Activities abound along the CicLAvia—Culver City meets Venice route! You can also check out shops, eateries, local gems, and activities along the route using our interactive digital map!
Hubs
All hubs will have:
- Free water stations and restrooms
- First Aid stations
- Free pedicabs – The pedicabs stop at each Hub's Info Booth, so just look for the yellow umbrella! First come, first served.
- Free basic bike repair (more info below)
- All bike parking brought to you by Amazon
To better help you plan your day, we’ve added icons to each activity corresponding to the following themes:
🎨 = Arts & Culture
🟢 = Health & Wellness
🟫 = Kids & Family / Intergenerational Fun
🏛️ = Civic Engagement / City Resources
🔷 = Amenities & Services
Jump to each hubs list of activities:
Reference address: 8554 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
🟫 The Architecture for Communities Los Angeles (ACLA) booth will have an activity hub and a variety of interactive elements to engage with, including an upcycled bike rack by local sculptor EJ Gottlieb, a fun photobooth, and a giant color wheel by Alex Malekmeh.
🟢 BikeLA is a community-based nonprofit organization that works to make LA County an equitable, healthy, safe, and inclusive place to ride a bike through advocacy, education, and outreach. They will be sharing info and gathering community input on the expansion of the Metro Bike Share (MBS) program in Central LA alongside Metro Bike staff. There will be map boards for folks to place a pin to suggest an MBS location and giveaways.
🟫 Grab a bite at one of the local restaurants, take a break, and relax in the shaded seating area brought to you by KCSN/88.5, The SoCal Sound.
🎨 LA Phil will provide details for the remaining Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford 2025 seasons, including brochures, giveaways, and plenty of information for their summer concerts (while supplies last).
🏛️ The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is a government agency working to enhance community awareness about opportunities to serve as election workers during voting periods. Swing by their booth for more information.
🔷 Metro Bike Share will provide a temporary pop-up station accepting returns until 3:30 pm on event day. Be sure to stop by for cool swag, fun activities, to meet the team, and to ask them any questions about using Metro Bike Share all over LA County. All bikes are first-come, first-served and must be returned to a station when you are done riding.
🟫 Relax and play some games in the Play Zone brought to you by SCAG and the Go Human initiative—a community engagement program with the goals of reducing traffic collisions in Southern California and encouraging people to walk and bike more.
🟫 Share your thoughts on traffic safety with the Streets Are For Everyone team! They will also be sharing more information about upcoming events.
🟫 Streets For All is conducting a transportation revolution in Los Angeles. They advocate for transportation, pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, and safe streets. Stop by their booth to learn how to get involved.
🔷 Upway is an online marketplace specializing in buying, refurbishing, and selling used electric bikes, aiming to make sustainable transportation more accessible and affordable. Upway also provides a platform for selling your used e-bike, handling the process from offer to payment. Swing by their booth and receive a free helmet in return for signing up, while supplies last.
🟫 Walk 'n Rollers is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit focused on bicycle and pedestrian safety education. In partnership with SCAG and the Go Human initiative, they will be giving out adult bicycle helmets while supplies last, as well as sharing information on upcoming safety classes and rides.
🔷 Bike repair brought to you by SELA Bike Center.
Reference address: 9400 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
🟫 Come celebrate AARP California’s 90th birthday at their booth! They will also provide information about Social Security and share fun giveaways.
🟢 BikeCulverCity (a chapter of BikeLA) is a volunteer- and member-supported organization that advocates to make Culver City more bike-friendly. They’ll hand out swag, stickers, lap bands, etc., all while sharing details about upcoming events and local advocacy opportunities.
🟢 As a longtime champion of sustainable transportation, Culver CityBus is excited to connect with participants to promote healthy, people-powered mobility and transform streets into vibrant public spaces. Stop by their booth to learn about their services and pick up free swag!
🟫 Culver City Friends of the Library (CCFOL) is a group of volunteers dedicated to supporting the Culver City Julian Dixon Library. Stop by their booth to learn about library cards, CCFOL membership, and free book coupons for an in-store book room sale.
