Highland Park’s Figueroa corridor is about to be louder than your neighbor’s vintage amp. Arroyo Secodelic, a new multi-venue rock-and-roll festival, is taking over the strip this Memorial Day weekend, running May 22–25, 2026, with more than 60 bands hitting neighborhood stages. The fest blends ticketed evening bills with free daytime pop-ups at record shops and the North Figueroa bookshop, turning the area into an all-day, all-night venue-hopping circuit between spots like Lodge Room and the Highland Park Ebell.
The festival comes from co-founders Guy Keltner and Tom Segal. Keltner, who helped start Seattle’s Freakout, told LAist he wants Arroyo Secodelic to be “a place for music discovery” rather than a corporate spectacle.
Lineup and venues
The official schedule leans hard into guitar history and local grit, with punk mainstays such as FEAR and Adolescents, long-running rockers Flamin’ Groovies, and a broad roster of local psych and garage acts. Shows are spread across six walkable venues, including The Lodge Room, Oblivion, Highland Park Ebell, Cheerio Collective, De La Playa Records, and North Figueroa Bookshop, and include both ticketed nights and free daytime sets, according to the festival’s website. Full day-by-day lineups and free-show listings are posted on the Arroyo Secodelic website.
Free programming and community tie-ins
The weekend also connects with the long-running Lummis Day festival, which is presenting a parallel slate of free stages anchored at De La Playa Records to keep parts of the weekend accessible to neighbors, according to Lummis Day. That community-focused programming runs alongside the ticketed club nights, giving the weekend both DIY energy and a strong local-culture backbone.
Tickets and how to see it
One-day tickets and all-day passes are on sale. Time Out lists single-day prices around $39–246 and a four-day pass near $245. Many shows are all-ages and several daytime slots are free, so attendees can mix paid nights with neighborhood offerings, according to the festival site. Expect small rooms, plenty of walking between stages, and the usual holiday-weekend crowds along North Figueroa.
Organizers are pitching Arroyo Secodelic as a neighborhood-first alternative to larger corporate fests, with a focus on independent businesses and musical discovery. Keltner told LAist that “this whole thing is run by independent businesses,” and that the goal is to introduce Angelenos to bands they might otherwise miss. If you are heading out, plan to venue-hop, bring comfortable shoes, and leave time for lines and local snacks between sets.
