Abbot Kinney Festival Returns to the Boulevard Today
Los Angeles, CA · September 27, 2026
Abbot Kinney Boulevard is surrendering to pedestrians and street tacos at ten this morning, marking the first time in three years you will not need to dodge traffic there. If your Sunday plans involve the coast, prepare your detour now.
The Lead
For four decades, the final Sunday of September meant one thing in Venice: shutting down a mile of asphalt between Venice Boulevard and Main Street for art, food trucks, and neighborhood catch-ups. When the Abbot Kinney Festival went dark in 2024 and 2025 due to nationwide sponsorship pullbacks, many worried whether the all-volunteer tradition would ever recover.
Starting at 10:00 AM today, the answer rolls out in full force. The 40th edition brings back more than 300 artisan vendors, three community stages, and local culinary mainstays to reclaim the boulevard through 6:00 PM. Yet the corridor itself did not sit idly during the hiatus. New bakeries, dining rooms, and independent shops quietly transformed the sidewalks over the past twenty-four months. Today’s turnout will show organizers whether an old-school neighborhood street festival can still thrive alongside the strip’s newest chapter.
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Today's Outlook
- High 88°F · Low 67°F — Overcast
- Keep light layers handy as lingering cloud cover keeps the warm afternoon manageable.
What's On Around Town
Today
The Other Art Fair Barker Hangar (3021 Airport Ave), Santa Monica, 11:00 AM–6:00 PM · Paid Browse works from 160 independent artists alongside interactive exhibits and cocktails.
Oktoberfest Celebration Lawless Brewing Co. (5275 Craner Ave), Noon–8:00 PM · Free Bavarian food trucks, local craft pours, and lively stein-holding contests.
Dodgers Fan Market Common Space Brewery (3411 W El Segundo Blvd), Hawthorne, Noon–5:00 PM · Free Local artisan apparel, street-style elote, and cold brews before October baseball.
Day Trip in the Park Los Angeles State Historic Park, 2:00 PM · Paid Open-air house music grooves on the lawn beneath the downtown skyline.
Tomorrow
- Sports & Entertainment Procurement Summit Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 S Figueroa St), 9:00 AM–2:00 PM · Free
- Jack White Hollywood Palladium (6215 Sunset Blvd), 7:00 PM · Paid
- Astronomy on Tap Dog Haus Biergarten (93 E Green St), Pasadena, 7:30–9:30 PM · Free
Tuesday
- Lauren Halsey’s emajendat Hollywood Bowl, 6:00 PM · Paid
- Dominic Fike The Wiltern (3790 Wilshire Blvd), 6:30 PM · Paid
- An Evening With Carly Pearce GRAMMY Museum (800 W Olympic Blvd), 7:30–8:00 PM · Paid
Spotlight & Story
- Griffith Observatory's Zeiss Telescope Since May 14, 1935, more than 7 million people have peered through the rooftop dome's 12-inch refracting telescope, making it the most looked-through instrument on Earth. Free nightly public viewing has continued without ticketed admission for nine consecutive decades.
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