Wine, Wright, and a sunset over Hollywood as Barnsdall Fridays Wine Nights returns every Friday through Sept. 11. Tickets from $55 at barnsdall.org.
There is a specific kind of Friday evening that Los Angeles does better than anywhere else.
Barnsdall Art Park sits above Hollywood Boulevard at 4800, atop Olive Hill, on the grounds of Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles commission, completed in 1921, and the city’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Every Friday from May 29 through September 11, 2026, the Barnsdall Art Park Foundation opens the West Lawn for its 17th annual wine nights series, and the view alone is reason enough to go. The wine, curated by Silverlake Wine, the event’s long-standing artisanal partner, is the tastiest reason to buy you tickets now.
The sun dropping behind the Santa Monica Mountains while a Silverlake-selected pour sits in your glass is not a metaphor. It is simply what happens here, and it has been happening for seventeen years.
What the $55 Ticket Actually Gets You
General admission is $55. For that, you receive four glasses of wine selected by Silverlake Wine, access to a rotating lineup of local food trucks, DJ performances, and evening entry to exhibitions at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.
A $90 tier adds something most Angelenos have never done: an after-hours interior tour of Hollyhock House itself.
Wright designed the house for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall as the centerpiece of a 36-acre arts complex, only partially realized, and the interior reflects his early experiments with California textile block construction and the horizontal Prairie lines he was translating into a distinctly California form.
Seeing it in the evening, after the tourists have cleared, with a glass of some excellent grape juice in hand, is a structural argument for the $90 ticket.
Designated driver tickets are also available, which is either a thoughtful inclusion or a quiet admission that the four-glass pour is doing its job.
Silverlake Wine and the Curation Standard
Silverlake Wine has been the artisanal partner for this series so long that they recognize not just good wine, but also a high quality Los Angeles tradition.
Their selections tend toward the specific rather than the trendy; expect natural producers, regional appellations with authentic stories attached, be it multi-generational or a new producer trying to get their name out in front of discerning Angelenos.
This is not a mass-market pour-and-ignore situation. The wine is chosen with the same intention the venue brings to its exhibitions. Bring a blanket, as the Foundation recommends. The West Lawn is grass, the evening air moves, and the kind of wine Silverlake pours benefits from not being rushed.
The Stakes This Summer
Seventeen years is a long run for any civic fundraiser, and this one carries weight beyond the calendar. The proposed 2026–2027 City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs budget includes an $800,000 reduction in as-needed staffing; a cut that could materially impact operations at Barnsdall Art Park and cultural facilities across the city.
One hundred percent of proceeds from Barnsdall Fridays Wine Nights fund arts programming and preservation on-site.
In 2025 that meant landscape stewardship on Olive Hill, new equipment for the Barnsdall Arts Center and Junior Arts Center, upgraded theatrical lighting at the Gallery Theatre, and expanded exhibitions at the Municipal Art Gallery.
How can you help The Foundation?
Show up on a Friday and drink good wine on Frank Lloyd Wright’s lawn while the city still has one. That is about as low-friction an act of civic participation as Los Angeles has ever produced.
Know Before You Go
The event is 21-plus, no exceptions. No outside alcohol, no pets, no lawn furniture inside the event perimeter. On-site parking is limited. Barnsdall recommends rideshare or public transit, which is the right call for an event structured around four glasses of wine.
Restrooms are available at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
MINI FAQ
What is Barnsdall Fridays Wine Nights?
Barnsdall Fridays Wine Nights is an annual outdoor wine series hosted by the Barnsdall Art Park Foundation on the grounds of Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood. Now in its 17th season, the event runs every Friday from May 29 through September 11, 2026, from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. General admission is $55 and includes four glasses of wine curated by Silverlake Wine, food trucks, DJ performances, and access to the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.
Can you tour Hollyhock House during the wine nights?
Yes. A limited number of $90 tickets include after-hours interior access to Hollyhock House — Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles commission and the city’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. These tickets are limited and worth booking in advance.
Is Barnsdall Fridays Wine Nights kid-friendly?
No. The event is strictly 21-plus. No children, babies, or pets are permitted inside the wine event area.
Barnsdall Fridays runs now through September 11.
Barnsdall Fridays runs through September 11. Seventeen Septembers in, it remains one of the few Los Angeles summer traditions that earns that word without irony — a fixed point in a city that tears everything down and starts over. This year, with the Department of Cultural Affairs facing significant budget pressure, the case for showing up is stronger than usual. Go on a clear evening. Get the $90 ticket if you haven’t been inside Hollyhock House. Let Silverlake Wine make the decisions. The hill does the rest.
Tickets at barnsdall.org.