🟫 Culver City Recreation and Parks will showcase all the programs they have to offer the community. Stop by their booth to learn more.
🟫 Stop by the LA Metro pop-up spot to learn more about their programs including:
- Metro GoPass program - allows students at participating K-12 schools and community colleges to ride Metro buses and trains for free.
- Metro U-Pass program - offers college students unlimited rides on all Metro services in LA County, including Metro Rail, Metro Rapid, and Express buses.
- Metro Rail Safety Programs - strive to increase safe ridership through educational rail safety presentations and travel training at schools within a 0.5-mile radius of street-running Metro rail lines (A, E & K Lines).
- Metro Life Program - commonly known as "Low Income Fare is Easy" (LIFE), offers discounted transit fares and free rides for low-income residents in Los Angeles County.
- Upcoming projects on the I-405 and Sepulveda Transit Corridor.
🔷 Serve Robotics, Inc. develops advanced, AI-powered, low-emission sidewalk delivery robots to make delivery sustainable and economical. Stop by their booth to learn more and get your questions answered about their operations in and around Culver City.
🔷 Bike repair brought to you by Bike Oven.
Near the Hub:
🟫 Roll through Ivy Station to grab a refreshing beverage and a bite to eat from our on-site restaurants and food pop-ups and enjoy live music, DJs, a beer garden, lawn games, and more from 10am to 4pm on the lawn.
🎨 Experience The Actors’ Gang’s Shakespearean twist at Media Park! Roswell That Ends Well blends outer space adventure with wild west charm in a reimagining of All’s Well That Ends Well. Follow a cowgirl with big dreams of a life of outerspace dance battling as her wish comes true when a four-armed alien king enters the scene.
🟢 Stop by the NMDP (formerly Be The Match) booth to learn how you could help save a life. NMDP is a nonprofit organization that connects patients battling blood cancers and other life-threatening diseases with matching stem cell donors. Joining the registry is quick and easy—it takes just about 5 minutes to fill out a short health survey and complete a simple cheek swab.
Reference address: 11600 Washington Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90066
The Pit Stop will only have:
- Free water station and restrooms
- First Aid station
- Free water station
- Free pedicabs— First come, first served; look for the yellow umbrella!
- Free bike repair brought to you by Sports Basement
Reference address: 12925 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066
🎨 826LA is dedicated to unlocking and cultivating the creative power of writing for students ages 6 to 18. Join 826LA at their booth to co-write a wild, one-word-at-a-time story with your fellow Angelenos. Let your imagination ride alongside your neighbors in this playful, community-powered storytelling adventure.
🟫 The Office of Traffic Safety within the Community Investment for Families Dept. will share information on bicycle and pedestrian safety and will provide FREE bike helmets/wheel reflectors to you ages 5-12 yrs old. (Child needs to be present, while supplies last)
🏛️ Representatives from the Office of Councilwoman Traci Park, Council District 11, will offer information on accessing city services as well as fun swag giveaways.
🏛️ The LA City Clerk's Office will host a civic engagement and voter information table, with information about upcoming elections and ensuring eligible residents are properly registered to vote.
🏛️ Visit the LADOT Transit Team to help reload TAP cards for LIFE participants and get information on DASH service, LAnow (on-demand service), and Cityride (dial-a-ride service).
🏛️ Come by and check out the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) booth to learn about their Electric Vehicle rebates and other discount programs.
🎨 LAist is a nonprofit public media organization and the largest NPR station in Los Angeles (89.3 FM), delivering trusted journalism and storytelling across radio, digital, podcasts, and events to help Southern Californians stay informed, engaged, and connected. Stop by their booth to learn more!
🏛️ Los Angeles Clean Cities Coalition will answer all your questions and share information about alternatives to gasoline combustion vehicles and current EV incentives and rebates.
🟫 The Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books, and technology that enrich, educate, and empower every individual in the city's diverse communities. Stop by their booth for library card sign-ups, resources for all ages, books, and LAPL freebies.
