The Complete Guide to Parties and Events

The end of awards season is near, and it’s time to go out with a bang.

Oscars week always brings a jam-packed schedule of events and this year is no different. In the lead-up to Hollywood’s biggest night on March 15, there are plenty of happenings each day, from lunches and cocktail parties to galas and (if you can believe it) more awards. And on Oscar Sunday, once the statues have finally been handed out, there are plenty of options to let loose — with or without a win.

Mainstays like Vanity Fair, Elton John, MPTF, Chanel and Charles Finch, Giorgio Armani and Women in Film are once again on the scene, plus a couple of new additions. Here’s the rundown on events intel so far, with updates to come.

Saturday, March 7

Unforgettable Awards
Fairmont Century Plaza
Chloé Zhao, Bowen Yang, Daniel Dae Kim, Jet Tila, KPop Demon Hunters, Lawrence Shou, Leenda Dong, Lloyd Lee Choi, Park Chan-wook and Te Ao o Hinepehinga are all being honored for their work in elevating the Asian and Pacific Islander community.

Cinema Audio Society Awards
Beverly Hilton
Guillermo del Toro and sound designer Skip Lievsay are set for special recognition at the ceremony, which honors outstanding achievements in sound mixing.

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: Animated Short Film
Academy Museum
A celebration of this year’s nominees in the animated short film category, featuring screenings and a special showcase from Florence Miailhe (Butterfly), Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears (Forevergreen), Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowskin (The Girl Who Cried Pearls), John Kelly and Andrew Freedman (Retirement Plan) and Konstantin Bronzit (The Three Sisters).

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: Animated Feature Film
Academy Museum
Félix de Givry (Arco), Mary Alice Drumm, Domee Shi, and Madeline Sharafian (Elio), Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, and Michelle L.M. Wong (KPop Demon Hunters), Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, and Henri Magalon (Little Amélie or the Character of Rain) and Byron Howard (Zootopia 2) take part in a panel at the David Geffen Theater.  

Sunday, March 8

Writers Guild Awards (New York Ceremony only)
Edison Ballroom
Though the WGA usually puts on simultaneous ceremonies on both coasts, the Los Angeles event has been scrapped as the Writers Guild of America West’s own staff is on strike. The show will still carry in NYC, courtesy of the Writers Guild of America East.

MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Patton Oswalt returns to host the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ annual event, where Kathleen Kennedy will receive the Filmmaker Award and supervising sound editor Mark Mangini, MPSE will receive the Career Achievement Award.

American Society of Cinematographers Awards
Beverly Hilton
One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme, Frankenstein and Train Dreams are up for the feature film category, with docs, TV and music videos also recognized.

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: Documentary Short Film
Academy Museum
Nominees Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones (All the Empty Rooms), Juan Arredondo (Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud), Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir (The Devil is Busy) and Alison McAlpine (Perfectly a Strangeness) introduce and screen their documentary shorts.

Monday, March 9

Club J’Adore
Beverly Hills
Dior hosts a late-night soirée at a private estate in Beverly Hills to help kick off the busy week.

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: Live-Action Short Film
Academy Museum
Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi (The Butcher’s Stain), Lee Knight and James Dean (A Friend of Dorothy), Julia Aks and Steve Pinder (Jane Austen’s Period Drama), Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt (The Singers) and Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata (Two People Exchanging Saliva) take part in the shorts event.

Tuesday, March 10

Time Women of the Year Gala
West Hollywood Edition
Teyana Taylor, Lucy Liu, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chloé Zhao, Mariska Hargitay, Mel Robbins and Olympian Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among Time‘s 2026 honorees, timed to both awards season and Women’s History Month.

South Asians at the Oscars
Los Angeles
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Bela Bajaria, Aziz Ansari, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Geraldine Viswanathan, Zakir Khan, Smriti Mundhra, Suraj Sharma, Shamina Singh, Anjula Acharia, Anita Chatterjee and Shruti Ganguly co-host the annual pre-Oscar party, in celebration of South Asian representation across entertainment.

Queerties Awards
Avalon Hollywood
The show — hosted by Trixie Mattel — honors LGBTQ+ excellence across film, TV, music and pop culture, with special tributes to Margaret Cho, Meg Stalter and Mae Martin.

Wednesday, March 11

Vanities: A Night For Young Hollywood
Bar Marmont
Kaia Gerber, Odessa A’Zion, Role Model and Tyriq Withers co-host Vanity Fair‘s celebration of Young Hollywood in a toast to up-and-coming actors, musicians or artists with hotly anticipated projects in the pipeline.

Diane von Furstenberg Oscar Luncheon
Private residence
The designer, alongside co-hosts Demi Moore, Jane Fonda, Nicole Avant and Tracee Ellis Ross, once again opens up her L.A. home to celebrate this year’s female nominees.

