The holiday block party has been Tujunga Village's December evening with the street closed to cars. This fall, another closure came first. On Saturday, October 3, Tujunga Avenue between Moorpark Street and Woodbridge Street closed from 3 to 7 p.m. for the Tujunga Village Art Walk, which the Studio City Neighborhood Council announced was "back." Eventbrite listed Tujunga Village Merchants as the organizer.
The December party is still on the calendar. The Studio City Neighborhood Council's December 2026 calendar lists a Holiday Block Party for Saturday, December 5, from 5 to 9 p.m., with a 2026 Tujunga Village Block Party poster attached.
The money moved, though. When the neighborhood council had to decide which Tujunga Village event to back this year, it chose the daytime one. That vote, the café about to open at the Woodbridge corner, and the businesses that hold the street the rest of the year show the same change. Tujunga Village is starting to run on its own calendar, and its merchants are the ones writing it.
Two closures, same two blocks
Both events use the same stretch of Tujunga Avenue. They cover different parts of the day and are built differently.
| Tujunga Village Art Walk | Holiday Block Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Saturday, October 3, 2026 | Saturday, December 5, 2026 |
| Hours | 3 to 7 p.m. | 5 to 9 p.m. |
| Stretch | Tujunga Ave, Moorpark to Woodbridge | Tujunga Ave, Moorpark to Woodbridge in 2025 |
| Organizer listed | Tujunga Village Merchants | 2026 listing on the SCNC calendar |
| Built around | Local artists, vendor and merchant booths, live music, wine garden | Shopping, dining, Santa, DJ, kids' activities in 2025 |
| SCNC co-sponsorship | Up to $1,500, approved August 2026 | Earlier $1,500 approval replaced |
The Art Walk ended at 7 p.m. The block party starts at 5 p.m. Between them, the street has one event that runs into the evening and one that starts after dark in early December.
The vote that picked October
At its August 26, 2026 meeting, the Studio City Neighborhood Council took up a motion from its Outreach Committee. The motion asked for up to $1,500 to co-sponsor the Art Walk, with the money paid straight to vendors for posters, promotional postcards and residential doorhangers. In return, the council got sponsor recognition and a free outreach booth. The draft minutes record one more line that changed the year:
"This approval supersedes the previously approved $1,500 sponsorship for the December Tujunga Village holiday event."
According to the minutes, the discussion covered chances for outreach at a daytime event, the status of the December event, payment procedures, and "the value of testing one Tujunga Village event." The amendment passed 12 to 1 with one recusal. The final motion passed 11 to 2 with one recusal.
The council put a fixed amount of outreach money into one Tujunga Village event this year, and it chose the Art Walk. The December party stayed on the council's public calendar without that $1,500 sponsorship attached.
What the Art Walk put on the street
The council's September announcement promoted the Art Walk as free, with local artists, classic cars, live music, a wine garden, food trucks, a kids zone, dog adoption and a fashion show. Patch's event listing gave the size. It promised more than 30 local vendor booths, more than 20 merchant booths, bands, dance and kids' performances, and shops and restaurants staying open late.
Patch also named the people at the booths, and almost all of them are local:
- Kids' activity booths from the Wesley School, Code Ninja, Rio Vista, VIP Nannies, New York Life and Huntley Preschool
- Dog adoption with Sweet Angel Dog Rescue and Into the Wild Farm Dog Rescue
- Food from the UBATUBA food truck
- Wine garden run by Vitello's
That list explains why the format appealed to a neighborhood council looking for outreach. In the afternoon, the street drew schools, preschools, rescues and family services, the groups that serve families living within walking distance. A listing on CraftMap put the count at more than 35 artists and more than 30 shops and restaurants.
December 5, going by the last two years
The 2026 block party has a date, hours and a poster on the council calendar. The past two parties show what the evening has usually looked like.
- 2024. The council's calendar described Tujunga as closed to vehicle traffic for the annual party, running 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, December 7.
- 2025. The council's November 2025 notice promoted shopping, dining and strolling on Tujunga Avenue between Moorpark and Woodbridge on Saturday, December 6, with kids' activities, Santa and a live DJ, again from 5 to 9 p.m.
- 2026. Saturday, December 5, 5 to 9 p.m., the same time slot for the third year running.
Santa, the DJ and the street closure are the 2025 and 2024 lineups. The 2026 program is on the poster. The time slot hasn't moved in three years. On the first Saturday of December, Tujunga Village is a 5 p.m. arrival.
A new tenant at the Woodbridge corner
Between the two events, the street is getting a new daily business at its south end. What Now Los Angeles reported that Bean Our Guest is set to open at 4354 Tujunga Avenue, at the corner of Tujunga and Woodbridge Street, with a target of late November 2026. That puts the planned opening right between the Art Walk and the block party.
According to What Now, the café will serve Puerto Rican coffee roasted by the French roastery Torréfaction Gourmande, with espresso drinks and oat, almond and dairy milk options. The plans include a patio and a small area for children. Owner Payzar Jacqueline Karadjian told What Now Los Angeles she has been working on the project with the city since 2022, and described the goal this way: "In this space, I want you to come and not just get a cup of coffee, but get a cup of happy." The brand tested its concept with pop-up events before the launch, the outlet reported. Its Instagram is where opening-day news is likely to show up first.
A patio and a kids' corner at the Woodbridge end of the street fit with the Art Walk lineup, which drew schools, preschools and family services. It is another daytime, family-scale use on a stretch the council treated as worth reaching during the day.
The businesses that hold the street the rest of the year
The street closes for an event twice a year. For the rest of the year, a few long-standing businesses keep Tujunga Village busy.
Aroma Coffee & Tea Co., 4360 Tujunga Ave. The shop's website lists hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day of the week, plus online ordering and gift cards. Aroma sits almost directly across from Bean Our Guest's planned spot at 4354, so once the new café opens, the south end will have two coffee options a few doors apart.
Vitello's, 4349 Tujunga Ave. Vitello's takes reservations and does takeout. It ran the wine garden at the Art Walk, and the neighborhood council uses it as a meetup spot. It is the clearest example of a business on this street acting as part of the community calendar.
Pearl's Red Hots, 4359 Tujunga Ave. Eater Los Angeles reported that Pearl's opened in June 2025, serving Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef, burgers and sides. Its own website lists the same Tujunga Avenue address.
Taken together, the last 18 months on these two blocks show a pattern. Pearl's opened in 2025. The merchants brought the Art Walk back in 2026. The neighborhood council backed that event with its money. A café that has been in the works since 2022 is targeting an opening between the Art Walk and the block party. None of it came from a city program or a developer. All of it came from the businesses on Tujunga Avenue and the residents' council that meets nearby.
Planning the weeks ahead on Tujunga
- Late November. Bean Our Guest's target opening window at 4354 Tujunga, at Woodbridge.
- Any morning. Aroma opens at 7 a.m. daily.
- Saturday, December 5, 5 to 9 p.m. The Holiday Block Party, per the SCNC calendar. Vitello's takes reservations, which can be useful on the busiest night of the street's year.
- Next fall. Whether the Art Walk returns again is the next thing to watch on the council's calendar and the merchants' Eventbrite page.
Streets that build their own calendar tend to stay in demand. That pattern is part of what I track for clients on both sides of a Studio City sale. If you live near Tujunga Village and want to know what your home is worth today, Mario Acosta can run the numbers. Get a Free Home Valuation and we'll go through it together before the holiday market slows down.
