Los Feliz Village Street Fair

I had alot of fun, I definitely enjoyed Indian food from Electric Lotus and beer from Golden Road… will be back next year!!!

good times with good friends. Lots of food vendors and stuff to buy and try! check it out if you are in the area!

A variety of venues with a lot of different things to do! It was great that it was free!

Family friendly street fair. Some good booths with freebies and decent food. Started winding down around 6pm though.

This was my first time at the Fair and I really did enjoy myself!
The vendors are fantastic! The patrons were fun and the choices were decent. Of course we tried a bit of everything — Thai, Persian, Chinese and Tacos. All very yummy! We also had the Snow Ice — amazing! Could have eaten the watermelon ice all day!
Loved seeing the Unilocal booth too! Got my high five and paper fan! :) The volunteers manning the booth were great and had tons of energy.
There was a puppet master there also and he was awesome! A lot of fun to watch — it was a darker puppet show for adults but still great to watch.
The only thing I would suggest would be to take one of the Beer Garden Areas and put them closer to the food stands or in the middle of the fair. We wanted to drink with our meals so we have to carry the meals and the plates back to the far end of the fair where the kids playground was. Not conducive to tossing back a few… but still happy that they had the garden as an option for us lushes. :P

Perhaps this street fair deserves a higher rating at any other time, but when I got there at around 9:00 at night, it was pretty dead, and according to the vendors, it had been that way all day. Fortunately, there were still interesting things to see, from jewelry makers using materials from a disassembled nuclear warhead, to bracelets with a cause that’s supposed to make you happy when you wear it. My favorite vendors there were Noral Clothing which makes gorgeous custom, and Lulu Designs, which have awesome vintage designs on high quality materials. bracelets Music and food is also featured here, with a special area for the 21 & older crowd looking to dehydrate the old fashioned way. With alcohol. And once that’s done, there are vendors giving away «healthy» soda samples. The food vendors range from Umami Burger, to traditional Thai food.
And if worse comes to worst, and you don’t find anything on the street, there are pretty trendy restaurants on the sidewalk. My personal favorite, is a Thai vegan place called ‘Green Leaves Vegan,’ selling healthy food at very reasonable prices.
Even if it’s not the most exciting of places to go to, it’s definitely worth stopping by if you’re in the area. You might find a small treasure worth the effort.

I went last nite — after attending the bigger version on Hollywood Blvd 2 years ago… wow, I understand Los Fe wanted to keep it more local, and not burn out like all the other Hollywood — based fairs did as they got too big. but man it was much more fun in past… seemed more like a High School fundraiser — one stage meant only 1 band at a time. I listened to the awesome «Nutty Jazz,» which I will try to see again somewhere in LA. but it seemed the crowd wasn’t even up to dance, which I can’t imagine, since the music was so cool… aw well, since I am not a resident, I guess I don’t have the right to complain, just seemed 2 years ago, to be just big enough to have variety, just small enough to walk around and see and hear it all. alas– LA fees I am sure made them think twice about a large event. shame…it was a lot more diverse last year as well.

Meh. It’s not much different from a weekly farmer’s market, minus the fruits and veggies, that you would find in any town. But Los Feliz has somehow turned this into an annual event?
I would have to say that the dunk booth was fun to watch, for two minutes. The best entertainment was the huge beach balls that people got inside and rolled around on in a big blow up wading pool.
They’ve got the usual booths, that you walk past and don’t even look into. The realtors had the best booth with lots of reptiles. There were empty beer gardens and stages with bands that no one watched at each end of the street.

The street fair is on Hillhurst Ave from Los Feliz Blvd to Prospect Ave. For clearing such a huge block of the surface street, the booths are lackluster and mildly interesting. The bouncy air mattresses for the kids looked very dirty and worn… I don’t think I would want my kids to climb all over that germ mountain and put their hands in their mouth.
There was a booth with free photo booth that seemed interesting. Otherwise, it’s hard to not compare this to so many of the bigger, newer, cleaner fairs around the city (626 Night Market, OC County Fair, LA County Fair, etc)
But go Unilocal for having a booth! Represent!

