Free events around LA

The Valley Cultural Center hosts free concerts every Sunday, June through August, in Warner Center Park in Woodland Hills. Check out all the details here.

Grand Performances offers dozens of free concerts through the summer. Check out their line up here. Concerts are held at California Plaza in Los Angeles on the Watercourt stage or the Marina Pavilion. It is okay to bring food but not red wine.

Visit the Griffith Observatory, which has free admission. Or stop by the Getty just on the other side of the hill. Admission is free but parking is $8.

Get tickets to the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno by writing a letter with four dates you'd like to see the show. You can request up to 4 tickets. Gotta be at least 16. Tickets are on a first-come first serve basis. Mail request six weeks in advance to 3000 W. Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA 91523. Tickets will be mailed to you if you are chosen. A limited number of tickets are given out when the NBC Ticket Box opens at 8:00am the day of the show. Read all the details here.

Pershing Square is rumored to have free concerts but the two events listed on their Web site are in the past! An employee tells me there are free outdoor concerts Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 2 and every Wednesday night starting July 30 from 8 to 10pm. The Wednesday night series ends August 20. Call (213) 847-4970 for more info.