Entertainment Districts

Anaheim, California

Downtown Disney District adjacent to Disneyland presents restaurants, bars, and shops in an open-air complex serving the millions of annual visitors to Anaheim's Disneyland Resort.

1580 S Disneyland Dr 92802

Avalon, California

Avalon on Catalina Island presents waterfront restaurants and bars around the historic Casino Ballroom, a resort-town entertainment district reachable by ferry from the mainland.

Bakersfield, California

Downtown Bakersfield presents a revitalizing corridor of restaurants and bars serving the Kern County oil and agriculture region of California's Central Valley.

Berkeley, California

Telegraph Avenue leading to the UC Berkeley campus presents bookstores, cafes, and bars along one of the most historically significant counterculture streets in America.

Big Bear Lake, California

Big Bear Village presents mountain-town restaurants and bars serving the Southern California ski and lake resort community in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Burbank, California

Downtown Burbank presents restaurants and bars serving the Media Capital of the World's studio workforce near Warner Bros. and Disney lots.

Campbell, California

Downtown Campbell's historic Campbell Avenue presents restaurants, wine bars, and live music venues serving the South Bay community near San Jose.

Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad Village presents beachfront restaurants and craft breweries along a walkable coastal downtown north of San Diego.

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Carmel-by-the-Sea's storybook village presents art galleries, wine tasting rooms, and upscale restaurants along Ocean Avenue, one of California's most charming coastal entertainment destinations.

Chico, California

Downtown Chico presents Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's taproom alongside a lively bar district serving the Chico State University community in the northern Sacramento Valley.

Dana Point, California

Dana Point Harbor presents waterfront restaurants and bars serving Orange County's whale-watching and sailing tourism community.

Davis, California

Downtown Davis presents restaurants and bars serving the UC Davis campus community in one of California's most bicycle-friendly college towns.

Eureka, California

Old Town Eureka presents restored Victorian-era buildings housing restaurants and bars along California's rugged Redwood Coast in Humboldt County.

Fresno, California

Tower District in Fresno, anchored by the historic Art Deco Tower Theatre, presents the city's most walkable and eclectic bar and restaurant corridor.

Glendale, California

The Americana at Brand in Glendale is an open-air shopping and entertainment complex with restaurants, bars, and a dancing fountain plaza serving the northeast LA metro area.

Healdsburg, California

Healdsburg Plaza in northern Sonoma County presents upscale wine tasting rooms and restaurants around a historic town square, a boutique wine-country entertainment destination.

Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach's pier and Main Street corridor, known as Surf City USA, presents beachfront bars and restaurants along one of Southern California's most iconic surf towns.

Indio, California

Old Town Indio presents restaurants and bars serving the Coachella Valley community that hosts the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals each spring.

Inglewood, California

The Hollywood Park entertainment complex in Inglewood encompasses SoFi Stadium (70,000-seat NFL venue), Intuit Dome (NBA Clippers arena), and a growing entertainment district — all on the former Hollywood Park racetrack site. The complex is transforming a casino destination into a year-round sports, concerts, and gaming entertainment precinct serving the Los Angeles basin.

3900 W Century Blvd 90303

Julian, California

Julian's Gold Rush-era Main Street presents apple pie bakeries and saloons in a historic mountain mining town east of San Diego.

Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach's Pacific Coast Highway corridor presents art galleries, oceanview restaurants, and bars in one of Orange County's most scenic coastal entertainment destinations.

Long Beach, California

Belmont Shore's Second Street in Long Beach presents a walkable beach-town corridor of restaurants, bars, and boutiques near the Belmont Pier.

Long Beach, California

The Pike Outlets on the Long Beach waterfront presents restaurants and bars near the Queen Mary and Aquarium of the Pacific, anchoring the city's downtown waterfront entertainment revival.

Los Angeles, California

Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice presents boutique shops, art galleries, and trendy cocktail bars along one of the most fashionable and Instagram-famous entertainment streets in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, California

The Arts District is Los Angeles's most creatively explosive entertainment neighborhood — a former industrial corridor east of Downtown where street art, craft breweries, outstanding restaurants, and galleries have created one of the most extraordinary creative concentrations in the United States. Its proximity to the Los Angeles River, its extraordinary street art (including work by ROA, El Mac, and internationally recognized muralists), and its concentration of creative talent have made it one of America's most celebrated emerging entertainment districts.

Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Los Angeles, California

Arts District in downtown LA presents converted warehouse breweries, galleries, and cocktail bars, one of the city's fastest-transformed neighborhoods into a major nightlife and dining destination.

Los Angeles, California

Chinatown in downtown LA presents Central Plaza's neon-lit courtyards now home to natural wine bars and galleries, blending historic Chinese-American heritage with a new generation of nightlife.

Los Angeles, California

Downtown Los Angeles's Historic Core and South Park neighborhoods present rooftop bars, Crypto.com Arena, and LA Live combining into the city's largest concentrated sports-and-entertainment district.

Los Angeles, California

Echo Park east of downtown LA presents indie music venues and cocktail bars around the historic Echo Park Lake, a fast-gentrified neighborhood central to LA's independent music scene.

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Boulevard presents the Walk of Fame, TCL Chinese Theatre, and dense nightlife venues along the world's most famous entertainment street, drawing tourists and locals to LA's original entertainment industry heart.

Los Angeles, California

Koreatown in central LA presents an intense concentration of karaoke bars, 24-hour restaurants, and nightclubs, one of the densest and most vibrant nightlife districts in the city.

Los Angeles, California

L.A. LIVE surrounding Crypto.com Arena in downtown LA is a 4-million-square-foot entertainment complex with restaurants, a Grammy Museum, and nightclubs anchoring the city's sports and entertainment district.

Los Angeles, California

LA Live is a 4-million sq ft entertainment, residential, and hotel complex in downtown Los Angeles built around Crypto.com Arena. The precinct includes Hotel Figueroa, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, The Grammy Museum, Regal Cinemas, multiple dining and nightlife venues, and the Microsoft Theater — making it the entertainment anchor of Southern California's growing gaming market.

800 W Olympic Blvd 90015

Los Angeles, California

Santa Monica Pier presents Pacific Park's amusement rides, an aquarium, and beachfront restaurants and bars over the Pacific Ocean at the terminus of Route 66.

Los Angeles, California

Silver Lake in East LA presents indie bars, vintage shops, and music venues along Sunset Junction, one of the city's most culturally influential hipster nightlife neighborhoods.

Los Angeles, California

The Sunset Strip through West Hollywood is the most legendary rock-and-roll nightlife corridor in America, home to the Whisky a Go Go, Roxy, Viper Room, and decades of billboard-lined music history.

Los Angeles, California

Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica is a pedestrian outdoor shopping and entertainment corridor with street performers, restaurants, and bars three blocks from the beach.

Los Angeles, California

Venice Beach Boardwalk presents street performers, Muscle Beach, and beachfront bars along one of the most iconic and eclectic entertainment corridors in Southern California.

Los Angeles, California

Westwood Village is Los Angeles's most storied movie premiere and entertainment district — a 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival village adjacent to UCLA where Hollywood's most important movie premieres happen at historic theaters and where Marilyn Monroe is buried in the adjacent Westwood Village Memorial Park. The extraordinary movie palace architecture, UCLA's 47,000-student population, and the concentration of studios in nearby Century City create an entertainment district shaped by Hollywood's most enduring legends.

Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Malibu, California

Malibu Country Mart presents upscale restaurants and bars along the Pacific Coast Highway serving one of the most affluent beach communities in Southern California.

Mammoth Lakes, California

Mammoth Lakes Village presents apres-ski bars and restaurants serving the Eastern Sierra's premier ski resort tourism economy.

Merced, California

Downtown Merced presents restaurants and bars serving the UC Merced campus community and gateway to Yosemite National Park.

Modesto, California

Downtown Modesto presents restaurants and bars serving California's Central Valley, the hometown that inspired George Lucas's American Graffiti.

Monterey, California

Cannery Row, immortalized by John Steinbeck's novel, presents restaurants and bars along Monterey's historic sardine-canning waterfront, now one of the Central Coast's top tourism destinations.

Morro Bay, California

Morro Bay's Embarcadero waterfront presents seafood restaurants and bars beneath the iconic Morro Rock on California's Central Coast.

Mountain View, California

Castro Street in downtown Mountain View presents restaurants and bars serving Silicon Valley's tech workforce near Google's headquarters campus.

Napa, California

Downtown Napa's revitalized riverfront presents the Oxbow Public Market, wine tasting rooms, and restaurants at the gateway to Napa Valley wine country.

Newport Beach, California

Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach presents the historic Balboa Fun Zone, waterfront restaurants, and bars along Orange County's affluent harbor community.

Oakland, California

Jack London Square on the Oakland waterfront presents restaurants, bars, and Yoshi's jazz club along the Oakland Estuary, named for the author who spent his youth on these docks.

Oakland, California

Uptown Oakland presents the Fox Theater alongside a dense cluster of bars, restaurants, and live music venues, one of the East Bay's most vibrant nightlife revivals.

Oceanside, California

Oceanside Pier and downtown present beachfront restaurants and bars serving North San Diego County's surf and military community near Camp Pendleton.

