Eastside Living is scheduled for Nov. 14 at Eugene A. Obregon Park in East Los Angeles, offering a free day of shopping, food, music and other activities. Los Angeles County and Smorgasburg LA are partnering on the event, whose organizers expect more than 30 local businesses and other creators, LAist reported.
For some participating businesses, the gathering is also a chance to meet customers in their own community. Mariscos Mar-es co-owner Victor Rojas told LAist the market could introduce local vendors to a broader audience. Leticia Rojas said some people are afraid to go out amid ICE activity and described community events as a way to bring people together, according to the same report.
Those concerns sit alongside wider reporting on business effects, but the available evidence does not measure this market. A UCLA study of the June 2025 immigration raids, reported by the Los Angeles Times, found 46,000 fewer customer visits at formal businesses within half a mile of nine enforcement sites and estimated $3.16 million in accumulated revenue losses in the two weeks after enforcement activity. The study concerned businesses near those sites; it did not examine Eastside Living or establish any effect on its vendors or attendance.
A separate local report offers a distinct example, not evidence about the marketplace: The LA Local reported that video shot Oct. 31 showed federal agents detaining a man outside the East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station. That incident was at a different location from the planned market at Obregon Park.
When and how to go
The market is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Eugene A. Obregon Park, 4021 1st St., Los Angeles, 90063. LAist reported that street parking is encouraged; the East LA Civic Center is also planned as a parking option, with shuttles to and from the event every 15 minutes. Admission is free.
