Festival Guide

Ghost Waltz

Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

This is the story of an Indigenous musician whose works have been attributed to Europeans. It is a mix of music, magic, drama, passion, spirituality, and dance in a celebration that explores people of color’s lives during the late 19th century Americas and their ghostlike impact on our lives today.

Thursdays – Saturdays, 8:00 p.m., Sundays, 4:00 p.m.
Check the website for ticket prices

Website Link
latinotheaterco.org/2024season
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles Theatre Center
514 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0466405, -118.2496756

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.489.0994
Event ID
10318573
Event Main Image

Girl From the North Country

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travelers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope. Girl From the North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs by Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before.

 

Tuesdays – Saturdays – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday – 2:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

 

For more information, please visit: northcountrytour.com 
Website Link
broadwayinhollywood.com/events
Event Date
Event Location

Pantages Theatre
6233 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.102001, -118.325867

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
323.468.1770
Event ID
10318680
Event Main Image

Theatricum Botanicum Summer Repertory Season

Event Type
Culture & Community
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
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
Event Date
-
Event Location

Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Topanga, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1108513, -118.5928551

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check website for ticket price
Event ID
10318949
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
10287440
Event Main Image

Legally Blonde – Movies at Hollywood Forever

Event Type
Family Activity
Film
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Legally Blonde is a 2001 American romantic comedy. The story follows Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner Huntington III by getting a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School and, in the process, overcomes stereotypes against blondes and triumphs as a successful lawyer.
Website Link
hollywoodforever.com/event/legally-blonde-2/
Event Date
-
Event Location

Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0904912, -118.3198111

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
323.469.1181
Event ID
135809
Event Main Image

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
First premiered in 2019 in LA’s Little Tokyo, POP’s Madama Butterfly has been described as “on a visual scale beyond anything it has taken on before – a sumptuously costumed, fully staged, bilingual co-production” by San Francisco Classical Voice.

 

Tickets from $15, Purchase tickets at the website
Website Link
pacificoperaproject.com/madama-butterfly
Event Date
-
Event Location

Aratani Theatre
244 S. San Pedro Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.04778, -118.2418045

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Purchase tickets at website
Contact Phone
(213) 628-2725
Event ID
10319580
Event Main Image

Latin Sounds

Event Type
Music
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join LACMA for evenings of live music, picnicking, and community on the LACMA grounds. Latin Sounds features world-renowned artists performing everything from indigenous music to the latest sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles.
Website Link
https://www.lacma.org/event-calendar-by-day?event_hub=Music
Event Date
-
Event Location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dorothy Collins Brown Amphitheater
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, 90036
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0636493, -118.3589586

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.857.6010
Event ID
10317593
Event Main Image

OFF THE 405

Event Type
Family Activity
Music
Culture & Community
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
This is the Getty Center’s annual outdoor summer concert series, bringing some of today’s most exciting bands to the stage for a memorable experience amid stunning architecture and breathtaking sunset views.
Website Link
getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/offthe405.html
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0790007, -118.4751191

tags

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Must preregister at website
Contact Phone
310-440-7300
Event ID
10321807
Event Main Image

Music Under the Stars

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

Sing and dance to the best of Broadway and the Great American Songbook for one night only on the steps of Pasadena City Hall. Arrive early for food trucks and family fun at the Kids Korner with face painting, balloon animals, a musical instrument petting zoo, and a performance by the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.

Website Link
pasadenasymphony-pops.org/concert/music-under-the-stars
Event Date
-
Event Location

Pasadena City Hall
100 N Garfield Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.1476849, -118.1437744

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
(626) 793-7172
Event ID
135807
Event Main Image

¡JOTERÍA!

Event Type
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
La Plaza presents an afternoon highlighting queer Latinx culture and an evening of community engagement. We will have resource and community booths for more information. Music, vendors, food, arts, and crafts, plus panels discussing talents and leadership in community will be part of the day’s celebration. Food and drinks will be available.
Website Link
lapca.org/event
Event Date
-
Event Location

La Plaza de Cultura y Artes
501 N. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0564554, -118.2398448

tags

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
213.542.6200
Event ID
135805
Event Main Image
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