses by Carla Lind.
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What You Need to Know About the Pearce House
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The Pearce House is at:
5 Bradbury Hills Road Bradbury, CA (about 12 miles east of Pasadena)
The Bradbury House is a private residence and no tours are given. It is in the gated Woodlyn Lane community and you can’t even drive by. I was lucky enough to drive by one day when the gates were open with no guard at the gate, but haven’t seen that again since.
More of the Wright Sites
The Pearce House is one of nine Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures in the Los Angeles area. Use the guide to Wright Sites in Los Angeles to find the rest.
Wright’s work isn’t all in the Los Angeles area. The San Francisco area is also home to eight of them, including two of his most important works. Use the guide to Frank Lloyd Wright in the San Francisco area to find them.You’ll also find several houses, a church, and a medical clinic in some of the most unexpected places. Here’s where to find Wright sites in the rest of California.
Don’t be confused if you find more “Wright” sites in the LA area than are mentioned in our guide. Lloyd Wright (son of the famous Frank) also has an impressive portfolio that includes Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, the John Sowden House and the original bandshell for the Hollywood Bowl.
More to See Nearby
If you’re an architecture lover, check this list of famous Los Angeles houses that are open to the public, including Richard Neutra’s VDL house, the Eames house (home of designers Charles and Ray Eames), and Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House.
Other sites of particular architectural interest around LA include the Disney Concert Hall and Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles, Richard Meier’s Getty Center, the iconic Capitol Records Building, Cesar Pelli’s boldly colored geometric Pacific Design Center.
Pasadena is also nearby and well-known for its Arts and Crafts architecture. You can take yourself on a tour of that and more using this guide from the Visitor’s Bureau.
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles
Although Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and The Shops on Rodeo Drive are popular attractions in Los Angeles, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Angeles houses are also must-see gems in this famous metropolis.
You can tour only one of them. The rest are private homes not open to the public, but that won’t stop you from driving by and getting a look at them from the street.
Some of them perch atop the Hollywood Hills with magnificent views of the city below.
Others are in an elegant area of Pasadena that any architecture lover will enjoy.
You can see all of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Angeles houses in a well-planned day. If you only have a couple of hours to spare, opt for the Hollyhock House where you can take a guided tour.
Hollyhock House
Named after original owner Aline Barnsdall’s favorite flower, Hollyhock House was just part of a living and arts complex set on 36 acres. It was Wright’s first commission in Los Angeles and one of his first open floor plans.
Today, the house recognized by the American Institute of Architects as one of the seventeen Wright buildings that are representative of his contribution to American culture. The main house is open for tours, and three other buildings still stand on the site: the main house, the garage and chauffeur’s quarters, and the so-called Residence A, which was built for artists’ living quarters.
Get an in-depth look at it and find out how to visit the Hollyhock House.
Anderton Court Shops
The Rodeo Drive shops called Anderton Court are a little-known Wright design and not widely recognized as one of his better works. Multiple modifications obscure the original facade, but you can still see hints of the tower designs he repeated in other structures.
Today it is home to a few small offices and a salon.
See it and check its slightly scandalous history here.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Sites in the Los Angeles Area
Everything else Wright in Los Angeles is not open for public visits. However, most of these structures can be seen from a respectful distance on the street or sidewalk.
Taken together, they are a perfect representation of Wright’s architectural philosophy, with examples of almost every style except his earliest. You can tour them on a round trip in the order listed.
Ennis House: (2607 Glendower Ave, Los Angeles) This large and lovely home is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also a Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Monument and a California State Landmark. After some devastating damage and a long search for the right buyer, the house is under renovation. After the project is complete, it will be open to the public a few days per year, but don’t expect that to be soon.
Freeman House: (1962 Glencoe Way, Los Angeles) This house is one of three textile block houses Wright designed in the Hollywood Hills in the 1920s.
