West Adams Area Events Calendar
The rhythm of the neighborhood, from the Sunday drum circle in Leimert Park to the farmers markets, the council meetings, and the patios along the Adams corridor. West Adams, Leimert Park, and Baldwin Hills, kept current by Debbie Pisaro and Coastline 840 Real Estate's West Adams team.
Weekly & monthly standbys
The dependable backbone of the neighborhood. These run on a regular schedule and rarely change, which makes them the easiest way to plug into West Adams and Leimert Park life.
Afternoon til dusk
Leimert Park African Drum Circle & Marketplace
One of the longest-running cultural traditions in Black Los Angeles. Drummers of every age and skill level gather as the marketplace fills with food, art, jewelry, and clothing from Black-owned vendors. Bring a chair, and a drum if you have one.
Leimert Plaza Park · Degnan Blvd between 43rd Pl and 43rd St, Leimert Park
Of each month
Leimert Park Art Walk
A monthly celebration of art, music, film, and history across the Village, with gallery displays, live performance, spoken word, children's art-making, and the drum circle at its center. Free.
Leimert Park Village · around 43rd Place and Degnan Blvd
9am to 1pm
Wellington Square Farmers Market
On the western edge of West Adams, a neighborhood market with certified-farmers produce, baked goods, prepared food, live music, and a handmade-goods flea market. A favorite weekend ritual for the surrounding historic blocks.
4394 Washington Blvd (two blocks west of Crenshaw), Los Angeles 90016
2:30 to 5:30pm
Adams & Vermont Farmers Market
A midweek certified farmers market on the eastern end of the Adams corridor, open year round. Good for a weekday produce run close to USC and University Park.
Adams Blvd at Vermont Ave
8am to 6pm
The Link, Baldwin Hills Parklands Shuttle
A 25-cent shuttle connecting the Metro Expo La Cienega station to Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area and the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook. Free for seniors and kids under five. The easy car-free way into the parklands on a weekend.
Routes run Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays on a roughly 20-minute loop
Annual highlights
The signature gatherings worth planning around. Dates shift year to year, so confirm the current schedule before you set a calendar reminder.
Leimert Park Village Street Festival
The neighborhood's big summer celebration, with live music, DJs, spoken word, the legendary drum circle, food, and vendors filling the Village. Often tied to the Juneteenth season. Free and family-friendly.
Leimert Park Village · confirm current dates each year
Leimert Park Theatre Festival
A festival of staged readings and performances anchored at the Vision Theatre and partner stages across the Village, celebrating Black theatre and performing arts.
Vision Theatre and partner venues, Leimert Park
West Adams Heritage Association Holiday Tour & Progressive Dinner
WAHA's beloved annual tradition, a candlelit tour through some of the neighborhood's grandest historic homes paired with a progressive dinner. The single best way each year to see inside West Adams's landmark houses.
Historic West Adams · tickets via westadamsheritage.org
South Central Film Festival
A showcase of emerging filmmakers at Mercado La Paloma, with curated screenings, filmmaker conversations, and awards. Presented by Esperanza Community Housing.
Mercado La Paloma, South Los Angeles
Venues to watch
The cultural anchors that program their own events all year. Check their calendars for what's on while you're planning a weekend.
Vision Theatre
A 1932 Spanish Colonial movie palace by Morgan, Walls & Clements, freshly emerged from a multi-year, multi-million-dollar restoration as a city-run performing arts center. A landmark anchor of the Village's south end.
3314 W 43rd Place, Leimert Park
The World Stage & KAOS Network
The Village's living music and arts institutions. The World Stage runs nightly jam sessions and workshops; KAOS Network is a hub for DJ sets, open mics, and youth media. The heartbeat of Leimert after dark.
Degnan Blvd, Leimert Park Village
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
A 401-acre park often called L.A.'s Central Park, with more than seven miles of trails, a fishing lake, a Japanese garden, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tree Grove, and a roster of bird walks and guided nature strolls.
4100 S La Cienega Blvd, Baldwin Hills 90056
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
A stair climb and restored-habitat hike rewarded with panoramic views across the whole Los Angeles Basin to the Pacific. Reachable car-free on weekends via The Link shuttle.