Ojai, California

Ojai Arcade along the town's Spanish-style downtown presents boutique shops, wine bars, and restaurants in a picturesque mountain valley community near Santa Barbara.

Palm Springs, California

Downtown Palm Springs' Palm Canyon Drive presents mid-century modern architecture, rooftop bars, and restaurants at the heart of the Coachella Valley resort community.

Palm Springs, California

The Arenas District in downtown Palm Springs presents LGBTQ-friendly bars and nightclubs, one of the desert resort city's most concentrated nightlife corridors.

Palo Alto, California

Downtown Palo Alto's University Avenue presents restaurants, wine bars, and the historic Stanford Theatre serving Silicon Valley's Stanford University-adjacent community.

Pasadena, California

Old Pasadena presents restored 19th-century commercial buildings housing restaurants, bars, and the Rose Bowl-adjacent nightlife scene northeast of downtown LA.

Pasadena, California

The area surrounding the Rose Bowl in Pasadena presents restaurants and event programming serving the iconic stadium's concerts and college football games.

Paso Robles, California

Downtown Paso Robles' town square presents tasting rooms and restaurants at the heart of one of California's fastest-growing wine regions on the Central Coast.

Redding, California

Downtown Redding presents restaurants and bars near the iconic Sundial Bridge, serving Shasta County in far Northern California.

Riverside, California

Downtown Riverside presents the historic Fox Performing Arts Center alongside restaurants and bars serving the Inland Empire's largest city.

Sacramento, California

Downtown Commons (DOCO) surrounding Golden 1 Center presents restaurants, bars, and a cinema anchoring downtown Sacramento's modern entertainment district.

Sacramento, California

Midtown Sacramento presents a dense grid of craft cocktail bars, restaurants, and live music venues along J and K streets, the city's most concentrated nightlife neighborhood.

Sacramento, California

Old Sacramento Waterfront along the Sacramento River presents a preserved Gold Rush-era district of wooden boardwalks, saloons, and restaurants, one of California's most historically evocative entertainment districts.

San Clemente, California

San Clemente Pier and Del Mar Street present beachfront restaurants and bars in Orange County's southernmost surf town.

San Diego, California

San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter is a 16.5-block National Historic District in the heart of downtown — one of the most concentrated entertainment districts on the West Coast. Victorian-era architecture houses restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and live music venues serving both San Diego residents and casino visitors from nearby Barona Resort, Viejas Casino, and the Temecula wine and gaming corridor.

Fifth Ave, Gaslamp Quarter 92101

San Diego, California

Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego is a 16-block National Historic District of restored Victorian-era buildings now housing the city's densest concentration of bars, nightclubs, and restaurants.

San Diego, California

Gaslamp Quarter is San Diego's most vibrant entertainment district — a beautifully preserved Victorian commercial neighborhood where 16 blocks of outstanding restaurants, bars, and clubs create the most complete urban entertainment experience in Southern California outside of Los Angeles. The Gaslamp's extraordinary Victorian architecture (over 100 Victorian-era buildings), its concentration of outstanding nightlife, and its proximity to the waterfront create an entertainment environment that reflects San Diego's unique blend of California lifestyle and historical character.

5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

San Diego, California

La Jolla Village presents upscale coastal restaurants and wine bars near La Jolla Cove, one of San Diego's most affluent and scenic seaside entertainment districts.

San Diego, California

Little Italy in downtown San Diego presents India Street's dense corridor of Italian restaurants, wine bars, and the Saturday Mercato farmers market, one of the city's most walkable dining districts.

San Diego, California

North Park presents one of San Diego's densest craft-brewery concentrations along University Avenue, part of a citywide reputation as one of America's best beer destinations.

San Diego, California

North Park is San Diego's most creative entertainment neighborhood — a walkable district with the highest concentration of craft breweries per square mile in America, alongside outstanding restaurants, independent music venues, and boutiques. Its role as the center of San Diego's extraordinary craft brewing revolution (San Diego has more craft breweries per capita than any major US city) and its vibrant creative community create one of the finest neighborhood entertainment experiences on the West Coast.

University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104

San Diego, California

Pacific Beach presents Garnet Avenue's beachfront bar and restaurant corridor, one of San Diego's most popular destinations for young professionals and college-age nightlife.

San Francisco, California

Fisherman's Wharf presents Pier 39's sea lions, street performers, and waterfront restaurants and bars along one of the most visited tourist entertainment districts on the West Coast.

San Francisco, California

Haight-Ashbury, birthplace of the 1967 Summer of Love, presents vintage shops, dive bars, and psychedelic-era history along Haight Street, one of San Francisco's most culturally iconic neighborhoods.