🟫 Stop by The Los Angeles Zoo booth to check out different touchable objects related to a variety of animals and the field of conservation, trivia games, and prizes, and talk with educators to help you connect to nature and the world around us. The LA Zoo aims to show the community that the L.A. Zoo is a space for everyone and try to show Angelenos how they work towards their missions of saving wildlife, creating connections to nature, and enriching the community.
🏛️ Mar Vista Voice is committed to raising the voices of the unrepresented and unheard neighbors of Mar Vista. Stop by their booth to learn more.
🟫 Rediscover Center Inc. brings hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education to youth across Los Angeles County. They’ll be providing kid-friendly crafting of bike accessories for creative STEAM fun!
🟫 Thousand makes helmets that you'll want to wear. Stop by their booth to answer a few questions and be entered to win a Thousand helmet! They’ll be giving away 20 helmets on event day.
🟫 CicLAvia has partnered with Unlimited Biking to provide on-site bike rentals on 8/17 with pickup and drop-off at the Mar Vista Hub! Click here to reserve a bike in advance. A limited number of bikes will be available to rent at the event on a first-come, first-served basis. Helmet rental is complementary, and a portion of the proceeds are donated to CicLAvia.
🔷 Bike repair brought to you by Bikerowave.
Near the Hub:
🎨 Alana's Coffee Roasters will have a stage with music, entertainment, dance, art, and food and beverage vendors in the parking lot. Brought to you by the Mar Vista Music Project. Click HERE for more information.
🟢 The Learning Garden will be offering tours during event day from 12pm - 3pm!
Reference address: 121 Windward Ave, Venice, CA 90291
🟢 Cigna Healthcare’s Wellness in Motion mobile clinic will be offering free biometric health and skin cancer screenings that can help catch conditions like heart disease or diabetes early before they become more serious. Health coaches will be on-site to help you talk through your results and take follow-up steps to improve your overall wellness. Providence Saint John's Health Center will be there as well, highlighting their latest services and sharing valuable wellness resources to help you stay informed.
🔷 Metro Bike Share will provide a temporary pop-up station accepting returns until 3:30 pm on event day. Be sure to stop by for cool swag, fun activities, meet the team, and ask us any questions about using Metro Bike Share all over LA County. All bikes are first-come, first-served and must be returned to a station when you are done riding. In addition, there are multiple Metro Bike Share stations throughout Los Angeles with bikes available 24/7 on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit this map to plan ahead to plan your day, or download the Metro Bike Share app to see real-time bike availability.
🎨 Venice Arts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 with a mission to ignite, expand, and transform the lives of Los Angeles’ low-income youth through photography, film and media, and arts education, and to use their participatory storytelling practices to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities around the world. Stop by their booth for zine making and fashion design worksheets.
🟢 Venice Family Clinic is a nonprofit organization that provides quality healthcare to over 45,000 people in need from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay, regardless of income, immigration status, or insurance/ability to pay. Stop by their booth for more information.
🎨 The Venice Heritage Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, showcasing, and nurturing the diverse cultural heritage and histories of Venice, CA. At their booth they will have information on the museum and giveaways.
🏛️ Ride on over and visit the Venice Neighborhood Council Outreach Committee booth! They’ll have interactive games, snacks, and information about their mission to improve the quality of life in Venice, CA.
🏛️ The Office of Councilwoman Traci Park, Council District 11, will provide general city services, resources, and swag along with supporting the Venice Paparazzi photo booth, so stop by to learn and have your red carpet moment!
🔷 Bike repair brought to you by Jays Bike Rentals.
Near the Hub:
🟫 Stop by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC) at 685 Venice Blvd for a quick art stop! They’ll have refreshing drinks from Healing Grounds Coffee Truck and fun art activities with Elsie Dye Sims for the whole family to get your creativity rolling! Create CA will also be there to show you how to take action, explore free advocacy tools, and join in shaping a future where the arts are not a privilege but a right for every student.
🎨 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center will be having a special sidewalk sale of books, zines, and merch! Come enjoy and take a break in their beautiful native garden cared for by Safe Place for Youth (S.P.Y.).
Along the route:
🟫 Visit our interactive digital map for exact locations of activations and business specials along the route!
