Things to do in Los Angeles — A quick search shows more than 32,400,000 people have Googled “bored + Los Angeles.” This has got to be a joke. But just in case, here are a few savvy suggestions for fun things to do for less in LA and surrounding cities. (Also see: Cheap Dates Orange County/Inland Empire and Cheap Dates San Diego.)
L.A. Events and Activities – 2012
MAY 2012
May 17-31: Cirque du Soleil IRIS, at the Kodak Theatre (40% Off), Hollywood
May 17-27: Chicago, at the Pantages (60% off), Hollywood
May 17-31: Disneyland Deals (Discount Tickets), Anaheim
May 17-31: Six Flags Magic Mountain Deals ($25 off), Valencia
May 17-31: Universal Studios Deals (Discount Tickets), Universal City
May 17-31: Cirque du Soliel IRIS (40% 0ff), Hollywood
May 17-20: The Avengers at the El Capitan Theatre (25% off), Hollywood
May 17: Japanese-American National Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
May 17: Westwood Live (Free), West Los Angeles
May 17: The Hammer Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
May 18: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
May 18: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night (Free), Long Beach
May 18,19,20: MLB — St. Louis Cardinals vs L.A. Dodgers (Discount Tickets), Los Angeles
May 18-20: Play Days Carnival (Ride Discounts), Monterey Park
May 19: Santa Monica Festival (Free), Santa Monica
May 19: So Pas Block Party (Free), South Pasadena
May 19: The Mint, Nightclub Show–Rodina, w/ Special Guests (50% Off), Los Angeles
May 20: Museum of Latin American Art (Target Free day), Los Angeles
May 20: Amgen Tour Bicycle Race Finale (Free), W. Los Angeles
May 23: The Mint, Nightclub Show–Matt Chamberlain Residency, w/ Special Guests (50% Off), Los Angeles
May 24-27: Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music (2 fort 1), Thousand Oaks
May 24: The Hammer Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
May 25: The Mint, Nightclub Show–Blowing Up The Moon, w/ The Young Rapscallions (50% Off), Los Angeles
May 25: The Mint, Nightclub Show–The Waddy Wachtel Band, w/ Special Guests (50% Off), Los Angeles
May 25: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
May 25: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night (Free), Long Beach
May 25,26,27: MLB — Houston Astros vs L.A. Dodgers (Discount Tickets), Los Angeles
May 26-27: Jubilee Music & Arts Festival (50% Off after Free sign in), Los Angeles
May 26-28: Fiesta Days Festival (Free), La Canada Flintridge
May 26-28: Fiesta Hermosa (Free), Hermosa Beach
May 27: Griffith Observatory Stargazing (Free), Los Angeles
May 28: Muscle Beach BodyBuilding Championship (Free), Venice
May 28: Canoga Park Memorial Day Parade (Free), Canoga Park
May 28: Fiesta Day Parade (Free), La Canada Flintridge
May 28,29,30: MLB — Milwaukee Brewers vs L.A. Dodgers (Discount Tickets), Los Angeles
May 29: The Mint, Nightclub Show–The Ventriloquists, with Special Guests (50% Off), Los Angeles
May 30: The Mint, Nightclub Show–Matt Chamberlain Residency, with Bill Frisell (50% Off), Los Angeles
May 31: The Mint, Nightclub Show–Dead Winter Carpenters, with Grange Hall (50% Off), Los Angeles
JUNE 2012
June 1: All Space Considered at the Griffith Observatory (Free), Los Angeles
June 1: Norton Simon Museum (Free day), Pasadena
June 1: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
June 1: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night” (Free), Long Beach
June 2-3: Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music (50% Off), Ontario
June 2,3: Museum of Latin American Art (BofA Free wknd), Long Beach
June 2,3: Autry Museum of the American West (BofA Free wknd), Los Angeles
June 2,3: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (BofA Free wknd), Los Angeles
June 2,3: Skirball Cultural Center (BofA Free wknd), Los Angeles
June 5: La Brea Tar Pits, Page Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
June 5: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (Free day), Los Angeles
June 7: The Huntington Library (Free day), San Marino
June 7: San Pedro Art Walk (Free), San Pedro
June 7: The Hammer Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
June 8: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
June 8: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night” (Free), Long Beach
June 9,10: Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music (50% Off), Los Angeles
June 9: Long Beach Art Walk (Free), Long Beach
June 9: Get Outdoors Day – National Fee-Free Days at U.S. National Parks (Free), SoCal
June 9,10: NASA’s JPL Open House (Free), Pasadena
June 9,10: PV Street Fair (Free), Palos Verde
June 11,12,13: MLB — L.A. Angels vs L.A. Dodgers (50% off), Los Angeles
June 12: Autry Museum of the American West (Free Day), Los Angeles
June 12: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Free day), Los Angeles
June 14: Downtown L.A. Art Walk (Free), Los Angeles
June 14: The Hammer Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
June 15: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
June 15: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night” (Free), Long Beach
June 15,16,17: MLB — Chicago White Sox vs L.A. Dodgers (50% off), Los Angeles
June 16-17: Playboy Jazz Festival (50% Off), Hollywood
June 16-17: Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music (50% Off), Long Beach
June 16,17: Pasadena Chalk Festival (Free), Pasadena
June 17: Museum of Latin American Art (Target Free day), Los Angeles
June 17: Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance (Free), Beverly Hills
June 19: L.A. Arboretum & Botanical Gardens (Free day), Arcadia
June 19: Southcoast Botanical Gardens (Free day), Palos Verde
June 21: Japanese-American National Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
June 21: Westwood Live (Free), West Los Angeles
June 21: The Hammer Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
June 22: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
June 22: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night” (Free), Long Beach
June 23: Mariachi Festival (50% off), Los Angeles
June 23: Griffith Observatory Stargazing (Free), Los Angeles
June 28: The Hammer Museum (Free day), Los Angeles
June 28,29,30: MLB — New York Mets vs L.A. Dodgers (50% off), Los Angeles
June 28-Sep 2: Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival (Free), Los Angeles
June 29: Long Beach Museum of Art (Free day), Long Beach
June 29: Aquarium of the Pacific “Shark Lagoon Night (Free), Long Beach
June 29-July 13: Monty Python’s SPAMALOT (50% off), Long Beach
