Los Angeles County Calendar of Annual Events
MAY
EVENTS
Please Note:
We no longer offer specific
dates for listed events. For specifics regarding each event,
please follow the link or call the information number.
Ramona Pageant
-- Hemet
The official State Outdoor Play. An outdoor pageant portraying the
lives of Southern California’s Mission Indians. Adapted from the 1884
novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. Information: (800) 645-4465
Dog
Faire -- Encino
(Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park)
Pooches of all shapes, sizes, colors, hair lengths and breeds
will come together for a day of fun in the sun, along with their human
friends. Activities and available services will include an agility
aptitude test, a microchip identification clinic, vaccinations,
product demonstrations, as well as doggie psychics, pet portraits and
more. Information: (818) 756-8189 or (888) 527-2757
Downey Street Faire -- Downey
This faire features crafts, antiques, food, blues and rock bands, dance, karate demonstrations, street entertainers, children’s activities and a car show. Information: (562) 923-2191
Santa Monica Festival -- Santa Monica (Clover Park)
This festival showcases Santa Monica’s diversity with performing artists, children’s arts and crafts workshops, and vendors. Information: (310) 458-8350
Feria de los Niños, Festival of the Children
-- Los Angeles (Hollenbeck Park)
A celebration of children featuring a fun run, children’s performances, food and community booths. Information: (213)
485-8743 or (888) 527-2757
Amnesty
International Film Festival -- Los Angeles & West Hollywood
(Directors Guild of America, the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen
Theater and the Egyptian Theater)
This event screens human rights, documentary, short, and feature films
from numerous countries, bringing stories of dignity, pain, passion
and hope. Information: (310) 815-0450
Spring Picnic and Fun
Festival -- Glendale (Lower Scholl Canyon Park)
This picnic for friends and caregivers of children and adults with
autism attracts more than 150 families from the Foothill communities
of La Crescenta, Burbank, Glendale and La Canada Flintridge. The
stress-free park environment – featuring children’s games, music, food
– gives much-appreciated social opportunities for these special needs
families. Information: (818) 662-8847
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video
Festival -- Los Angeles
(Directors Guild of America, 7920 Sunset Blvd
The Film Festival is
Southern California’s premier showcase for film and video works by Asian Pacific
American and Asian Pacific international cinema artists. The festival
encompasses screenings, panels, workshops, and artists’ awards. Information:
213-680-4462 ext 68.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration -- Los Angeles (Olvera St.)
Olvera St. celebrates Cinco de Mayo with ballet folkloricos, mariachis, food, games, and arts and crafts. Information: (213) 625-5045
Calabasas Arts & Crafts Festival -- Calabasas (Calabasas Commons Shopping Center)
A festive gathering of artists and artisans from around the Southwest. Features paintings, ceramics, sculpture, glass, jewelry, photography and textiles. Also features food and music. Information: (818) 878-4242 x270.
Claremont Spring Folk Festival -- Claremont (Larkin Park)
Celebrating folk and ethnic music. Includes workshops, food, dancing,
and stories. Information (909) 624-2928
Montrose Art Walk
--
Montrose (2300 & 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue)
Artist demonstrations and a fine art sale
take place on the sidewalks of Honolulu Avenue in quaint Montrose.
Sidewalk chalk painting for children. Information: 818-249-7171
Carnevale!
