Thousands of events, openings and happenings.	One handy guide to make sense of it all.
Downtown LA Event Calendar

Thousands of events, openings and happenings.
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Never Built: Los Angeles | Preview Party

Event of the Week

Never Built: Los Angeles | Preview Party

Union Station

6/20/2013 - 6/20/2013

You are invited to the special preview event for the upcoming A+D Museum exhibition Never Built: Los Angeles, a show that explores the "what if" Los Angeles and dares the city to dream big again. Festivities will take place inside Union Station's Fred Harvey House and feature small bites from some of Downtown LA's top restaurants, drink from Angel City Brewery, and music from KCRW's Raul Campos. You will also get a sneak peak at models, drawings and animations from the show.  All aboard!


Event will be held at Union Station Harvey House, 800 Alameda Street
Tickets:  $75
Parking:  $6 flat rate - guests please part at the Gateway Center garage off Vignes Street

Events for Jun. 2011

May. 31, 2011Jun. 1, 2011

Film
Last Remaining Seats: 'The Music Man' at the Los Angeles Theatre
6/1/2011
Los Angeles Theatre

Music
An Evening With Flavor Flav
6/1/2011
The GRAMMY Museum: Clive Davis Theater

Concert
Usher in Concert
6/1/2011
STAPLES Center

Comedy
The Frolic Show - every 1st & 3rd Wed
6/1/2011
Far Bar

Reading
Adam Hochschild - To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
6/2/2011
ALOUD at the Central Library

Benefit
Hope for FireFighters
6/2/2011
Hope St. between 3rd & Hope Place

Special Event
KEEN LA uncorked.
6/2/2011
LA Mart - 12th Flr Designer Lounge + Outdoor Patio

Miscellaneous
Dance Downtown: Line Dance/Two-Step
6/3/2011
Music Center Plaza

Concert
John Beasley Positootly Jazz Circle
6/3/2011
Blue Whale

Miscellaneous
DLANC Parks Committee - LAPD HQ Community Clean-Up!
6/4/2011
LAPD Headquarters

Reading
A Reading of All That Remains
6/4/2011
Japanese American National Museum

Special Event
Mottainai
6/5/2011
Japanese American National Museum

Museum
Target Sundays at CAAM - BEE BOP, DOO WOP, SCAT AND THE BLUES! Celebrating Black Music Month
6/5/2011
California African American Museum (CAAM)

Performance
Catastrophe, Survival, Music, and Renewal: New Orleans Culture Post-Katrina
6/6/2011
ALOUD at the Central Library

Performance
An Evening with Danny Elfman
6/8/2011
GRAMMY Museum

Film
Last Remaining Seats: 'Captain Blood' at the Million Dollar Theatre
6/8/2011
Million Dollar Theater

Concert
VIDEO GAMES LIVE
6/8/2011
Nokia Theatre @ L.A. LIVE

Museum
American Express Presents The Drop: Diane Schuur
6/9/2011
The GRAMMY Museum

Film
Films @ CAAM - Feel Like Going Home (2003, 110 minutes) Film screening in Celebration of Black Music Month
6/9/2011
California African American Museum

Music
The Sleeping Car w/Upsilon Acrux, Modern Memory, and Corima
6/10/2011
The Smell

Special Event
Nightfall with Serge Devant, Richard Gregory and CTO
6/10/2011
Exchange LA

Festival
4th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival
6/11/2011
Japanese American National Museum

Special Event
Target Free Family Saturday: Take It to the Streets
6/11/2011
Japanese American National Museum

Shopping
THREAD Show
6/12/2011
The Cooper Design Space

Special Event
YAS-A-THON Fundraiser for ThinkCure!
6/12/2011
YAS Fitness Center - Downtown LA

Workshop
A Time Remembered: The Costume Brooch (Jewelry Workshop)
6/12/2011
California African American Museum

Presentation
We are here: We could be everywhere: Media, Arts and Activism in Los Angeles and Beyond
6/14/2011
ALOUD at the Central Library

Comedy
The Frolic Show ( headlining comics, no cover )
6/15/2011
FAR BAR

Performance
An Evening with Randy Travis
6/15/2011
GRAMMY Museum

Film
Last Remaining Seats: 'King Kong' at the Los Angeles Theatre
6/15/2011
Los Angeles Theatre