Storer House: (8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles) Hollywood is known for drama, and this house certainly deserves the adjective “dramatic.” Although Wright believed in designing structures that blended seamlessly into their surroundings, this 3,000-square-foot house does anything but.
Sturges House: (449 N. Skyewiay Rd., Brentwood Heights) This 1939 house was Wright’s first Usonian-style structure on the West Coast, a design that seems to grow out of the side of the hill. It is similar in some ways to Wright’s famous Fallingwater in southwest Pennsylvania.
Arch Oboler Gatehouse and Eleanor’s Retreat: (32436 West Mulholland Highway, Malibu) It started as the grand “Eaglefeather” project that included a studio, house, stables and more but only a gatehouse and a small studio were built. It’s the only example of desert rubblestone construction (the same style Wright used at Taliesin West) in southern California.
Millard House / La Miniatura: (645 Prospect Crescent, Pasadena) This property sits on an acre of gardens and offers beautiful views. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wilbur C. Pearce House: (5 Bradbury Hills Road, Bradbury) This house is a bit of mystery and nearly inaccessible, inside a gated community. It’s listed as a Frank Lloyd Wright design but doesn’t look like one. And it’s almost impossible to get through the gates to see it unless you live there.
If you love Frank Lloyd Wright enough to call yourself an architecture geek, you may want to see more. You can find Wright houses and structures in the San Francisco area and more Wright sites in some of the oddest places in California.
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles
Although Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and The Shops on Rodeo Drive are popular attractions in Los Angeles, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Angeles houses are also must-see gems in this famous metropolis.
You can tour only one of them. The rest are private homes not open to the public, but that won’t stop you from driving by and getting a look at them from the street.
Some of them perch atop the Hollywood Hills with magnificent views of the city below.
Others are in an elegant area of Pasadena that any architecture lover will enjoy.
You can see all of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Angeles houses in a well-planned day. If you only have a couple of hours to spare, opt for the Hollyhock House where you can take a guided tour.
Hollyhock House
Named after original owner Aline Barnsdall’s favorite flower, Hollyhock House was just part of a living and arts complex set on 36 acres. It was Wright’s first commission in Los Angeles and one of his first open floor plans.
Today, the house recognized by the American Institute of Architects as one of the seventeen Wright buildings that are representative of his contribution to American culture. The main house is open for tours, and three other buildings still stand on the site: the main house, the garage and chauffeur’s quarters, and the so-called Residence A, which was built for artists’ living quarters.
Get an in-depth look at it and find out how to visit the Hollyhock House.
Anderton Court Shops
The Rodeo Drive shops called Anderton Court are a little-known Wright design and not widely recognized as one of his better works. Multiple modifications obscure the original facade, but you can still see hints of the tower designs he repeated in other structures.
Today it is home to a few small offices and a salon.
See it and check its slightly scandalous history here.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Sites in the Los Angeles Area
Everything else Wright in Los Angeles is not open for public visits. However, most of these structures can be seen from a respectful distance on the street or sidewalk.
Taken together, they are a perfect representation of Wright’s architectural philosophy, with examples of almost every style except his earliest. You can tour them on a round trip in the order listed.
Ennis House: (2607 Glendower Ave, Los Angeles) This large and lovely home is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also a Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Monument and a California State Landmark. After some devastating damage and a long search for the right buyer, the house is under renovation. After the project is complete, it will be open to the public a few days per year, but don’t expect that to be soon.
Freeman House: (1962 Glencoe Way, Los Angeles) This house is one of three textile block houses Wright designed in the Hollywood Hills in the 1920s.
Storer House: (8161 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles) Hollywood is known for drama, and this house certainly deserves the adjective “dramatic.” Although Wright believed in designing structures that blended seamlessly into their surroundings, this 3,000-square-foot house does anything but.
Sturges House: (449 N. Skyewiay Rd., Brentwood Heights) This 1939 house was Wright’s first Usonian-style structure on the West Coast, a design that seems to grow out of the side of the hill. It is similar in some ways to Wright’s famous Fallingwater in southwest Pennsylvania.
