ALL WEEKEND
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Present Built to Amaze! - Downtown
Bringing highwire acrobats, the youngest female Human Cannonball, an Asian Elephant Dance Party, and more clowns than you can stuff into a minicar, the circus is coming to town.

Orange County Fair - Costa Mesa
The OC Fair opens this week with everything from concerts and carnival rides to Chinese Lion Dancers and Alaskan Racing Pigs. If it's not at the OC Fair - who are we kidding; you name it, it’s there!

Galvin Physics Forest Birthday Celebration - Pasadena
Kidspace Children's Museum celebrates the Galvin Physics Forest’s first birthday, looking at the Physics of Heroic Action, Nature, and Creativity, with special performances, activities, and yummy cake.

Family Amphitheater Performances - West LA
The Skirball keeps bringing on the fun! This weekend: Story Pirates (Saturday) and Bottle Dancers (Sunday).

Pirate Days Festival - Ventura
Aaarh!  Pirates rule and landlubbers drool! The swashbuckling fun at this free family festival includes piratical re-enactors, costume contests, nautical knot-tying, and a treasure hunt.

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Westwood
The Japanese Garden at the VA provides a stunning backdrop to this limited engagement run of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in a production that draws inspiration from the late 1950s and early 1960s cultural revolution in Los Angeles. 

John Henry : The Steel Driving Man - Culver City
Culver City Public Theatre's annual free children's production in the park tells the American folk tale of the showdown between John Henry and the powerful steam driven machine designed to replace him.

Course of the Force - Santa Monica & Huntington Beach
Valiant Jedi (and regular folk, too) partake in a light saber relay that began at Skywalker Ranch and ends next week at Comic Con.  Stops at Santa Monica Pier and Huntington Beach Pier Plaza include a Conival with fun activities.

SATURDAY JULY 13

Big!World!Fun! - Hollywood
Nigerian singers Adunni & Nefertiti collaborate with Los Angeles storyteller Michael D. McCarty to share inspiring folktales of the African Diaspora at the Ford Amphitheatre.

AMC Theatres Sensory Friendly Films - Multiple Locations
Participating AMC Theatres show the current release Despicable Me 2 in a safe and accepting environment for families affected by autism.

Target Free Family Saturday: Share Your Story - Downtown
This month’s free family festival at the Japanese American National Museum looks at identity. Everyone is invited to share a story, create a family portrait collage and memory book, and watch a documentary and performances of multicultural tales.

Teacher's Pet - West LA
Enjoying the Gary Baseman exhibit at the Skirball? Check out this screening of the Disney TV show he created.

Public Star Party  - Griffith Park
Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight... is at the free monthly viewing at the Griffith Observatory.

The Urban Ocean: World Port and Sealife Cruise - Long Beach
Explore our coastline from the wet side, aboard a double-deck yacht. (Keep an eye out for whales and sea lions.)

Eat See Hear - Brentwood
It’s Christmas in July! Eat See Hear gives its screening of Elf the full yuletide treatment, with holiday decorations, a Christmas tree, and Santa Claus in his beach attire.

Redondo Beach Summer Music Festival - Redondo Beach
Oy. It’s a Big Mess at the Redondo Pier. (It’s okay; that's a rock band).

Oscars Outdoors - Hollywood
The classic King Kong screens at Academy of Motion Pictures Hollywood Campus.

Grease Sing-Along (PG-13) - Hollywood
Better shape up! It's a Grease sing-along at the Hollywood Bowl, hosted by none other than the Beauty School dropout herself, Didi Conn.

Electric Dusk Drive-In - Downtown
A drive-in screening of The Princess Bride in Downtown LA? As you wish.

Moonlight Movies on the Beach - Granada Beach - Long Beach
Grab your minions and bring your chairs and blankets for a free screening of Despicable Me under the stars at Granada Beach.

SUNDAY  JULY 14

Target Free Sunday at MOLAA: Third Annual Music Festival  - Long Beach
The Museum of Latin American Art’s third annual music festival celebrates the diverse sounds of contemporary Latin music.

Children's Garden Workshops - Irvine
The Great Park Food + Farm Lab hosts a series of fun-filled garden themed workshops specifically designed for children. This month: the songbirds of summer.

Free Day at OCMA - Newport Beach
The “summer fiesta” at the Orange County Museum of Art includes a live recital by the children’s group Kids Playing for Kids.

Family Flicks: Yankee Doodle Dandy - Westwood
James Cagney shows his song-and-dance side in this biography of songwriter George M. Cohan in a free screening at the Hammer Museum.

Gwendolyn & The Good Time Gang Kids Koncert at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum - Topanga
Gwendolyn and her gang are back for some serious kid rock 'n' roll as part of the Kids Koncert series.

Summer Family Fun Series - Farmers Market
On Sunday kids can decorate a rain stick and enjoy a performance of African music and dance by Adaawe.

Kids Run the Bases - Dodgers Home Game  - Dodger Stadium
The Dodgers take on the Rockies, and kids go home with a free Yasiel Pug t-shirt.

Interactive Concert For Individuals With Autism And Their Families - Sherman Oaks
People with autism and their families can enjoy a free concert with the theme "Broadway Our Way."

LevittLA Summer Concert Series - Children's Concerts in MacArthur Park - Downtown
Sarah Lee (granddaughter of Wood Guthrie) & Johnny create family tunes with their two young children, adding a fresh twist to children’s classics and charming originals.

Manhattan Beach Summer Concerts in the Park - Manhattan Beach
The free concert at Polliwog Park Amphitheater this Sunday features the country sounds of the Doo-Wah Riders.

Playa Vista Concert in the Park - Playa Vista
The Zippers play fun and upbeat versions of favorite songs.

South Pasadena Summer Concerts - South Pasadena
Suave the Band plays Latin Jazz at Garfield Park.

Concerts on the Green - Woodland Hills
Lee Rocker (of the Stray Cats) plays a free concert at Warner Center Park.

Sierra Madre Concerts in the Park - Sierra Madre
The free concert at Memorial Park Bandshell takes you through Decades of Rock.

Free Summer Movie Series - Malibu
Pull up a blanket and catch a free screening of Madagascar at the Malibu Country Mart.

And that free blowout?  It's at Ulta Beauty locations, courtesy of Living Proof hair products. It's free but appointments are limited, so you'll want to make an appointment as soon as you can.

As always, there are many more activities listed on our daily events calendar. Whatever you choose to do this weekend, we hope you have marvelous (and frizz free) time!