The RoundUp by BLK Events LA | 7/29-8/3

From field days to musicals, sneaker balls & more, here's your one-stop shop for Black events in Los Angeles this weekend!

We have 75 amazing events to be excited about!

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🚨 New event | 💎 35+ friendly | 🌹 Date night-friendly | 👧🏾 Kid-friendly

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BLK Events LA’s Events

7/30: RunGood Weekly 5K Run & 2-Mile Walk at The WalkGood Yard in Mid-City ❤️🔥🤝🏾🗓💎👧🏾

Join WalkGood LA for our weekly community run or walk! There are 3 paces to choose from—Olympic Pace (7-9min miles), Sexy Pace (9:30-12min miles), and Walking Pace (which is led by yours truly!)

8/9: August Community Walk at Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Park in Sherman Oaks ❤️🔥🤝🏾🗓💎👧🏾

Join our August community walk in partnership with Prosperity Market for their 5th Annual Black Business Scavenger Hunt! This month, we’re walking Sherman Oaks in support of The Original Coley’s Jamaican Restaurant + a pop-up with Aqua Equity & Ambeezy’s Organic Dog Treats! Attendees of this walk can win BBSH points & prizes at their end-of-August market on 8/31! Text #BBSH25 to 323-417-0465 to play! (P.S. BLK Events LA merch on deck!)

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8/2: Day Camp: Adult Field Day ft. Love, Peace & Spades at Elysian Park in Elysian Valley 🔥

Join Day Camp for an adult field day in the park! Come for the games, arts & crafts & prizes, and stay for the viiibes! They’re partnering with Love, Peace & Spades to host an on-site spades academy for anyone who’s looking to learn + a tournament to put those skills to the test! FREE RSVP, $10 for field day games & $5 for spades academy!

Art + Community

Tuesday 7/29

1. 7/29-7/31: Foster The Studio: Chain Reactions With An Immersive Art Exhibit at Sip & Sonder In Inglewood 🔥💎

2. Antidepressants Media: Negro Jeoparty at Rockwell Lounge in West Adams 🔥💎🌹

Thursday 7/31

1. Black Girl Watching: Club Juke! A 'Sinners' Watch Party & Discussion at The Gathering Spot in West Adams 🔥

2. Haitian Spotlight LA: Konpa Night With Haitian Hits and Dance Lessons at Oilfields Liquor Room in Culver City 🔥💎🌹

3. Natural Form: Live Drawing Session (Location On RSVP) 🌈🔥💎🌹

Friday 8/1

1. 8/1-8/24: Prosperity Market’s 5th Annual Black Business Scavenger Hunt ❤️🔥🤝🏾💎🌹👧🏾

