The 23 Best Events in LA This August 2026
Dudamel's farewell, a K-pop afterparty on Broadway, jazz on Dockweiler Beach, and the one hike that works in a heat wave.
Everything Worth Watching in August 2026
Every movie, streaming and TV release this month, dates checked, with trailers. Plus the LA premieres, festivals and repertory runs you can only catch here.
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Hollywood's iconic dome and the former ArcLight complex return, with restoration starting in August and doors reopening in early 2028.
The fastest coaster in Universal's global portfolio began technical rehearsals July 27, with ride vehicles that rotate a full 360 degrees.
The final season becomes a walkthrough of the Wheeler house, Hawkins Lab, the Upside Down and The Abyss.
Explore JPL returns October 10 and 11 for the lab's 90th anniversary. Free tickets drop August 29 and disappear in minutes.
The object sits inside "Barbie to Anna Karenina," a retrospective on production designers Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer.
Elevate BUR is 53 percent larger than the 1930 terminal it replaces, and legally capped at the same 14 gates.
John Caird's adaptation plays a strictly limited eight-week run downtown, performed in Japanese with English surtitles.