Mother's Day and the Ed Gala? What a Weekend

Hello, Gundo 👋 

We’ve got a big weekend coming up here in El Segundo with the Ed! Gala on Friday night, a massive slate of events on Saturday, and lots to do for Mother’s Day on Sunday.

As always, if anything new pops up or changes, we’ll share it on the Hello Gundo Instagram.

-Sam & Angie Greenspan

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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, May 7th

Explore El Segundo’s Past
🔖 El Segundo Public Library, all ages, 6 PM, free
The El Segundo Historical Committee is teaching how to use the El Segundo Herald’s online database to search for historic news and photos.

Real Talk for Moms
👩 The Coffee Bar, for moms with children under 3, 7-9 PM
A conversation for new moms about “the parts of motherhood no one talks about.”

Farmers’ Market
🫑 Main St., all ages, 3-7 PM, free

Goblin Loot Game Night - Star Wars
🛸 Stuft Pizza, all ages, 5:30 PM, free
This week’s game is Star Wars: Unlimited.

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

Mahjong Night
🀄️ G’s il Capo dei Bar, 8-11:30 PM, free

Meditation Circle & Community Gathering
🧘 Live Your Best Life, 5 PM, free

Sunset & Sounds: Acoustic Thursdays at The Village [outside the 🫧 warning]
🎵 Manhattan Village Plaza, all ages, 5-7 PM, free
This week featuring El Segundo’s own Matt Commerce!

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+

💵 Thursday food, drinks, and deals

• Scooter’s Jungle Open Play - 4-6 PM, all ages, $23/child + 1 adult.

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

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

• Stuft Pizza - $1 slice night

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

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

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Friday, May 8th

Ed! Gala
🎊 Chevron Park, ages 21+, 6-11 PM, $225
El Segundo’s biggest event of the year! Food from 30+ of the South Bay’s best restaurants, live and silent auctions, and always a truly unforgettable night.

Build a Vase Workshop
🌷 Standard Ceramics, ages 12+, 6:30-8:30 PM, $100ˆ

Don’t Tell Comedy
😂 Secret brewery location, ages 21+, 7:30 PM, $30

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

Sunset Sessions (chill house DJ sets)
🎧️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, 6-10 PM, free

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, 2:30-5 PM and 7:30-9:45 PM, $11.50+

💵 Friday food, drinks, and deals

• Kreation - Buy 1, Get 1 free on grab and go items

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

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Saturday, May 9th

Hillside Maintenance with the El Segundo Blue Butterfly Conservancy
🦋 Imperial Blvd. btwn Loma Vista and Hillcrest, all ages, 9-11 AM

Mom. Mat Sculpt. Matcha. Mini Bouquets.
💐 Unita El Segundo, 9-11 AM, $49
Enjoy an alliterative good time with a 45-minute mat sculpt class, followed by a matcha drink, and materials to make your own mini bouquet.

Move with Mom
⚽️ Nike at The Point, kids ages 5-13 plus moms, 9-11 AM, free
A mother-child soccer game and other activities.

Belle Air Brass - Music in the Afternoon
🎺 El Segundo Public Library, all ages, 2-4 PM, free
The award-winning, all-female brass band performs iconic music from movies.

His Girl Friday
🗞️ Old Town Music Hall, 2:30 PM, $10-$12
Screening of the 1940 Rosalind Russel - Cary Grant comedy.

A League of Their Own
⚾️ Old Town Music Hall, 7 PM, $10-12
Screening of the 1992 movie that is explicitly not a tearjerker.

Romance Book Truck
💗 The Coffee Bar, 9 AM-1 PM

The Westchester Saturday Stroll [outside the 🫧 warning]
🚶‍♀️ Westchester Triangle, all ages, 4-7 PM, free
Music, food, crafts, and lots of Mother’s Day events.