2. LA in Common x Treats x Ghost Town Oats: Connect & Cowork at Alta Adams in West Adams 🔥💎

3. Forever Evolving Project: To Our Beloved—A Ghanaian Art Show (Location On RSVP) 🔥💎🌹

Saturday 8/2

1. Black Men Hike Rancho Palos Verdes Coastal Trail in Palos Verdes 🔥💎

2. Parallel Play LA: A Queer Introverted Park Takeover at Magnolia Park in North Hollywood 🌈🔥💎

3. Vintage & Design Market at 8th & Santa Fe in Downtown Arts District 🔥💎

4. Eve’s Garden of Wellness: 1st Annual Wellness Festival at Crenshaw Yoga & Dance in Hyde Park 🔥🚨💎

5. Cuties LA: Queer Poetry Readings at Sunset at The Plant Chica in Leimert Park ❤️🌈🔥💎🌹

6. Trap x Canvas Paint & Sip at Seven Nineteen in Inglewood 🔥💎🌹

7. UNMET: “Parables from Dreamers: Themes of Diasporic Wandering” Exhibition Opening at Valence Projects in DTLA 🔥💎🌹

8. Support the Homies: Marketplace After Dark in Westlake 🔥💎

Sunday 8/3

1. BreatheGood Outdoor Yoga at Kenneth Hahn Park in Baldwin Hills ❤️🔥💎👧🏾

2. Little Los Angeles: Little Brunch at Blackline Coffee in Mid-City 🔥💎🌹

3. Thick Girl Yoga LA: 8th Annual Beach Day at El Segundo Beach 🔥💎

4. Hands on the Land Volunteer Gardening at Earth Lodge Center in Long Beach 🌈🔥💎

5. Support Your Local Black Girl: Wellness Field Day at Heartwell Park in Long Beach🔥

6. Esco’s Pizza: Summer Block Party in Mid-City 🔥💎👧🏾

Monday 8/4

1. Cuties LA: Let’s Werk Queer Coworking at Here Clubhouse in Koreatown 🌈🔥🗓💎

2. Black & Busy: Coworking Mondays at Park + Lex Studios in Downtown Arts District 🗓🚨💎

Live Music

Tuesday 7/29

1. Rhythmic Refuge at The Peppermint Club in WeHo 🔥💎🌹

Wednesday 7/30

1. The LA Open: Open Mic Night at Club Lagos in Downtown LA 🔥

Thursday 7/31

1. BMI Acoustic Sunset Sessions at SKYBAR Mondrian Hotel in DTLA 🔥💎🌹

Friday 8/1

1. 8/1-8/3: Jesus Christ Superstar ft. Cynthia Erivo at The Hollywood Bowl 🌈🔥💎🌹

2. KCRW Summer Nights at California African-American Museum in Exposition Park🔥💎🌹👧🏾

3. Jazz at LACMA: Ernie Watts Quartet at Smidt Welcome Plaza in Mid-Wilshire ❤️🔥🗓💎🌹👧🏾

Saturday 8/2

1. LA Concerts: Mario & Friends at Pershing Square in DTLA 🔥💎🌹

2. The 14th Annual Uptown Jazz Festival at Houghton Park in Long Beach 🔥💎🌹👧🏾

Parties

Tuesday 7/29

1. R&B Night at Dot Speakeasy in Hollywood 🔥🗓🌹

Wednesday 7/30

1. 9PM Sharp at Apt 503 in Koreatown 🔥🗓

2. Throwbacks Night With Hip-Hop, R&B, Funk Soul at Dot Speakeasy in Hollywood 🔥🗓🌹

3. Brown Sugar Global at Continental Club in DTLA 🔥🗓💎

Thursday 7/31

1. Hip-Hop + R&B Night at Dot Speakeasy in Hollywood 🔥🗓🌹

2. Interlude at Love Note in DTLA 🔥🗓

Friday 8/1

1. Catch Cruise Entertainment: Cruise Control at The Virgil in East Hollywood 🔥

2. Hip-Hop + R&B Night at Dot Speakeasy in Hollywood 🔥🗓🌹

3. Sticky LA: R&B Karaoke & Dance Party at High Tide in Downtown Arts District ❤️🌈🔥💎

4. AfroSauce Afters at Moneycat in DTLA 🔥🚨

Saturday 8/2

1. Cape to Cairo at Kavahana in Santa Monica 🔥

2. The Social Club & Plus One: Days In The Sun at Treehouse Rooftop in Chinatown 🔥

3. Afro, Hip-Hop, House, Funk, Jersey & R&B Night at Dot Speakeasy in Hollywood 🔥🗓🌹

4. Alabama State University Los Angeles Alumni Chapter: HBCU & Divine 9 Sneaker Ball at The Hilton in Fox Hills 🔥💎🌹

5. 4LOVERSONLY R&B Party at Resident in Downtown Arts District 🔥🌹

Sunday 8/3

1. Casual: Queer Rooftop Pool Party at Broken Shaker Freehand Hotel in DTLA ❤️🌈🔥💎🌹

2. The LA Hangover Day Party at Apt 503 in K-Town 🔥💎

3. Rooftop Rhythm at LOST Rooftop in DTLA 🔥

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