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Get Out: Pacific Festival, All-Night Cinespia, The Hudson Block Party, Craft Beer Crawl
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Dance: The Pacific Festival is a dense, one-day fest bringing the dance party to the OC. The outdoor venue at Oak Canyon Ranch features 5 stages and 50+ bands including Snoop Dogg, Cut Copy, Ghostland Observatory, Phantogram, local faves Superhumanoids, Classixx, The Growlers, Poolside, TRMRS and Cosmic Kids and other indie bands and DJs curated by festival partners Steve Aoki (Dim Mak) and Modular Records. Starts at 11:00 a.m. Dance until midnight. Organizers encourage you to arrive early and stay late. Click here for maps and ticket details. 18+ event.
View: Cinespia goes all night with dusk 'til dawn screenings of the D.A. Pennebaker directed Monterey Pop, Jimi Hendrix: A Documentary, rare concert footage, psychedelic animation, short documentaries and other trippy sights and sounds of the 60s and 70s and a Harper Simon moderated Q&A. Bring a sleeping bag. Gates at 7:30. $10 donation tickets at gate. Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard.
Party: Co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood, The Hudson celebrates the glory of the weekend brunch by teaming up with local establishments to host a Block Party today from 1:00 p.m. - 11 p.m. It's a 21 and over event and includes live bands, DJs, shopping, street art, two full bars and food samples from Baby Blues BBQ, Intelligentsia, The Hudson, and newcomer The Churchill. 1114 N. Crescent Heights Blvd.
West Hollywood. Tickets at the door. $7 before 4 p.m. / $10 afer 4:00 p.m.
Drink: The annual Los Angeles Craft Beer Crawl features unlimited tastings of over 50 different taps from seven locations downtown. Check in at Broadway Bar or Casey's Irish Pub and start crawling at 3:00 p.m. (until 8:00 p.m.). Tickets are $49 and include a glass and unlimited tastings. VIP is sold out and there's currently a waitlist for GA tickets. Details here.
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