Arch Oboler Gatehouse and Eleanor’s Retreat: (32436 West Mulholland Highway, Malibu) It started as the grand “Eaglefeather” project that included a studio, house, stables and more but only a gatehouse and a small studio were built. It’s the only example of desert rubblestone construction (the same style Wright used at Taliesin West) in southern California.
Millard House / La Miniatura: (645 Prospect Crescent, Pasadena) This property sits on an acre of gardens and offers beautiful views. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wilbur C. Pearce House: (5 Bradbury Hills Road, Bradbury) This house is a bit of mystery and nearly inaccessible, inside a gated community. It’s listed as a Frank Lloyd Wright design but doesn’t look like one. And it’s almost impossible to get through the gates to see it unless you live there.
If you love Frank Lloyd Wright enough to call yourself an architecture geek, you may want to see more. You can find Wright houses and structures in the San Francisco area and more Wright sites in some of the oddest places in California.
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Grand Canyon From Los Angeles
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Grand Canyon From Los Angeles
Given that the Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, it’s not surprising that people visiting Los Angeles from other countries want to try to fit it in – even if it’s 420 miles away. There are a number of ways to get from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon. To facilitate this bucket list side trip, transportation companies have scheduled trips out of LA to allow you to accomplish the trip in as little as one day.
Flights, trains and buses from Los Angeles all take you to Flagstaff, Arizona, the closest city where you can book a shuttle, land tour, air tour or hiking tour of the Grand Canyon, or rent a car to explore on your own. Flagstaff is the access point for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, which is the most commonly visited and more developed area. Driving or taking a specialty tour is pretty much the only way to visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Considering the time it takes to get across Los Angeles to an airport, the need to check in an hour before your flight, the fact that all flights require a transfer, and you still have to travel the hour from Flagstaff to the Canyon, it may actually be faster to drive than to fly, but you have to stay awake for the 8 hour drive. Bus and train options can take up to 15 hours, but travel overnight so you can sleep.
There are places to stay in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim, including lodges overlooking the Canyon and campgrounds nearby.
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Flyng from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon
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American Airlines is the only airline that flies into Flagstaff Pullman Airport, which is the closest commercial airport to the Grand Canyon. All flights go through Phoenix, with travel times ranging from about three hours to seven or eight hours or even longer depending on layover time. Early morning flights in the 6:00 hour are offered from all LA area airports to Phoenix and from there to Flagstaff, where you can catch a shuttle or take a tour to the Grand Canyon. You can catch a flight back to Los Angeles the same evening, or if you want to explore more, you can rent a car in Flagstaff to drive to the Grand Canyon and spend the night either in Flagstaff or in any of a number of hotels nearer the Canyon.
Tickets range from $350 to $600 round trip for an economy seat, depending on the season and availability.
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Taking the Train from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon
Amtrak runs a night train service from Union Station to Flagstaff. It leaves LA at around 6 pm and gets into Flagstaff around 5:30 am the nest morning. Tickets are $58 to $139 each direction for a coach seat, depending on how far in advance it’s booked, or $206 to $398 each way for a Superliner Roomette, which can accommodate two passengers with fold down berths and meals included. The return train departs Flagstaff at about 10 pm and gets back to LA shortly after 8 am.
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Buses from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon
Greyhound offers bus service to Flagstaff for $68 to $89 with buses departing at various times. Some routes require a transfer in Phoenix and some are direct. Buses take between just over 11 hours to almost 13 hours.