THR and Bulgari Celebrate the Distinguished Costume Designers and Academy Award Nominees
San Vicente Bungalows
With support from Bulgari — which recently redesigned the Costume Designers Guild Awards statue —THR fetes this year’s nominated designers over lunch in West Hollywood.

UTA’s Carbs Before the Carpet
Sal’s Place
The agency holds its second annual dinner celebrating the awards season efforts of celebrity stylists and fashion brand execs.

Lashify MUA Dinner
San Vicente Bungalows
Dita Von Teese and Lashify CEO Sahara Lotti team up to celebrate the makeup artist community ahead of the Oscars, with artists including Beau Nelson, Gregory Arlt, Valeria Ferreira, Monika Blunder, Fiona Stiles and Vivian Baker set to attend.

An Unforgettable Evening
Beverly Wilshire
In support of the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, the Beverly Hills gala honors Kerry Washington and Anastasia Soare, with Whitney Cummings serving as emcee.

The Wall Group 25th Anniversary Party
Delilah
Management company The Wall Group turns 25 with a celebratory cocktail party in WeHo.

Lexus Uptown Honors Hollywood
Los Angeles
Mario Van Peebles, Taye Diggs, Wood Harris and Omar Benson Miller are this year’s honorees at the event, which recognizes Black excellence in Hollywood.

Camille Rose’s Art of Glam 
Maybourne Beverly Hills
A celebration of the creative forces shaping red carpet and awards season beauty, with honorees including costume designer Ruth E. Carter, hairstylists Camille Friend and Tym Wallace, stylist Vincent Smith, fashion designer Sergio Hudson, groomer John Mosley and makeup artist Sheika Daley.

Lumen Awards
Casa Del Mar Hotel
The second annual ceremony spotlights filmmakers and changemakers having a real impact through their work, with honorees including Lilly director Rachel Feldman and Chief of War showrunner Doug Jung.

Thursday, March 12

Essence Black Women in Hollywood
Fairmont Century Plaza
The 19th year of Essence‘s signature Oscar event celebrates Chase Infiniti, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Kerry Washington, Zinzi Coogler and the women of Sinners.

“The Art of Oscar” Exhibition Opening
Megan Mulrooney Gallery
THR unveils artist interpretations of the iconic Oscar statuette that are featured in its Oscar Issue and on display at the West Hollywood gallery, running through March 21. 

Oscar Wilde Awards
The Ebell of Los Angeles
The U.S.-Ireland Alliance holds its 20th annual Oscar week event, emceed by Matt Walsh and honoring honoring three stars with Irish lineage: Domhnall Gleeson, Maura Tierney and Lee Cronin.

Macro Pre-Oscars Party
Private location
Charles D. King and Stacey Walker King host their 8th annual party in the lead-up to the big night.

HollyShorts Alumni Celebration
The Aster
A toast to the HollyShorts alumni nominated at the Oscars, from A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, Butterfly, The Singers, Retirement Plan and The Girl Who Cried Pearls.

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: Best Picture
Academy Museum
Producers of this year’s best picture contenders — Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, and Andrew Lowe (Bugonia), Joseph Kosinski, Chad Oman and Jerry Bruckheimer (F1), Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Scott Stuber (Frankenstein), Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, and Nicolas Gonda (Hamnet), Eli Bush (Marty Supreme), Sara Murphy (One Battle After Another), Emilie Lesclaux (The Secret Agent), Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (Sentimental Value), Sev Ohanian (Sinners), Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler (Train Dreams) — stop by for a chat at the museum.

The Marianna Group Gifting Lounge
Beverly Hills
The Marianna Group presents its “A Toast to Hollywood” lounge featuring on-site Botox and vitamin injections, DNA-based longevity consults and the latest products and services in beauty, wellness, fashion and technology.

Friday, March 13

Warner Bros.
Mother Wolf
Before what is expected to be a very successful Oscar Sunday for the studio behind One Battle After Another, Sinners and Weapons, Warner Bros. honors its nominees at the Hollywood hot-spot.

CAA
Living Room
Nominated clients including Paul Thomas Anderson, Brad Pitt, Chloé Zhao, Steven Spielberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sam Mendes, Kate Hudson, Stellan Skarsgård, Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Sean Penn, Renate Reinsve, Jerry Bruckheimer, Inga Ibsotter Lilleas, Natalie Portman and Eskil Vogt are feted at the gathering.

Sundance Institute Oscar Brunch
Los Angeles
The Institute celebrates its nominated fellows and alumni — including Chloé Zhao, Ryan Coogler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joachim Trier, Rose Byrne, Andrew Jarecki, Ryan White, Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni, David Borenstein, Geeta Gandbhir and Clint Bentley — with an intimate brunch.