Exhibit
Broadway at 100 – A History of L.A.’s Iconic Street
6/16/2011
Los Angeles Theatre

Special Event
Maker's Mark Tasting
6/16/2011
Morton's The Steakhouse

Performance
Alina Simone: A Tragic-comic Journey Through the Indie Rock World
6/16/2011
ALOUD at the Central Library

Concert
Department of Cultural Affairs (COLA) Artists Project
6/17/2011
Grand Performances

Special Event
Nightfall with Matt Darey, Fei Fei and Mike Hovsepian
6/17/2011
Morton''s The Steakhouse

Performance
Roger Steffens - Life of Bob Marley, Part 2
6/17/2011
GRAMMY Museum

Special Event
Leader's Luncheon
6/17/2011
Los Angeles Athletic Club

Presentation
Leader's Luncheon w/ Ted Tanner from AEG discussing NFL - Farmers Field
6/17/2011
Los Angeles Athletic Club

Dance
Dance Downtown - Lindy Hop/Swing (FREE!)
6/17/2011
Music Center Plaza

Festival
LADF Chinatown Design Night
6/18/2011
Chinatown

Reading
Vanished: Lompoc’s Japanese, Of One Hundred Families Only Two Returned
6/18/2011
Japanese American National Museum

Performance
Tongue and Groove
6/18/2011
Grand Performances

Concert
Salastina Music Society Presents Concert at Colburn School
6/18/2011
Thayer Hall at The Colburn School of Performing Arts

Performance
Embers, A Jazz Opera in Poems (Concert Reading of a Work-in-Progress)
6/19/2011
Grand Performances

Exhibit
Love By Art
6/19/2011
The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live

Holiday Event
Father's Day Brunch
6/19/2011
J Restaurant & Lounge

Holiday Event
First & Hope Father's Day
6/19/2011
First & Hope

Presentation
Huxley on Huxley, Panel Discussion and Film Excerpts
6/21/2011
ALOUD at the Central Library

Performance
Homegrown: The Airborne Toxic Event
6/22/2011
The GRAMMY Museum: Clive Davis Theater

Exhibit
Museum of KIPP Art (MOKA)
6/22/2011
FAR BAR

Film
Last Remaining Seats: 'Zoot Suit' at the Million Dollar Theatre
6/22/2011
Million Dollar Theater

Sports
2011 NBA Draft Show
6/23/2011
ESPN Zone - LA LIVE

Concert
Maná Drama y Luz Tour
6/23/2011
STAPLES Center

Lecture/Debate
Architizer City Talks
6/23/2011
The Standard Downtown LA

Film
Films @ CAAM - Two Turntables and a Microphone: The Life and Death of Jam Master Jay (2009, 85 minutes)
6/23/2011
California African American Museum

Performance
Charles Phoenix: Los Angelesland
6/24/2011
Grand Performances

Music
Friday Night Sing-Alongs: Glee-inspired sing (FREE!)
6/24/2011
W.M. Keck Amphitheatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Music
Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings
6/25/2011
Walt Disney Concert Hall at the Music Center of Los Angeles County

Film
Crime After Crime
6/25/2011
Grand Performances

Special Event
VIVA x CANNIBAL FLOWER Art and Music benefit for StandUp For Kids
6/25/2011
Vortex

Film
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
6/26/2011
Grand Performances

Film
Sunset Boulevard screening and Palace Theatre Birthday Celebration
6/26/2011
Palace Theatre

Special Event
Pershing Square Neighbor Day
6/26/2011
Pershing Square

Special Event
Discovery Bike Ride
6/26/2011
Pershing Square

Performance
Great Guitars: Warren Haynes
6/27/2011
GRAMMY Museum

Film
Film Courage Interactive Screening Series ft. SUBHYSTERIA
6/27/2011
The Downtown Independent

Performance
Homegrown: Miguel
6/28/2011
GRAMMY Museum

Concert
Rihanna with special guest Cee Lo Green
6/28/2011
STAPLES Center

Appearance
Sugar Ray Leonard 'The Big Fight: My Life in and out of the Ring' Book Signing
6/29/2011
ESPN Zone - LA LIVE

Film
Last Remaining Seats: 'Safety Last!' at the Orpheum Theatre
6/29/2011
Orpheum Theater

