Best Things To Do in Los Angeles This Weekend April 2026

April in Los Angeles doesn’t pause for drizzle. The weekend of April 10 kicks off with enough going on across the city that you’d need to clone yourself to catch it all, and Burbank residents willing to make the drive south won’t regret it.

Bob Baker Day got bumped to September. That’s a disappointment, no question. But the rest of the April 10 lineup moves fast enough that the gap’s barely noticeable.

Start Friday at the Elysian Theater’s Skunk Room in Silver Lake. Instructor Liv is running a VHS Workout Class at 2 p.m., and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a beginner-friendly retro exercise session built around actual VHS fitness tapes from the era when spandex wasn’t ironic. Tickets are $15, and the tape lineup includes Jody Watley: Dance to Fitness, David Gray’s Dance Fever, and Richard Simmons doing what Richard Simmons does. Participants are encouraged to dress in full 80s workout gear, and there’s a costume contest for anyone willing to commit to the bit. We Like L.A. named it a top pick for the weekend, and it’s hard to argue with that call.

“It’s a chance to party like it’s 1995,” the event organizers noted in their promotional materials, and the VHS Workout Class is built around that same spirit of joyful, unself-conscious fun.

Friday night runs in two directions at once, both free.

Over in Culver City, Ivy Station is hosting the April edition of its Night Market with a coastal country theme. The plaza gets a mechanical bull, line-dancing energy, and more than 30 local artisan vendors set up across the space. Los Angeles Ale Works is handling beer service, and a mix of food trucks and on-site restaurants covers dinner. It runs from 5 to 10 p.m.

Head east instead and you’re at Benny Boy Brewing for Selena Night, an inaugural tribute to the Queen of Tejano. Performer Nira takes the stage at 8 p.m. backed by a full band, working through Selena’s catalog. The brewery promises themed activities, crafts, and enough room to dance. The event runs until 11 p.m. It’s 21-plus, free to get in, and the crowd’s going to want to move.

Saturday pulls the focus toward climate and community. Los Angeles Climate Week runs April 8 through 15, eight days of programming organized around city neighborhoods. The weekend highlight is an LA River Crawl in Frogtown, with more than 12 venue activations along the route. Live music, DJs, poetry, food pop-ups, workshops, and hands-on crafting are all in the mix across more than 4 miles of the corridor. If you haven’t made it out to the LA River corridor lately, this is a solid excuse. Free admission.

KJazz Tracks is also running Saturday at Union Station as part of Jazz Appreciation Month. It’s a free concert series, it’s indoors if the weather turns, and Union Station remains one of the 5 most visually striking buildings in Los Angeles County. Don’t sleep on it.

Montrose shoppers can also take note: the Honolulu Avenue shopping district in Glendale is worth a Saturday detour for anyone who wants to skip the freeway and stay closer to the Valley. Local shops, walkable blocks, and none of the parking headache you’d deal with further west.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA is opening Mountain Spirits this weekend, with a Saturday evening reception that tends to draw people who actually engage with what’s hanging on the wall. The Fowler’s exhibition work has been consistently strong, and an opening night event there carries some weight in the LA museum calendar.

The full weekend wraps up Sunday with residual programming from the River Crawl and other Climate Week events still running through the 15th. That gives residents 30-plus combined event windows to choose from before the week resets.

For anyone tracking the Bob Baker situation: September is the new date. Mark it now.