Memorial Day -Weekend-Whaddup-
Memorial Day Festival at Battleship IOWA
when: May 26 at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
where: USS IOWA, 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro, Ca
cost: Free-$18
ages: All Ages
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Honoring those who served at the United States Military Appreciation Day at Battleship IOWA
You can Tour the Battleship IOWA, there will be entertainment, carnival games, food and snacks and more. Military and veterans are free. You can register for free military admission, or discounted general admission online.
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Valley Greek Festival
Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26
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Take a Walk into the Chumash World
when: May 25 at 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
where: Westside, Temescal Gateway Park, 15601 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, Ca
cost: Free
ages: All Ages
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Discover how the Chumash used the natural resources of the environment for thousands of years to create a sustainable way of life. Take an easy 1 mile walk through the woods and learn from a Ranger!
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Free Holiday Monday at LACMA
when: May 26 at 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
where: Miracle Mile, LACMA, 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca
cost: Free
ages: All Ages
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Another Monday off, another free day at LACMA with the perfect way to entertain and enlighten the whole family! Entry to the museum, bilingual tours, programs, art-making activities, and live music by Mehrdad Arabi and Friends at 12:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. are all free!
Tips: Tickets to the Boone Children’s Gallery on Target Free Holiday Monday are timed and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Pick up your free, timed ticket in the Boone Children’s Gallery on the day of the event. Timed tickets allow for a thirty-minute visit.
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Memorial Day Concert: The Stars of Beatlemania
when: May 26 at 5 p.m.
where: Valley, Conejo Community Park, 1175 Hendrix Ave., Thousand Oaks, Ca
cost: Free
ages: All Ages
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The first summer concert of the year at the Conejo Community Park is a celebration of the 50th Anniversaries of the City of Thousand Oaks and the Beatles’ U.S. invasion. Featuring two original cast members from the Broadway “Beatlemania!” production, this talented group performs incredibly authentic renditions of Beatles tunes.
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Birdwatching for Kiddos (and Parents!)
when: May 25 at 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
where: Malibu Lagoon State Beach, 23200 P.C.H., Malibu, Ca
cost: Free
ages: 2-6
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This is a special short walk for kids and their families – just bring sunscreen, jackets, water, walking shoes and sharp eyes – the binoculars will be provided!
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Topanga Days
when: May 24 – May 26 at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
where: Topanga Community House Fair Grounds, 1440 N. Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, Ca
cost: $25 Adults / $15 Children 6-12 / 5 and Under Free
ages: All Ages
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A Memorial Day Weekend-long bash that includes live music, a Kid’s Zone, Art Walk, local vendors, food and more. Take part in old fashioned games like sack races, a baby derby, a bat spinning relay, 3 legged races, pie eating contests, egg tosses, a water balloon way, watermelon seed spitting and other fun that takes you back… Plus tons of music on 2 stages and cap the weekend off with a parade Monday morning!
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It’s Time to Party, Fiesta at Hermosa
when: May 24 – May 26 at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
where: Hermosa Beach, Pier Plaza & Strand, Hermosa Beach, Ca
cost: Free Admission
ages: All Ages
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Fiesta Hermosa is the biggest arts & crafts fair in Southern California with featured painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, sculptors, and handi-crafters.
So come out and enjoy the art, the music (two live stages) and the FOOD – don’t miss the Hermosa Beach Lifeguards’ famous fish tacos. Or the handmade guacamole, crepes, shaved ice, cotton candy, caramel apples, fresh squeezed lemonade, or funnel cakes!
And of course there’s the Kiddie Carnival, which features a 30 foot slide, mechanical rides, rock climbing wall and bungee jump, and games for kids from 3 to 10 years old. Pony rides, a petting zoo, and facepainters are sure to delight the little ones.
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Simi Valley Sings the Blues and Goes Cajun
when: May 24 – May 25 at 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
where: Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, 5005 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley, Ca
cost: $15-$22 (kids under 7 are free)
ages: All Ages
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This is a full weekend of nonstop award-winning entertainment, more food choices than you can sample in two days, and activities to keep kids of all ages entertained!
The Cajun & Zydeco stage will feature international and award winning Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music acts like Lisa Haley and the Zydecats, John Mayall, Guitar Shorty and the Bayou Brothers and even plenty of kids performing on the Kids Stage.
