After the First Brentwood Bash: What's New on San Vicente and Up at the Getty This Fall

"The last 20 months here on the Westside have been extremely difficult," Councilwoman Traci Park said from the stage on San Vicente Boulevard on September 26, according to the Palisadian-Post. "When our city needed you, you all opened your communities, your schools, your neighborhoods and your homes to so many of our friends and neighbors who were displaced out of the Palisades."

She said it at the first Brentwood Bash, a free daylong festival on the eastbound side of San Vicente between Montana Avenue and Barrington Avenue. Mayor Karen Bass shared the stage with her. Exhibitors from Brentwood and Pacific Palisades shared the street that day, and the season that followed keeps its focus close to home. It starts on the street everyone already uses and runs up the hill to the Getty.

San Vicente, closed to traffic for a day

The Bash ran from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 26. According to the Palisadian-Post's photo report, about 50 exhibits filled the blocks, featuring local restaurants, artists and merchants. Several came from Pacific Palisades, including Paliskates and Palisadian artist Terri Bromberg.

The Post's preview named the Brentwood Homeowners Association, the South Brentwood Residents Association, Douglas Emmett, Thomas Safran & Associates, Vicente Foods, the CD11 Foundation and Park's office. Alexis Pappas, Carolyn Jordan and Barbara Roll produced the event. Two residents' associations, a neighborhood grocer and a council office signed on together, which makes it a civic event as much as a merchant promotion.

Before the event, organizers told Brentwood Voice they hoped it would become an annual tradition. We haven't seen a 2027 date published in the coverage we reviewed.

A burger shop that picked Brentwood for its neighbors

A week after the Bash, a new restaurant opened on the same stretch. Burger She Wrote held a public grand opening on October 3 at 11686 San Vicente Blvd., its first Westside location. L.A. Magazine's October food roundup confirms the October 3 date.

The Westside Current reports that this is the brand's biggest location so far, yet it still has only 25 seats. The menu stays small on purpose. There are two burgers, the classic Smash Burger and the Oklahoma Smash Burger, both made with 100% American wagyu. The rest is fries, grilled cheese and Mexican soda. The Oklahoma version presses grilled onions into the patty and adds the house sauce. The ranch, spicy mayonnaise and barbecue sauce are all made in-house too.

Co-founder Mikayel Israyelyan told the Current why they chose this address. "We want to choose a location that has a strong community. That's very important for us," he said. "We want to be the neighborhood burger shop." The walls show photos of skaters, a nod to co-founder Don "Nuge" Nguyen's skateboarding career. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. That makes it one of the later kitchens on this part of San Vicente.

Two clothing brands arrive at the Country Mart

At the west end of the corridor, Brentwood Country Mart added two fashion tenants over the summer. Varley opened in Suite 54 at 225 26th Street, and the Mart marked its arrival on July 11. Sézane followed in Suite 52B. WWD reported on August 14 that it was the French brand's first permanent Los Angeles store. Sézane had its pick of the city for that first permanent store and chose the red barn at 26th and San Vicente.

The Mart's October calendar is built for the families who walk over from nearby streets:

• Pumpkin patch, October 1 to 31. It runs on the honor system and stocks heirloom pumpkins.
• Wednesday storytime, every week through October 28.
• Halloween Spectacular, Saturday, October 31, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A costume contest starts at 11, followed by trick-or-treating around the Mart.

We haven't found any organized Halloween event on San Vicente itself this year, so the Mart's Saturday-morning event is the main one on the corridor.

Up the hill, the Getty looks at Los Angeles

The Getty Center's fall shows turn the lens on this city. "Every Minute Is History: Five Views of Los Angeles" runs September 1, 2026, through January 3, 2027. It brings together five photographers whose work broadened how Chicano/a communities in Los Angeles are pictured. Running alongside it on the same dates is "Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography," with work by 13 photographers.

The Getty's free public programs this season pick up the same theme. Here is what's scheduled through mid-November:

Every program is free, but you need a reservation. The October 17 festival requires a timed-entry reservation, and parking is paid. Coming from nearby, the parking fee is the main cost of any of these afternoons.

The Getty also has two shows that aren't about Los Angeles. "The Holy Family at Home" covers Northern European images of the Holy Family from around 1500 and runs September 22 through January 10, 2027. A collection display, "Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Mai and 18th-Century Portraiture," is up through March 14, 2027. Both stay up after the photography exhibitions close on January 3, and the Reynolds display runs the longest, into March.

Sunday mornings on Gretna Green

The Brentwood Farmers Market rounds out the weekend. The City of Los Angeles tourism directory lists it at 741 Gretna Green Way, open Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A 2026 event listing describes it as a year-round Sunday market. We haven't seen a fall-specific notice yet, though, so check the hours before you plan around a particular Sunday.

A fall weekend on the corridor

Put together, the calendar fits into a few blocks and one hillside. Saturday, October 17 has the Getty's family festival. Halloween morning is at the Mart. Weeknight dinners can run as late as 10 p.m. at Burger She Wrote, and the two new clothing stores sit at the west end of the strip.

Whether the Bash returns next September depends on its organizers and sponsors. For now, the businesses that came to San Vicente this year say they chose it for the neighborhood around it.

At Scott Price Realty, we keep track of what opens along San Vicente because it shapes daily life on the streets nearby. If you live within walking distance of the corridor and want to know how this fall's changes affect what your home is worth, start with a conversation. Discover Your Home's Value.