75+ El Segundo Events & Deals This Week!

Info for ESLL and ESGS opening day, plus tons of live music, comedy, and more

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Hello Gundo
February 20, 2025

Hello, Gundo 👋 

The rain is gone so the outdoor activities are back!

This week we’ve got opening day for both El Segundo Little League and Girls Softball, events at Topgolf and The Point, and tons of live music, comedy, and trivia nights all over town.

Here’s what’s happening around the neighborhood this week.

— Sam & Angie Greenspan

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

Looking for something to do around town this week? Here’s what’s happenin’…

Note - Though we strive for 100% accuracy, as we all know too well: Schedules are subject to change. All event details are based on latest information on websites/social media. We’ve also called, DMed, or visited to confirm whenever possible.

Thursday, February 20th

Farmer’s Market
🥕 Main Street, all ages, 3-7 pm
Finally should be back after many consecutive rainouts.

ESHS Boys Volleyball vs. West Torrance - Season Opener
🏐 ESHS big gym, all ages, varsity 3:30 pm and JV 5 pm 

SEA Change Social
✊ Richmond Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm

Trivia Night with MC Ken
🧑‍🎓 Five Point Five Brewing, ages 21+, 7 pm
Register your team with the South Bay trivia league here.

South Bay Lakers vs. Rip City Remix
🏀 UCLA Health Training Center, 7 pm, $60+

Send With Pride Meetup
🧗 Sender One LAX, 7-9 pm, free with membership or $24 with day pass
A Send with Pride meetup for the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

Live Music by Kira Levin
🎤 Sugar Monkey Brewing, time TBA

Don’t Tell Comedy
😂 Secret location, ages 21+, 8 pm, $28
Buy your ticket and find out the location today. BYOB.

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 pm, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Thursday food, drinks, and deals

  • 🎨 Color Me Mine - Student discount with HS or college ID

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Mariscos Arenita at El Segundo Brewing Company… LA Cheesesteaks at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Lower Case Deli at The Boardroom… Crepes at The Coffee Bar… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Friday, February 21st

G’s 1st Anniversary - Karaoke Party
🥳 G’s Il Capo dei Bar, 8:30 pm-12:30 am

ESHS Baseball vs. San Pedro
⚾️ Rec Park, 6 pm

Kids Night Out: Dinosaur Takeover
🧒 Bay Club El Segundo, ages 2-12, 5-8 pm, $45 for members or $55 for non-members
Three hours of activities for kids while you head out on date night.

ESHS Choirs Voice Recital & Desserts
🎵 Little Theater, 7 pm, $5

Karaoke Night
🎤 Standard Station, ages 21+, 9:30 pm

Live Music by Jake Hitt
🎤 Sugar Monkey Brewing, time TBA

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 pm and 7:30-9:45 pm, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Friday food, drinks, and deals

  • 🥤 Free Slurpee Fridays - At both local 7-Elevens in town you can get a free small Slurpee.

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Tripp Burgers at El Segundo Brewing Company… Magos Tacos at The Boardroom… Italia on the Road at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Saturday, February 22nd

El Segundo Little League Opening Day Parade and Ceremony
⚾️ Parade on Main Street and Ceremony at Brett Field, 9 am (first game at 11:30 am)
Plus activities, ice cream, and more on the field.

El Segundo Girls Softball Opening Ceremony
🥎 Ceremony at the Rec Park softball field, 12 pm
Rescheduled from last week due to rain. Vendors and fun for the kids.

Katie Austin’s Saturday Sweat & Sculpt
🤸 The Point, 10 am, $30
A 40-minute cardio sculpt workout. All profits will go toward L.A. fire relief.

Camp Jain LA at Topgolf
⛳️ Topgolf El Segundo, all ages, 10 am-2 pm, $25
All-ages camp with things like face painting, water balloons, and golf competitions. All ticket sales go to benefit L.A. fire relief. Get tickets here.

G’s 1st Anniversary - DJ Dance Party
🥳 G’s Il Capo dei Bar, 8:30 pm-12:30 am

South Bay Lakers vs. Valley Suns
🏀 UCLA Health Training Center, 5 pm, $60+

ESHS Baseball vs. Roosevelt
⚾️ Rec Park, 10 am

It Started with Eve
🎥 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 pm, $10-$12
Screening of the 1941 classic.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
🤠 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 7 pm, $10-$12
Screening of the 1962 John Wayne Western. Well, one of the many 1962 John Wayne Westerns.

Love Aftermath: Performance by Liana Wopschall
🎵 Coffee Bar, 6-8 pm, $5
A night of music storytelling in different genres.

Live Music by Hot Garden Trio
🎤 Sugar Monkey Brewing, time TBA

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 1-3 pm and 7:30-9:45 pm, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Saturday food, drinks, and deals

  • Eat Fantastic - kids eat free

  • The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Sal’s Backyard BBQ at El Segundo Brewing Company… Freddy’s Birria Tacos at The Boardroom… breakfast burritos at The Coffee Bar… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Sunday, February 23rd

Them Ol’ Piano Blues with Sonny, Ethan & Valerie
🎹 Old Town Music Hall, 2:30 pm, $25
Two pianists and a singer will play live blues, ragtime, and jazz from across the eras.

