The Last Weekend of June Is Showing Off

Hey South Bay,

We’re at the end of June, and there’s a decent amount happening around the South Bay this week. Some of it is big and busy, some of it is more low-key, and a few things are probably not on your radar yet.

It’s a good week to have options without overplanning. Take a look, pick what sounds good, and keep the rest in your back pocket.

Here’s what’s going on 👇

This Week in My South Bay

Thursday, June 25
🍖 Gundo Comedy & BBQ Festival @ El Segundo (Thu-Sun)
🎻 Torrance Summer Nights: Kontrapunktus @ Torino Plaza, Torrance

Friday, June 26
🎪 Riviera Village Summer Festival @ Redondo Beach (Fri-Sun)
🎶 TAPS LA Music Festival @ VEFA Gallery, Torrance
🍖 Gundo Comedy & BBQ Festival @ El Segundo

Saturday, June 27
🎨 TOCApalooza @ Torrance Cultural Arts Center
🏆 CHAMPIONS!: Sports in Contemporary Art @ Torrance Art Museum
🏐 SmackFest @ North of Hermosa Pier
🎶 Torrance Summer Nights: Classic Journey @ Wilson Park Amphitheatre, Torrance
🧘 South Bay Yoga Fest @ LA Waterfront, San Pedro
🚶 Along the Way: Pilgrim Walk @ Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, Rancho Palos Verdes
🔮 Redondo Beach Psychic and Healing Arts Fair @ Redondo Beach (Sat-Sun)
🌅 Sunset Singles Mixer @ California Surf Club North Grill, Redondo Beach
🍖 Gundo Comedy & BBQ Festival @ El Segundo

Sunday, June 28
🛶 South Bay Pride Paddle & Lunch @ King Harbor Yacht Club, Redondo Beach
🍖 Gundo Comedy & BBQ Festival @ El Segundo
🔮 Redondo Beach Psychic and Healing Arts Fair @ Redondo Beach

Monday, June 29
🌕 Full Moon Yoga @ Dive N Surf, Redondo Beach

🎪 Riviera Village Summer Festival

📍 Riviera Village, Redondo Beach
🕒 Fri-Sun, June 26-28 | Fri 12 PM-9 PM, Sat 10 AM-8 PM, Sun 10 AM-7 PM
💰 Free

This is the big one for the weekend. Riviera Village turns into a three-day street festival with food, live music, a beer and wine garden, kids games, and more than 300 vendors just blocks from the water.

🔹 Three-day Redondo Beach street festival
🔹 Live music, beer and wine garden, food, and kids games
🔹 Free admission

👉 More Info

🎨 TOCApalooza

📍 Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | 11 AM-5 PM
💰 Free
TOCApalooza is the easy family-friendly sleeper pick of the week. The Torrance Cultural Arts Center is turning the campus into an arts festival with three stages, artist vendors, exhibitions, karaoke, food, beer, wine, and hands-on art.

🔹Three stages of live entertainment
🔹 Art vendors, exhibitions, and family art activities
🔹 Food, beer, and wine available for purchase

👉 More Info

🍖 Gundo Comedy & BBQ Festival

📍 Various Venues, El Segundo
🕒 Thu-Sun, June 25-28
💰 Ticketed

El Segundo gets a multi-day neighborhood takeover built around BBQ, comedy, local venues, and a very Gundo sense of fun. The Sunday main event at Library Park looks like the broadest pick, but the whole weekend has backyard-party energy.

🔹 Multi-day comedy and BBQ festival across El Segundo
🔹 Friday dinner and comedy listings plus Sunday main event
🔹 Local venues, pitmasters, stand-up, beer garden, and family-friendly pieces listed

👉 Festival Tickets

🛶 South Bay Pride Paddle & Lunch

📍 King Harbor Yacht Club, Redondo Beach
🕒 Sunday, June 28 | 11 AM-6 PM
💰 Ticketed

This is the hidden find of the week. South Bay Pride brings the celebration onto the water with a paddle parade in King Harbor, followed by lunch and a drag show.

🔹 Pride paddle parade in King Harbor
🔹 Lunch and drag show after the paddle
🔹 Very local, very visual, very forwardable

👉 Buy Tickets

🏐 31st Annual SmackFest

📍 North of the Hermosa Pier, Hermosa Beach
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | Starts at 8 AM
💰 Sold Out

This is huge for the beach scene, but easy to miss if you are not playing. SmackFest takes over the sand north of the Hermosa Pier with a massive, high-energy, costume-clad beach volleyball tournament.

🔹 Massive coed beach volleyball tournament
🔹 Costumes, crowds, and peak Hermosa energy
🔹 Sold out, but good spectator scene

👉 Event Info

🏆 CHAMPIONS!: Sports in Contemporary Art

📍 Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Dr., Torrance
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | 11 AM-12 PM
💰 Free

The Torrance Art Museum's new exhibition looks at sports through contemporary art, timed to LA hosting 2026 World Cup matches. It explores how soccer and sport shape identity, celebrity, and community. A good free stop if you want something cultural close to home this weekend.

