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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74th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Saturday, September 29, 2012
5pm - 11pm
Central & West Plaza
943-951 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free for all ages
Plenty of street and event parking is available. The festival is easily accessed via Metro Gold Line rail from the Chinatown Station.
Event Schedule
Art Gallery/ARTmageddon participants
Automata Arts "Translucent Travelogues", Coagula Curatorial "LAURA LONDON & CURT LEMIEUX", L2kontemporary "Tuan Phan"
(check back for updates)
Cooking Demo in Central Plaza
6pm Empress Pavilion
7pm Hop Woo Seafood Restaurant
8pm Dessert Eating Contest
8:30pm Moon Festival Ceremony
9pm Mandarin Chateau
Artisan
5pm-9:30pm
Calligraphy by Guojing Cui, Candy Sculpture by Shinobu Ichiyanagi, Dough Sculpture by Chris Lee, "Face-likeness" Dough Sculpture by Keluo Xu
Storytelling at West Plaza (Moon Festival, Dragon & Ghost Stories)
Time: 8:45pm & 9:30pm
by Barbara Wong
Moon Viewing at West Plaza
7:30pm
Telescopes provided by Robert Spellman of Griffith Observatory and Lisa Anderson of Friends of the Observatory
(The Moon will be visible by 7:20pm.)
Calligraphy Workshop at West Plaza
5pm-8:30pm
by Nori Shirasu
Food Trucks
Calbi BBQ, Crispy Waffle & Frites, Flat Iron, Flippin' Yolk, Flying Pig, Gourmet Genie, India Jones, Sweet E's Bake Shop Truck, Tabom Truck
Street Food Vendors
Empress Pavilion, Hoan Kiem, Hop Woo Seafood Restaurant, Kim Chuy Restaurant, Mandarin Chateau
9:30 – 9:45pm: Dragon Dance 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 under our Harvest Moon!
Main Stage
5pm Traditional Southern Style Dragon and Lion Dance(Performed by: East Wind Foundation For Youth)
5:15pm Shaolin Martial Arts Performance (Performed by: Master Xiaojun Wang and Jin Wu Kung Fu School)
5:40 Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (Performed by: Master Eric Carr and Eric Carr JKD)
5:45 Acrobatic Balancing (Performed by: Sha Sha Luo)
6pm South Pasadena Strings Program (Musical Director: Susan Pascale)
7pm Moon Cake Demo (Performed by: Chris Cheung of Wonder Bakery)
7:15pm The Moon Festival Ritual (Performed by: Shirley Zhang - 2011 Los Angeles Miss Chinatown)
7:30pm Shaolin Martial Arts Performance (Performed by: Master Xiaojun Wang and Jin Wu Kung Fu School)
7:40pm Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (Performed by: Master Eric Carr and Eric Carr JKD)
7:45pm Acrobatic Balancing (Performed by: Sha Sha Luo)
8pm-11pm DJ Jeremy Sole (Afro Funke, Latin, Brazilian)
*The South Pasadena Strings Program's Los Angeles Children's Orchestra is scheduled to make their third trip to Carnegie Hall in Spring 2013. 20 young musicians will have their cases open during their performance 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 Children's Orchestra and South Pasadena Strings Program is at http://www.stringsprogram.com.
Live Music Stage
Curated by Kevin Bronson, Buzz Bands LA
6 pm Young Empress
7 pm Little Red Lung
8 pm Tic Tic Boom!
9 pm Max and the Moon
10 pm Father Tiger
Craft Beer Garden
Curated by Eagle Rock Brewery
Craftsman Brewing Company featuring Hefeweizen & Oktoberfest
Eagle Rock Brewery featuring Populist IPA & Solidarity Black Mild
Monkfish Bewing Co. featuring Crux (Belgian Single With Elderflower) & Anomaly (Belgian Strong Dark With Oats and Wheat)
Ping Pong Tournament
5:30pm-10:30pm
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
*Schedule subject to change without notice
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is produced by Chinatown Business Improvement District with Special Thanks to Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation, ChungKing Plaza Association, KCRW, LA Weekly and Griffith Observatory.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
5pm - 11pm
Central & West Plaza
943-951 N. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free for all ages
Plenty of street and event parking is available. The festival is easily accessed via Metro Gold Line rail from the Chinatown Station.