Concert
John Perry in Recital
6/30/2011
Zipper Concert Hall

Music
GYCB Registration: Afro-Cuban Jam
6/30/2011
Ketchum-Downtown YMCA

Performance
Downtown Proper, Live Jazz and Blues
6/30/2011
Exchange LA

Ongoing Events

Exhibit
WILLIAM LEAVITT: THEATER OBJECTS
3/13/2011 - 7/3/2011
MOCA Grand Avenue

Special Event
Downtown Conversation Series with Co-Creators & Visionaries
3/19/2011 - 6/18/2011
The Roosevelt Rooftop (first event only)

Special Event
LearnAboutWine classes and tastings in Downtown Loft
4/3/2011 - 6/5/2011
Downtown LOFT 218

Museum
John Lennon, Songwriter
4/4/2011 - 9/4/2011
The GRAMMY Museum

Exhibit
ART IN THE STREETS
4/17/2011 - 8/8/2011
Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Exhibit
KIM BEOM: ANIMALIA
4/22/2011 - 6/19/2011
REDCAT

Exhibit
Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock & Roll
4/29/2011 - 11/28/2011
The GRAMMY Museum

Dance
Dance Downtown
5/6/2011 - 9/9/2011
Music Center Plaza

Exhibit
Bob Marley, Messenger
5/11/2011 - 9/15/2011
The GRAMMY Museum

Theater
KRUNK FU BATTLE BATTLE
5/12/2011 - 6/26/2011
East West Players

Sports
LA Sparks
5/25/2011 - 9/10/2011
Staples Center

Film
Arabia 3D
5/27/2011 - 6/30/2011
California Science Center

Exhibit
1001 Inventions
5/27/2011 - 12/31/2011
California Science Center

Special Event
Escape to Paradise
6/1/2011 - 6/30/2011
Trader Vic's

Theater
BORDERING ON LOVE
6/2/2011 - 7/2/2011
Company of Angels at The Alexandria

Exhibit
Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing: How The Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
6/2/2011 - 9/4/2011
California African American Museum (CAAM)

Dance
Meg Wolfe: tremblr.shifter
6/2/2011 - 6/5/2011
REDCAT

Concert
Dudamel conducts Brahms Fourth
6/2/2011 - 6/5/2011
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Exhibit
The Art of Transportation
6/3/2011 - 6/26/2011
Crewest Gallery

Exhibit
CUT UPS: new works by Michael Frost
6/4/2011 - 7/2/2011
Edgar Varela Fine Arts

Lecture/Debate
Discovering Art Lecture Series
6/4/2011 - 6/25/2011
PYO Gallery LA

Benefit
Relay For Life of Downtown Los Angeles
6/4/2011 - 6/5/2011
Miguel Contreras Learning Complex

Comedy
COLD TOFU Presents The Hiroshi Show!
6/4/2011 - 6/9/2011
Japanese American National Museum

Exhibit
The Beatles LOVE: A Fifth Anniversary Cirque du Soleil Showcase
6/8/2011 - 2/28/2012
GRAMMY Museum

Art Walk
David B. Jang: New Works
6/9/2011 - 7/8/2011
DAC Gallery

Performance
Visceral Resolution Dance presents
6/10/2011 - 6/12/2011
Brockus Project Studios theatre

Concert
PARTCH: AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
6/10/2011 - 6/11/2011
REDCAT

Music
GYCB Registration: Jazz Combo
6/13/2011 - 6/30/2011
San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA

Music
GYCB Registration: Zydeco Boot Camp
6/13/2011 - 6/30/2011
Music Center

Festival
RADAR L.A. FESTIVAL
6/14/2011 - 6/19/2011
REDCAT

Theater
Les Misérables
6/14/2011 - 7/31/2011
Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center

Theater
Teatro en el Blanco: Neva
6/14/2011 - 6/18/2011
REDCAT

Theater
Steve Connell and Sekou Andrews: The Word Begins
6/14/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: Theater 4

Theater
Fleur Elise Noble: 2 Dimensional Life of Her
6/14/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: 5th Floor

Theater
Pomo Afro Homos: Fierce Love (Remix)
6/15/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: Theater 4

Theater
Moving Arts: The Car Plays: L.A. Stories
6/15/2011 - 6/18/2011
REDCAT

Theater
Christine Marie & Ensemble: Ground to Cloud / Miwa Matreyek: Myth and Infrastructure
6/15/2011 - 6/18/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: 4th Floor

