Special Events & Festivals
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The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Dec)
Saturday, December 7, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Nov)
Saturday, November 2, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Oct)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
75th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Sept)
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Chinatown Summer Nights (8/17)
Saturday, August 17, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Aug)
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Chinatown Summer Nights (7/20)
Saturday, July 20, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Jul)
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The Great Chinatown Hunt
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Chinatown Summer Nights & 75th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Jun-A FEW SPACES AVAILABLE)
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Kleverdog and Creative Juice Bar Open House
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Nov)
Saturday, November 2, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Oct)
Saturday, October 5, 2013
75th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Sept)
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Chinatown Summer Nights (8/17)
Saturday, August 17, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Aug)
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Chinatown Summer Nights (7/20)
Saturday, July 20, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Jul)
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The Great Chinatown Hunt
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Chinatown Summer Nights & 75th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, June 15, 2013
The Undiscovered Chinatown Tour (Jun-A FEW SPACES AVAILABLE)
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Kleverdog and Creative Juice Bar Open House
Saturday, June 1, 2013
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Chinatown Summer Nights (#3 FIRE)
Saturday, August 25, 2012
5pm - midnight
Central & West Plazas
943-951 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free to the public.
Bike racks and plenty of parking available. Metro: Gold Line Chinatown Station.
StarLine Tours will be providing FREE SHUTTLE every 10 minutes between Metro Gold Line Station and Chinatown Summer Nights.
Vendors who wish to participate should contact LA Craft Experience at laceevent.com
www.chinatownsummernights.com
Event Schedule
CENTRAL & WEST PLAZA
9:10 9:20pm East Wind Foundation for the Youth: Beginning at West Plaza our Chinatown Dragon and Lion Dancers will be parading through both plazas to wish you great fortune and prosperity during this Year of the Dragon!
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West Plaza
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Family Workshop
5pm-8pm
Presented by UCLA Confucius Institute
Artisan
5pm-9:30pm
Calligraphy by Guojing Cui, Candy Sculpture by Shinobu Ichiyanagi, Dough Sculpture by Chris Lee and Keluo Xu, Face Painting by Tai-Ling Wong
Culinary Stage
hosted by Shirley Zhang, 2012 Chinese New Year Cupcake War Judge and the 2011 Miss Chinatown Queen
6pm Wu Ha Thai
6:45pm "Fire" Eating Contest hosted by Eddie Lin, author of Extreme Cuisine and the Deep End Dining blog
7:30pm Dessert by Wu Ha Thai
8pm Mandarin Chateau
9pm Plum Tree
The Drawing Room - for Kids!
6pm-9pm
The Gallery: 945 Chung King Road
All children are welcome to draw as much as they want. There will be crayons, pastels, colored pencils and an endless supply of paper on hand. If they choose to participate, their artwork will be considered for a gallery exhibition. The best work - curated by Mat Gleason of Coagula Curatorial Gallery and Magazine with Gallery owner and artist Ed Freeman among others - will be included in a show that will open later in the year.
Proceeds for the sale will be divided among the artists, gallery and a non-profit organization supporting the arts in Chinatown.
For more information, contact:
Ed Freeman
The Gallery at 945 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.687.3113
ed@edfreeman.com
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Central Plaza
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Main Stage | KCRW DJs
5pm-6pm Jin Wu Kungfu
6pm-7pm South Pasadena Strings Program*
7pm-9:30pm KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez
9:30pm-midnight KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd
*The South Pasadena Strings Program's Los Angeles Children's Orchestra is scheduled to make their third trip to Carnegie Hall in Spring 2013. 9 young musicians will have their cases open during their performance on 8/11 and 8/25 to help raise money for a return trip to Carnegie Hall. All monies raised will go to the South Pasadena Music Foundation, a 501-c-3 charitable organization. Information about the Los Angeles Childrens Orchestra and South Pasadena Strings Program is at http://www.stringsprogram.com.
LA WEEKLY Live Music Stage
6 6:45pm The Blessings
6:45 7:15pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
7:15 8pm Buyepongo
8 8:30pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
8:30 9:15 pm Stephen Sowan
9:15 9:45pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
9:45-10:30pm Random Ninjas
10:30 11pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
11 11:45pm The Record Company
Craft Beer Garden 5pm-midnight
Curated by Eagle Rock Brewery
Eagle Rock Brewery featuring Unionist BPA* & Revolution XPA
Monkish Brewing Company featuring Crux (Belgian-style single w/Elderflowers) & Red Table (Belgian amber w/Pink Peppercorns)
Angel City Brewing Company featuring California Witbier & West Coast IPA
Cismontane Brewery Company featuring Citizen Steam Beer & Blacks Dawn Stout
Food Trucks 5pm-midnight
B Sweet Mobile, Baby's BadAss Burgers, Crepe N Around, Don Chow's, Flying Pig, Munchie Machine, Pigs Feet Under, Tabom Truck, Tropical Shave Ice, ZZ Truck
LA Craft Experience Vendors
5pm-midnight
*Schedule subject to change without notice
Benevolent Circle Sponsor
Wells Fargo Bank
Chinatown Summer Nights is produced by Chinatown Business Improvement District in collaboration with the following community partners: KCRW 89.9, Community Arts Resources, Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation, ChungKing Plaza Association, LA Weekly, Metro, DreamWorks, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Pacific Asia Museum, UCLA Confucius Institute, StarLine Tours and Yelp.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
5pm - midnight
Central & West Plazas
943-951 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free to the public.