Event Schedule
Art Gallery/ARTmageddon participants
Automata Arts "Translucent Travelogues", Coagula Curatorial "LAURA LONDON & CURT LEMIEUX", L2kontemporary "Tuan Phan"
(check back for updates)
Cooking Demo in Central Plaza
6pm Empress Pavilion
7pm Hop Woo Seafood Restaurant
8pm Dessert Eating Contest
8:30pm Moon Festival Ceremony
9pm Mandarin Chateau
Artisan
5pm-9:30pm
Calligraphy by Guojing Cui, Candy Sculpture by Shinobu Ichiyanagi, Dough Sculpture by Chris Lee, "Face-likeness" Dough Sculpture by Keluo Xu
Storytelling at West Plaza (Moon Festival, Dragon & Ghost Stories)
Time: 8:45pm & 9:30pm
by Barbara Wong
Moon Viewing at West Plaza
7:30pm
Telescopes provided by Robert Spellman of Griffith Observatory and Lisa Anderson of Friends of the Observatory
(The Moon will be visible by 7:20pm.)
Calligraphy Workshop at West Plaza
5pm-8:30pm
by Nori Shirasu
Food Trucks
Calbi BBQ, Crispy Waffle & Frites, Flat Iron, Flippin' Yolk, Flying Pig, Gourmet Genie, India Jones, Sweet E's Bake Shop Truck, Tabom Truck
Street Food Vendors
Empress Pavilion, Hoan Kiem, Hop Woo Seafood Restaurant, Kim Chuy Restaurant, Mandarin Chateau
9:30 – 9:45pm: Dragon Dance 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 under our Harvest Moon!
Main Stage
5pm Traditional Southern Style Dragon and Lion Dance(Performed by: East Wind Foundation For Youth)
5:15pm Shaolin Martial Arts Performance (Performed by: Master Xiaojun Wang and Jin Wu Kung Fu School)
5:40 Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (Performed by: Master Eric Carr and Eric Carr JKD)
5:45 Acrobatic Balancing (Performed by: Sha Sha Luo)
6pm South Pasadena Strings Program (Musical Director: Susan Pascale)
7pm Moon Cake Demo (Performed by: Chris Cheung of Wonder Bakery)
7:15pm The Moon Festival Ritual (Performed by: Shirley Zhang - 2011 Los Angeles Miss Chinatown)
7:30pm Shaolin Martial Arts Performance (Performed by: Master Xiaojun Wang and Jin Wu Kung Fu School)
7:40pm Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (Performed by: Master Eric Carr and Eric Carr JKD)
7:45pm Acrobatic Balancing (Performed by: Sha Sha Luo)
8pm-11pm DJ Jeremy Sole (Afro Funke, Latin, Brazilian)
*The South Pasadena Strings Program's Los Angeles Children's Orchestra is scheduled to make their third trip to Carnegie Hall in Spring 2013. 20 young musicians will have their cases open during their performance 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 Children's Orchestra and South Pasadena Strings Program is at http://www.stringsprogram.com.
Live Music Stage
Curated by Kevin Bronson, Buzz Bands LA
6 pm Young Empress
7 pm Little Red Lung
8 pm Tic Tic Boom!
9 pm Max and the Moon
10 pm Father Tiger
Craft Beer Garden
Curated by Eagle Rock Brewery
Craftsman Brewing Company featuring Hefeweizen & Oktoberfest
Eagle Rock Brewery featuring Populist IPA & Solidarity Black Mild
Monkfish Bewing Co. featuring Crux (Belgian Single With Elderflower) & Anomaly (Belgian Strong Dark With Oats and Wheat)
Ping Pong Tournament
5:30pm-10:30pm
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
*Schedule subject to change without notice
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is produced by Chinatown Business Improvement District with Special Thanks to Los Angeles Chinatown Corporation, ChungKing Plaza Association, KCRW, LA Weekly and Griffith Observatory.