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From Wine to Magic to Kites, There's a TON to Do This Week

Including a restaurant soft opening and several popular annual events

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Hello Gundo
September 10, 2026

Hello, Gundo 👋 

It’s a really packed week here in El Segundo! There are a whole bunch of popular annual events happening, plus a few new, one-time things you’ll definitely want to check out.

Make sure to watch the Hello Gundo Instagram as we’ll share everything new that pops up.

-Sam & Angie Greenspan

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’

We follow 150+ Instagram accounts, Facebook pages and groups, websites, and email lists to put together this comprehensive guide to everything happening in El Segundo this week.

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, and/or visited to confirm whenever possible.

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Thursday, September 10th

South American Wine Tasting
🌎️ Vinoteca @Blum, ages 21+, 5-8 PM, $25-24
Class from 5-6 PM for $45, then a tasting of six wines from Chile and Argentina. If you just want to do the tasting and skip class, it’s $25. Also, the flyer says August 10th but we’ve confirmed it’s September 10th.

Mahjong Night
🀄️ G’s Il Capo dei Bar, 8 PM, free

Trivia with MC Ken
🧠 Five Point Five Brewing, 7 PM, free

Goblin Loot Game Night 
 🃏 Stuft Pizza, all ages, 5:30 PM, $25

Live Music
🎸 Old Town Patio, 5-8 PM, free

Farmers’ Market [canceled due to heat!]
🥕 Main St., all ages, 3-7 PM, free

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

💵 Thursday food, drinks, and deals

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Friday, September 11th 🇺🇸

9/11 25th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony
🇺🇸 City Hall Plaza, 9 AM

Don’t Tell Comedy
🤣 Secret location (brewery), ages 21+, 8 PM, $30

Kindred Mixer: 50+ Singles Event
😍 Five Point Five Brewing, ages 50+, 7-9 PM, $29
So I was too old for the last singles event in town and now I’m too young for this one? I feel excluded. And “you’re married” isn’t a good enough reason. Why am I even bothering to go to sexual awareness yoga at this point?

Live Music
🧑‍🎤 The Tavern, ages 21+, 8 PM, free

Live Music
🎸 Old Town Patio, all ages, 5-8 PM, free

Public skate at the Toyota Sports Performance Center
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 7:45-9:45 PM, $11.50+

💵 Friday food, drinks, and deals

  • Porterhouse - social hours 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM with food and drink specials

  • G’s Il Capo dei Bar - buy one, get one free lunch, 12-3 PM

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Saturday, September 12th

El Segundo Firefighters Annual Pancake Breakfast
🥞 Fire Station #1, all ages, 8 AM-12 PM, free
The annual pancake breakfast in honor of the NYFD heroes who lost their lives on 9/11.

Boots, Buckles, and Bling
🤠 Moose Lodge, all ages, 5:30-9 PM, $20 kids / $30 adults
El Segundo Youth Cheer’s yearly fundraiser with dancing, food, and a silent auction.

Moms Night Out for Cystic Fibrosis
💃 WWOO, 7-11 PM, $200
Includes open bar, food, silent auction, and dancing.

El Segundo Blue Butterfly Conversancy’s Hillside Maintenance
🦋 Imperial & Loma Vista, all ages, 9-11 AM

El Segundo Girl Scouts Ice Skating Fundraiser
⛸️ Toyota Sports Performance Center, all ages, 7:30-9:45 PM, $27

Lassie Come Home
🐕️ Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 PM, $10-12
Screening of the 1943 film featuring an 11-year-old Elizabeth Taylor (and, of course, the collie named Pal who was playing Lassie at the time).

Scarface
🕵️ Old Town Music Hall, 7 PM, $10-12
Screening of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster movie — definitely not the Al Pacino one.

Live Music 
🎸 Old Town Patio, all ages, 5-8 PM, free

Live Music
🎸 The Tavern on Main, ages 21+, 8 PM, free

💵 Saturday food, drinks, and deals

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Sunday, September 13th

20th Annual Wine Festival & Silent Auction
🍷 International Garden Center, 5-7:30 PM, $75
The annual event benefiting El Segundo Auxiliary Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Your ticket includes wine, appetizers, and live music.

Go Fly a Kite Day
🪁 Rec Park, all ages, 11 AM-2 PM, free

Rosh Hashanah Shofar Blowing
🐏 Library Park, all ages, 6:30 PM, free

The More the Merrier
👩‍🦱 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 PM, $10-12
Screening of the 1943 romantic comedy.

Live Music
🎶 Old Town Patio, 1-4 PM, free

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

💵 Sunday food, drinks, and deals

  • Rock & Brews - NFL Sundays get a hotdog and unlimited nacho bar from 11 AM-2 PM. Adults $22, Kids $15.

