Los Angeles has thousands of things happening every weekend. We’re not interested in listing all of them.

The 10% is Wine Stop’s weekly look at the handful that seem genuinely worth your time: food, wine, music, art, culture, markets, neighborhood festivals, and the occasional thing we can’t quite categorize.

Five picks. One splurge. And when something outside our usual orbit is truly worth the drive, we’ll tell you that too.

This weekend is looking warm and dry, with Friday around the upper 80s to low 90s in much of central L.A. and similarly warm weather through Sunday.

Translation: daytime outdoor events are still very much summer territory, while evenings should be excellent. 

1. Rare Books LA at Union Station

Saturday, October 3 | 10 AM–6 PM
Sunday, October 4 | 10 AM–4 PM
Los Angeles Union Station | About $23

More than 50 antiquarian booksellers and dealers from Los Angeles, New York, London, and elsewhere take over Union Station’s historic Ticket Concourse with rare books, first editions, maps, prints, ephemera, and other objects you suddenly realize you need.

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, with special programming and material tied to Rice and the history of vampire literature. There are free talks with historians, authors, and collectors throughout the weekend as well. 

Why it made The 10%: A rare-book fair inside Union Station is already a good idea. Add Anne Rice, historical ephemera, and fifty dealers, and this becomes exactly the kind of weekend discovery we’re looking for.

Good to know: Take Metro if you can. Union Station is the rare L.A. event venue where public transportation is actually the easier option.

2. Naija Fest LA ’26

Saturday, October 3 | 12–7 PM
Gloria Molina Grand Park, DTLA | Free

Naija Fest celebrates Nigerian Independence Day with Afrobeats, live music, dance, fashion, food, art, and community programming in the middle of Downtown Los Angeles.

Organizers describe it as the largest Nigerian Independence Day celebration outside Nigeria, and this year’s lineup includes Mr. P, King Kanja, Meaku, and more. 

Why it made The 10%: It’s free, central, culturally specific, and food and music are built into the experience rather than added as decoration.

Good to know: Saturday afternoon will be warm. We’d arrive later rather than right at noon unless you want the full day.

3. Notte Italiana: Autumn in Eataly

Friday, October 2 | 9 PM–midnight
Eataly Los Angeles, Century City | Around $130

Eataly closes out the normal shopping day and turns the marketplace into a late-night Italian food-and-wine party.

Your ticket includes 20+ tasting stations with chef-prepared Italian bites, Italian wines, cocktails, culinary demonstrations, live entertainment, and other interactive experiences throughout the store. It’s 21+ and designed as a standing, walk-around tasting rather than a seated dinner. 

Why it made The 10%: Because this is an actual tasting experience. You’re moving from station to station, trying food and wine, and discovering things—not simply buying an expensive dinner.

Good to know: Tickets are limited. If this is your Friday plan, buy first and make the drive second.

4. Xiu Xiu Performs

Eraserhead

Friday & Saturday, October 2–3
2220 Arts + Archives, Historic Filipinotown | Ticketed

Experimental band Xiu Xiu takes on David Lynch’s Eraserhead as a live music and film performance at one of Los Angeles’ most interesting small cultural spaces.

Three performances are scheduled across Friday and Saturday, and as of this week, tickets were still being reported available for at least the late Friday performance. 

Why it made The 10%: Because sometimes the entire explanation can be: Xiu Xiu performs Eraserhead live in Historic Filipinotown.

That’s enough.

Good to know: Availability is tight. Check before leaving home.

5. Smorgasburg LA

Sunday, October 4 | 10 AM–4 PM
ROW DTLA | Free admission

Smorgasburg is hardly a secret, and normally that would work against it here.

But some things remain useful because they continue to do what they do well. Every Sunday, dozens of independent food vendors, small businesses, vintage sellers, designers, and specialty producers fill ROW DTLA. 

Why it made The 10%: Sometimes the best Sunday plan is simply to show up hungry and let five different vendors decide what lunch becomes.

Good to know: Go early. Sunday will be warm, and 10:30 AM at Smorgasburg is a very different experience from 1:30 PM at Smorgasburg.

The Splurge

ComplexCon 2026

Saturday & Sunday, October 3–4
Los Angeles Convention Center + Crypto.com Arena | Ticket prices vary

ComplexCon turns 10 this year and returns to Los Angeles with a huge mix of streetwear, sneakers, music, visual art, design, food, brand launches, limited drops, talks, and live performances.

More than 300 brands, artists, creators, and cultural figures are involved, with Playboi Carti and Hiroshi Fujiwara serving as artistic directors for the anniversary edition. 

Why it’s the Splurge: This isn’t a quick Saturday stop. It’s a full cultural ecosystem—and the kind of event where entry is only the beginning of what you may end up spending.

If sneakers, streetwear, music, design, or contemporary pop culture matter to you, this is one of the major L.A. events of the weekend.

Worth the Drive

Los Angeles Magazine’s The Food Event

Sunday, October 4 | 1–4 PM
Calamigos Ranch, Malibu | Ticketed

This one is outside our usual central-L.A. radius.

We don’t care.

Angelenos drive. Sometimes an hour in the car isn’t a trip—it’s just Sunday.

And The Food Event has become an important date on the L.A. food calendar. This is the event’s 20th year, bringing together dozens of Los Angeles restaurants with boutique wineries, craft breweries, distilleries, and other beverage producers for three hours of unlimited tastings at Calamigos Ranch. Parking is free. 

Why it’s worth the drive: This isn’t a random food festival that happens to be in Malibu. It has become part of Los Angeles’ food culture—and sometimes The 10% should tell you to get in the car.

If We Were Choosing Three…

Friday: Notte Italiana at Eataly
Saturday: Rare Books LA + Naija Fest
Sunday: The Food Event in Malibu

That’s books and history, Nigerian food and culture, Italian wine and food, and then one of L.A.’s established culinary events.

Not a bad weekend.

Wine Stop
Weekend Wine

2025 Oveja Chic Cabernet Sauvignon–Syrah Rosé

Central Valley, Chile

This weekend calls for something chilled.

Oveja Chic is made from 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Syrah, giving it more structure and presence than many extremely pale rosés while keeping the freshness and versatility that make rosé so useful. It’s certified sustainable, 13% alcohol, and made to drink now. 

Serve it well chilled, but not ice-cold.

It works with grilled shrimp, chicken, vegetables, soft cheeses, light pasta, picnic foods—or whatever ends up on the table after spending the weekend eating your way through Los Angeles. 

The Weekend Wine: Oveja Chic Rosé.

Drink Better.

Did you enjoy reading The 10%? If you attended one of our weekend picks, leave a short review in the comments—or just say hello. We’d love to hear from you. Thanks for reading!