Fresh weekend vibes ahead — from night markets to Oktoberfest pop-ups, dog-friendly fests, and community gatherings — here’s the full guide to things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (October 10–12, 2025). 🎉
🎡 Friday, October 10, 2025
Pasadena’s Biannual ArtNight
🕒 6:00–10:00 PM
📍 Multiple partner venues, Pasadena
🎟️ Free (free shuttle between venues)
🔗 cityofpasadena.net/artnight
Night Out at The Cube (Discovery Cube Los Angeles)
🕒 7:00–11:00 PM
📍 Discovery Cube Los Angeles
🎟️ 21+ | Ticketed event — spooky edition with DJ, exhibits, pumpkin catapult, costume contest
🔗 discoverycube.org
Ivy Station Night Market (Spooky Edition)
🕒 5:00–10:00 PM
📍 Ivy Station lawn, Culver City
🎟️ Free — 30+ local makers, tarot, pumpkin decorating, live DJ
🔗 Eventbrite
6th Annual California Seaweed Festival
🕒 Friday (Speakeasy fundraiser) + Saturday public day (Saturday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM)
📍 Cabrillo Marine Aquarium / San Pedro area
🎟️ Saturday is free to the public — demos, cooking samples, vendors, live music
🔗 californiaseaweedfestival.org
SON OF MONSTERPALOOZA (Burbank)
🕒 Oct 10–12, 2025
📍 Burbank convention space
🎟️ Ticketed — horror/sci-fi vendors, makeup demos, panels, celebrity guests
🔗 Eventbrite
Fairplex Oktoberfest (Pomona)
🕒 Fridays & Saturdays, Oct 3–18, 2025
📍 Fairplex, Pomona
🎟️ Ticketed (21+ nights) — Bavarian music, beer, Das Kär Show
🔗 fairplex.com/oktoberfest
Kiez’s First Annual Oktoberfest (Highland Park)
🕒 Fridays & Saturdays through Oct 25, 2025 (notably Oct 10 & Oct 25)
📍 Kiez Kuche & Beer Garden, Highland Park
🎟️ Ticketed — biergarten birthday, live music, stein contests
🔗 kiezla.com
Urban Death Tour of Terror (Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre)
🕒 Fri & Sat (runs through Nov 1, 2025)
📍 Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre, Burbank
🎟️ Tickets ~$24–28 — maze + live vignettes
🔗 zombiejoes.com
Delusion: Harrowing Of Hell (Thirteenth Floor / Variety Arts Theater)
🕒 Thu–Sun (select nights through Nov 9, 2025)
📍 Variety Arts Theater, DTLA (new location)
🎟️ Ticketed — immersive “moving play” haunted experience; high production value
🔗 enterdelusion.com
Reign of Terror Haunted House (Thousand Oaks)
🕒 Fri–Sun (select dates through Nov 2, 2025)
📍 Thousand Oaks
🎟️ Tickets from ~$42.99 — large multi-room haunted attraction
🔗 rothauntedhouse.com
Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns (South Coast Botanic Garden)
🕒 Select nights Fri–Sun through Nov 2, 2025
📍 South Coast Botanic Garden, Palos Verdes
🎟️ Ticketed — walk-through jack-o-lantern displays and family attractions
🔗 magicofthejackolanterns.com
🎨 Saturday, October 11, 2025
Indigenous Peoples’ Day at The Getty
🕒 11:00 AM–4:00 PM
📍 Getty Center
🎟️ Free (advance reservation required) — performances, workshops, activations
🔗 getty.edu
Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final
📍 Intuit Dome
🎟️ Ticketed (starts around ~$42) — global street-dance final where audience votes winners
🔗 redbull.com
15th Annual El Velorio Cultural Celebration
🕒 Saturday evening
📍 Plaza de la Raza
🎟️ Ticketed (GA from ~$23) — Día de los Muertos arts, performances, vendors
🔗 Eventbrite
LA Beer Fest — Oktoberfest Edition
📍 Los Angeles Center Studios (Westlake)
🎟️ Ticketed (~$61.79) — ~50 breweries, beer village, food trucks
🔗 Eventbrite
San Fernando Really Really Free Market
🕒 3:00–7:00 PM
📍 Van Nuys Blvd, San Fernando Valley
🎟️ Free — community mutual-aid market (take what you need, give what you can)
🔗 Instagram
Fall Festival in NoHo
🕒 3:00–6:00 PM
📍 North Hollywood Recreation Center
🎟️ Free — pumpkin painting, dog adoptions, crafts, live music
🔗 valleycultural.org
BLOCtober Boofest (The Bloc, DTLA)
🕒 5:00–8:30 PM
📍 The Bloc, DTLA
🎟️ Free — trick-or-treating, outdoor screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas, cider & photo ops
🔗 theblocla.com
Wurstküche Venice Oktoberfest
🕒 Saturdays & select Fridays through Oct 25, 2025
📍 Wurstküche Venice
🎟️ Ticketed seatings — specialty links, imported beers, live music
🔗 wurstkuche.com
Wirtshaus Oktoberfest (Fairfax / Rasselbock)
🕒 Fridays & Saturdays through Oct 31, 2025
📍 Wirtshaus LA (Fairfax) & Rasselbock locations
🎟️ Ticketed — biergarten dining, stein contests, German fare
🔗 wirtshausla.com
South Coast Botanic Garden — Dogtoberfest
🕒 Weekends through Oct 26, 2025
📍 South Coast Botanic Garden (Rancho Palos Verdes)
🎟️ Ticketed — dog-friendly beer crawl & family activities
🔗 southcoastbotanicgarden.org
Barktoberfest (spcaLA / Pet-friendly beer festivals)
🕒 Various dates (example event Oct 11, 2025)
