80+ El Segundo Events & Deals This Week!

Plus baseball opening weekend specials at local breweries and more

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Hello Gundo
March 27, 2025

Hello, Gundo 👋 

We’ve got another great week of events, activities, and deals for you here. From opening night of ESHS’s spring musical to Chilipalooza to special events at the local breweries, there’s so, SO much to do.

As always, we aim to include every possible event in this newsletter. But when things pop up last minute or details change, we’ll always keep you posted on our Hello Gundo Instagram.

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, March 27th

Newsies - The Broadway Musical
🎭️ ESHS Performing Arts Center, all ages, 7 pm, $16.75-$27.25
ESHS’s spring musical, with rotating casts so all six performances are different.

New Kids on the Block: A LEGO Club
🧱 Public Library, ages 5-12, 6-7 pm, free

Lululemon Membership Madness
🧘 The Point, 7-9 pm
Lululemon app members will get a free belt bag with a $200+ purchase, plus custom embroidery, refreshments, and more.

 Farmer’s Market
🥕 Main Street, all ages, 3-7 pm

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

Climbing & Cumbias
🧗 Sender One LAX, 6:30-9:30 pm, $20 (reduced entry)
Music, raffle prizes, free Red Bull, and more. Open to all. RSVP here.

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

  • Sugar Monkey Brewing - 10% off beer during Dodgers games for opening weekend (you need to wear Dodgers gear or your other favorite team’s gear)

  • Boardroom Brewery - Dodgers Home Opener special: $5 Baja Lagers all day

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

  • Porterhouse Bourbon & Bones - social hour 4-6 pm with food and drink specials

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Bomba Delicacy at Boardroom Brewery… Cousins Maine Lobster at El Segundo Brewing Company… Cali Craving at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Crepes at The Coffee Bar… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Friday, March 28th

Build Your Own Egg Bundle
🥚 Color Me Mine, 7-10 pm, $60 per person
Design and glaze your own personalized 6-pack of eggs. I’m not sure if it’s ceramic eggs or real eggs.

Newsies - The Broadway Musical
🎭️ ESHS Performing Arts Center, all ages, 7 pm, $16.75-$27.25
ESHS’s spring musical, with rotating casts so all six performances are different.

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

Kids Night Out: Video Game Races
🧒 Bay Club El Segundo, ages 2-12, 5-8 pm, $45 for members or $55 for non-members
Activities for kids while you head out on date night.

Sip n Sketch
☕️ The Coffee Bar (520 Center St.), 6-8 pm

Blunder Cover
🎸 The Tavern on Main, 8 pm
Acoustic cover favorites, live.

ESHS Girls Lacrosse vs. Beverly Hills 
🥍 ESHS, all ages, 3:30 pm

ESHS Softball vs. West
🥎 Rec Park, 3:30 pm

ESHS Baseball vs. South
⚾️ Rec Park, 3:30 pm

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

  • Porterhouse Bourbon & Bones - social hour 4-6 pm with food and drink specials

  • Sugar Monkey Brewing - 10% off beer during Dodgers games for opening weekend (you need to wear Dodgers gear or your other favorite team’s gear)

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Magos Tacos at Boardroom Brewery… SoLa Po Boys at El Segundo Brewing Company… Little Joe’s Tacos at Sugar Monkey Brewing… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Saturday, March 29th

Chilipalooza
🌶️ Library Park, all ages, 12-5 pm, free to attend
The 3rd annual Chilipalooza from the Kiwanis Club of El Segundo. Buy tickets for chili tasting and beer and spirits garden. Proceeds go to youth organizations. Live music, cornhole tournament, and more.

Casino Night 2025: High Stakes at the Co-Op Country Club
🎰 Big Door (114 Sheldon), 6 pm, $75 in advance or $120 at the door
Fundraiser for El Segundo Co-Op Nursery School. Ticket includes $50 casino game voucher, plus 10 tickets for beer, wine, and food.

Newsies - The Broadway Musical
🎭️ ESHS Performing Arts Center, all ages, 1 pm and 7 pm, $16.75-$27.25
ESHS’s spring musical, with rotating casts so all six performances are different.

South Bay Camp Fair
🎒 The Point, all ages, 12-3 pm
Meet local camps, plus activities and swag.

El Segundo Brewing Company Rebrand Party
🍺 El Segundo Brewing Company, time TBD
Formally unveiling the redesign of some classic beers, introducing new beers, and kicking off a monthly beer club.

