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Best Things To Do In Los Angeles And SoCal This Weekend: Dec. 1 - 3

Christine N. Ziemba
Published Nov 30, 2023 6:30 AM
Four people dressed in extravagant, colorful costumes pose outside the Los Angeles Convention Center.
L.A. Comic Con returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend.
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Don your best cosplay outfits as LA Comic Con returns. Shop for art at Giant Robot’s Post It Show 19. Attend any number of holiday crafts markets.

Events

  • Busta Rhymes stands on stage in a red sweater, while performing in front of a blank video screen.
    Fri, Dec 1

    A Celebration And Conversation With Busta Rhymes

    • GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live
      800 W. Olympic Blvd., Downtown L.A.

    Busta Rhymes discusses his career, creative process and latest music.
  • Four people dressed in extravagant, colorful costumes pose outside the Los Angeles Convention Center.

    LA Comic Con

    LA Comic Con returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend.
  • A cast member starring in La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin gazes out over the crowd.

    La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin

    • The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
      555 W. Temple St., Downtown LA

    The city’s largest Christmas pageant includes more than 100 actors, singers and indigenous Aztec dancers as well as children and seniors from the community.
  • Glowing, red LED letters spell "Laugh" against a brick wall.
    Fri, Dec 1

    Platonic Juke

    • The Goldfish
      5043 York Blvd., Highland Park

    Platonic Juke is a standup show hosted by comic and writer Rachel Joravsky, with lineups that feature established and rising comedians and a focus on LGBTQIA+/POC artists.
  • A bald-headed figure cloaked in thin, off-white cloth looks down across their left shoulder.
    Sun, Dec 3

    Tonality Choir

    • Grace First Presbyterian
      3955 N. Studebaker Rd, Long Beach
    • Pico Union Project
      1153 Valencia St., Pico-Union

    Tonality choir presents the journeys of transgender and nonbinary individuals, showcasing their experiences in the face of adversity.

  • Someone takes a photo of a figure dressed as The Grinch in a Santa Claus costume.
    Sat, Dec 2

    South Lake Avenue Holidayfest 2023

    • Macy's Pasadena Plaza
      401 S. Lake Avenue, Pasadena

    In between live music at the South Lake Avenue Holidayfest, get free Santa photos, holiday activities (cookie making and ornament decorating stations.
  • A disc jockey performs under a blinding blue light.
    Sat, Dec 2

    Horror Hi-fi

    • Grandmaster Recorders
      1518 N Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood

    Alex Oxley and Roxanne Roll, the DJs of the Fleetmac Wood nights, bring their side project Horror Hi-fi to Hollywood for an evening of tech-noir, sad-girl disco, zombie-wave and Italo-giallo.
  • A flier for the Entertainment Workers Arts and Crafts Fair, held at Riverfront Stages, Stage 4 in Glassell Park.
    Sat, Dec 2

    Entertainment Workers Arts and Crafts Fair

    • Riverfront Stages - Soundstage 4
      3333 North San Fernando Rd., Glassell Park

    Entertainment industry workers who were hit hard by the strikes, are getting together to sell their arts and crafts.
  • A colorful flier for the "Post It Show 19," which features hundreds of artists’ work on Post-it Notes.

    Post It Show 19

    • GR2 Art Gallery
      2062 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles

    The annual Post It Show 19 features hundreds of artists’ work on Post-it Notes.
  • A flier promoting the 43rd Annual Black Doll Show at the William Grant Still Arts Center.

    43rd Annual Black Doll Show

    • The William Grant Still Arts Center (WGSAC)
      2520 S. West View St., West Adams

    The annual Black Doll Show explores the protective, liberatory and loving ways that dolls, amulets, quilts, charms and other items are used in African-American spiritual traditions.
  • An illustration of a pink floral diary with the words "Share The Shame" sketched onto the pages' edges.
    Sat, Dec 2

    Mortified: 20th Anniversary Show

    • Dynasty Typewriter
      2511 Wilshire Blvd., Westlake

    Mortified has adults share their most embarrassing childhood memories (through journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art).
  • A shopper wearing plaid examines a polka-dot plate for sale, while a seller behind a table beams up at them.

    2023 Holiday Marketplace

    • Craft Contemporary
      5814 Wilshire Blvd, Mid-Wilshire

    Craft Contemporary holds its annual marketplace with a curated selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry and homewares.
  • A sign that reads "Venice" hangs between two buildings before a beach backdrop.
    Sat, Dec 2

    12th Annual Venice Holiday Sign Lighting

    • VENICE Sign
      Windward and Pacific Ave., Venice

    The family-friendly event features more than 100 local businesses coming together for the sign lighting, and the new Holiday Taste of Venice and Windward Wonderland.

Outdoor Pick

  • A woman wearing a black dress bikes with a cart in tow. Another woman riding in the cart smiles and waves at the camera.
    Sun, Dec 3

    CicLAvia - South LA

    • Various locations

    The latest edition of CicLAvia, presented by Metro, celebrates 13 years of car-free streets.

Viewing Pick

  • A black and white photo of Charlie Chapman with a mustache.

    The Gold Rush

    • Old Town Music Hall
      140 Richmond St., El Segundo

    Watch the silent Charlie Chaplin film The Gold Rush (1925) in the beautiful old theater with live accompaniment by Robert York on the Mighty Wurlitzer

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  • A chocolate donut with sprinkles and a bite taken out of it.

    Chainfest

    • NYA Studios
      1541 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood

    Attendees get to sample bites from Chili’s, Dunkin’, Jack in the Box, Panda Express, Pizza Hut, Red Robin and SONIC Drive-In.
  • Three pomegranates turned into jewelry.
    Sat, Dec 2

    Taste of the Holidays

    • ace/121 Gallery
      121 N. Kenwood St, Glendale

    Glendale Arts welcomes local makers and artists offering culinary treats, handmade goods and art.
  • A large, indoor Christmas tree decorated with gold ornaments and fake snow stands below a massive chandelier.
    Sun, Dec 17

    The Nutcracker Afternoon Tea

    The hotel offers its fancy holiday high tea experience in the Lobby Lounge.

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