LA Sake Festival

Tonight, master musician and esteemed peacemaker, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, transcends the political and gives breath to the universal with beautiful music. Free at this evening’s concert at the Skirball Center.

On Friday, an enchanted forest appears within the midst of a secret downtown warehouse called Serendipity. Performers, guests and creatures mingle and the lines between the fantastic and the mundane are blurred.

On Saturday, it’s your chance to learn all about the nuances of Sake from Timothy Sullivan, a “Sake Samurai,” and then belt out blistering Karaoke versions of “Wanted Dead or Alive” in front of hundreds of your newfound BFFs. Saturday also offers a chance to catch Flux Super 8 at the Scion Space, an installation that celebrates eight of the most exciting, emerging filmmakers, video artists, and design collectives from around the world. And then finish your evening with an explosive sonic snapshot of Columbian grooves by Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro at the Echoplex.

Finally on Sunday, Little Temple Bar and Sonido Sundays celebrate the return of John Forté, the genius producer behind The Fugees, to the stage.