The most amazing events happening in L.A. this June (2024)

The most amazing events happening in L.A. this June (1)

Plan your month with our June 2024 events calendar of the best activities, including free things to do, festivals and our favorite concerts

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Michael Juliano

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Looking for things to do in L.A.?You’ll find plenty in ourJune events calendar. We’re talking outdoor movie screenings, museum exhibitions, live theater and plenty of Pride events. That’s, of course, in addition to fun-in-the-sun staples like going to thebeach, hiking or even lounging on arooftop. As the weather warms up, head outdoors for this month’s big events and festivals.

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Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life
  • Music
  • Rap, hip-hop and R&B
  • Hollywood

The Roots headline this hip-hop fest at the Hollywood Bowl, which boasts the likes of Queen Latifah, Common, Digable Planets, Arrested Development, the Pharcyde and Black Sheep.

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Photograph: Courtesy Howard Wise
L.A. Pride
  • Things to do

One of the biggest pride events in the country, L.A. Prideattractsthousands to a what had typically been a two-day fest and parade in West Hollywood—but is now located a bit to the east. The parade portion will step off in Hollywood while the music fest heads to the edge of Chinatown for L.A. Pride in the Park. The atmosphere is good-natured and raucous; local color is provided by divas, drag queens and DJs.

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Photograph: Rozette Rago
No Values
  • Music
  • Punk and metal
  • Pomona

AsCoachellahas become increasingly pop-friendly, promoter Goldenvoice has made it up to aging locals with more and more genre-focused music festivalswith stellar lineups. The latest such case: No Values, a fest filled with punk legends you’realmost sure to find in Gen X’ers T-shirt drawer. The Original Misfits, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad Religion and Sublime top the lineup for the June 8 show at Fairplax in Pomona, with additional sets from the Dillinger Escape Plan, Power Trip, the Damned, Joyce Manor, Suicidal Tendencies, the Vandals, Black Flag, the Jesus Lizard, L7, the Dead Milkmen and more.

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Photograph: Courtesy L.A. Conservancy/Mike Hume
Last Remaining Seats
  • Movies
  • Drama
  • Downtown Historic Core

The L.A. Conservancy offers a delightful summer time machine in the form of classic films, screened inside Downtown’s grand old movie palaces throughout the month of June. Most screenings include a special introduction and a post-film Q&A, and there are also ticket bundles that add in a proper theater tour.

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Photo by Marc J. Franklin, 2022
A Strange Loop
  • Theater
  • Musicals
  • Downtown

Musical-theater auteur Michael R. Jackson turns himself inside out in this thrilling show. Check out our five-star review from its New York run.

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The Comet / Poppea
  • Theater
  • Experimental
  • Little Tokyo

The latest adventurousperformance from the Industry, this two-in-one show simultaneously stages a 17th-century opera and a 20th-century sci-fi story on a rotating stage. Director Yuval Sharon’s six-years-in-the-making production connects the stories ofClaudio Monteverdi’s 1643 Italian opera L’incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea) with a world premiere production of W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1924 sci-fi short storyThe Comet; both unfold at the same time on a turntable that’s been split into two. The Industry has staged itspiecesin carsand on a mountaintop; this time around, you’ll catch them at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, from June 14 through 23.

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Photograph: Courtesy LA Pride/Ashley Osborn
L.A. Pride in the Park
  • Music
  • Music festivals
  • Chinatown

The long-running L.A. Pride has left West Hollywood for destinations farther east—though WeHo actually still hostsits own Pride-related music fest—for this music festival on the edge of Chinatown.Ricky Martin headlines this year’s Christopher Street West-produced concert, which will once again set up atL.A. State Historic Parkon June 8, with all sorts of other LGBTQ+ programming between sets.

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Photograph: Courtesy Adam Latham
Juneteenth Celebration at the Hollywood Bowl
  • Music
  • Rap, hip-hop and R&B
  • Hollywood

T-Paincurates and leads this celebration of Juneteenth and Black music at the Hollywood Bowl, with assistance from conductor Derrick Hodge and the Color of Noize Orchestra.

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Photograph: Courtesy Barnsdall Art Park
Friday Night Wine Tastings
  • Bars
  • Los Feliz

Now one of L.A.’s most treasured summer traditions (and back after a five-year hiatus), Barnsdall Park’s wine tastings regularly attract sell-out crowds. Perched atop Olive Hill on the west lawn of the historic Hollyhock House (which you can tour during the evening for an additional $25), the Barnsdall Friday fund raisers include fine selections of boutique wines provided by Silverlake Wine with a spectacular sunset and 360-degree views of the city.

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CicLAvia: South L.A.
  • Things to do

Pedal along five car-free miles of Western Avenue as CicLAvia brings its latest open streets event to South L.A.

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