Los Angeles Events Calendar
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LA Golden Dragon Parade
Held in late January - Location: Chinatown, Los Angeles
213-617-0396 - Hours: 2pm - 5pm - Admission Free
Pan African Film & Art Festival
Held in early February - 3650 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Los Angeles
213-896-8221 - Hours: 10am - 11:30pm
LA Times Festival of Books
Held in mid February - UCLA Campus, West Los Angeles
info 800-LATIMES - Admission Free - A two-day celebration of the written word
and one of the country's premier literary events.
The Los Angeles Marathon
Held in early March - Downtown Los Angeles - 310-444-5544
Admission Charged - A 26.2-mile adventure that includes more entertainment per mile
than virtually any other race in the world.
Blooming of the Roses Festival
Location: Exposition Park Rose Garden - 888 LA PARKS (527-2757)
Call for additional information
Cinco de Mayo
Held in late April - early May - Location: El Pueblo Historical Monument, Placita Olvera
213-625-5045 - Call for additional information - Admission Free
A well attended annual event honoring Los Angels' Latin community.
Pacific Islander Festival
Held in early May - Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park
714-968-1785 - Call for further information
NoHo Theatre & Arts Festival
Held in mid May - Lankershim Blvd. and Magnolia - 818-763-5273 info
NoHo is L.A.'s official Arts community filled with professional theatres,
eclectic shops, international dining and home to the world-famous Emmy statue.
Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest
Held in mid May - Paramount Movie Ranch Agoura Hills in the Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area - 818-382-4819 - Call for additional information
Valley Greek Festival
Held mid - late May - St. Sophia Cathedral - 323-737-2424 info
The Festival not only honors and celebrates the essence of Hellenic culture
at its best but also captures the spirit of family fun and entertainment of
the neighborhood community that is the BLQ.
Playboy Jazz Festival
Held in mid June - Hollywood Bowl - 2301 N. Highland Ave.,
Los Angeles - more info 323-850-2050
Nisei Week Japanese Festival
Held in mid August - Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles - info 213-687-7193
Celebrating Japanese culture and community through a variety of events and exhibits.
Los Angeles County Fair
Held in mid - late September - Fairplex, Pomona - 909-623-3111
One of the largest carnivals in North America, live horse racing,
spectacular exhibits, the Flower & Garden Pavilion, great fair food,
shopping, the Millard Sheets Gallery and so much more!
Watts Towers Day of the Drum
Held in late September - Watts Towers Art Center Amphitheatre - 213-847-4646
Sherman Oaks Street Fair
Held in mid October - Ventura Boulevard between Van Nuys Blvd. and Kester Ave.
818-906-1951 Call for additional information
African Film Institute's Los Angeles International Film Festival
Held in early - mid November - Locations vary - call 323- 8567707
Including over 100 films from over 30 countries, and countless world premieres.
Griffity Park Festival
Held late November - most of December - Griffith Park, Los Angeles
323-913-6488 Call for additional information
Whale Watching
December - March - San Pedro and vicinity - 310-548-8500
Arts and Entertainment
Los Angeles Opera
135 North Grand Avenue - Los Angeles, California 90012
213-972-7219 - Call for performance schedule - Admission Charged
Words, music and acting performance at its best.
City Ballet of Los Angeles
1532 West 11th Street - Los Angeles, CA 90015
323-932-1127 Call for performance schedule
Experience the works by great choreographers.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic
151 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
phone for schedule 213- 972-0737 - Admission Charged
Renowned artists of classical, jazz, and other world music. Experienced at two venues.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall and the world-famous Hollywood Bowl.
Second City Studio Theatre
8156 Melrose Avenue - Los Angeles, CA 90046 - phone more info 323-658-8190
A place where both students and professionals showcase, explore and hone their performance skills.
Hollywood Bowl
2301 N. Highland Ave. - Los Angeles, CA 90078 - schedule phone 323-850-2000
Outdoors in the natural hillsides of Bolton Canyon the audience is seated on wooden benches and
is privy to a great conductor and the supurb music of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Actors Art Theatre
6128 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles, CA 90048 - phone for schedule 323-969-4953
Center for the New Theater at CalArts
650 South Avenue 21 - Los Angeles, CA 90031 - more info phone 661-253-7724
Century City Playhouse
10508 W. Pico Blvd - Los Angeles, CA 90064 - more info 310-204-4440
Coronet Theatre
366 N. La Cienega Blvd - Los Angeles, CA 90048 - info 310-657-7377
David Henry Hwang Theater
Located at the Union Center for the Arts - home of the East West Players
120 N. Judge John Aiso - Los Angeles, CA 90012