Family events in Inglewood, CA

Step behind the scenes of the Ice Age with an expert-led Insider Tour at La Brea Tar Pits. Although the museum building is temporarily closed for a major renovation, the active dig areas continue, and this experience offers special access to the work happening on site. Picture your reflection in bubbling asphalt, see the well-known mammoth family along Wilshire, and take a closer look at activities usually reserved for scientists. Travel back about 50,000 years as you explore a uniquely urban excavation where saber-toothed cats and dire wolves once pursued giant sloths and Columbian mammoths, then connect with researchers who are making discoveries every day. Tour length is approximate and may vary, and availability can change.

Family Science Sundays at the Marine Mammal Care Center provide a one-hour, expert-led experience for families to explore ocean conservation and the lives of marine mammals. Each session includes the complete visitor experience at MMCC, from seeing patients to spending time in the interactive exhibit hall. To manage attendance there is a $1 nonrefundable booking fee per participant, and everyone checked in for the program receives a $1 coupon that can be used in the gift shop or directed to patient care. If the fee presents a hardship, enter the promo code FSS during registration to request a waiver. The program is designed for ages 8 and up, with adults required to accompany children 13 and under, and families are encouraged to participate together. This edition, Meet Your Ocean Neighbors, spotlights the marine mammals that live along the Los Angeles coast. Through hands-on activities and demonstrations, families investigate how these animals find food, communicate, and thrive in settings from kelp forests to open water. Participants also learn how these species fit into the coastal ecosystem and why protecting them matters. It offers an interactive introduction to the wild marine world just offshore.

LA Jazz Festival brings its Jazz in the Park series to South Park with a performance featuring Isaiah Collier, joined by special guest Fonville x Fribush. Admission is free with RSVP, and a confirmed RSVP is required for entry. This event is part of a 24-concert series presented in parks throughout the Los Angeles region, highlighting live music across jazz, soul, hip hop, and more in open-air community spaces. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets, relax with friends and family, and enjoy the music under the sky.

This free outdoor event turns up the volume with Start Me Up, a tribute to the Rolling Stones. Enjoy the music in the open air and soak up the energy.

Get to know the Living Collections Team and see animals of many kinds, from those with fur and scales to creatures that are slimy or have plenty of legs. The experience celebrates Los Angeles as a hotspot for biodiversity while also highlighting species from around the world. Discover how these animals adapt to city life and to habitats across the globe, and pick up simple ways everyone can help protect the wildlife living alongside us. Specific animals featured may change.

Step behind the scenes at La Brea Tar Pits with an expert-guided Insider Tour that ventures into active excavation areas and highlights ongoing Ice Age discoveries. While the museum building undergoes a mammoth makeover, the dig sites continue to operate, and this experience offers access typically reserved for scientists. Learn how dire wolves and saber-toothed cats once hunted giant sloths and Columbian mammoths in the middle of a modern city, watch the asphalt bubble, and see the iconic mammoth family on Wilshire Boulevard. Meet the Ice Age researchers who make new finds every day and get an up-close look at one of Los Angeles’ signature scientific and cultural sites. Tour length is approximate and may vary, and availability can change.

Top Gun: Maverick screens in full on the giant screen at the Bowl while the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performs the original score live. The music, created by Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, and Hans Zimmer and produced by Lorne Balfe, is conducted by Lorne Balfe as the Oscar-winning film unfolds. Decades into his career as one of the Navy’s best, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, portrayed by Tom Cruise, continues to push limits as a test pilot instead of accepting promotion. Assigned to train a select group of Top Gun graduates for a mission unlike any they have faced, he reconnects with Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, the son of his late friend and Radar Intercept Officer, Lt. Nick “Goose” Bradshaw. As Maverick confronts his past and an uncertain future, the team prepares for a task that could demand the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly. A Royal Albert Hall production, presented with thanks to esk film. Details, artists, pricing, and availability may change, ticket limits may apply, and all sales are final.