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Explore a museum at sea when you visit Battleship IOWA Museum. Address: 250 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro, CA 90731 Time from hotel: 27 mins There are a variety of tours offered to get you more familiar with the ship and what it was like to work and live on it. The areas open include:…

Ring in the luck of the Irish at Downtown Los Angeles’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Festival. Address: 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Time from hotel: 10 mins This celebration will be held at Imperial Western Beer Company and Union Station South Patio. Indulge in craft beer, cocktails, green beer Irish Whiskey and…

Watch lights reflect across the water with friends and family at Long Beach’s Water Lantern Festival. Address: 5255 E Paoli Way, Long Beach, CA 90803 Time from hotel: 35 mins Date: March 21st At this festival you’ll be able to decorate your lantern and launch it later in the night. The event also features a…

Join this 2-day festival and learn more about plants, animals and the people who study and protect them at Los Angeles’s Natural History Museum. LA Nature Fest is a hands on experience in the space where scientists and educators research everything they have to share about Nature. There are aa variety of activities going on…

Boomtown Brewery 700 Jackson St, Los Angeles – 10 mins Free and open to everyone, Boomtown offers drink specials and delicious food while watching the most anticipated sporting event of the year. There will be discounts until kick off and deals for big plays, eats by Highland Hickory and Poutine Brothers as well as prizes…

In honor of Kobe Bryant. Address: 1111 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 (STAPLES Center) Time from hotel: 13 mins The Los Angeles Laker games are a hotspot for West coast residents as well as out of state visitors. Experience basketball and California culture together when you attend a home Lakers game. Some Laker…

Cirque Du Soleil is a Las Vegas favorite. Since their first show they have performed a variety of themed shows. These include: Ovo, Axel, Michael Jackson One, KA, Mystere, O, R.U.N, The Beatles Love, Zumanity, Volta, Crystal, NYSA, Totem, Joya, The Land of Fantasy, Paramour, Kurios, Luzia, Kooza, Amaluna, Bazzar, Alegria, Messi 10, Corteo, Trois-Rivieres…

Celebrate Chinese New Year with a Los Angeles tradition in Chinatown. Date: February 1st 2020 (Saturday) Every year, thousands of people come from all over to participate and spectate in this colorful festival. People celebrate Chinese New Year through festivals, parades, family gatherings and little red envelopes of money. This has become a highly anticipated…

Explore the Pomona Fairplex when you experience the Chinese Lantern Festival! Date: December 19th 2019 – January 5th 2020 Location: 1101 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, CA 91768 (Fairplex) Mins away from hotel: 35 mins Time: 5:30pm-10pm (Late admission @ 9:20pm) Prices: $15.50-$63 Chinese lanterns started out of necessity for lighting and over time became a…

Join an extravagant party on the water when you aboard Queen Mary for New Year’s Eve. Address: 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA, 90802 This party celebrates the past and present, filling the ship’s decks and ballrooms with live music stages, dancing, themes experiences, immersive entertainment, Art Deco and Roaring Twenties. At midnight there will…