The Los Feliz Village Street Fair is a real plus for our neighborhood! I support it and trust that it will continue to be offered!

Great Local Los Feliz Event. Very cool, open and organized… Love it! IT’S REE TOO!
Great Vendors!!!

Enjoy the different vendors
Would come back next year

It’s hard to know what to expect at a street fair; just like James S., I’d hit Bloomfest LA the previous day, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Bloomfest was way hipper and had art to participate in, but there was actual room to get through crowds at the LFVSF, which counts for a lot — plus, people with little tiny dogs were smart enough to carry them instead of letting them walk on the ground (seriously, if you have a tiny dog, letting it walk on the ground in a crowd is essentially wishing injuries upon it. I was getting angry).
Stages with live music were at either end of the festival, and I didn’t hear music coming from either of them that I liked at all; conversely, somewhere in the middle of the fest, sitting in chairs on the sidewalk, were a man with a beautiful antique French hurdy gurdy and another man with an antique bagpipey-​sort thing, playing fantastic music.
Maybe I was looking for specific things to DO? There was a large area with rides, and besides the beer gardens, you could eat at the large number of food stands (representing a huge number of nationalities) or shop at the booths (crafts and stuff, but also local shops had booths too; why look at Skylight Bookstore’s little booth when I can [and did] walk up Vermont and see the whole store?). We split a delicious little pizza from Mother Dough, which had set up a covered patio just outside the restaurant (and patronizing them meant I also got to use the restaurant’s restroom instead of the port-​a-​potties). The nurses’ union was there testing blood sugar, and of course Unilocal had a booth and gave me an awesome reusable canvas shopping bag.
As expected at any street fair, the wares for sale ranged from cool (jewelry made from disarmed and recycled nuclear weapons) to useless (jewelry that will allegedly give you powers), practical (clothes) to infomercial (the Best Vegetable Peeler EVARRRR, with attachments!). Some vendors took credit cards, some were cash only; there were a few banks nearby enough that you might not have to pay service fees for the Fair’s ATMs, and since the Fair was free, you could come and go as you pleased.
I didn’t have too much trouble finding parking, and of course I’d expected to walk a bit, but public transportation also stopped next to/​near the Fair.
Don’t forget sunblock, or else be careful — not a huge amount of shade.

I’ve been living in Los Feliz for about a year now, and I have so much love and pride for our little part of town. I adore the busy walkable stretches of Vermont and HIllhurst, the dogs and people, the restaurants and bars and Skylight Books. It’s a great place to live, with a blend of hipster and yuppie sensibilities that translates into good food, good vibes, good neighborhood.
This was my first time checking out the Los Feliz Village Street Fair, and I had a great time. Matt B. and I went on the evening end and got dinner and drinks and ambled across Hollywood Boulevard between tents splashed with the familiar names of Los Feliz businesses. Sadly, our poor dog was limping and had to miss out. He would’ve loved it — there were lots of dogs present, hanging out on leashes.
There were several food vendors present, but I went straight for Seoul Sausage, which has become my standby at street fairs around L.A. I had a kalbi sausage and it poured juice all over my arms. Delicious, delicious stuff. (Thankfully, there were standalone sinks positioned between the outhouses — hard to operate, with a heavy foot pump and a thin trickle of water, but easy to access.) I also picked up some pad Thai and a chicken skewer from the Pattaya Thai tent. Not the best, but a reasonable snack for $ 4. Matt got himself some penne pasta from Il Capriccio, which was nice and comforting with some tender vegetables and tomato sauce. We would’ve stopped by the Mother Dough tent if we hadn’t gone to the restaurant for dinner the night before. With some food in our bellies, we stopped by the biergarten, hosted by Covell. Outdoor drinking is always pleasant, but this wasn’t a highlight. Matt had a Golden Road IPA and I had a tiny plastic glass of Rioja. Both drinks cost $ 7, which seemed high for Golden Road/​a thimble of wine. Before we left the fair, we treated our sweet teeth at Paradis, one of my favorite ice cream shops in town. Their mini station was scooping about ten flavors, and we ate vanilla bean and strawberry and mint lime sorbet.
We also browsed the many vendors, and I was sorry that the Los Feliz Village T-​shirts were sold out. I liked their design and they looked nice and soft. We stopped by the Skylight tent and said hi, and walked around taking in the music at the sound stages on either end of the fair. It was a very pleasant evening, and it made me appreciate our neighborhood even more. We’ll come back again next year, and we’ll make sure our dog gets in on the fun.