Summer Camp Preview Day at Code Ninjas
🥷 Code Ninjas El Segundo, 10 am-12 pm
Get a preview of the 2025 summer camps.

Currently sold out G’s 1st Anniversary - Drag Queen Bingo Brunch
🥳 G’s Il Capo dei Bar, 12-2:30 pm

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 1-3 pm, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Sunday food, drinks, and deals

  • Eat Fantastic - kids eat free

  • The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Comida Peruana at The Boardroom… Gochu Gang at El Segundo Brewing Company… Bomba Yucateco Delicacy at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Monday, February 24th

Craft ‘N Chat
🖌️ Public Library Community Room, ages 18+, 12-1 pm
Supplies are “included but limited.”

Open Mic Night
🎤 Five Point Five Brewing, 9-11 pm
Hosted by It’s Not That Far. It’s a real open mic, for anything from singing and poetry and comedy to “conceptual lectures… manifestos… sales pitches.” The only thing banned: Cover songs.

Lucky Guess Trivia
🧑‍🎓 Sugar Monkey Brewing, ages 21+, 6:30-8:30 pm

Monday Night Meetup
🧗 Sender One LAX, 7-9 pm, free with membership or $24 day pass

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 pm, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Monday food, drinks, and deals

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Tuesday, February 25th

Custom Comedy - 2nd Anniversary Show
😂 South Bay Customs, doors open at 7 pm with comedy at 8 pm, $15
Comedy and barbecue. As always, bring your own chair.

Trivia with Budds
🧑‍🎓 Brewport Tap House, ages 21+, 7 pm (last table reservation is at 6:30 pm)

Preschool Storytime
📙 Public Library, ages 3-5 + caregiver, 10-10:30 am, free
Limited tickets distributed at Youth Information Desk 15 minutes before start.

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 pm, $11.50-$15.50

🌮 Tuesday food, drinks, and deals

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Wednesday, February 26th

Longevity Learnings with Dr. Jaclyn Tolentino
🥼 Love.Life, all ages, 6-7 pm, free (and membership is not required)
Though it’s free, tickets are required and are limited.

Evening Book Discussion Group
📗 Public Library, 6:30-7:30 pm
This month’s book is West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.

Black History Month Celebration
🧗 Sender One LAX, 7-9 pm, free with membership or $24 day pass
A Black Climbers Union Meetup.

Trivia Night
🧑‍🎓 Standard Station, ages 21+, 7 pm

King Trivia
🧑‍🎓 The Boardroom, ages 21+, 7 pm

Recession Proof Comedy
😂 Brewport Taphouse, ages 21+, 8 pm

Scooter’s Jungle Toddler Time
🛴 Scooter’s Jungle, ages 6 and under, 10:30 am-12 pm, $17 for 1 child + adult
Open playtime for younger children.

Baby/Toddler Storytime
📘 Public Library, ages 0-3 + caregiver, 10-10:20 am or 10:30-10:50 am
Limited tickets distributed at Youth Information Desk 15 minutes before start.

Wonderful Wednesdays
🧒 Public Library, ages 5-10 + adult, 3-3:45 pm, free
Staff-led activities including stories, crafts, or scavenger hunts.

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 2:30-5 pm, $11.50-$15.50

💵 Wednesday food, drinks, and deals

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Do you have an event, activity, or local deal you’d like to see included in a future newsletter? Respond to this email and let us know.

“THE SECOND” HALF

Gundo Scoop

No businesses coming or going this week — but have you checked out the new movie theater yet?

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Ongoing Deals

Friends of El Segundo Public Library’s “The C’s” Sale
📚️ This week, stock up on $2 books by authors whose last names begin with C (Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, Truman Capote, Clive Cussler for double Scattergories points).

Disneyland Kids Ticket Offer
🎢 Disney is offering one-day passes for kids ages 3-9 for $50. Tickets valid through March 20th.

Sender City Winter Pass for $99
🧗 A good deal for kids to climb for an hour a day through April 10th.

Play free at Topgolf
⛳️ This deal is still available: 30 minutes of free play time.

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Get Your Tickets Now

Events coming up where it’s wise to get your tickets sooner rather than later.

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Who are you and why are you doing this?

We’re Sam and Angie Greenspan, El Segundo residents and since 2016 and major El Segundo boosters ever since.

We also believed we were the right people to give this town its first newsletter.

Angie’s a realtor who works here in town and all over L.A. — so she’s plugged in to everything happening and has been a de facto source for local event info for years. Sam’s a writer and works in email marketing.

Please spread the word!

— Sam & Angie Greenspan

P.S. If you have any ideas or anything you want to see us include in this newsletter, reply to this email to let us know!