-- Venice Beach (Windward
Circle)
A tribute to the famed carnevale in Venice, Italy, the colorful, costumed
celebration returns for the third year, featuring performances, a costume
contest, and vendors. Information: no phone number given
Pacific Islander Festival
-- Wilmington
Communities from the Pacific Islands celebrate their
indigenous culture, arts, and music at this festival. Information:
(714) 968-1785
Renaissance Pleasure Faire -- San Bernardino County (Glen Helen Regional Park)
A Renaissance-Period market and festival with foods of Olde
England, jousting knights on horseback, handmade crafts, games of skill, theatre
and country dance. Information: (909) 880-0122
Queer History Festival -- Los Angeles (909 West Adams Boulevard)
An afternoon garden
party celebrating more than a half century of the gay liberation movement. ONE
Institute, which began as an underground gay organization in 1952, now holds the
largest collection of material documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender lives. Visit community cultural and historical treasures, and tour
the archives and art gallery. Light refreshments are served. Information:
213-741-0094
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
-- Long Beach (Recreation Park, 4900 7th
Street)
This celebration features
non-stop Latin music, entertainment, and activities, including performances of
ballet folklorico, Aztec dances, and cumbia bands. A special Children’s area
with games, art workshops, and carnival rides is available. Food and arts and
crafts items are for sale. Information: 562-570-4514
AIDS Walk -- Long Beach
This 5K Walk-a-Thon is the only community-wide fundraiser to raise funds for AIDS programs serving the greater Long Beach area. Information: (562) 987-5200
NOHO Theater and Arts Festival -- North Hollywood (Lankershim
Blvd & Magnolia)
North Hollywood presents one of the largest
theater and arts festivals in Southern California. Highlights include two
outdoor stages featuring international and American music and dance,
Kids Kourt – a visual and performing arts playground for all
ages, art galleries and exhibits, an eclectic
arts and crafts marketplace, and
comedies,
improvisations, dramas and musicals performed in more
than a dozen professional
theaters within walking distance. Information: (818) 886-0440
FunFest &
Children's Day Celebration
-- L.A. (Japanese American Cultural & Community Center)
Traditional and contemporary Japanese expressions of the
Japanese American community. A family celebration featuring
tournaments, exhibitions, crafts, children's activities, performing
arts and food. Also see the following listed event. Information: (213)
628-2725 Revlon Run/Walk For Women -- Los Angeles
A huge 5K/1OK run/walk to raise funds and awareness to combat female cancer. Information: (310) 393-6344
Israeli Festival
--
Van Nuys (Woodley Park)
A celebration of the anniversary of Israeli Independence with carnival rides, face painting, a petting zoo, entertainment, Israeli and Judaica vendor booths, food, dance and art. Information: (818) 757-0123
SpringFest -- Encino (5522
Ventura Blvd)
A community fair offering games and rides for kids of all ages, McNavin’s Pub, food, and live entertainment. Community service booths will also
offer, among other things, free health checks. Information: (818) 386-1916
Country Garden Faire
--
Encino (Sepulveda Garden Center)
For all those who enjoy spending
time reaping, sowing, weeding and otherwise giving tender loving care
to plants, this event features representatives of garden clubs, plant
societies and nurseries offering plants and gardening supplies, as
well as advice for anyone who has or is interested in creating a home
garden. Information: (818) 784-5180 or (888) 527-2757
Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and Festival -- Long Beach
Parade with decorated floats, pop and country music, dancing, food and international booths. Information: (562) 987-9191
Museums
of the Arroyo Day -- Highland Park, Los Angeles
Stroll back in time when five museums open their doors to visitors free
of charge as part of the Twelfth Annual Museums of the Arroyo Day. Discover what
life was like in L.A. before freeways, condos and talk radio. The featured
museums will be the Gamble House, Heritage Square Museum, the Lummis Home &
Garden, the Pasadena Historical Museum and the Southwest Museum. Each features a
distinctive slice of local architectural and cultural history. Information: (213)
222-0546
Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest & Folk
Festival
-- Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains
This event celebrates blue-grass and old-time music. More than 100 banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar players and bands. There are contestants, participative dancing,
jamming musicians, folk song workshops and children's crafts and songs. Also features food and
crafts vendors. Information: (818) 382-4819
Sylmar Valley Fair -- Sylmar
(El Cariso Park on Hubbard Street)
This Memorial Day weekend event includes fun for the whole family, a
giant carnival, a big top circus, a food court, live entertainment, and arts and
craft booths. Information: (562) 495-5959
Mosaic Multicultural
Dance Festival -- Long
Beach (Bixby Park)
This event celebrates multiculturalism, diversity, and unity through the art
form of dance. Performances feature tribal and Andy Witherspoon Egyptian belly
dancing, Polynesian, hip hop, Mediterranean-African fusion, traditional Korean,
traditional African, classical Indian dancing, and many more performances. Salsa
and ballet folklorico dance groups also participate. The festival includes the
sale of arts and crafts, clothing, and ethnic food. Information: (562) 570-1601
Jazz and Reggae Festival -- Los Angeles (UCLA)
Enjoy top-rated performers and artists who love playing outdoors in
front of thousands of screaming fans. The UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival promises a
great vibe and a fun atmosphere. As always, festival-goers will be able to enjoy
international foods and crafts marketplace. Information: (310) 281-1150 Old Pasadena Summerfest -- Pasadena
(Central Park on Fair Oaks Avenue)
Activities include A Taste of Pasadena, tasty treats from area restaurants. Summer Art Fest, 100 fine arts and crafts displays; Children's Fun Fest, petting zoo, mimes & games; Jazz in Central Park. Free. Information: (626) 797-6803
Salute to Recreation Family Festival
-- Van Nuys (Northridge Park)
This event features activities
for the whole family, including a Children’s area, a petting zoo, carnival
rides, games, food booths, an International Village, a Hawaiian Village, an arts
and crafts boutique, Teen Night, and entertainment on four stages. Catch the
fireworks extravaganza on Saturday night. Information: (818) 349-7341 or 888-LA
PARKS (527-2757)
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