In addition, this family friendly event has a giant kids area featuring bouncers, rock walls, specialty acts, crafts and talent shows. There are also food booths and many crafts and merchandise booths.
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Circus Vargas’ Magikaria Extreme
when: May 23 at Various times
where: Westfield Promenade, 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd , Woodland Hills, Ca
cost: $30
ages: All Ages
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Get ready for the ultimate entertainment extravaganza for all ages, where the magic begins and the heart-pounding, death-defying action takes place. It’s awe-inspiring excitement, all under the Circus Vargas big top…where imagination comes to life and the world is full of possibility and wonder.
Be sure to come 30 minutes early for an interactive pre-show where your kids create their own magic center ring.
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Mozart Opera Tales
when: May 23 at 3:30 p.m.
where: West Hollywood Library, 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, Ca
cost: Free
ages: 5 and up
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Opera Tales is a fun, high energy show that tours libraries every spring, bringing the joy to opera to kids every, for free. (No seriously! Opera is a joy, and your kids – and you – will love it. It’s stories, song, love and emotion…)
Mozart Opera Tales features five professional opera singers as the “opera pals” who perform musical moments from such Mozart opera stories as Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Magic Flute.
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Friday Night Jazz at LACMA
when: every Friday at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
where: Miracle Mile, LACMA, 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca
cost: Free
ages: All Ages
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Don’t forget blankets, sweaters, chairs and a picnic to while you lounge on the grass and listen to the jazz… Every Friday from April 18th through the end of October, you can hear a free jazz concert at LACMA in the grand entrance.
Bring the kids early to snag great seats and let them run around Hancock Park, rolling down the hill and exploring the tar pits before the concert starts. And remember that the museum is free to all Los Angeles County residents after 5 p.m. on Fridays (Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays too!), so be sure to check out the latest exhibits.
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This Goldilocks is Just Right
when: every Saturday at 1 p.m.
where: Universal City, Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles, Ca
cost: $10-$12
ages: 3-9
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Theatre West specializes in non-threatening, interactive musicals with a message for children 3 – 9 years old. Currently playing is Goldilocks, where the little blondie befriends the three bears and begins a friendship with Baby Bear. Through Goldilocks and Baby Bear, Goldilocks’ parents and Mama and Papa Bear learn that they have more in common than they thought and learn to respect each other. It’s a happy, original show with a huge amount of opportunities for audience participation.
Saturdays at 1 p.m.
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Splash To Seaside Lagoon
when: every Saturday at 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
where: Seaside Lagoon, 200 Portofino Way, Redondo Beach, Ca
cost: $6-$7
ages: All Ages
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The Seaside Lagoon is open for the summer daily through Labor Day weekend.
The large saltwater lagoon, offers trained lifeguard supervision. Besides swimming, the Lagoon offers a large sand area for sunbathing, children’s play equipment, snack bar facilities provided by Ruby’s Restaurant , and volleyball courts. There is also a grassed area and luau shelter for day and evening events.
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Santa Anita Racetrack Family Fun
when: every Sunday at 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
where: Santa Anita Racetrack, 285 West Huntington Dr., Arcadia, Ca
cost: $40/family of 4
ages: All Ages
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On the weekend Santa Anita race track has a Family Fun Zone with a field full of activities for your little jockeys to enjoy, from inflatable jumpers, face painting and carnival games to pony rides, a chance to meet Seabiscuit and the Santa Anita Playground. Plus, you enjoy an exciting day of racing as the horses run around you. Family 4 packs give you admission, parking, racing programs, hot dogs, chips and sodas for the whole family, plus 2 pony rides and 8 carnival games.
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Annenberg Pool Pre-Season Splash
when: May 24 – May 26 at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
where: Westside, Annenberg Beach House, 415 P.C.H., Santa Monica, Ca
cost: $4-$10
ages: All Ages
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This is one of the hottest things to do in SoCal, meant to cool you down.
With spectacular views, a splash pad, children’s play area, gallery, historic pool, and Marion Davies Guest House there’s something for everyone to enjoy at the Beach House, and it’s open this weekend and on June 1tth for the season, so when it heats up in the Valley get to the beach and enjoy a dip and some LA history!
The pool is open Memorial Day Weekend from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., then it opens daily for the season on June 11th.
Passes go on sale daily at 9:30 am. The pool is 4′ to 8′ deep, heated to 80 – 85 degrees and chlorinated. Towels and locks are not provided – please bring your own.
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