San Francisco, California

Haight-Ashbury is the most mythologically significant entertainment neighborhood in American music history — the San Francisco district where the Summer of Love (1967) created the counterculture, where the Grateful Dead lived at 710 Ashbury, and where Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin shaped the American cultural revolution that continues to influence global music. The neighborhood's extraordinary history and its contemporary concentration of vintage shops, music venues, and bars create an entertainment experience of unparalleled American countercultural significance.

Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117

San Francisco, California

The Mission District presents Valencia Street's dense corridor of cocktail bars, taquerias, and live music venues, one of San Francisco's most vibrant and rapidly evolving nightlife neighborhoods.

San Francisco, California

North Beach, San Francisco's Little Italy, presents the City Lights Bookstore, jazz clubs, and Beat Generation history along Columbus Avenue, one of the city's most historically rich nightlife districts.

San Francisco, California

The neighborhood surrounding Oracle Park along San Francisco's China Basin waterfront presents sports bars and restaurants serving Giants game-day crowds with McCovey Cove views.

San Francisco, California

SoMa (South of Market) presents nightclubs, sports bars near Oracle Park, and the Yerba Buena arts district, one of San Francisco's largest and most diverse entertainment neighborhoods.

San Francisco, California

The Castro is one of the most historically important LGBTQ neighborhoods in the world, presenting bars, clubs, and the Castro Theatre along a nightlife corridor that has anchored gay culture in San Francisco since the 1970s.

San Francisco, California

The Mission District is San Francisco's most culturally vibrant entertainment neighborhood — a Latino community in the sunniest part of SF where outstanding taquerias, craft cocktail bars, and independent music venues serve one of the Bay Area's most diverse and creative populations. Valencia Street's extraordinary concentration of restaurants, bookshops, and bars, combined with the Mission's extraordinary murals and cultural vitality, create an entertainment district of authentic multicultural energy.

Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

San Jose, California

San Pedro Square Market in downtown San Jose presents restaurants, bars, and live music in a historic market hall, anchoring the city's growing downtown entertainment revival.

San Luis Obispo, California

Downtown San Luis Obispo presents Higuera Street's restaurant and bar corridor with the Thursday night farmers market, serving the Cal Poly campus community on the Central Coast.

Santa Barbara, California

The Funk Zone near the Santa Barbara waterfront presents urban wineries, tasting rooms, and art galleries in a converted industrial district, one of the region's fastest-growing entertainment areas.

Santa Barbara, California

State Street in downtown Santa Barbara presents Spanish Colonial-style buildings housing restaurants, wine bars, and boutiques along the city's central entertainment corridor near the Pacific.

Santa Clara, California

The area surrounding Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara presents sports bars and restaurants serving 49ers game-day crowds and concert-goers in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Santa Cruz, California

Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz presents bars, live music venues, and restaurants serving the UC Santa Cruz campus community and surf culture along Monterey Bay.

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is the oldest surviving beachfront amusement park on the West Coast, presenting the historic Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster alongside arcades and beachfront bars.

Santa Rosa, California

Downtown Santa Rosa presents restaurants and bars serving Sonoma County's largest city, a gateway to the surrounding wine country region.

Solvang, California

Solvang's Danish-themed village presents wine tasting rooms and bakeries along windmill-lined streets in the Santa Ynez Valley wine country.

Sonoma, California

Sonoma Plaza, the largest town square in California, presents historic buildings housing wine tasting rooms, restaurants, and bars in the heart of Sonoma Valley wine country.

South Lake Tahoe, California

South Lake Tahoe's casino corridor along the California-Nevada state line presents bars, nightclubs, and live entertainment venues serving the year-round mountain resort tourism economy.

Stockton, California

Downtown Stockton's waterfront presents restaurants and bars along the San Joaquin River Delta, serving California's Central Valley port city.

Temecula, California

Old Town Temecula presents a Western-themed historic district with saloons, wine tasting rooms, and restaurants at the gateway to Temecula Valley wine country.

Truckee, California

Historic Downtown Truckee presents restored 1860s railroad-era buildings housing restaurants and bars serving the Lake Tahoe and Sierra ski resort tourism corridor.

Visalia, California

Downtown Visalia presents the historic Fox Theatre alongside restaurants and bars serving Tulare County in California's Central Valley.

West Hollywood, California

The Sunset Strip is the most legendary entertainment corridor in the history of American music — a 1.5-mile stretch of West Hollywood where the Whisky a Go Go, The Roxy, and the Rainbow Bar & Grill launched the careers of the Doors, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Guns N' Roses, and virtually every significant rock act of the 1960s-1990s. The Strip's extraordinary concentration of music venues, celebrity sightings, and nightlife creates an entertainment district with global cultural recognition that no other street in America approaches.

Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046