Evening

37th Annual Catalina Island Jazz Trax Festival

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
West Coast’s premier smooth jazz event features the newest and best in smooth jazz. Jazz fans from around the country flock to Avalon for this event year after year. Over 30 top recording artists are scheduled to perform at the festival, which always takes place in October.
Website Link
jazztrax.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Avalon Ballroom
1 Casino Way
Avalon, Catalina Island, CA
United States

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Purchase tickets at website
Event ID
10336884
Event Main Image

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival – InFocus: Veteran Cinema

Event Type
Fairs & Festivals
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Saturday’s programming begins with a collection of shorts presented as part of NFMLA’s ongoing monthly program. The block opens with a sampling of films from this year’s McMinnville Short Film Festival (MSFF). The afternoon’s programming continues with the North American premiere of director Ray Izad-Mehr’s feature debut, Guillotine. The evening concludes with InFocus: Veteran Cinema Shorts, which spotlights the talent of military veterans in front of and behind the camera.
Website Link
newfilmmakersla.com/events
Event Date
-
Event Location

South Park Center
1149 Hill St H300
Los Angeles, CA 90015
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0392631, -118.2612368

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$10 – $30
Contact Phone
4243439304
Event ID
137408
Event Main Image

Voices in Harmony, featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Voices in Harmony will showcase community choirs from throughout Los Angeles, culminating in a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. Audiences will have the chance to participate in some sing-along elements of the performances. Join us at Grand Performances at California Plaza on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Performance schedule:
12:00 p.m. Heart of Los Angeles
2:00 p.m. Urban Voices Project
3:00 p.m. Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles

Website Link
https://www.grandperformances.org/events/grand-avenue-arts-all-access
Event Date
-
Event Location

Grand Performances
350 S Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0514071, -118.2516421

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
139602
Event Main Image

Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This exhibition tells the story of a mid-20th-century collaboration between artists and engineers to form the group Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.). E.A.T.’s events integrated art, theater, multi-sensory environments, and groundbreaking technology. The group’s pioneering efforts to facilitate communication and collaboration pushed its programs beyond the art world, laying the path for new technological innovations.

 

Tuesdays – Sundays, 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Website Link
getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_4072.html
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Getty
1200 Getty Center Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0790329, -118.4751057

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Free, Reserve tickets in advance
Contact Phone
(310) 440-7300
Event ID
10322803
Event Main Image

Free Shakespeare Festival at Griffith Park

Event Type
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Music
Culture & Community
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Pack your picnic basket, shake out your blanket and grab your friends & family by the hand. LA’s Shakespeare in the Park returns for an entire summer of FREE theater under the stars!

Fall in love with this summer’s  As You Like It, a screwball romantic comedy with songs inspired by 1930’s crooner, Al Bowlly.

Performance Schedule: 

Wednesdays through Sundays at 7:00 p.m. at Griffith Park’s Old Zoo

Immersive Prologue at 6:00 p.m.

Performance season: Wednesdays through Sundays from July 10 – September 1, 2024!

Website Link
https://www.iscla.org/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Old Zoo in Griffith Park
4730 Crystal Springs Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.145026, -118.2937784

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10327877
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8th Annual BFF Binge Fringe Festival of Free

Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Productions and workshops from the festival touch on diverse subjects, from political to personal, love to loss, sensuality to spiritual, and hierarchy to hope. All bets are off, limits on boundaries and form wide open, with shows that range in style from classic comedy to poignant drama, from Shakespearian to one-woman-shows, from slam poetry to stand-up comedy and improv, from parody to fairytale – something for everyone. Inclusive theatre arts workshops for youth and adults are available throughout the festival.

 

Event times vary.

Reservations are required at the website.

Website Link
santamonicaplayhouse.org
Event Date
Event Location

Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street, Santa Monica
Los Angeles, CA 90401
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0189556, -118.4977074

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Free, Reservations required
Event ID
10323953
Event Main Image

The Newport Beach Film Festival

Event Type
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
As the West Coast’s fastest-growing film festival, The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFFF) offers films from 50 countries across multiple genres. In addition to our Narrative and Documentary programs, NBFF carefully curates a collection of short film programs and interest programs, including Action Sports, Art, Architecture + Design, Culinary, Family, and Horror films.

 

Event times vary.

Website Link
NewportBeachFilmFest.com
Event Date
Event Location

Check website for venues
CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
36.778261, -119.4179324

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Purchase tickets at website
Event ID
10324345
Event Main Image

Film Series: Beware the Elements! Natural Disasters on Film

Event Type
Family Activity
Film
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

The Acadmy Museum presents the Film Series Beware the Elements! Natural Disasters on Film

Following a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, extreme wildfires, historic floods, and a truly unprecedented “hurriquake,” we find the perilous realities of climate change increasingly impacting our daily lives. This screening series considers natural disasters through our planet’s primary elements—earth, wind, water, and fire—and seeks to highlight key moments in the history of the disaster film genre as a source of entertainment and portrayal of science, and as a tool to raise our collective consciousness about science-based solutions to the mounting global climate crisis. Click the here to see the featured films selected for this series. The film series runs between January 4th to January 28, 2024.
Website Link
academymuseum.org/en/programs/series/beware-the-elements-natural-disasters-on-film
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
6067 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0633867, -118.3608799

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$5 – $10
Contact Phone
323.930.3000
Event ID
10287519
Event Main Image

37th Annual Catalina Island Jazz Trax Festival

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
West Coast’s premier smooth jazz event features the newest and best in smooth jazz. Jazz fans from around the country flock to Avalon for this event year after year. Over 30 top recording artists are scheduled to perform at the festival, which always takes place in October.
Website Link
jazztrax.com
Event Date
-
Event Location

Avalon Ballroom
1 Casino Way
Avalon, Catalina Island, CA
United States

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Purchase tickets at website
Event ID
10336883
Event Main Image

JAZZ AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join in for evenings of live music, picnicking, and community on the LACMA grounds. Jazz at LACMA is a celebration of LA’s finest jazz musicians. Concerts are broadcast on KJAZZ (88.1 FM) every Sunday evening from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. and include interviews with featured performers.
Website Link
lacma.org/programs/music
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art -Smidt Welcome Plaza
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0637913, -118.3588851

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.857.6010
Event ID
10317580
Event Main Image
Evening