Events Happening in LA This Weekend Where You Can Meet New People [8.21-8.23]
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Featured Event: Yoga at a coffee shop
8.23 | 8:45 AM | Fairfax District
Ease into Sunday with a gentle outdoor Vinyasa class on the patio at the brand-new Namiko Studio Cafe. After 45 minutes of stretching, movement, and breathwork, stick around for coffee, tea, or matcha and an unhurried patio hang. Beginner-friendly, solo-friendly, and a pretty lovely reason to get out of bed.
Featured Event: Swim, Sip & Mingle in Hollywood
8.23 | 1 PM | Hollywood
This Palihotel Hollywood pool hang is less velvet-rope pool party, more really good summer afternoon with people you’ll actually meet. Swim, grab a cold drink, catch the DJs, score a few complimentary goodies, and spend the afternoon with a crowd that came to mingle and make full use of the pool. 21+.
Trade Your Home Office for a Free Coworking Day
8.21 | 9 AM | Santa Monica
Technically, BLANKSPACES is celebrating all week, but for Friday plans, this one’s worth clocking in for. Work from its Downtown Santa Monica space for free with WiFi, adjustable desks, coffee, snacks, and pop-ups throughout the day. A fun excuse to change up your workspace and meet some fellow remote workers.
Summer Skate Nights with the Skate Hunnies
8.21 | 5 PM | Mar Vista
Skate Hunnies is turning Mar Vista into a tropical roller rink for the night. Start with a beginner lesson, then spend the evening open skating, dancing to live music, and meeting new people under the summer sky. Come in your best island-inspired fit or exactly as you are. No skates? Rentals are available.
2 Dog Minimum: A Dog Friendly Comedy Show
8.21 | 8 PM | North Hollywood
2 Dog Minimum is a free comedy show where stand-ups perform alongside their dogs, whether their four-legged co-stars cooperate or not. Bring your own pup to Lawless Brewing for comedy, dog-friendly activities, a sketch booth, and a night built for people who would rather not leave their best friend at home.
Go Birding Without Knowing Anything About Birds
8.22 | 8:15 AM | South LA
Spend the morning with a senior urban ecologist learning how to spot birds and understand the ecosystems they call home. This beginner-friendly guided walk covers the basics of birding and urban ecology, with no experience or fancy gear required. Bring binoculars if you have them, or simply bring your curiosity.
Clean the Beach, Get a Breakfast Burrito
8.22 | 9 AM | Long Beach
Spend Saturday morning giving Alamitos Beach a little love at this free community cleanup in Long Beach. Gloves and trash bags are provided, plus breakfast burritos, sandwiches, coffee, matcha, and snacks for volunteers. An easy way to do something good, meet some neighbors, and start the weekend by the water.
Black Market Flea’s Last Big Summer Hang
8.22 | 11 AM | South LA
Black Market Flea closes out summer with 150+ Black-owned vendors, vintage finds, art, jewelry, food, full bars, and DJs spinning all day. This edition goes especially big with live performances from JT and TANERÉLLE, turning the beloved marketplace into an all-day celebration of Black creativity, culture, and community.
Kapatid Kickback Clothing Swap
8.22 | 11 AM | Torrance
Give your wardrobe a refresh without buying anything new. Bring clean clothes you’re ready to part with, then browse men’s, women’s, and kids’ pieces with no limit on what you can take home. Nica’s Necessities will also be onsite for paid mending and hemming, so you can give an old favorite a little extra life.
Pizza Run & Walk Club
8.22 | 11 AM | Silver Lake
The LA Countdown is turning a Silver Lake pizza crawl into a workout for a good cause. Start with a slice at LaSorted’s, choose a three-mile run or 1.5-mile walk, then finish at Hot Tongue for another slice and an optional post-run drink. All paces welcome, with proceeds benefiting Soccer Without Borders.
Craft Swap at a Park
8.22 | 12 PM | Redondo Beach
That craft you swore you’d get into? Give the supplies a second life at Entropy Creatives’ free Craft Swap. Bring gently used materials, browse everyone else’s creative leftovers, and take home whatever inspires your next project. Stick around to craft, meet fellow creatives, or simply see what treasures turn up.
A Watermelon Hoedown at Benny Boy
8.22 | 12 PM | Lincoln Heights
Benny Boy Brewing is giving summer’s juiciest fruit its own party. Watermelon Fest brings back the fresh-squeezed Water Yer Melon cider alongside live country music, watermelon eats, a mini market, and a watermelon seed-spitting contest. Free to attend, 21+, and just the right amount of ridiculous.
Yoga for Moving Through Grief
8.22 | 12:30 PM | Santa Monica
Breathe & Grieve is a gentle outdoor yoga session designed to create space for whatever you’re carrying. Join A Grief Like Mine and instructor Veronica Cecchetti at Dorothy Green Park for a grounding flow centered on breath, movement, reflection, and experiencing grief in community. No yoga experience required.
A Little Music, a Little Comedy, a Little Mystery
8.22 | 6:30 PM | Hermosa Beach
Keep summer going at The Studio with an evening of live music, comedy, tarot readings, surprise guests, and a few things they’re keeping under wraps. Hosted by Lynette and Ayline, it’s part variety show, part neighborhood hang, with every ticket helping support The Studio and keep the community space going.
Drunk Theatre Celebrates 200 Shows in LA
8.22 | 9:30 PM | Westlake
Drunk Theatre is celebrating its 200th LA show at Dynasty Typewriter with the premise that has somehow survived 1,000 shots: one improviser takes five shots at the start, then attempts to perform alongside a completely sober cast. Four years and 400 plays later, expect an especially celebratory edition of this very silly experiment.
Coffee With Some Very Adoptable Dogs
8.23 | 9 AM | West LA
Big Dog Energy’s Coffee Club pairs a Sunday coffee run with a chance to meet adoptable shelter and rescue dogs at Good People Coffee. Grab breakfast, meet fellow dog lovers, enjoy pup cups, and help give some very good dogs a little extra visibility. Bring your own pup, your foster, a friend, or simply come for the dogs.
A Zine Fest for the Artfully Curious
8.23 | 12 PM | Glendale
Anyone Can Cook Zinefest is back for round three at Junior High LA, bringing together 20+ local zinesters for an afternoon of comics, prints, stickers, zines, and plenty of unexpected finds. Curated by Nova Community Arts, this all-ages gathering is an easy way to browse, meet local artists, and support LA’s independent creative scene. Donate what you can.
BUCK Returns! A Rooftop Country Pool Party
8.23 | 1 PM | Hollywood
BUCK brings country to the rooftop with an afternoon of swimming, line dancing, drag, DJs, yard games, cocktails, cold beer, and a market of local makers. Come early to learn a few steps, catch Fantasia Royale Gaga at 4, then cool off in the pool while Justin X DJs through the afternoon.
Bring Your Camera, Wander the Arts District
8.23 | 5 PM | Arts District
Grab your camera and join Nsty Film Co. for a photo walk through the Arts District led by @rip.camera. Photographers of all levels are welcome, and anyone who’d rather get in front of the lens can come model. Film will be available for purchase, so just show up ready to shoot, wander, and meet other photo people.
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