I have to be honest… I am giving this street fair ⁴⁄₅ because of two things. The location and is proximity to one of my favorite restaurants and the live music. The vendors were ok and the food carts seemed diverse and good but i just ignored them as soon as i saw my Yuca’s.
I was really hoping for more arts and crafts and really cared nothing for the countless real-​estate brokers and other corporate presences there. I wanted more local artists and businesses to be represented. I loved seeing Unilocal make a presence and got to meet Katie our ambassador of Unilocaldom.
I will come again next year with my dog as i was jealous that others had brought theirs and i didn’t.

Unfortunately it was excruciatingly hot out… we only stuck around long enough to walk up and down the event and grab a bite at one of the vendors.
Positives: its FREE and open for folks to come and go… you can bring dogs, there are plenty of activities and booths (food/​drink & other vendors), they invite a variety of bands and other entertainment and it’s outdoors.
Negatives: It’s outdoors… and there is very little shade/​tents so it is easy to overheat if you don’t be careful.
Looking forward to next year!

Awesome, Awesome times. Having never been to the Los Feliz Village Street Fair I was excited to check it out for the first time. I actually expected a small event with only a few participating vendors. WRONG! The fair was huge. It stretched from Vermont to Hillhurst and there were so many things to check out. Met up with some friends and family and even ran into an old high school friend. Small world! Oh and the event was pet friendly.
Some highlights: Seoul Sausage company and the delicious Spicy Pork Sausage. Mother Dough and the margherita pizza. Candied almonds were the ulitmate surprise. Warm, sweet, salty, they were delicious. The Unilocal booth was giving away awesome tote bags and sunglasses for anyone who showed their check-​in! Katie B. and Unilocal kick butt!
Did i mention the not one, but TWO beer gardens. They had them set up at opposite ends of the fair next to each stage. Also, the bathrooms were well organized and very clean. Shoutout to Ed A., James S., Richard K and his lovely wife and their new puppy, Andre N., and of course the lovely Katie B! It was great to see/​hang out with you guys and girls.
See you next year Los Feliz Village Street Fair!

All I have to say is: woman in a hamster ball.

Awesome event, live band playing on both side… and you get to walk in the middle of Hollywood blv. It’s an odd mix of crowd. The booths were from local restaurants, as in you can walk to them from the festival Got to meet the owner of Yucca, now the have two location. One that is right on Hollywood/​Vermont, next to the gas station. That is some very good food. The band on the Hollywood/​Vermont side played some CCR and some Black Sabbath. The greater Griffith Park Los Feliz advisory council was there. Look them up, they bring up issues relevant to the residents to LA council. I need to find the equivalent for where I live. There were some kids ride, like the inflatable balloon/​bobble in the water and the bungy jump on a trampoline that I’m too old to get in.

Located on Hollywood Blvd from Vermont to Hillhurst is where you could peruse the stands and tents of the Los Feliz Village Street Fair (LFVSF).
Much smaller than Bloomfest LA, which I attended yesterday but just as eclectic.
You had food and music with what could easily be thousands of people.
Parking– good luck!
Parking is already atrocious on a regular day but this event just exacerbated that situation.
If you were to attend this location be prepared to walk or take the metro (red line) and get off on Vermont which I think is the closest station to LFVSF.
Would I be back?
I could see myself coming back next year.
I am a fan of street fairs and have traveled to quite a few of them in the Greater Los Angeles County. Since L.A. isn’t your run of the mill city with so many cities spread throughout the county, a sense of community is hard to come by and these street fairs really bring that sense of pride back to the people as it promotes the sustainability of their area within a gargantuan city we call Los Angeles.