Bike racks and plenty of parking available. Metro: Gold Line Chinatown Station.
StarLine Tours will be providing FREE SHUTTLE every 10 minutes between Metro Gold Line Station and Chinatown Summer Nights.
Vendors who wish to participate should contact LA Craft Experience at laceevent.com
www.chinatownsummernights.com
Event Schedule
CENTRAL & WEST PLAZA
9:10 9:20pm East Wind Foundation for the Youth: Beginning at West Plaza our Chinatown Dragon and Lion Dancers will be parading through both plazas to wish you great fortune and prosperity during this Year of the Dragon!
=================
West Plaza
=================
Family Workshop
5pm-8pm
Presented by UCLA Confucius Institute
Artisan
5pm-9:30pm
Calligraphy by Guojing Cui, Candy Sculpture by Shinobu Ichiyanagi, Dough Sculpture by Chris Lee and Keluo Xu, Face Painting by Tai-Ling Wong
Culinary Stage
hosted by Shirley Zhang, 2012 Chinese New Year Cupcake War Judge and the 2011 Miss Chinatown Queen
6pm Wu Ha Thai
6:45pm "Fire" Eating Contest hosted by Eddie Lin, author of Extreme Cuisine and the Deep End Dining blog
7:30pm Dessert by Wu Ha Thai
8pm Mandarin Chateau
9pm Plum Tree
The Drawing Room - for Kids!
6pm-9pm
The Gallery: 945 Chung King Road
All children are welcome to draw as much as they want. There will be crayons, pastels, colored pencils and an endless supply of paper on hand. If they choose to participate, their artwork will be considered for a gallery exhibition. The best work - curated by Mat Gleason of Coagula Curatorial Gallery and Magazine with Gallery owner and artist Ed Freeman among others - will be included in a show that will open later in the year.
Proceeds for the sale will be divided among the artists, gallery and a non-profit organization supporting the arts in Chinatown.
For more information, contact:
Ed Freeman
The Gallery at 945 Chung King Road
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.687.3113
ed@edfreeman.com
=================
Central Plaza
=================
Main Stage | KCRW DJs
5pm-6pm Jin Wu Kungfu
6pm-7pm South Pasadena Strings Program*
7pm-9:30pm KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez
9:30pm-midnight KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd
*The South Pasadena Strings Program's Los Angeles Children's Orchestra is scheduled to make their third trip to Carnegie Hall in Spring 2013. 9 young musicians will have their cases open during their performance on 8/11 and 8/25 to help raise money for a return trip to Carnegie Hall. All monies raised will go to the South Pasadena Music Foundation, a 501-c-3 charitable organization. Information about the Los Angeles Childrens Orchestra and South Pasadena Strings Program is at http://www.stringsprogram.com.
LA WEEKLY Live Music Stage
6 6:45pm The Blessings
6:45 7:15pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
7:15 8pm Buyepongo
8 8:30pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
8:30 9:15 pm Stephen Sowan
9:15 9:45pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
9:45-10:30pm Random Ninjas
10:30 11pm Punk Rock Pillow Fight
11 11:45pm The Record Company
Craft Beer Garden 5pm-midnight
Curated by Eagle Rock Brewery
Eagle Rock Brewery featuring Unionist BPA* & Revolution XPA
Monkish Brewing Company featuring Crux (Belgian-style single w/Elderflowers) & Red Table (Belgian amber w/Pink Peppercorns)
Angel City Brewing Company featuring California Witbier & West Coast IPA
Cismontane Brewery Company featuring Citizen Steam Beer & Blacks Dawn Stout
Food Trucks 5pm-midnight
B Sweet Mobile, Baby's BadAss Burgers, Crepe N Around, Don Chow's, Flying Pig, Munchie Machine, Pigs Feet Under, Tabom Truck, Tropical Shave Ice, ZZ Truck
LA Craft Experience Vendors
5pm-midnight
*Schedule subject to change without notice
Benevolent Circle Sponsor
Wells Fargo Bank
Chinatown Summer Nights is produced by Chinatown Business Improvement District in collaboration with the following community partners: KCRW 89.9, Community Arts Resources, Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation, ChungKing Plaza Association, LA Weekly, Metro, DreamWorks, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Pacific Asia Museum, UCLA Confucius Institute, StarLine Tours and Yelp.