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The Joshua Tree Lake sign at the campground entrance, with rocky desert hills and a clear blue sky behind it

Festival Guides

Joshua Tree Music Festival 2026 Guide: Four Nights of Desert Camping, Funk, Soul, and Silent Disco

The 21st fall Joshua Tree Music Festival runs October 8 to 11, 2026, at the Joshua Tree Lake Campground. Here is the…Sep 27, 2026

Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles

Taste of Soul Returns to Crenshaw Boulevard for Its 21st Year on October 17

The 21st Taste of Soul Family Festival takes over Crenshaw Boulevard on Saturday, October 17, 2026, with free admission, three live stages…Sep 27, 2026

The 824 Journal Artists to Watch title card for Racing Mount Pleasant, chamber folk rock, Michigan

Artists to Watch

Artists to Watch: Racing Mount Pleasant

Racing Mount Pleasant started as a college band in Ann Arbor, renamed itself after a highway sign, and was headlining a festival…Sep 27, 2026

A red panda resting on a tree branch

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Welcomes Its First Red Panda Cub

A male red panda cub born June 24 to first-time parents Ponya and Pilot is the first of his kind ever born…Sep 27, 2026

The glass entrance building of Discovery Cube Orange County in Santa Ana

Discovery Cube’s Pumpkin Palooza Runs Weekends in Santa Ana Through November 1

Discovery Cube Orange County hosts Pumpkin Palooza on October weekends plus November 1, with dance parties, trick-or-treat stations, pumpkin science and a…Sep 27, 2026

Lambrini Girls performing on an outdoor festival stage under yellow and blue lights, seen over a crowd

Festival Guides

Fight to Unite 2026 Guide: Punk Rock Bowling Takes Over The Belasco With Lambrini Girls and a Fat Wreck Birthday

Punk Rock Bowling brings Fight to Unite to The Belasco in downtown Los Angeles on October 9 and 10, 2026, with Lambrini…Sep 27, 2026

Aerial view of Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego's Mission Valley, surrounded by parking lots and practice fields

Festival Guides

Niteharts 2026 Guide: ISOKNOCK, Porter Robinson, and a Three-Day Bass Weekend at Snapdragon Stadium

ISOxo and Knock2's Niteharts festival returns to Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego October 9 to 11, 2026, now three days long. Here…Sep 26, 2026

Festival tents and crowds along the beachfront parking lot at OB Oktoberfest 2025, seen from the Ocean Beach Pier, with palm trees and blue sky

Festival Guides

Ocean Beach Oktoberfest 2026 Guide: A Y2K Beer Garden, Fortunate Youth, and Stein Holding by the OB Pier

OB Oktoberfest goes Y2K on October 9 and 10, 2026, in the Ocean Beach Pier parking lot. Here are the set times,…Sep 26, 2026

Fans gather outside the Pasadena Convention Center, with a Monsterpalooza banner over the entrance, during the 2025 spring show

Conventions & Fan Culture

Son of Monsterpalooza 2026 Guide: Tommy Lee, Creature Makers, and a Fall Weekend of Monsters in Burbank

Son of Monsterpalooza brings 150-plus vendors, makeup demos, a costume contest, and Tommy Lee's first convention appearance to the Burbank Marriott, October…Sep 26, 2026

102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball 2026 official lineup graphic: Olivia Rodrigo, Hilary Duff, RAYE, OneRepublic, Sienna Spiro, Freya Skye, Bella Kay, Stella Lefty and The Beaches, Friday December 4, 2026 at Intuit Dome, presented by Capital One

KIIS FM Jingle Ball 2026: Olivia Rodrigo, Hilary Duff, RAYE and OneRepublic Headline Intuit Dome on December 4

Olivia Rodrigo, Hilary Duff, RAYE and OneRepublic lead the nine-act lineup for 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2026 at Intuit Dome on…Sep 26, 2026

Festivalgoers walking across the green lawn at the Empire Polo Club, with rows of palm trees, a Ferris wheel, and desert mountains behind

Festival Guides

Head Trip 2026 Guide: Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex, and One Stage in Indio, Just This Once

Goldenvoice's one-time Head Trip festival takes over the Empire Polo Club in Indio on October 10 and 11, 2026, with Calvin Harris,…Sep 26, 2026

A row of front-loading washing machines in a laundromat

Laundry Love: The Ventura Idea That Turned Laundromats Into Places of Dignity

A man living on the streets of Ventura told a group of friends that clean clothes would change how people treated him.…Sep 26, 2026