September 2025 events calendar for Los Angeles

Don’t look back in anger—at least not today—because you missed out on their U.K. reunion gigs: Brit-pop legends Oasis are performing a select number of stateside shows, including at the Rose Bowl.

Now one of L.A.’s most treasured summer traditions, Barnsdall Park’s wine tastings regularly attract sell-out crowds, and for the first time this year, they’re stretching into September. Perched atop Olive Hill on the west lawn of the historic Hollyhock House (which you can tour during the evening for an additional $36), 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. Bring along a blanket and a picnic basket, or just nosh on the variety of food trucks parked up there. Though there used to be lots of kids running around, the event lawn is now 21-and-up—perfect for a date night. Proceeds support the park’s art programs and historic renovations.

For dinner and a movie, all in one, just follow the food trucks. During the spring, summer and fall, Street Food Cinema throws together a series of outdoor parties that include screenings of some of our favorite movies, paired with an assortment of gourmet food trucks and even a live music performance from a cool local band. The screenings are held in venues across L.A. into October and alternate from week to week, so make sure to check the schedule. Some of the outdoor venues are dog-friendly, allowing you to bring your four-legged cinema lover along.

See more of this season’s outdoor movie screenings in L.A.

Study the technical and cultural background of colorful clay vessels, textiles, bark-paper pages and sculptures in the Indigenous Americas—and how their significance has been downplayed among colonialist histories—during this LACMA exhibition.

Ready or not, spooky season is slowly stalking its way ever closer. The clearest sign? Universal Studios has already announced the haunted houses set to inhabit its Hollywood-adjacent theme park for Halloween Horror Nights—and there are some pretty big ones.

Fallout will get its own haunted house at Universal Studios Hollywood this year (as well as the theme park’s Orlando location), which promises to be a blast. Wander through the post-apocalyptic Wasteland—complete with Scavengers, Raiders, the Ghoul and RAD Roaches the size of dogs—inspired by the award-winning video game franchise and Prime Video TV show.

You’ll also find a maze celebrating 45 years of Friday the 13th’s iconic villain, Jason Voorhees, in “Jason Universe,” which will re-create the summer camp, cabin and forest as the hockey-mask-wearing killer goes on a vengeance tour. And a Five Nights at Freddy’s haunted house will bring the creepy animatronic characters to life. Over on the studio tour—ahem, Terror Tram—you can expect a “disturbing new turn” this year. 

Halloween Horror Nights runs on select evenings from September 4 to November 2. Tickets cost $77 to $107, depending on the night; with Express Pass add-ons, options range from $209 all the way up to $529 (for the R.I.P. Tour option).

See more of the best haunted houses in L.A.

Just about every outdoor screening series has ’90s classics in their lineup. But you know what they don’t have? Dodger Stadium. Catch a screening of Hook from the outfield grass at Chavez Ravine; the film will be screened on the DodgerVision videoboards. Before the screening, expect photo ops, pressbox tours, speciality concessions and some pitching in the bullpens.

Kaskade sends his beachfront festival back to SoCal with sets from Meduza, SKILAH, Sidepiece, Malaa, Anabel Englund, Walker & Royce and MPH at Huntington State Beach.

Nope, you haven’t traveled back in time: Nick, Joe and Kevin are back for a massive, 20th-anniversary show at Dodger Stadium in September, where they’ll be joined by Marshmello and Boys Like Girls. The L.A. show is also one of 10 stops on the “Jonas20: Living the Dream” tour that will open with a “Jonascon”—a pre-show pop-up experience offering Jo Bros karaoke, art installations, trivia challenges and city-specific merch. 

There are a couple of presales taking place this week, but tickets officially go on sale Friday, March 28, at 10am.