Grand Performances’ summer series celebrates our City’s rich diversity through performing arts. Reflecting the best of global culture through an eclectic lineup of world music, dance, and theater at a stunning outdoor venue in Downtown LA. Grand Performances is where Angelenos make summer GRAND.
Check the website for events, dates, and times.
Website Link
grandperformances.org/events
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California Plaza 350 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA United States
The historic Ford Theatres presents a summer season of music, dance, theatre, film, and family events in its 1,200-seat outdoor Amphitheatre. Picnicking is encouraged. Food and beverages are available for purchase onsite.
Located in Westlake’s historic MacArthur Park, Levitt LA has become a favorite gathering spot for Angelenos of all ages and backgrounds to relax, share a dance together, and experience the power of free, live music. Concerts feature local favorites to celebrated international artists from over 20 music genres.
Check the website for events, dates, and times.
Website Link
levittlosangeles.org
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MacArthur Park Levitt Pavilion West 6th Street and South Park View Street Los Angeles, CA United States
On the eve of her 60th birthday, Maria fires up her new karaoke machine to regale her granddaughter with her astonishing life story. As a lounge singer who escaped a gangster-controlled nightclub in Manila to become a free-range mother of five in the United States, Maria is a matriarch not to be trifled with.
Tuesdays – Fridays, 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Sundays, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Website Link
geffenplayhouse.org
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Geffen Playhouse 10886 Le Conte Ave. Los Angeles, CA90024 United States
Cumbiatón LA back for its second Noche de Cumbia at The Ford. The program offers a musical and visual exploration of the origins of the beloved Afro-Indigenous sounds we know as Cumbia. An all-star lineup featuring Son Rompe Pera (Mexico), Reyna Tropical (US), and Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto (Colombia), performs with support from Cumbiatón DJs and traditional and contemporary Cumbia dancers from the US and Mexico.
Website Link
theford.com/events/performances
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Ford Amphitheatre 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East Hollywood, CA90068 United States
Theatricum is a vital creative force recognized internationally for interpreting Shakespeare’s work. This summer season, plays are The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wendy’s Peter Pan, Tartuffe: Born Again, and The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote.
Check the website for events, dates, times, and prices.
Website Link
theatricum.com/repertory-season
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Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA United States
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.
The festival strives to connect the audience to Mexico through culture and entertainment, creating the most authentic experience. The festival is for all audiences, and every event is open to the general public. Every film has English subtitles.
Website Link
holamexicoff.com
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The Montalban Theater 1615 Vine Street Hollywood, CA91601 United States
Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles (Levitt LA) is celebrating its 17th annual concert series by presenting 10 world-class performances that are all FREE and open to everyone. The concert series runs Saturdays from June 22 through August 31, 2024.
For 17 years, Levitt LA has been creating a sense of community through music. This summer, they will once again showcase the diverse cultural landscape of Los Angeles with a fantastic lineup of artists, transforming MacArthur Park into a vibrant and energized urban sonic oasis.
The concerts will be held outdoors, under the stars, with the stunning backdrop of LA’s skyline at MacArthur Park.
The granddaddy of free Frogtown events returns on September 21 from 4-10pm. Sprawling over a mile alongside the LA River, and featuring over 30 venues presenting pop up art exhibits, arts and culture activities and performances, you can enjoy live music, great food, artist studio tours, kid’s crafts, DJs, hula hooping, pedicab rides, performances, dance, community booths, chalk walk, literary lounge with poetry and spoken word…and course, tons of art! Everyone is welcome at the 14th biennial car-free and dog-friendly low impact community event – leave the car at home and use rideshare services, if possible; convenient rideshare drop off and pick up locations are listed on the event site: https://www.evartscollective.com/visit-the-artwalk