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Driving from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon – South Rim
If you don’t have a car, you can rent a car in Los Angeles to drive to the Grand Canyon. Depending on traffic, you could drive straight there in about 8 hours. Depending on your starting point, you can take Interstate 10 from the West Side or Downtown LA, Interstate 210 from the Valley, or State Route 91 from the southern beach cities or North Orange County. Traveling east, all of those lead to Interstate 15 North toward Las Vegas. In Barstow, exit to Interstate 40 East toward Flagstaff. Before you reach Flagstaff, you’ll hit AZ 64 North, which will take you to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
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Driving from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon – North Rim
Most first time visitors and people short on time visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, which is much more developed, including numerous lodges and camping options at Grand Canyon village, and it’s closer to LA. However, if you’ve already seen the south rim or you want to escape the crowds, more amenities have been added to the North Rim in recent years including a couple remote lodges with a shuttle to hiking trails.
The route from LA to the North Rim departs LA the same way, but stays on Interstate 15 through Las Vegas and another hour and a half beyond to Washington, UT, where you exit on Route 9 East/State St to UT 59 South, which becomes AZ 389 South. In Fredonia, turn right on AZ 89A South. Turn right on Route AZ 67 South (Grand Canyon Highway) at the Kaibob Plateau Visitor Center, where you’ll also find the Jacob Lake Inn and restaurant and the last gas station on the way to the North Rim. The North Rim is not accessible in winter when Route 67 is closed for the…MORE
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3-Day Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Tour from Los Angeles
The 3-Day Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Tour takes you to Las Vegas via luxury coach from Los Angeles. You spend the rest of the first day entertaining yourself in Las Vegas. On the second day, you travel another 4 hours to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where you’ll stop at multiple viewpoints to take photos before having a buffet lunch in the Kaibab National Forest on the way back to Las Vegas. You have another morning to explore Las Vegas before heading back to Los Angeles.
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2-Day Grand Canyon Tour from Los Angeles
The 2-Day Grand Canyon Tour from LA is a quick luxury coach tour that gives you a half day in Las Vegas and an air tour of the Grand Canyon. You get to see a lot more of the Canyon from the air, but you don’t get those selfies from the Rim.
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Grand Canyon From Los Angeles
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Grand Canyon From Los Angeles
Given that the Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, it’s not surprising that people visiting Los Angeles from other countries want to try to fit it in – even if it’s 420 miles away. There are a number of ways to get from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon. To facilitate this bucket list side trip, transportation companies have scheduled trips out of LA to allow you to accomplish the trip in as little as one day.
Flights, trains and buses from Los Angeles all take you to Flagstaff, Arizona, the closest city where you can book a shuttle, land tour, air tour or hiking tour of the Grand Canyon, or rent a car to explore on your own. Flagstaff is the access point for the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, which is the most commonly visited and more developed area. Driving or taking a specialty tour is pretty much the only way to visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Considering the time it takes to get across Los Angeles to an airport, the need to check in an hour before your flight, the fact that all flights require a transfer, and you still have to travel the hour from Flagstaff to the Canyon, it may actually be faster to drive than to fly, but you have to stay awake for the 8 hour drive. Bus and train options can take up to 15 hours, but travel overnight so you can sleep.
There are places to stay in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim, including lodges overlooking the Canyon and campgrounds nearby.
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Flyng from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon
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American Airlines is the only airline that flies into Flagstaff Pullman Airport, which is the closest commercial airport to the Grand Canyon. All flights go through Phoenix, with travel times ranging from about three hours to seven or eight hours or even longer depending on layover time. Early morning flights in the 6:00 hour are offered from all LA area airports to Phoenix and from there to Flagstaff, where you can catch a shuttle or take a tour to the Grand Canyon. You can catch a flight back to Los Angeles the same evening, or if you want to explore more, you can rent a car in Flagstaff to drive to the Grand Canyon and spend the night either in Flagstaff or in any of a number of hotels nearer the Canyon.
Tickets range from $350 to $600 round trip for an economy seat, depending on the season and availability.
