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LAFC hosts Austin FC at BMO Stadium on Wednesday, October 14, with a Hello Kitty blind box giveaway for 22,000 fans and pre-match Hello Kitty activities.
The 19th OC Japan Fair fills the OC Fair & Event Center with more than 190 vendors, 40-plus sake tastings, taiko, cosplay and a live tuna cutting show.
Social Commerce Fest brings 1,000 plus creators and 90 plus brands to Los Angeles on October 17, and the SCFest LA Exclusive Launch Party opens the weekend at Avalon Hollywood and Bardot on Friday, October 16, with a Getty Images red carpet and video interviews by LA Today, an awards show, a curated fashion show, live performances, a live pitch contest and live selling games, the night before the main festival.
Olivia Rodrigo: note by note opens September 25 in the Grammy Museum's Third Floor Gallery with artifacts from all three album cycles and both world tours.
Five of Lynch's photographic series are shown together for the first time on La Brea through December 23.
The LA stop of the 2026 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour plays Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Friday, December 4, and KIIS FM already lists it as sold out.
The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performs four decades of Zelda music on August 25, 2027, and the official tour site already lists the Los Angeles date as sold out.
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