This Weekend in Los Angeles

2025 LA MARATHON

This weekend in Los Angeles will certainly be a busy one, especially on Sunday, March 16, 2025 with The Los Angeles Marathon. The Stadium to the Stars run will begin at 7AM at Dodger Stadium and will end on Avenue of the Stars in Century City. Along the route, runners will enjoy some of LA’s most iconic landmarks and neighborhoods.

Communities include Chinatown, and Little Tokyo near our Civic Center in Downtown Los Angeles. From there they go through Angelino Heights, Echo Park, and Silver Lake before heading into Hollywood. They’ll run in front of The Dolby Theatre and Grauman’s Chinese Theater along the walk of fame and then south to Sunset Blvd. Here, runners will experience The Sunset Strip in West Hollywood and then continue into Beverly Hills with a dash down Rodeo Drive. Wilshire will take them into Westwood and Brentwood before the final leg backtracks into Century City for the finish line.

Because so many of our main boulevards are closed in the morning, driving anywhere in the city can be tough. All the side streets will see a huge overflow of traffic. Locals treat this like a holiday and venture locally on foot for coffee and brunch.

FREE MUSEUMS ON MARCH 16TH

If you’re not putting on running shoes and powering down carbs and electrolytes for the marathon, enjoy the best museums in Southern California…WITH FREE ADMISSION! Here’s just a few of the over 30+ participating venues:

• Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
• Autry Museum of the American West
• The Broad
• Catalina Museum of Art & History
• The Getty Center
• Grammy Museum
• Holocaust Museum
• La Brea Tar Pits
• La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
• Museum of Tolerance
• Santa Monica History Museum

*Some of these locations may require advanced ticketing or reservations, and there may be a parking fee.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVITIES

Read our recent blog post on things to do in Los Angeles for St. Patrick’s Day. This includes bar crawls, special events, and popular Irish bars and restaurants.

If you want to see the best of Los Angeles and many of the landmarks mentioned here, just reach out! Tour du Jour can customize a fantastic LA tour with a professional local guide.