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Culture & Design
Los Angeles · Nov 12–19, 2026Asian World Film Festival 2026
The 12th Asian World Film Festival returns to Culver City, November 12–19, 2026, for a week of Asian World cinema ahead of awards season; theaters, lineup, and tickets remain TBA.
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Business & Industry
Los Angeles · Nov 20–29, 2026LA Auto Show 2026
A ten-day public showcase of new vehicles, mobility technology, test drives, and Southern California car culture, following a separate industry day.
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Culture & Design
Los Angeles · Jan 6–10, 2027LA Art Show 2027
Los Angeles’s large indoor contemporary and modern art fair returns to the Convention Center West Hall with an Opening Night premiere and multi-day public viewing.
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Diaspora & Heritage
Los Angeles · Jan 16–17, 2027Asian American Expo 2027
A two-day Inland Empire Lunar New Year mega-fair at Pomona Fairplex with vendors, stages, and food halls—separate from Monterey Park’s street festival the following weekend.
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Diaspora & Heritage
Los Angeles · Jan 23–24, 2027Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival 2027
A free two-day Lunar New Year street festival on Garvey Avenue in Downtown Monterey Park, with lion and dragon dancers Saturday morning and published parking-shuttle logistics.
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Culture & Design
Los Angeles · Feb 25–28, 2027Frieze Los Angeles 2027
Frieze returns to the Santa Monica Airport campus for its eighth Los Angeles edition, gathering roughly 100 galleries plus installations and Frieze Week programming.
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Business & Industry
Los Angeles · Feb 28–Mar 3, 2027TPM 2027 (Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference)
The Journal of Commerce’s Asia–US container shipping conference returns to Long Beach for contracting-season meetings among shippers, carriers, and service providers.
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Culture & Design
Los Angeles · Jul 2–5, 2027Anime Expo 2027
A major Japanese pop-culture convention returns for four days of anime, manga, games, music, fashion, premieres, creators, and fandom.
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