📍 Hawthorne, Culver City, Riverside (varies)
🎟️ Ticketed — dog races, vendors, adoptable pups; proceeds benefit local shelters
🔗 Event listing
LA Times Food Bowl Night Market (City Market Social House)
🕒 Oct 10–12, 2025 (evening nights; Friday 7:30 PM / Saturday 10:00 PM listed in roundup)
📍 City Market Social House, 1145 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
🎟️ Ticketed — chef pop-ups, demos, live entertainment across nights
🔗 lafoodbowl.com
🌞 Sunday, October 12, 2025
CicLAvia — Heart of LA
🕒 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
📍 Route: Boyle Heights → Chinatown → MacArthur Park → Little Tokyo
🎟️ Free — car-free open streets with activations, food, and family zones
🔗 ciclavia.org
GLOW Festival Long Beach: A Beauty & Wellness Market
🕒 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
📍 The Hangar @ LBX (Long Beach Exchange), 4069 N Lakewood Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90808
🎟️ Free RSVP — curated brands, aura photography, family-friendly activities
🔗 svnsundays.com
Mat Pilates Class with Bodyline Pilates (Beyond Yoga — Century City)
🕒 9:45 AM–11:00 AM
📍 Beyond Yoga, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067
🎟️ Free — community mat pilates class hosted by Bodyline Pilates
🔗 RSVP on Eventbrite
HOWL-O-WEEN at Arts District Brewing
🕒 (Dog costume contest at 3:00 PM)
📍 Arts District Brewing
🎟️ Free — dog costume contest, adoptable dogs, drink specials
🔗 Instagram
Filled Market x Smorgasburg (Smorgasburg LA)
🕒 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
📍 Smorgasburg LA
🎟️ Free — food vendors, makers, music
🔗 Instagram
Tender Fest 4 Ever
📍 Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills
🎟️ Ticketed (~$102) — all-you-can-eat chicken tender showdown with celebrity chefs
🔗 Eventbrite
Sumi-e at The Japanese Garden (Van Nuys)
🕒 9:30 AM–3:30 PM (garden hours)
📍 The Japanese Garden, Van Nuys
🎟️ Free — sumi-e demonstrations and bonsai displays; admission & parking free
🔗 thejapanesegarden.com
The Getty Presents: Medieval Road Food — Eating & Drinking on the Go
📍 Getty Center
🎟️ Ticketed (~$125) — lecture + tasting about medieval travel food
🔗 getty.edu
Black Rocks LA (Touchstone Climbing meetup)
📍 Touchstone Climbing Gyms (check local gym listing)
🎟️ Members free | Non-members $20 discounted day pass | First-time visitors to affinity events free — community meetup for Black climbers and allies
🔗 touchstoneclimbing.com
Oh La La Live Jazz Nights (Pasadena)
🕒 Fridays & Saturdays (ongoing) — 6:00–9:00 PM typical
📍 Oh La La Bistro, Pasadena — dinner + live jazz
🔗 ohlalalosangeles.com
🔁 Ongoing & Nearby / Upcoming Events
Taylor Swift — The Life of a Showgirl | TikTok Fan Activation (Westfield Century City)
🕒 Oct 3–9, 2025 (final day Oct 9)
📍 The Atrium, Westfield Century City — 10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067
🎟️ Free (walk-up after registered guests) — immersive fan activation inspired by “The Fate of Ophelia”
🔗 Westfield Century City
Operatoberfest (Benny Boy Brewing, Lincoln Heights)
🕒 Oct 9, 2025 (one-night event)
📍 Benny Boy Brewing, Lincoln Heights
🎟️ Ticketed (~$35) — opera + Oktoberfest mash-up
🔗 Event listing
Wurstküche Venice Oktoberfest
🕒 Saturdays & select Fridays through Oct 25, 2025
📍 Wurstküche Venice
🔗 wurstkuche.com
Wirtshaus Oktoberfest (Fairfax / Rasselbock)
🕒 Fridays & Saturdays through Oct 31, 2025
📍 Wirtshaus LA and Rasselbock locations
🔗 wirtshausla.com
South Coast Botanic Garden — Dogtoberfest
🕒 Weekends through Oct 26, 2025
📍 South Coast Botanic Garden
🔗 southcoastbotanicgarden.org
Red Lion Tavern Oktoberfest (Silver Lake)
🕒 Weekends through Nov 16, 2025
📍 Red Lion Tavern, Silver Lake
🔗 redliontavern.net
Fairmont Miramar Oktoberfest (Santa Monica)
🕒 Oct 17–19, 2025
📍 Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows — 101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica
🔗 Eventbrite
Big Sunday’s Oktoberfestaoke
🕒 Oct 17, 2025 — 6:00–9:00 PM
📍 1741 N Cherokee Ave, Los Angeles
🎟️ Free (donations encouraged) — karaoke + live band for a good cause
🔗 Sign up
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🍂 Fresh weekend, fresh adventures. Here’s your complete guide to the best things to do in Los Angeles from October 10–12, 2025 — spanning art walks, haunted happenings, Oktoberfest fun, and wellness markets across the city. ✨
🎨 Friday, October 10, 2025
Pasadena’s Biannual ArtNight
Free activations across Pasadena’s partner museums and cultural spaces, with a complimentary shuttle connecting all locations. Perfect for art lovers who want to explore after dark.