  • The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

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Monday, September 14th

Outsidejokes Comedy Show
😆 Five Point Five Brewing, 7:30-8:55 PM. free

Meditation Circle and Community Gathering
🧘 Live Your Best Life, 6-7 PM, free

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

Meditate in El Segundo
🧘 Blue Butterfly Coffee, all ages and levels, 7-8:15 PM, suggested $15 donation

Craft ‘N Chat
🧑‍🎨 El Segundo 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

  • EZPZ - free small soft-serve with purchase of a slice or pie

  • Rock & Brews - kids eat free

  • Marmalade Cafe - kids eat free 3 PM - close

  • Vinny’s Pizza - half off medium pizzas

  • Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week)

  • El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

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

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Tuesday, September 15th

An Evening of Magic & Mentalism with Steve Cabe
🪄 Boardroom Brewery, ages 18+, 7-9 PM, $28.50

Dolly & Drinks - Paint & Sip
👱‍♀️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, 6 PM, $45
Paint on a Dolly Parton-inspired canvas. First beer is included with ticket.

Homestate Soft Opening & Ed! Foundation Benefit
🌮 Homestate at The Point, all ages, 8 AM-1 PM and 4-8 PM
Check out El Segundo’s newest restaurant. 50% of sales benefit the El Segundo Education Foundation.

Trivia with Budds
🧑‍🎓 Brewport Tap House, ages 21+, 6 PM, free

Trivia Night at California Smash
🤔 California Smash, 5-9 PM

Dart League
🎯 El Segundo Brewing Co., ages 21+, 4 PM-close

Crafteen
🖼️ El Segundo Public Library, grades 6-12, 3:30-4:30 PM, free

Ready for School Storytime
📗 El Segundo Public Library, ages 3-5 plus caretaker, 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

  • EZPZ - buy two slices and get a free small ice cream or buy two pizzas and get a large soft serve.

  • Love.Life - 50% off smoothies, 3-8 PM

  • Burger Lounge [outside the 🫧 warning] - kids eat free

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

  • Taco Tuesday at G’s Il Capo dei Bar, Standard Station, and Rock & Brews

  • Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week)

  • El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

  • Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-6 PM and 8-9:30 PM

  • Color Me Mine - BOGO studio fee

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Wednesday, September 16th

Networking at Night
🧑‍💼 Rock & Brews, 5 PM, free
An event from the El Segundo and Manhattan Beach Chambers of Commerce.

Pongs & Pints
🀄️ Five Point Five Brewing, 6-9 PM, $10
Filipino mahjong. Lessons if you need from 6-7:30 PM.

El Segundo Mahjong Club
🀄️ Joslyn Recreation Center, 5-7:30 PM, free

Boardroom Run Club
🏃 Boardroom Brewery, 6 PM, free
A ~5k run to the beach.

The Point Kids Club
🐐 The Point, 10 AM-12 PM, free
This month includes a petting zoo, lawn games, and storytime.

Baby/Toddler Storytime
👶 El Segundo Public Library, ages 0-35 months plus caregiver, 10-10:20 AM or 10:30-10:50 AM, 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

  • Homestate - soft opening, get a free non-alcoholic drink and sticker

  • Scooter’s Jungle Toddler Time - ages 6 and under, 10:30 AM-12 PM, $17 + 1 adult

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

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

  • Marmalade Cafe - ½ off all bottles of wine

  • Habit Burger & Grill - kids eat free (Mon-Thurs, 1 meal per week)

  • Rock & Brews - burger specials

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

  • Porterhouse - Wine Wednesdays (25% off bottles) and food & drink specials from 4-5:30 PM and 8-9:30 PM

  • El Segundo Brewing Co - Reverse happy hour: $2 off beers, 7 pm to close.

  • Color Me Mine - $5 studio fee after 5 PM

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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

Homestate’s soft opening is this week
You might’ve seen it earlier in this newsletter, but The Point’s new restaurant is soft opening on Tuesday. There are events and specials all week leading up to the official opening on Saturday the 19th.

Spread, Please is getting a permanent location
El Segundo’s viral and nomadic burger spot is settling down. It’s moving into the plaza on Grand into the spot that was most recently QD’s (and, before that, Stix & Straws).

The annual Thriller dance workshop is back
Join the grand El Segundo tradition. The practices are on Thursday evenings.

ESHS Cheerleaders are offering babysitting for Back to School Night
The elementary schools have Back to School night on September 17th, which is a no-kids event. Register now for this babysitting fundraiser that’s a real win-win.

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New & Ongoing Deals

⛳️ Topgolf deals
50% off Mon-Fri all day and/or snag 30 minutes of free play time.

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Save the Date / Get Your Tickets Now

Events coming up, often 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!