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Taking the Train from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon
Amtrak runs a night train service from Union Station to Flagstaff. It leaves LA at around 6 pm and gets into Flagstaff around 5:30 am the nest morning. Tickets are $58 to $139 each direction for a coach seat, depending on how far in advance it’s booked, or $206 to $398 each way for a Superliner Roomette, which can accommodate two passengers with fold down berths and meals included. The return train departs Flagstaff at about 10 pm and gets back to LA shortly after 8 am.
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Buses from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon
Greyhound offers bus service to Flagstaff for $68 to $89 with buses departing at various times. Some routes require a transfer in Phoenix and some are direct. Buses take between just over 11 hours to almost 13 hours.
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Driving from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon – South Rim
If you don’t have a car, you can rent a car in Los Angeles to drive to the Grand Canyon. Depending on traffic, you could drive straight there in about 8 hours. Depending on your starting point, you can take Interstate 10 from the West Side or Downtown LA, Interstate 210 from the Valley, or State Route 91 from the southern beach cities or North Orange County. Traveling east, all of those lead to Interstate 15 North toward Las Vegas. In Barstow, exit to Interstate 40 East toward Flagstaff. Before you reach Flagstaff, you’ll hit AZ 64 North, which will take you to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
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Driving from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon – North Rim
Most first time visitors and people short on time visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, which is much more developed, including numerous lodges and camping options at Grand Canyon village, and it’s closer to LA. However, if you’ve already seen the south rim or you want to escape the crowds, more amenities have been added to the North Rim in recent years including a couple remote lodges with a shuttle to hiking trails.
The route from LA to the North Rim departs LA the same way, but stays on Interstate 15 through Las Vegas and another hour and a half beyond to Washington, UT, where you exit on Route 9 East/State St to UT 59 South, which becomes AZ 389 South. In Fredonia, turn right on AZ 89A South. Turn right on Route AZ 67 South (Grand Canyon Highway) at the Kaibob Plateau Visitor Center, where you’ll also find the Jacob Lake Inn and restaurant and the last gas station on the way to the North Rim. The North Rim is not accessible in winter when Route 67 is closed for the…MORE
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3-Day Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Tour from Los Angeles
The 3-Day Grand Canyon and Las Vegas Tour takes you to Las Vegas via luxury coach from Los Angeles. You spend the rest of the first day entertaining yourself in Las Vegas. On the second day, you travel another 4 hours to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where you’ll stop at multiple viewpoints to take photos before having a buffet lunch in the Kaibab National Forest on the way back to Las Vegas. You have another morning to explore Las Vegas before heading back to Los Angeles.
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2-Day Grand Canyon Tour from Los Angeles
The 2-Day Grand Canyon Tour from LA is a quick luxury coach tour that gives you a half day in Las Vegas and an air tour of the Grand Canyon. You get to see a lot more of the Canyon from the air, but you don’t get those selfies from the Rim.
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The Inside Scoop on the Sony Pictures Studios Tour
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The Inside Scoop on the Sony Pictures Studios Tour
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Get a Glimpse of Movie & TV Magic on the Sony Pictures Studios Tour
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Sony Pictures Studios Tour is one of several movie and TV studio tours in Los Angeles. The Sony tour is a two hour walking tour of the working studios in Culver City that produce long-running game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy as well as a variety of sitcoms, dramas and feature films.
This particular studio lot began in 1915 and spent the years from 1924 to 1986 as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, which produced some of the most famous movies in history. The studio had a brief stint changing names and hands before various partnerships ended and began, resulting in the new and improved Sony Pictures Entertainment. Their film division includes Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Screen Gems.
Like all studio tours, what you see will depend on what is going on that day. The more that’s going on, the better chance of spotting a random celebrity walking across the lot, but the less you get to see of the inner workings. Most tours manage to show you a game show set, an interior set of a comedy or drama and at least one production element for sound or video.
On my visit, our Cleveland-born tour guide, Michael was very informative and entertaining, and spoke clearly and slowly enough for the international tourists with us to easily understand him – which was a bonus, since some tour guides talk really fast.
