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June 2024 events calendar for Los Angeles

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

Michael Juliano
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Looking for things to do in L.A.? You’ll find plenty in our June 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 the beach, hiking or even lounging on a rooftop. As the weather warms up, head outdoors for this month’s big events and festivals.  

RECOMMENDED: Full events calendar for 2024

  • 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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  • Things to do
  • Sherman Oaks

Beloved Valley Mexican restaurant Casa Vega is 68 years young, and what better way to celebrate than with a little cross-border culinary action? On Tuesday, June 18th, the Sherman Oaks institution will host Michelin-recognized chef Javier Plascencia of Caesar’s in Tijuana, birthplace of the Caesar salad. (Yes, really.) The double anniversary event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Caesar salad, which was allegedly invented by Italian chef Caesar Cardini on July 4, 1924, with a joint prix-fixe menu. In addition to the original tableside Caesar salad, you’ll be able to enjoy Peruvian bay scallop ceviche, plus your choice of entrée and dessert. (Vegetarian options are also available.) One drink and a commemorative T-shirt are also included in each $125 meal ticket.

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  • Experimental
  • Little Tokyo

The latest adventurous performance 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 of Claudio 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 story The Comet; both unfold at the same time on a turntable that’s been split into two. The Industry has staged its pieces in cars and 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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  • 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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  • Music
  • Chinatown

Everyone’s favorite NPR member station has a hand in a slew of summer concert slates at public plazas and beloved museums, and this summer’s schedule is particularly packed. Familiar KCRW DJs and local buzz bands will be providing free, open-air tunes on select nights from June through September at Union StationCAAMDescanso Gardens, Bowers Museum, Century Park, the Autry, KCRW’s Santa Monica headquarters and—our favorite—the party-till-midnight bashes at Chinatown Central Plaza.

  • Music
  • Dance and electronic
  • Long Beach

House music hits the Queen Mary waterfront during this two-day fest. This year’s event, which features two main stages as well as another side one, includes the likes of Kaskade, MK back-to-back with Green Velvet, Cloonee, Mau P, and Nicole Moudaber back-to-back with Paco Osuna.

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