Rose Bowl Stadium

Perhaps the Los Angeles area’s most iconic flea market, this event around the exterior of the Rose Bowl is staggeringly colossal—but what else would you expect from a 90,000-seat stadium? The sheer size and scale of this flea market means that it encompasses multitudes: new and old, hand-crafted and salvaged, the cheap and the costly. On the second Sunday of each month, an odd mix of vendors populates the loop around the stadium: for every eye-catching artwork, there’s a ratty $5 T-shirt, and for each elegant craft there’s a competing “as seen on TV” demo. But you may have more luck in the rows and rows of old furniture, albums and vintage clothes and accessories that fill the adjacent parking lot. There are plenty of duds, to be sure, but come out early enough and you may go home with that perfect purchase. This destination flea market attracts bargain hunters, collectors, and antique aficionados from all over the county, so the organizers have instituted an extensive tiered entry/admission system, allowing professional and dedicated shoppers early access at a premium.

Luxury food fest Masters of Taste—which usually fills the Rose Bowl Stadium with bites from some of L.A.’s finest bars and restaurants each spring—is hitting pause this year in the wake of the wildfires, but in its place it’s hosting this one-night-only dining experience. Tickets, while pricey, grant access to a cocktail hour with unlimited access to food trucks, bars and a cheese spread by Agnes; a seated five-course tasting menu; and, to end the night, dessert and coffee from bakeries including Lark Cake Shop. Tickets are still available for the Foothills Dining Room, with a menu from Wife and the Somm, Good Alley, Ayara Thai, Poppy & Seed, Bacari and Cervecería Del Pueblo. All proceeds support Union Station Homeless Services, which is providing housing and services to residents who were directly impacted by the Eaton Fire.

Expect to see stiff blues riffs, pyrotechnics and the shortest shorts that longtime-guitarist Angus Young can squeeze into during this show at the Rose Bowl.

The aughts indie nostalgia shows no signs of stopping, so it’s no surprise that Just Like Heaven—a music fest that’s featured basically every beloved 2000s indie band—is coming back for its fifth edition. The fest will take over the golf course next to the Rose Bowl on May 18, 2025 with a lineup that’s largely pulled from your old iPod: Vampire Weekend, a reunited Rilo Kiley, Empire of the Sun, Bloc Party and TV on the Radio top the lineup, with additional sets from Slowdive, the Drums, Courtney Barnett, Panda Bear and more. Given the Pasadena setting, Goldenvoice will offer wildfire first responders two complimentary passes, while supplies last. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 31 at 11am.

Cake on the eyeliner, cry it off and then dance away the tears at the return of this 1980s-to-aughts goth, new wave and punk fest with New Order, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Go-Go’s, Devo, OMD, Death Cult, Garbage and more. The one-day-only event features dozens of alt obsessions on the golf course next to the Rose Bowl, where it once again returns this May.

After a couple of years in New York, pan-Asian music and media collective 88rising’s music fest returns to the grounds outside the Rose Bowl. The 2025 edition’s headliners include G-Dragon, 2NE1, Dean, DPR IAN, Rich Brian, Porter Robinson and Higher Brothers.

Don’t look back in anger—at least not today—because you missed out on their U.K. reunion gigs: Brit-pop legends Oasis are performing a select number of stateside shows, including at the Rose Bowl.