Night Out at The Cube (Discovery Cube Los Angeles)
A 21+ spooky edition with DJ sets, interactive exhibits, and a pumpkin catapult challenge. Costumes encouraged!
Ivy Station Night Market (Spooky Edition)
Shop from 30+ local makers, enjoy tarot readings, and decorate pumpkins at this Culver City night market. Free to attend.
6th Annual California Seaweed Festival
Family-friendly weekend of ocean education, music, and seaweed tastings. Saturday’s events are free at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
Son of Monsterpalooza (Burbank)
The cult-favorite horror and sci-fi convention returns with celebrity guests, panels, and makeup demos.
Urban Death Tour of Terror
A dark maze meets live theatre — one of LA’s most daring immersive haunts. Tickets ~$24–28.
🎭 Saturday, October 11, 2025
Delusion: Harrowing of Hell
Step into a chilling “moving play” at the historic Variety Arts Theater in DTLA. Tickets ~$113+.
Reign of Terror Haunted House
An expansive haunted house with multiple themed rooms in Thousand Oaks. Tickets start at $42.99.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day at The Getty
Workshops, live performances, and community art celebrating Indigenous culture. Free with advance reservation.
Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final
The global street dance showdown takes over Intuit Dome — crowd cheers decide the winners!
15th Annual El Velorio
Celebrate Día de los Muertos through art, performance, and culture at Plaza de la Raza. GA tickets ~$23.
LA Beer Fest — Oktoberfest Edition
More than 50 breweries, food trucks, and beer villages at Los Angeles Center Studios. 🍺
San Fernando Really Really Free Market
Community swap meet — everything is free. Bring items to share or simply take what you need. 💚
Fall Festival in NoHo
Pumpkin painting, dog adoptions, crafts, and live music. Free admission for families.
BLOCtober Boofest (The Bloc DTLA)
Outdoor screening of *The Nightmare Before Christmas* with cider and photo ops. 🎃 Free to attend.
LA Times Food Bowl Night Market
Night market featuring top chefs, pop-ups, and entertainment at City Market Social House. Ticketed event.
🌞 Sunday, October 12, 2025
The Getty Presents: Medieval Road Food
Lecture + food & wine tasting exploring medieval travel cuisine. Tickets ~$125.
Sumi-e at The Japanese Garden (Van Nuys)
Enjoy free sumi-e demos and bonsai displays in a serene setting. Free admission & parking.
CicLAvia — Heart of LA
Open-streets event through Boyle Heights, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo. Bike, walk, and explore — totally free.
HOWL-O-WEEN at Arts District Brewing
Dog costume contest, adoptable pups, and drink specials. 🐶 Free to attend.
Filled Market x Smorgasburg
Mega food + maker fest at Smorgasburg LA. Free entry with endless eats.
Oh La La Live Jazz Nights (Pasadena)
Dinner and live jazz every weekend at Oh La La, Pasadena. Reservations recommended.
Tender Fest 4 Ever
The ultimate chicken tender festival at the Wallis Annenberg Center. 🍗
GLOW Festival Long Beach
Beauty and wellness market at LBX Hangar with free RSVP and tote giveaways. Read more here.
Mat Pilates Class with Bodyline Pilates (Century City)
Free mat pilates community class hosted by Beyond Yoga. 🧘♀️
Black Rocks LA (Touchstone Climbing Meetup)
Climbing meetup for the Black community at Touchstone gyms. Members free; first-time visitors free for affinity events.
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl | TikTok Fan Activation
Final day! Capture content inspired by “The Fate of Ophelia” at Westfield Century City. Photo from TikTok.
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