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Events on the Hill

The Peninsula keeps time by tradition — whale festivals in spring, horse shows in fall, garden lights in winter. Here's the year as locals live it, plus every calendar worth bookmarking for exact dates.

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On the calendar now

Updated Sep 21, 2026
Through fall
Season

South Coast Botanic Garden fall programs — and GLOW tickets go fast

The garden's autumn calendar is live; the winter light walk sells out early every year. Dates and tickets at the garden's site.

This season
Arts

The Norris Theatre's 2026–27 season is underway

Broadway series, concerts, and conservatory shows — the current lineup and tickets at palosverdesperformingarts.com.

Dec 1 →
Coming

Gray whale census returns to Point Vicente December 1

The ACS-LA volunteers take up the bluff watch through spring — the Hill's favorite free spectacle.

This list is curated, dated, and honest — when a week is quiet, it says so. Organizers: send your dates.

The annual traditions

A year on the Hill, season by season

🌸 Spring

☀️ Summer

🍂 Fall

❄️ Winter

  • GLOW at the GardenThe botanic garden's after-dark light experience — the Hill's holiday sellout
  • Whale season opensDecember through April: the ACS-LA gray whale census counts daily from Point Vicente
  • Holiday villagesTree lightings and holiday strolls at Malaga Cove Plaza and Peninsula Center; holiday shows at the Norris
  • City holiday eventsEach city posts its December calendar — see the links below

Annual events move their exact dates year to year — always confirm with the organizer's site linked above before making plans. Know a Hill tradition we've missed? Send it in.

Week in, week out

The standing rhythms

On stage & on screen

The Norris Theatre runs Broadway productions, concerts, and youth conservatory shows nearly year-round — the Hill's night out without leaving the Hill.

At the libraries

The PV Library District calendar is the Hill's quiet workhorse: story times, author talks, local-history programs, and teen events across all three branches.

In the garden

South Coast Botanic Garden programs something almost daily — yoga on the lawn, family days, plant sales, and the seasonal spectaculars.

On the trails

The Land Conservancy leads guided nature walks, volunteer habitat days, and full-moon hikes through the Preserve all year.

At the Art Center

Palos Verdes Art Center rotates exhibitions and runs classes, artisan markets, and openings — free galleries, always worth a wander.

For seniors & families

Peninsula Seniors and each city's recreation department fill the weekday calendar — lectures, classes, excursions, and youth sports.

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Where exact dates live

On the Hill

Around the Peninsula

The Hill sits twenty minutes from three towns' worth of extra calendar: