Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at our next Cocktails in Historic Places® gathering, at Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. Many members dress in vintage or vintage inspired cocktail attire!

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at the historic Pershing Square Building for our next Cocktails in Historic Places® gathering. Many members dress in cocktail attire, but it is not required.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at the historic Biltmore Hotel, a Cocktails in Historic Places® holiday tradition. Many members dress in cocktail attire, but it is not required.

Join us for Halloween Revelry at the Oviatt Penthouse!

Join us for no-host cocktails at the Golden Gopher, one of Los Angeles’ oldest bars (right around the corner from Cicada Club)! Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Explore Art Deco architecture in Downtown Los Angeles with us on a walking tour!

Join us for no-host cocktails at Hollywood’s legendary Asian hilltop palace - a former private residence built in 1914. We will be at an outdoor deck with a koi pond overlooking views of Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles. Stay tuned for more details and history! Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary, but reservations are required if you wish to eat in the dining room.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at the Art Deco Hollywood American Legion Post 43 with live music and dancing with Big Band Alumni in the Cabaret Room and enjoy a cocktail at the “Art Deco Bar.” Many participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. RSVP will be taken for this CHP.

SOLD OUT! Join your fellow Deco-philes for a mellow, low-key gathering the day after the Avalon Ball at the historic Catalina Country Club. Cocktails and spontaneous dancing between the tables.

SOLD OUT! Kristin Wojkowski will take us for a dip in the waters of vintage swimwear, utilizing examples from her growing collection - which includes 1920s and 30s Catalina suits - even one from Pacific Knitting Mills, the earlier name of Catalina Swimwear.

Following is a no host cocktail gathering on the roof of the Catalina Island Museum. Museum admission is required to attend the cocktail gathering. This event can accommodate 300 people. The fashion show models will circulate on the rooftop.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Grasshopper bar in Long Beach. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Wolves in the 1906 John Parkinson designed Alexandria Hotel, once the most extravagant hotel in the city (it cost a whopping $2 million to build) and popular with the silent film stars of the day. The Wolves is a Belle Époque style bar with Parisienne flair. Cocktails feature a lot of house-made ingredients and the food blends French and American cuisine. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at the historic Biltmore Hotel, a Cocktails in Historic Places® holiday tradition. Many members dress in cocktail attire, but it is not required. RSVP is required this year.

SOLD OUT We are delighted to return to the RMS Queen Mary for Cocktails in the Queens Salon! The evening will include dancing to a live band playing music of the Art Deco era.

Performing in the Queen’s Salon is JIM ZIEGLER’S SWINGSATIONS QUINTET!

An unforgettable and decadent evening of hot jazz from Alex Mendham and His Orchestra, Dancing, Cocktails from Sipsmith Gin, the appearance of a silent film star or two (onscreen) and Candlelight Tours of the 1931 picture palace.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Wolves in the 1906 John Parkinson designed Alexandria Hotel, once the most extravagant hotel in the city (it cost a whopping $2 million to build) and popular with the silent film stars of the day. The Wolves is a Belle Époque style bar with Parisienne flair. Cocktails feature a lot of house-made ingredients and the food blends French and American cuisine. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

The 2023 Unwinder is sold out. Join your fellow Deco-philes for a mellow, low-key gathering the day after the Avalon Ball at the historic Catalina Country Club. Cocktails and spontaneous dancing between the tables.

For those coming to Catalina Island the night before the Avalon Ball, join us on a big cocktail crawl around Avalon. Come out to play at a variety of the island’s watering holes!

Join us for an ice cream social at the Art Deco Silberberg Building to celebrate its new Historic Cultural Monument designation! What better way to celebrate, than to visit the businesses in this vintage retail space. It just so happens that the Silberberg Building on Beverly Boulevard at Poinsettia houses a gelato parlor, Gelato and Angels! An ice cream parlor in an Art Deco building is the perfect place to order a "frozen fountain" treat!

Ciao! Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at Miceli’s, the oldest Italian restaurant in Hollywood! We’ll enjoy the Sunday night live piano music accompanying Miceli’s famous singing waiters! Come for the cocktails, stay for the homemade Italian cuisine. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at The Blind Donkey in Long Beach, located in a former speakeasy space in the the historic Broadlind Hotel. Cocktails in Historic Places® is an Art Deco Society of Los Angeles meetup that takes place every other month in a different bar/restaurant in a historic building. Some participants dress in cocktail or vintage attire, but it is not required. No RSVP necessary.

Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails at the historic Biltmore Hotel, a Cocktails in Historic Places® holiday tradition. Many members dress in cocktail attire, but it is not required. No RSVP required.

Hoot mon! Join the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles for no-host cocktails in celebration of the centennial of this beloved iconic Scottish restaurant, the oldest in Los Angeles to be operated by the same family in the same location.

Vintage attire admired, but not required.

Join us for a casual, no-host get together at a restaurant bar in a historic building. In August we visit the 1933 Group’s Idle Hour in North Hollywood.

Vintage attire admired, but not required.

Join us for a casual, no-host get together at a restaurant bar in a historic building. This month we visit La Grande Orange Cafe in Pasadena.

Vintage attire admired, but not required.

For those on the island the evening before the Avalon Ball, there will be plenty to do on Friday night.

In the past there were just too many of us for any one Avalon bar to accommodate, so this year we suggest sampling several of the island's watering holes in a "crawl."

Join us for a casual, no-host get together at a restaurant bar in a historic building. This month we visit Tom Bergin’s pub.

Vintage attire admired, but not required.

British historian Lucy Jane Santos will take us on a tour of all the best nightlife spots (nightclubs, bars and hotels) in 1920s and 30s London in this virtual presentation back in time. The lecture will be peppered with cocktail demos of some of the popular cocktails of the day.

On December 5th, we celebrate the 88th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in America. We are excited to welcome back authors Anne Peck-Davis and Diane Lapis to the virtual stage and continue our vintage journey across America. The duo’s program will feature unique cocktail lounges, hotel bars, and the exotic venues that defined the period after Prohibition’s repeal.

FDR and the Repeal of Prohibition: Art Deco Cocktail Lounges of the Post-Prohibition Years examines FDR’s role in repeal, ushering in a new era in cocktail culture.