WIF Oscars Nominees Celebration
Wheelhouse
Women in Film raises a glass to this year’s female nominees — both in front of and behind the camera — at the event, while also staging a group photo.

British Film Reception
Soho House Holloway
Nominated U.K. creatives of the past and present gather in West Hollywood for an afternoon toast.

ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon
Beverly Wilshire
Jimmy Kimmel, Kate Hudson and Noah Wyle are set for special honors from the Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild, along with recognition for Local 600 publicists, unit still photographers, outstanding publicity campaigns and press.

Los Angeles Magazine‘s The L.A. Woman Luncheon
Beverly Hilton
Cover star Olivia Munn leads a conversation in front of a room of female power players in Beverly Hills.

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: International Feature Film
Academy Museum
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value), Kleber Mendonça Filho (The Secret Agent), Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident), Oliver Laxe (Sirāt) and Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab) sit down for a conversation to start off the weekend.

Ecoluxe Luxury Lounge
Private Beverly Hills Residence
Veteran producer Debbie Durkin hosts her 19th annual pre-Oscars Luxury Lounge to benefit nonprofit Wagmor Pets Dog Rescue. The day event features a pop-up photo studio with celebrity photographer David Christopher Lee, along with brands across beauty, wellness, home and spirits — and puppies also available for adoption.

Saturday, March 14

MPTF Night Before
Private location
Warner Bros.’ Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca serve as co-chairs for the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s signature fundraising event, which always draws a star-studded crowd and this years features a special DJ set by Diplo.

Netflix
Sunset Tower
The streamer toasts its Oscar nominees, including the teams behind Frankenstein, Train Dreams and KPop Demon Hunters, at the Saturday celebration.

Charles Finch x Chanel
Polo Lounge
Lily-Rose Depp, Kristen Stewart, Sarah Pidgeon, Phoebe Tonkin, Elle Fanning, Teyana Taylor, Jessie Buckley, Wunmi Mosaku, Adrien Brody & Georgina Chapman, Al Pacino, Javier Bardem, Joachim Trier, Josh Safdie, Leslie Mann, Maggie Kang, Meg Ryan, Mick Jagger, Miley Cyrus, Paul Anthony Kelly, Sam
Mendes, Sigourney Weaver, Stellan Skarsgard and Will Arnett are among the expected guests at the 17th annual Oscar-eve dinner.

Giorgio Armani Oscars Cocktail
Rodeo Drive
The fashion house opens up its Rodeo Drive store for an annual pre-Oscars cocktail party in honor of awards season.

Chopard
West Hollywood
Singer Marina Acton hosts the Chopard gala, taking place in a private mansion in the Hills.

Verve Animation Brunch
Dama
Verve fetes the nominees for best animated feature and best animated short film with a mid-day event downtown.

Jim Rygiel and Stephen Castor Pre-Oscar Celebration
Private residence
Rygiel and Castor, via Its Just Us Productions, pay tribute to this year’s nominees as well as the significant contributions of Chinese filmmakers and actors to the global film industry.

The Travel Lounge
Beverly Hills
Publicist and luxury travel curator Peta Phipps hosts the invitation-only lounge, centered on elevated global experiences.

Oscar Nominee Spotlight: Makeup and Hairstyling
Academy Museum
Nominees Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, and Jordan Samuel (Frankenstein), Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, and Shunika Terry (Sinners), Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino, and Tadashi Nishimatsu (Kokuho), Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, and Bjoern Rehbein (The Smashing Machine) and Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg (The Ugly Stepsister) come together for a Makeup and Hair Symposium.

Sunday, March 15

98th Annual Academy Awards
Dolby Theatre
The main telecast, hosted by Conan O’Brien.

Governors Ball
Ray Dolby Ballroom
The night’s official afterparty, held just steps from the Dolby immediately following the show and catered by Wolfgang Puck for the 32nd year.

Vanity Fair
LACMA
Oscar night’s most famous — and star-studded — party moves to a new home at the art museum.

Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
West Hollywood
Recent Grammy winner Lola Young headlines the icon’s annual Oscar party, co-hosted by John’s husband David Furnish as well as Neil Patrick Harris and his husband David Burtka.

Official Oscars Watch Party
Academy Museum
The ticketed event includes food, drinks, photo opps and watching the show live from the museum’s David Geffen Theater.

Jonathan Baker’s Oscar Viewing Party
Baker Manor
Baker, a director and producer, hosts a watch party with support from Art E$tate Magazine, French Riviera Film Festival and Indie Entertainment Media.

Alta Global Media Oscars Viewing Party
The Aster
A black-tie watch party celebrating the alumni of the HollyShorts Film Festival.