Events
January
LA
Golden Dragon Parade
Held in late January
Location: Chinatown, Los Angeles
213-617-0396 - Hours:
2pm – 5pm Admission
Free
February
Pan
African Film & Art Festival
Held
in early February
Location:
3650 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Los Angeles
213-896-8221 Hours:
10am – 11:30pm
LA
Times Festival of Books
Held in mid February
Location: UCLA Campus, West Los Angeles
800-LATIMES
Hours: Call for additional information - Admission Free
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a two-day celebration
of the written word and one of the country's premier literary
events.
March
The
Los Angeles Marathon
Held
in early March
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
310-444-5544
Admission Charged
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go; on a 26.2-mile adventure that
includes more entertainment per mile than virtually any
other race in the world.
April
Blooming
of the Roses Festival
Location: Exposition Park Rose Garden
888 LA PARKS (527-2757)
Call
for additional information
May
Pacific
Islander Festival
Held in early May
Location: Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park
714-968-1785
Call
for further information
NoHo
Theatre & Arts Festival
Held in mid May
Location:
Lankershim Blvd. and Magnolia
818-763-5273
Call
for additional information
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
Location: 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
Location: St. Sophia Cathedral
1324 S. Normandie Avenue at Pico, Los Angeles
323-737-2424
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.
June
Playboy Jazz Festival
Held in mid June
Location:
Hollywood Bowl
2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles
323-850-2050 - Call
for additional information
August
Nisei
Week Japanese Festival
Held
in mid August
Location:
Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles
213-687-7193 - Call
for additional information
Celebrating Japanese culture and community through a variety
of events and exhibits.
September
Los
Angeles County Fair
Held in mid – late September
Location: Fairplex, Pomona
909-623-3111 - Call
for additional information
Want to grab life by the udders? Then visit the L.A. County
Fair, where visitors find 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
Location: Watts Towers Art Center Amphitheatre
213-847-4646 - Call
for additional information
October
Sherman Oaks Street Fair
Held in mid October
Location:
Ventura Boulevard between Van Nuys Blvd. and Kester Ave.
818-906-1951 - Call
for additional information
November
African
Film Institute’s Los Angeles International Film
Festival
Held
in early – mid November
Locations
vary
323- 8567707 - Call
for additional information
Including
over 100 films from over 30 countries, and countless world
premieres.
Griffith
Park Festival
Held late November – most of December
Location:
Griffith Park, Los Angeles
323-913-6488 - Call
for additional information |
