On the afternoon of October 3, the 4300 block of Tujunga Avenue had vintage cars lined up along the curb. There were dog-rescue booths on the sidewalk, an acai truck, and a wine garden outside Vitello's. Tujunga Avenue was closed to traffic between Moorpark Street and Woodbridge Street from 3 to 7 p.m. for the Tujunga Village Art Walk, and admission was free, according to the Patch event listing.
That was the second time this year the block closed for an event. The next event on the Studio City Neighborhood Council calendar is the Holiday Block Party on Saturday, December 5, from 5 to 9 p.m. Last year the holiday party took over the same stretch of Tujunga Avenue. Together, the events show a block whose own merchants close it to cars on a regular schedule. The December party moves that format into the evening, with the latest hours of the year.
A street that closes on a schedule
The first closure of 2026 came in spring. The Neighborhood Council announced the Tujunga Village Spring Music Festival for Saturday, May 23, from 1 to 8 p.m., with Tujunga Avenue closed and free admission. The festival had live bands through the afternoon and evening, a car show from 1 to 4 p.m., a wine garden, pet adoption with L.A. Animal Rescue, kids' activities and local vendors. The Council's announcement named the Tujunga Village Merchants as host.
The Art Walk followed in October, and the holiday party ends the year.
| Event | Date | Hours | What the listing promised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Music Festival | Saturday, May 23, 2026 | 1 to 8 p.m. | Live bands, car show, wine garden, pet adoption, kids' activities |
| Tujunga Village Art Walk | Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 | 3 to 7 p.m. | Vendor and merchant booths, live music, fashion show, vintage cars, kids' zone |
| Holiday Block Party | Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026 | 5 to 9 p.m. | Date and hours posted on the Neighborhood Council calendar |
All three fall on a Saturday. Each starts later in the day than the one before, and December's ends at 9 p.m., an hour after the spring festival. The holiday party is the only one of the three that starts in the evening.
What October showed about the format
The Art Walk listing is the most detailed account of how the block runs during a closure. It promised more than 30 local vendor booths and more than 20 merchant booths along the car-free street. The program included live bands, a dance performance, a kids' musical performance and a fashion show.
A kids' zone was made up of free activities run by local organizations. Code Ninja ran a video game arcade, and other booths offered coloring and art projects. The Sweet Angel Dog Rescue and Into the Wild Farm Dog Rescue booths had dogs available for adoption, and the UBATUBA food truck served acai bowls.
The listing said more than 25 shops and restaurants would stay open late until 7 p.m., so the block's businesses stayed open for the full length of the closure. The listing thanked three supporters: the Studio City Neighborhood Council, Councilmember Adrin Nazarian of the Second District, and the Studio City Chamber of Commerce.
Some features showed up at more than one event. Both the spring festival and the Art Walk had a wine garden, a car display, pet adoption and a kids' area. The street had already hosted that format twice this year before December.
The holiday version, as last year ran it
The December party has run before. On November 17, 2025, the Neighborhood Council posted an announcement that began "Tujunga Village Holiday Block Party is BACK!" It invited neighbors to "Shop + Dine + Stroll" on Tujunga Avenue between Moorpark and Woodbridge on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 5 to 9 p.m. The 2025 announcement listed three attractions:
- Kids' activities
- Santa, with photos
- A live DJ and music
This year's party has the same 5-to-9 hours and falls on the same Saturday of December. The 2026 calendar entry links to an event poster for the Tujunga Village block party. Last year's description centered on the storefronts, with shopping and dining on the list ahead of the stroll, and the street program came on top of that.
The storefronts on the block
Between Moorpark and Woodbridge, last year's party stretch and this year's Art Walk route cover the 4300 block of Tujunga Avenue. Several of its businesses sit within a few doors of each other.
- Vitello's Italian Restaurant, 4349 Tujunga Ave. The Studio City Chamber of Commerce lists it at this address. Its wine garden was part of both the spring festival and the Art Walk this year.
- Aroma Coffee & Tea Co., 4360 Tujunga Ave. Aroma's own site lists daily hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., so on December 5 its regular hours end when the party does.
- Caioti Pizza Cafe, 4346 Tujunga Ave. It is across the street from Vitello's and a few doors down.
- Pearl's Red Hots, 4359 Tujunga Ave. Eater LA described it as a hamburger and hot dog spot that brings "the Windy City" to Los Angeles. It opened in June 2025, so this will be its second December on the block. Pearl's site lists its hours.
The newest name near Woodbridge
One storefront address on the block belongs to a business that has been preparing to open. In an October 20 report, Hoodline said Bean Our Guest was targeting a late-November 2026 opening for a café at 4354 Tujunga Ave., near the corner of Tujunga and Woodbridge. The planned menu includes espresso drinks, café food, and oat, almond and dairy milk. Its signature is Puerto Rican coffee roasted by Torréfaction Gourmande, a roastery in France. Hoodline also reported that the team had been trying out the concept at pop-up events, with at least one more planned before opening day.
The café's address falls between Moorpark and Woodbridge, near the Woodbridge end. A late-November target puts the planned opening only days or weeks before the December 5 party.
A holiday street party with an older lineage
Holiday street events on this block go back more than a decade. In December 2011, Patch covered a Tujunga Village holiday open house put on by the Tujunga-Moorpark Association. It had live singing, carolers, free snacks, popcorn and balloons, and the outlet called it a street party. This year's spring festival was hosted by the Tujunga Village Merchants. In 2026 the holiday party ends a calendar that also included a spring festival and an art walk.
For the 2026 edition, the Neighborhood Council has posted the date and hours, Saturday, December 5, from 5 to 9 p.m., along with a link to the 2026 Tujunga Village block party poster. Last year the party ran on Tujunga Avenue from Moorpark to Woodbridge.
If you'd like to talk about Tujunga Village and the other Studio City blocks that host events like this, or about the homes within walking distance of them, Joan Duffy is glad to share what she knows of the neighborhood. Let's Connect.
