KCRW is partnering with the Autry Museum for the ultimate celebration of pie on March 14, 2026 (Pi Day), hosted by KCRW Good Food host and SoCal Pie Queen Evan Kleiman. 

The event features a pie marketplace with 25+ vendors, food trucks, baking demos, a beer garden, activities for all ages, free access to The Autry Museum, and a massive pie-baking contest. Bakers will compete to impress our judges — a collection of LA’s finest chefs and food writers. Meanwhile, event guests will view competition pies and vote for winners across multiple visual categories.

This event is free and open to the public!

FOR FULL EVENT DETAILS: Please visit https://www.kcrw.com/pie.

Outdoor Activities

Groove to sets from KCRW DJs Tyler Boudreaux and Raul Campos throughout the day, play games, get crafty, shop cookbooks with Now Serving, learn to weave with the Southern California Handweavers’ Guild, get your burning pie questions answered by Evan Kleiman and other experts, and more!

Pie Contest & Pageant

Bakers of all stripes will compete to impress our official judges and win prizes. Attendees can also view competition pies and vote in visual categories at the Pie Pageant. And join us for the grand finale where Evan Kleiman and the judges will crown the winners at 4 PM!

Pie Marketplace & Beer Garden

Pie marketplace with 25+ vendors from across the region. The best spots in town will all be together in one location! Expect tons of pie, lunch options, and refreshments

Autry Museum of the American West

Explore the Desert Dreams and Coastal Currents exhibition tracing the parallel rise of Southern California and the Southwest as hubs of artistic innovation — and the lasting impact of these legacies on how we see and experience these places still.