The first stop on the tour is under the 94-foot high, 188-foot-long steel rainbow, which was installed in 2012, and can be seen for miles from higher elevations. The giant arc is made of 100,000 pounds of steel covered with aluminum color panels. It was designed by artist Tony Tasset, who was inspired by The Wizard of Oz, which was filmed on the lot.
Right under the Rainbow, we visited the Columbia Pictures offices, where you can see all 12 of the Best Picture Oscars on display. Then we proceeded to the Rita Hayworth cafeteria, where Louis B. Mayer went to a lot of trouble to make sure the chef knew how to make matzo ball soup.
We walked through the set of The Goldbergs – a single-camera comedy that is not shot in front of a live audience – and got to walk through the school hallway and the Goldbergs’ living room, where the furniture was covered – according to Michael – to protect it from the studio cats between tapings. I’ve seen sets covered similarly at other studios, but never heard that particular explanation before.
A real highlight for me as a singer was getting a look inside the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage. The 96-channell recording studio has been used to score countless films and TV shows, and is in high demand for its perfect acoustics. Just as Rita Hayworth was not responsible for the cafeteria, Streisand has no personal investment in the recording studio, but has recorded there. The very first song to be recorded in the studio was Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
In addition to Judy Garland, other child stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney also got their start on this lot, playing in the big league with such stars as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Joan Crawford. Notable films include The Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, The Tin Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gigi, and National Velvet were shot on the original backlot, part of which was sold off in the 1970s by then-owner Kirk Kerkorian to fund the MGM Grand hotel chain. Most of the sound stages used for those films are still intact, but the outdoor sets are now covered in homes and businesses, so you can’t walk down the street of Singin’ in the Rainanymore. Since most of the backlot was sold off, there are fewer outdoor film sets at Sony Pictures Studios than Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, or Universal Studios Hollywood, however the facades of all the offices do double duty as filming locations, so there’s a nice diversity of architecture.
Like other studio tours, photos are not allowed in most of the indoor set locations you visit. The exception on our tour was the Jeopardy set, where we were allowed to take pictures of the actual set, and they also have a nice little photo op set up where you can take a photo of yourself as a Jeopardy contestant. You can also grab a shot of their many decades of EMMY Awards displayed in a glass case.
The tour ends with an outdoor display of a few notable vehicles including two from Ghostbusters and the bullet-ridden RV from Breaking Bad. There’s a stop in the gift shop – where the deal of the day for us was a pre-packaged turkey sandwich for three bucks. On the way back to the parking garage, we got to pick up our green-screen photo (included) that was shot at the beginning of the tour.
Sony Pictures Studio Tours 10202 West Washington Blvd Culver City, CA 90232 (310) 244-TOUR (8687) www.sonypicturesstudiostours.com Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:30, 10:30, 1:30, 2:30 (subject to change)
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The Jeopardy Exhibit and Set at Sony Pictures
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I’ve done all the studio tours in Los Angeles, and the Jeopardy set on the Sony Pictures Studios Tour is the only time we were ever allowed to take photos of a working set. They also had this cool photo op set up in the lobby where you could get a shot of yourself as a contestant.
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The Rainbow Over Sony Pictures Studios
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The Rainbow on the Sony Pictures lot was not created for any film or TV show, it is a public art project created as part of the 1% for the Arts project in California, where all new construction is required to put 1% of the total budget toward one or more art projects. This piece, created by artist Tony Tasset in 2012, required 150 people to manufacture and install.
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The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios
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Only about ten to twenty percent of visitors to Sony Pictures Studios get to go inside the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage because its perfect acoustics are in high demand for audio recording.
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Sony Picture Studios Madison Gate
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There are three gates to the Sony Pictures lot. This one on Madison Avenue is the one you walk through at the beginning of the tour after meeting in the office building across the street, where there’s also an underground parking garage with free parking for tour guests.
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