6300 Hetzler Road, near Jefferson Blvd
Mercado La Paloma
A converted garment factory turned community food hall, with family-run restaurants, artisan shops, nonprofit space, and a year-round slate of cultural events near the eastern edge of the West Adams area.
3655 S Grand Ave, near USC
Where to grab a drink & happy hour
The Adams Boulevard corridor has quietly become one of the city's best dinner-and-drinks strips. It leans more toward serious cocktails and patio dinners than cheap happy-hour deals, but there are good early-evening options. A note on timing: most of these spots do not publish fixed happy-hour windows, and the ones that do change them often, so the details below reflect what each currently offers. A quick call is always the surest way to catch a deal.
Full bar
Alta Adams & Adams Wine Shop
Chef Keith Corbin's Michelin-recognized California soul food, a serious seasonal cocktail program, and a string-lit back patio that is one of the loveliest in the neighborhood. Regulars have noted an early-evening happy hour at the bar, but the kitchen recently relaunched its menu, so confirm current happy-hour timing when you go. Next door, the team's Adams Wine Shop pours by the glass (Tuesday to Sunday, until around 7pm) and spotlights women and BIPOC winemakers, a perfect low-key pre-dinner stop.
Dinner Tuesday to Sunday · weekend brunch · confirm happy-hour times
Full bar & nightlife
The Bar at Johnny's West Adams
The corridor's real drinks-and-dancing room. Grab a basic beer at the walk-up pastrami window, or head inside The Bar at Johnny's for craft cocktails, DJs spinning vinyl, and dance nights. Open daily and late, with a fire-pit courtyard. No standing happy hour is posted, so check their events calendar for what is on.
Open daily into the evening · cocktails, beer, wine, DJ nights
Full bar
Cento Pasta Bar & Cento Raw Bar
Some of the best pasta in the city next door to one of the most beautiful new rooms in America, an oyster-shell-inspired raw bar with showstopping seafood towers and inventive, club-era cocktails. Walk-ins only, and it gets busy, so arrive early. This is a destination-cocktail spot rather than a deals spot; no happy hour is posted.
Cento Raw Bar open Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm
Cocktails
Farmhouse Kitchen Thai
Maximalist, party-ready Thai with neon-pink lighting, a giant back patio, and colorful cocktails served in foot-high novelty crowns. Built for a group night out. Listings show that it offers a happy hour, so call ahead for the current window and specials.
Open daily, lunch and dinner · farmhousethai.com
Beer & wine
Mizlala West Adams
Bright, casual Mediterranean with a build-your-own pickle bar and a covered garden patio strung with stained glass and candles. Counter service, beer and wine only, no full bar and no formal happy hour, but an easy spot for a relaxed glass on the patio any night of the week.
Open daily, 11am to 10pm
Civic calendar
Where neighborhood decisions get made. Because West Adams spans two council districts, it is served by two neighborhood councils, both with public meetings.
6:30pm
West Adams Neighborhood Council, Board Meeting
Open to the public. Land use, development, and city-service items for the WANC boundary are aired here first.
Vineyard Recreation Center, 2942 Vineyard Ave · agendas at westadamsnc.org
6:00pm
WANC Land Use Committee
Reviews proposed and in-progress developments inside the WANC boundary. The room to be in if a project near you is in play.
Agendas at westadamsnc.org
6:30pm
United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (UNNC)
Serves the CD8 portions of the broader West Adams area, including historic West Adams, Arlington Heights, Adams-Normandie, and Jefferson Park.
Agendas at unnc.org
About This Calendar
This calendar is written and maintained by Debbie Pisaro and Coastline 840 Real Estate's West Adams team. Debbie is a California real estate broker and the founder of Coastline 840, with 24 years in the Los Angeles market and a specialty in architectural and historic homes. Knowing the rhythm of a neighborhood, where people gather and what makes a block feel like home, is part of how she helps buyers and sellers find the right fit in West Adams, Leimert Park, and Baldwin Hills.
Thinking about buying or selling in the area, or just want to know more about a particular street? Debbie Pisaro would be glad to hear from you.
(310) 362-6429 · debbie@coastline840.com
debbiepisaro.com · coastline840.com
160 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026