Grand Performances @ Cal Plaza

Grand Performances presents free performing arts that reflect the best of global culture and inspire community among the diverse peoples of Los Angeles.

Grand Performances (GP) is Southern California's largest presenter of free performing arts programs and a landmark nonprofit arts institution established with a primary focus on bringing together the diverse peoples of Los Angeles, in unique settings, for concerts celebrating the cultural contributions of our community's peoples.

Over the last 20 years it has developed an unmatched history of working with artists of importance to Los Angeles' many communities in order to share their work with all the people of the region. Music, dance, theatre and even film have been presented to audiences that have numbered as high as 6,500 people. Grand Performances is proud that the program has been called "too good to be free" and "the urban experiment that works." It is also proud to have been told that it has the most diverse audience in the country.

Based at California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles' new financial district, Grand Performances was created as part of an initiative developed by the City's Community Redevelopment Agency to insure that artists and other citizens of Los Angeles who had not been able to participate fully in the cultural life of the community would have access to a "world class" venue and program. The City wanted this program centered in the one part of Los Angeles that belongs to all communities and that is the recognized center of government, business and culture.

Calendar of Events:

August

08/01 - 12:00 PM: Fresh Roots Jazz Festival
08/01 - 7:00 PM: Fresh Roots Jazz Festival
08/02 - 8:00 PM: Armenia Mania!
08/03 - 8:00 PM: Armenia Mania!
08/07 - 8:00 PM: Musicology 204: Josh Kun's Brass Band Odyssey
08/08 - 12:00 PM: Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
08/08 - 8:00 PM: Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
08/09 - 8:00 PM: Mládí Chamber Orchestra, Chuchito Valdez
08/15 - 12:00 PM: Lal Meri
08/15 - 8:00 PM: Movies that Matter- The World According to Sesame Street
08/16 - 8:00 PM: Movies that Matter- Gypsy Caravan
08/17 - 1:00 PM: Sustainable L.A.
08/22 - 12:00 PM: Double G's Brass Pass
08/22 - 8:00 PM: Very Be Careful and Money Mark with Big Band
08/23 - 8:00 PM: daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra
08/24 - 3:00 PM: A Celebration of NEA Folk Arts Heritage award winners
08/29 - 12:00 PM: Andy Palacio Tribute with the Garifuna Collective & Umalali
08/29 - 8:00 PM: Andy Palacio Tribute with the Garifuna Collective & Umalali

September

09/05 - 12:00 PM: Los Pinguos
09/19 - 8:00 PM: Cine Mexico- Dos Tipos de Cuidado (Two Mischievous Fellows)
09/20 - 8:00 PM: ¡Viva Yiddish! The Yiddish World of Latin America
09/21 - 8:00 PM: Cine Mexico: Ahí Está el Detalle (That's the Point)

October

10/06 - 8:00 PM: The North Atlantic Jazz Alliance