The Art of Gnocchi Making
🍝 Hyatt Place LAX, ages 14+, 5 PM, $65

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

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

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+

💵 Saturday food, drinks, and deals

• Flower Pop-Up - Blue Butterfly Coffee, 8 AM-12 PM

• Boho pop-up clothing sale - 913 Cedar St., 9 AM-3 PM

• Kreation - Buy 1, Get 1 free on grab and go items

• The Tavern on Main - kids eat free all day

• The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

• Porterhouse - food & drink specials from 4-5:30 PM and 8-9:30 PM

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Sunday, May 10th - Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day at Standard Ceramics
🪴 Standard Ceramics, 10 AM and 3:30 PM, prices vary
Different mom-child pottery experiences including making a vase and sippy cup, making a charcuterie board and Chia pet, or just generally learning the pottery wheel.

Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys
🎼 Old Town Music Hall, all ages, 2:30 PM, $25
Old Town Music Hall’s annual Mother’s Day concert, featuring the music of the 1910s, ‘20s, and ‘30s.

Live Music
🎤 Old Town Patio, all ages, 1-4 PM, free

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

• Scooter’s Jungle Open Play - 11 AM-3 PM, $23/child + 1 adult.

• Kreation - Buy 1, Get 1 free on grab and go items

• The Kebab Shop - kids eat free

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

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Monday, May 11th

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

Dodgers vs. Giants Watch Party
⚾️ El Segundo Brewing Company, 7:10 PM

Tween Crochet Club
🧶 El Segundo Public Library, grades 3-5, 3-4 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

• 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, May 12th

Trivia Night at California Smash
🤔 California Smash, 5-9 PM
A new trivia night in town with happy hour pricing.

Library Board of Trustees Meeting
📕 El Segundo Public Library, 6-7 PM

Meditate in El Segundo
🪷 Blue Butterfly Coffee, 7-8:15 PM, $18
Learn practical techniques and go through a guided meditation.

Game Night
🎮️ Sugar Monkey Brewing, 3-9 PM, free
Play board games and/or video games.

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

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

Preschool Storytime
🧒 El Segundo 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

• 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, May 13th

ESMS Fundraiser at Topgolf
🏌️ Topgolf El Segundo, all ages, 5-7 PM, $25
$25 includes 2 hours of play plus unlimited lemonade.

Comedy Night at Old Town Patio
😆 Old Town Patio, 7 PM
Details to come.

Karaoke and Game Night
🎤 Sugar Monkey Brewing, 5-9 PM, free

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

Wonderful Wednesdays
🧒 El Segundo Public Library, grades K-2, 3-3:45 PM, free

Baila Baila Bilingual Concert
🎶 El Segundo Public Library, ages 0-5 + caregiver, 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

💵 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

• 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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“THE SECOND” HALF

Gundo Scoop

Repost: Topgolf’s summer pass is a deal
We’re sharing this again because it was one of the most clicked links we’ve ever had in Hello Gundo. Topgolf is selling $229 summer passes. The hours are largely off-peak, but you get 2 hours per day for up to 6 people from now through September 7th with a food discount.

Registration for the 2026 El Segundo Main Street Fair is open
Want a booth at the fair on September 26th? Or want to be a sponsor of the event? You can register now.

New & Ongoing Deals

💆 Love.Life
20% off massages and facials now through Mother’s Day. Use code MOM20.

🍕 Slice & Pint lunch special
2 slices of pizza and a beer for $13 or 2 slices of pizza and a soda for $10.

⛳️ Topgolf deals
50% off Mon-Fri before 4 PM 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.

• 2026 California primary - 6/2. Last day to register is 5/18.

• The Plunge Grand Re-Opening - 6/6.

• Upcoming Old Town Music Hall movies and events - Saturdays and Sundays. Many of these, especially popular movies, will sell out.

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Summer Camp Highlights

• Mrs. Miera’s Summer Beach Camp - 6/15-6/19

• California Smash Junior Pickleball Summer Camp - weekly in June and July

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!