Theater
The Company: As You Are Now So Once Were We
6/15/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: Theater 2

Theater
Los Angeles Poverty Department: State of Incarceration
6/15/2011 - 6/18/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: 4th Floor

Theater
Latino Theater Company: Solitude
6/15/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: Theater 3

Exhibit
LBD Little Black Dress
6/15/2011 - 8/13/2011
FIDM Museum & Galleries

Theater
Wicked Lit's A GHOST STORY
6/15/2011 - 6/16/2011
Millennium Biltmore Hotel

Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
6/16/2011 - 6/26/2011
Regal Cinemas at L.A. LIVE - Downtown Independent - REDCAT -Orpheum - California Plaza - Ford Amphitheatre

Theater
Teatro Línea de Sambra: Amarillo
6/16/2011 - 6/19/2011
REDCAT

Theater
The New American Theatre & Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble: Titus Redux
6/16/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: Theater 2

Exhibit
Betye Saar: CAGE A New Series of Assemblages and Collages
6/16/2011 - 8/7/2011
California African American Museum (CAAM)

Theater
CHELFITSCH: HOT PEPPER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND THE FAREWELL SPEECH Japan
6/17/2011 - 6/19/2011
Los Angeles Theatre Center: Theater 1

Performance
Grand Performances: 25th Season
6/17/2011 - 9/25/2011
Grand Performances

Performance
Ballet Nacional de Cuba
6/23/2011 - 6/26/2011
Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Performance
Looking Glass
6/23/2011 - 6/25/2011
Bank of America Plaza

Expo/Conference
Dwell on Design
6/24/2011 - 6/26/2011
Los Angeles Convention Center

Music
Friday Night Sing-Alongs
6/24/2011 - 8/19/2011
Music Center Plaza

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Regular Weekly Events

Certified Farmers Market @ Pershing Square
Pershing Square
Every Wednesday, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Certified Farmers Market @ FIGat7th
7+FIG @ Ernst & Young Plaza
Every Thursday, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Certified Farmers Market @ City Hall
City Hall
Every Thursday, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Certified Farmers Market @ Bank of America Plaza
Bank of America Plaza
Every Friday, 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

The Downtown Comedy Club
Downtown Comedy Club
Every Friday, Saturday, 09:00 PM - 01:00 AM

Historic Downtown Farmers Market

Every Sunday, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Awakening
Exchange L.A.
Every Friday, 10:00 PM - 3:00 AM

Inception
Exchange L.A.
Every Saturday, 10:00 PM

Bubbles & Brats: Bottomless Mimosas Every Sunday
Mignon Wine & Cheese Bar
Every Sunday, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Grand Park's Marketplace
Grand Park
Every Tuesday, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

L.A. Salsa Lounge
Les Noces Du Figaro
Every Tuesday, 7:30 PM - 12:00 AM

Sushi Nights Weekly at the Biltmore''s Gallery Bar
Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles
Every Thursday, Friday, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Street Food Cinema

Every Saturday, 5:30PM - 10PM

Summer Beer Garden
Chaya Downtown
Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Summer Fun, Paint Downtown LA
Omni Hotel Los Angeles Third Floor Entrance
Every Saturday, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

FIGat7th Downtown Festival: Angel Wings by Colette Miller
FIGat7th
Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8:00 AM - 10:30 PM

The Scottsboro Boys at the Ahmanson Theatre
Ahmanson Theatre
Every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The Taming of The Shrew
Archway Theatre
Every Sunday, Friday, Saturday, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Westin Bonaventure & 94.7 The Wave Downtown Live
Westin Bonaventure Hotel | Lobby
Every Thursday, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Travel & Fashion - An Installation
FIDM Museum & Galleries
Every, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hubbard Street + LINES Ballet
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at The Music Center
Every Sunday, Friday, Saturday, 7:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Bronzeville
Los Angeles Theatre Center
Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Spring Street Park Fitness Challenge
Spring Street Park
Every Monday, Wednesday, 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM

Grand Performances Presents: Songs in the Key of L.A. with Ozomatli and Friends
California Plaza Watercourt
Every, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM


Regular Monthly Events

Grand Park's Sunday Sessions
Grand Park
Every fourth Sunday, 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM

LAVA Sunday Salon: Jazz Age Los Angeles
Les Noces Du Figaro
Every fourth Sunday, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM



 
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