fun things to do in Los Angeles this weekend

in la the real question is not what to do, it is which side of town you are willing to drive to.

the east side and the west side run separate weekends. echo park, silver lake and the arts district lean late shows, rooftop bars and gallery nights you can actually walk between once you have parked. santa monica, venice and culver city trade that for beach hours, farmers markets and plans that wrap before the 10 gets ugly. downtown sits in the middle and takes the arena nights and the big touring acts.

the good news is that a lot of it costs nothing. free museum evenings, hikes off griffith and mulholland, night markets and street fairs fill most weekends, and we rank them next to the ticketed stuff so you can build a saturday at whatever price you feel like.