🔹 Curator-guided look at sports in contemporary art
🔹 Tied to LA's 2026 World Cup summer
🔹 Free admission, free Civic Center parking

👉 More Info

🎻 Torrance Summer Nights: Kontrapunktus

📍 Torino Plaza, Downtown Torrance
🕒 Thursday, June 25 | 6PM - 7:30PM
💰 Free

Torrance Summer Nights kicks off the week with Kontrapunktus, a group that reimagines Baroque music for a modern crowd. Bring a chair or a blanket and catch it outdoors at Torino Plaza in Old Torrance. An easy, free way to start the weekend early.

🔹 Free outdoor concert in Downtown Torrance
🔹 Kontrapunktus plays reimagined Baroque
🔹 Bring a chair or blanket

👉 More Info

🎶 Torrance Summer Nights: Classic Journey

📍 Wilson Park Amphitheatre, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | 5PM - 6:30PM
💰 Free

If you want the low-friction Saturday night plan, this is it. Bring a blanket or chairs and catch a free Journey tribute concert outdoors at Wilson Park.

🔹 Free outdoor concert
🔹 Journey tribute band
🔹 Easy picnic-style local night out

👉 More Info

🧘 South Bay Yoga Fest

📍 LA Waterfront, 550 S Harbor Blvd., San Pedro
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | 9 AM-4:30 PM
💰 Free

San Pedro is a little outside the beach-city core, but this one earns the drive. South Bay Yoga Fest brings a full waterfront day of yoga, breathwork, sound healing, vendors, music, and food.

🔹Yoga, breathwork, sound healing, and music
🔹 Vendors, food, and drinks
🔹 Free classes; paid parking noted

👉 More Info

🚶 Along the Way: Pilgrim Walk

📍 Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, 5300 Crest Road, Rancho Palos Verdes
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | 7 AM-1 PM
💰 Ticketed

The retreat center's ninth annual Pilgrim Walk is a 4.8-mile route through the streets and trails of Palos Verdes, ending on the retreat grounds. It's modeled on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, with a pilgrim blessing, reflection stations, and a passport you get stamped along the way. Open to all ages and faiths, and it wraps with a picnic lunch and live music.

🔹 4.8-mile guided walk on moderate, rocky trails
🔹 Pilgrim blessing, reflection stations, and stamped passport
🔹 Closing prayer and picnic with live music

👉 Register

🌅 Sunset Singles Mixer

📍 California Surf Club North Grill, 245 N Harbor Dr., Redondo Beach
🕒 Saturday, June 27 | 7 PM-9 PM
💰 Ticketed

This is the one to send to the friend who keeps saying it is impossible to meet people around here. It is an ages 30+ mixer with guided intros, light bites, and King Harbor sunset views.

🔹Ages 30+ singles mixer
🔹 Guided introductions and light bites listed
🔹 Waterfront setting at California Surf Club

👉 Buy Tickets

🎶 TAPS LA Music Festival 2026

📍 VEFA Gallery, 21825 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance
🕒 Friday, June 26 | 8–10 PM
💰 Ticketed

VEFA Gallery hosts an evening of contemporary music built around Steve Reich's minimalist work, performed by an 18-piece ensemble of festival and local LA musicians. Hosted by Ted Atkatz, the night layers rhythm, experimental sound, and atmospheric lighting in the gallery space. A different kind of Friday night out if you're into live, contemporary sound.

🔹 18-piece ensemble led by Ted Atkatz
🔹 Steve Reich minimalist work, pianos to percussion
🔹 Music paired with live visual design

👉 Buy Tickets

🔮 Redondo Beach Psychic and Healing Arts Fair

📍 Redondo Beach Center for Spiritual Living, 907 Knob Hill, Redondo Beach
🕒 Sat-Sun, June 27-28 | Sat 10 AM-6 PM, Sun 1 PM-6 PM
💰 Ticketed

Very specific, very local, and exactly the kind of thing people do not always hear about. The fair lists readings, tarot, astrology, aura photography, energy healing, vendors, and speakers.

🔹Two-day healing and metaphysical fair
🔹 Readings, speakers, vendors, and aura photography listed
🔹 Good hidden-find energy

👉 Buy Tickets

🌕 Full Moon Yoga

📍 Dive N Surf Rooftop, 504 N Broadway, Redondo Beach
🕒 Monday, June 29 | 7:00 PM
💵 $25 suggested donation

Monday nights do not usually come with an ocean view and a full moon. This rooftop yoga session at Dive N Surf focuses on movement, breathing, and slowing things down before the week gets busy.

🔹 Rooftop yoga overlooking the water
🔹 Gratitude-based practice under the full moon
🔹 RSVP required to be added to the guest list

👉 More Info

📸 South Bay Snapshot

That’s it for this week!

The South Bay is in full summer mode now. Here’s hoping the weekend gives you a reason to get outside, run into someone you know, and remember why this place is hard to beat in late June.

If you have a friend who always says there’s nothing happening here, send them this newsletter.

See you out there,
Jaime
@MySouthBay