The Best Festivals Events in Los Angeles Right Now

If you’ve felt like the city’s moving a little faster lately, you’re not imagining it—festivals events in Los Angeles are very much having a moment. With nearly a hundred people already circling this week’s picks (and that’s just the ones who bothered to click ‘interested’), the vibe is very “choose your own adventure”: late-night dancers in Koreatown, candy-colored ravers in DTLA, wellness-meets-culture mashups in the Valley, and the occasional very serious security conference, because of course.

Right now, the best festivals in Los Angeles this month are less about giant corporate fields and more about scenes: Soul Springs Festival if you want something that feels like a sonic reset button; We Love Kandy 2026 Los Angeles if you miss old-school rave energy and don’t mind neon everything; Sponsors & Vendors Wanted - Cultural Festival x Health Fair if your ideal Sunday is half community festival, half checkup; the Los Angeles Bachata & Salsa Festival if your version of cardio involves spinning in a hotel ballroom until 3am; Carnival Security Services 2k25 for the behind-the-scenes brains who make big events actually function; and Tu B'Shevat Festival if you lean more tree-hugging, community-forward, let’s-actually-talk-to-our-neighbors.

You’ll catch a lot of these worlds colliding in very L.A. spots: Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (where half the crowd probably lives within walking distance and knows the barista by name), Tateuchi Democracy Forum (the place you go when your festival has actual ideas it wants to talk about), and that classic “only-in-L.A.” address like 911 E 61st St—one of those venues you plug into Maps twice just to make sure it’s real, then end up having the best night. None of this is passive background noise; this is what discovery looks like in Los Angeles right now: a little experimental, slightly chaotic, occasionally deeply wholesome, and absolutely worth putting on real clothes for.

If you’re choosing where to actually show up, here’s the vibe check:
- Soul Springs Festival: The one you book first if you’re in your healing era but still like a good set.
- We Love Kandy 2026 Los Angeles: Big-night-out energy, best with a crew and zero plans for the next morning.
- Cultural Festival x Health Fair: Low-key, daytime, bring-your-family energy—great if you like your culture with a side of wellness.
- Los Angeles Bachata & Salsa Festival: For superfans and serious dancers—prepare to feel underdressed skill-wise, but in a good way.
- Carnival Security Services 2k25: Niche but important; more for industry folks and logistics nerds.
- Tu B'Shevat Festival: Chill, community-oriented, perfect if you’d rather plant something than scream over a sound system.

In other words: pick your lane, grab your people, and let the city do the rest.