Festival Guide

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

Serrania Park is a haven for families with young children, offering a stroller-friendly environment with hiking trails and a walking path. This “pocket park” also houses a children’s play area and picnic tables, ensuring a fun-filled and comfortable outing for the whole family

Event Date
Event Location

Serrania Park
United States

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10317856
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Event Type
Culture & Community
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

Latino Theater Company and Playwrights’ Arena present an epic WWII play. Inspired by the true-life experiences of Ralph J. Preiss, Mix-Mix tells the coming-of-age tale of 13-year-old Rudy Preissman, who escapes Nazi Germany at the age of nine with his family to find safety in the Philippines. Their tropical refuge is upended when Japan invades the islands, forcing the family and their Filipino friends to hide in the heights and depths of sacred Mount Banahao.

 

Thursdays – Saturdays, 8:00 p.m., Sundays, 4:0 p.m.
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
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$10 – $48
Contact Phone
213.489.0994
Event ID
10308558
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Event Type
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
As a Portuguese immigrant, storyteller, and sleight-of-hand magician, Helder Guimarães arrived in America at age 29. Wide-eyed and full of ideas, he discovers a fascinating puzzle of cultural and professional challenges to solve while he tries to build a home. The Hope Theory offers a unique perspective on America through the eyes of an optimistic outsider.

 

Tuesdays – Fridays, 8:00 p.m., Saturdays, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Sundays, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Event Date
-
Event Location

Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
United States

Event Lat/Long
34.0635118, -118.4443932
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
310.208.5454
Event ID
10321257
Event Main Image
Event Type
Family Activity
Theater
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
American Mariachi is a big-hearted, feel-good comedy with live music about familia, amor, and tradición. It’s the 1970s and women can’t be mariachis…or can they?

 

Thursdays – Saturdays, 8:00 p.m., Sundays, 4:00 p.m. Check the website for ticket prices
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
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.489.0994
Event ID
10318544
Event Main Image
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

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
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
213.489.0994
Event ID
10318568
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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 
Event Date
Event Location

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

Event Lat/Long
34.102001, -118.325867
Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
Check the website for ticket prices
Contact Phone
323.468.1770
Event ID
10318673
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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.
Event Date
-
Event Location

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
United States

Fee Required
Yes
Event Cost
$5 – $10
Event ID
10287435
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Event Type
Dance
Culture & Community
Family Activity
Music
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description
Join the thousands who dance the night away under the stars. The Music Center’s Dance DTLA returns for its 20th summer with eight nights of in-person beginner dance lessons that include easy-to-follow steps and a different dance genre experience each week.
Event Date
-
Event Location

Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center
United States

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10317895
Event Main Image
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.
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
Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Contact Phone
323.857.6010
Event ID
10317559
Event Main Image
Event Type
Culture & Community
Fairs & Festivals
Family Activity
Event Department
Cultural Affairs
Description

All are invited to come together and celebrate the spirit of unity, diversity, and the rich heritage of Garden Grove during this Memorial Day weekend extravaganza. This year, the festival proudly embraces the theme, “Celebrating Our Hometown,” a tribute to the rich tapestry of culture, community, and cherished memories that make Garden Grove so very special.

 

 

Friday 1:00 -10:00 p.m.,
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.,
Monday 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Event Date
-
Event Location

Village Green Park
United States

Fee Required
No
Event Cost
Free
Event ID
10319183
Event Main Image