Imagine Dragons: Live from the Hollywood Bowl
🎤 CinemaWest, all ages, 7 pm, $19.50-$21.50
Special screening of Imagine Dragons concert film. All attendees will have a chance to win a poster signed by Wayne Sermon of Imagine Dragons.

RSS 5th Grade Ice Skating Fundraiser
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 7:30-9:45 pm, $24
All proceeds benefit the Richmond fifth grade class. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

Karaoke Night
🎤 The Tavern on Main, 9 pm

Flexbase Training - Grand Opening
🏋️ Flexbase (600 Lairport St.), 9 am-12:30 pm
Free classes, food, drinks, DJ, and raffle.

ESHS Baseball vs. Royal
⚾️ Rec Park, 10 am

Arsenic and Old Lace
🎥 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 pm, $10-$12
Screening of the 1944 Cary Grant movie.

Raising Arizona
👶 Old Town Music Hall, 7 pm, $10-$12
Screening of the 1987 Coen Brothers dark comedy.

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

  • The Tavern on Main - kids eat free for brunch, 9 am-2 pm

  • Eat Fantastic - kids eat free

  • The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

  • Sugar Monkey Brewing - 10% off beer during Dodgers games for opening weekend (you need to wear Dodgers gear or your other favorite team’s gear)

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

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Sunday, March 30th

Beach Clean-Up
🏖️ Dockweiler State Beach Parking - W. Grand Ave., all ages, 9-11 am
Bags and gloves will be provided.

The Barrelhouse Wailers
👳 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 pm, $25
The Barrelhouse Wailers blend jazz and vintage blues into a timeless sound.

Sip & Paint
☕️ The Coffee Bar, all ages, 3-4:30 pm and 5-6 pm, $25 per session
Paint a beach session in the early session or create a mason jar lamp in the second session.

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 Boardroom Brewery… Gochu Gang at El Segundo Brewing Company… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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Monday, March 31st

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

Open Mic Night
🎤 Five Point Five Brewing, 9-11 pm
You can do anything but cover songs.

Fitstop Hermosa Open House week [outside the 🫧 warning]
🏋️ Fitstop (1310 PCH), free
Try out free classes and check out the gym.

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

  • Rock & Brews - kids eat free

  • 🎨 Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee for kids 5 and under

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Tuesday, April 1st

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

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.

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

  • Cinema West - $6 matinee movies

  • Topgolf - half off game play every Tuesday

  • Porterhouse Bourbon & Bones - social hour 4-6 pm with food and drink specials

  • Habit Burger & Grill - BOGO Tuesdays, use the app

  • Sauced - Game Night (discounted games including axe throwing, live DJ)

  • G’s Il Capo dei Bar - Taco Tuesday specials

  • Standard Station - Taco Tuesday specials

  • Rock & Brews - Taco Tuesday specials

  • 🎨 Color Me Mine - BOGO studio fee

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Wednesday, April 2nd

Easter Cookie Decorating Mini Class
🐰 Five Point Five Brewing Co., all ages, 6:30-7:30 pm, $20
Ticket includes two cookie shapes and other decorating items plus a to-go box.

Bulleit Whiskey Dinner
🥃 Sauced BBQ & Spirits, 6-9 pm, $103
Includes four courses and and a whiskey with each one.

ESHS Baseball vs. Wiseburn - Da Vinci
⚾️ Rec Park, all ages, 6 pm, free

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

Karaoke Night
🎤 Sugar Monkey Brewing, 5-8 pm, free

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

  • Sauced - Hump Day Wednesday (discounted games, all night happy hour)

  • G’s Il Capo dei Bar - Kids eat ½ off

  • Porterhouse Bourbon & Bones - social hour 4-6 pm with food and drink specials

  • The Slice & Pint - $2 off wine and chicken parm night

  • Rock & Brews - burger specials

  • Smashburger Manhattan Beach [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

  • 🎨 Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee after 5 pm

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

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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

Is this the untimely end of Rite Aid?
It’s been a tough journey our Rite Aid the past few years. And while there’s no official word on the store closing, this week the property went up for lease. Sooooo…

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New & Ongoing Deals

Sender City Winter Pass for $99
🧗 Kids can 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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Summer Camp Highlights

Do you run a summer camp you’d like to see featured in Hello Gundo? Send it our way.

Family Theater Summer Camp
🎭️ Hermosa Beach Community Theater, ages 6-18
A theater camp doing High School Musical Jr. from July 7-18 and Willy Wonka Jr. July 28-Aug 8.

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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!