80+ El Segundo Events & Deals This Week!

Clear your calendar on Saturday especially, because it's a busy one.

Author

Hello Gundo
April 24, 2025

Hello, Gundo 👋 

The final week of April is bringing so much to do around town. The PTA’s Run for Education and the Police vs. Fire charity hockey game are Saturday — and there’s tons of live music, comedy, trivia, and more happening every day this week.

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, April 24th

NFL Draft Watch Party
🏈 Brewport Taphouse, 5 pm
Drink specials, and prizes if you wear Chargers gear.

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

Trivia Night with MC Ken
🧑‍🎓 Five Point Five Brewing, ages 21+, 7 pm, free

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

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

------ 👋 ------

Friday, April 25th

Spaghetti Jamboree
🍝 Scout House, all ages, 6-8 pm, $15-$22
Girl Scout Troop 6215 invites you to carbo load before the PTA’s Run for Education.

Anastasia: The Musical
🪆 El Segundo Performing Arts Center, all ages, 7:30-10 pm, $30 (use code AnastasiaOnSale to get this price)
Encore Theatre Group’s youth performance.

Jersey Joe Live
🎸 Sugar Monkey Brewing, 6-9 pm, free
Playing ‘90s music, classic rock, and more.

Run for Cover LA
🎤 The Tavern on Main, 8:30 pm-12 am, free
Covers of rock, pop, funk, and more.

ESHS Softball vs. North
🥎 Rec Park, all ages, 5 pm, free

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

Kids Night Out
🧒 Bay Club El Segundo, ages 2-12, 5-8 pm, $45 for members or $55 for non-members
Activities for kids while parents have a night out.

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

  • Phanny’s soft launch - Try out their burritos from 7 am-2 pm

  • The Tavern of El Segundo - drink specials during Lakers and Kings playoff games

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

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Freddy’s Birria Tacos at Boardroom Brewery… Mariscos Arenita at El Segundo Brewing Company… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns… Firepit Pizza at The Coffee Bar

------ 👋 ------

Saturday, April 26th

El Segundo PTA Run for Education
🏃 Downtown El Segundo, 8 am, $23-$55 to run, free to spectate
Online registration closes Friday at 8 pm; in person registration is open the morning of the race.

South Bay Police vs. Fire Charity Hockey Game
🏒 Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 5 pm, $20
Hosted by the El Segundo Firefighters Association and El Segundo Police Officers Association. A portion of the proceeds go to the El Segundo PTA.

Small Town, Loud Voices Protest
📣 Main & Imperial, all ages, 12-2 pm

El Segundo Woman’s Club Spring Boutique
🎁 Woman’s Club (541 Standard), all ages, 10 am-3 pm
Arts, crafts, gifts, plus a raffle and bake sale.

The Craft Collective’s Spring Craft
🪴 G’s Il Capo dei Bar, 12-3 pm, $30
Snacks, conversation, and painting flower pots.

Community Clean Up Day
🌳 Freedom Park, all ages, 9 am-12 pm, free

Cartoon Jamboree: Animation Rarities
🎞️ Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 pm and 7 pm, $10-$12
Cartoons from the silent era through the 1940s.

Live Band Karaoke
🎤 South Bay Customs, 7-11:59 pm, $10

Singles Social - Game Night
🎲 Boardroom Brewery, 4-6 pm, RSVP in advance

Karaoke Night
🎤 The Tavern on Main, 9 pm, free

Anastasia: The Musical
🪆 El Segundo Performing Arts Center, all ages, 2 pm and 7:30 pm, $30 (use code AnastasiaOnSale to get this price)

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

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Magos Tacos at Boardroom Brewery… Tacos y Mariscos El Rojinegro at El Segundo Brewing Company… breakfast burritos at The Coffee Bar… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

------ 👋 ------

Sunday, April 27th

Dodgers Pints & Paints
⚾️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, all ages, 4:30-6:30 pm, $33 kids or $44 adults with drink
Includes a canvas and supplies to paint your Dodgers-themed masterpiece.

Bloom Into Spring - A Wellness Event
🧘 The Arena House, 9-10:30 am, $35
Pilates mat workout, tarot reading, ear seeding, mini floral arrangement, and more.

Sunday Fundays at Old Town Patio
🍖 Old Town Patio, 11 am until sold out
A BBQ and beer hang out at the newly revamped Old Town Patio.

Michael Forbes Explosion Band
🎷 The Tavern on Main, 4-8 pm, free

A Streetcar Named Desire
🚃 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 pm, $10-$12
Screening of the 1951 Marlon Brando classic.

Anastasia: The Musical
🪆 El Segundo Performing Arts Center, all ages, 5:30 pm, $30 (use code AnastasiaOnSale to get this price)

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

  • The Tavern of El Segundo - drink specials during Lakers and Kings playoff games

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Gochu Gang at El Segundo Brewing Company… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

------ 👋 ------

Monday, April 28th

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

Craft ‘N Chat
🖼️ Public Library, ages 18+, 12-1 pm, free

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

------ 👋 ------

Tuesday, April 29th

Bingo with Jonny Ringo
⚪️ Richmond Bar and Grill, 6 pm, free

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 + adult, 10-10:30 am, free

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 movies all day and night (save the fees by buying in person)

  • Topgolf - half off game play every Tuesday

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

  • 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

------ 👋 ------

Wednesday, April 30th

Stars Among Us - ESHS Choirs Spring Concert
🎵 El Segundo Performing Arts Center, all ages, 6 pm, $10

Paint Your Pet & Sip
🐶 Five Point Five Brewery, 6:30-9 pm, $44-$55
Canvas and all supplies included.

Metabolic Mastery with Dr. Anna Emanuel
🧑‍⚕️ Love.Life, all ages, 6-7 pm, free (and membership is not required)
Though it’s free, tickets are required and are limited.

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

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

Evening Book Discussion Group
📘 Public Library, 6:30-7:30 pm, free
Book is Sandwich by Catherine Newman.

Baby/Toddler Storytime
👶 Public Library, ages 0-3 + caregiver, 10-10:20 am or 10:30-10:50 am, free

Wonderful Wednesdays
😃 Public Library, ages 5-10, 3-3:45 pm, free
Activities can include 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

  • 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

  • 🛴 Scooter’s Jungle Open Play - 4-6 pm, $23 for child + 1 adult

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

  • 🚚 Food trucks and pop-ups: Doobie Burgers at El Segundo Brewing Company… Spread, Please! inside Two Guns

------ 👋 ------

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

Phanny’s has an opening date
The famed South Bay breakfast burrito spot has an opening date for their El Segundo location. (On PCH, in the shopping center with Prime Pizza.) They’re doing a soft opening today and tomorrow, then officially open on Tuesday the 29th.

------ 👋 ------

New & Ongoing Deals

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

------ 👋 ------

Summer Camp Highlights

Do you run a summer camp you’d like to see featured in Hello Gundo? Send it our way. We plan to feature 1-2 per week leading up to the summer.

No camp reached out this week 🤷 

------ 👋 ------

Get Your Tickets Now

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

------ 👋 ------

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!