Horns A Plenty mass horn choir will blow the holiday spirit your way with a dynamic mix of both Christmas and Hannukah songs.

The Joey Altruda Trio evokes the soulful, jazzy spirit of Vince Guaraldi in a tribute to A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s a can’t miss for children of all ages!

The Joey Altruda Trio evokes the soulful, jazzy spirit of Vince Guaraldi in a tribute to A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s a can’t miss for children of all ages!

Known as “Big Boo” on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, Lea DeLaria brings her loving tribute to David Bowie to the WaterCourt stage for a benefit concert supporting Grand Performances programming. The multitalented comedian, singer and two-time SAG Award-winning actress reworks the David Bowie catalog for the Los Angeles premiere of the critically-acclaimed showstopper.

Grand Performances is honored to pair up with Community Coalition for their 5th annual Power Fest.

Power Fest is the premier political music festival in South LA that attracts thousands of families in a day of celebration, empowerment, and education. Power Fest takes place in Martin Luther King Jr. Park in the historic King Estates neighborhood of South Los Angeles.

Pakistani Sufi rock pairs with Qawwali legends of traditional devotional music in a transcendent evening of South Asian vibrations.

One of the most influential underground rock bands to emerge since the Iranian Revolution is joined by the Grammy-winning guitarist for an evening of stinging political satire hidden within a blues and folksy sound.

Grand Performances teams up with the Alliance for Women Film Composers to celebrate the music of women composers in film, television, video games and interactive media. A 55-piece orchestra will be joined by some of the industry’s most prolific songwriters and performers.

Put on your boogie shoes and embrace the resurgence of disco from the Manila Sound era, the next wave of global groove music. Manila Sound was a catch all moniker during the 70's describing Philippine popular music that embraced its American soul/folk/pop/jazz influences, combined it with Filipino modern aesthetics and polished it off with the musical proficiency of the vibrant Manila scene that somehow flourished during the Marcos-era Martial Law.

The world premiere of an adventurous, multidisciplinary project exploring water and drought with site-specific choreography around a giant stainless steel fish installation. Water you waiting for?

Worldwide phenom and Rolling Stone’s Coachella 2016 must-see pick is a testament to the human spirit. Dance to psycho-electronic grooves that enhance the roots of Congolese dance music with dubby synths and powerful vocals.

LA artists Rafa Esparza, Maria Garcia, Yesika Salgado, and Yosimar Reyes delve into the depths of Brown creativity/identity through spoken word, movement, and site-specific performance art.

Disco and Funk from Africa to the Philippines and many points in between. DJ's Joel Quizon (Disco Manila) and Rani de Leon (Dublab, Radio Afrique) spinning an all vinyl international set to funk up your happy hour.

An all-star ensemble celebrates the soundtrack that has fueled social and political movements through the decades and around the world.

Welcome to hot club cabaret where vintage Paris sophistication meets New York cool in swinging electro-gypsy jazz beats. Ooh-la-la!

Africa's most stylish, modern music, and its foundations.Happy Hours is hosted at our Spiral Court stage located between MOCA and Mendicino Farms.4:30pm - 6:30pm

It’s been 15 years since Geoff “Double G” Gallegos’ enormous, OG orchestra first graced our stage. Let’s celebrate as the strings, beats, rhymes, braids and melodies fly, float and lift our spirits ever higher.

All-vinyl set of Boleros, Cumbias, Romanticas, Latin soul y más.Happy Hours is hosted at our Spiral Court stage located between MOCA and Mendocino Farms.

Morrissey is reimagined in a south of the border international love letter that speaks to the outsider inside us all.

UK audio-visual artists, The Light Surgeons, collaborate with a group of Malaysian artists for a lush, live cinema, and music experience that explores identity, ritual, and place in Malaysia’s past, present, and future.

Le Jazz Hot meets EDM uptown with sonic stops along the way.

Known as the face of kindie music, these Latin Grammy winners and Emmy nominees bring smart, bilingual, crafty lyrics with irresistibly fresh pop beats.

Boundary pushing, entertaining, experimental, and elevated chamber jazz from revered Armenian virtuosos Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian Navy Band), pianist Vardan Ovsepian, and cellist Artyom Manukyan.

The collaboration between the instrumental quintet Kneebody and electronic musician Daedelus had its initial roots planted as far back as high school for old friends saxophonist Ben Wendel and Alfred Darlington. The pair’s early musical kinship in southern California seeded a connection that grew through numerous collaborations, recordings and live performances over the years coming to fruition in an improvised performance in 2009 at “Jazz A Vienne” between their two primary music vehicles – Kneebody and Daedelus.

A hands-on demonstration of making the pickled carrot, jalapeño, vegetable medley served on Latin tables by LA’s master food preserver. Participants will take home a jar of their creation. Please bring a 16oz water bottle and RSVP: escabeche@grandperformances.org

Join Grand Performances and the County of Los Angeles Public Library for a screening of “Prejudice and Pride” from the PBS documentary series, Latino Americans. Stay for a post-show conversation lead by  Tomas F. Summers Sandoval Jr., PhD (Associate Professor, Chicano/a Latino/a Studies).

An East-LA riff on the joys and absurdities of life with Louie Perez of Los Lobos, LA Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez, and journalist Luís Torres. Part performance art, part “sitdown” comedy, and part social satire chisme.

The beloved children’s entertainer leads an interactive musical feast of rhythm, rhyme, and culture blended with a bilingual message to eat right and live life to the fullest.

Classical music is reinterpreted with a Latin, gypsy and straight-up jazz tip for a hot night of cool melodies. Colburn School Alumni and local jazz luminaries break it down for all the hip cats.  Stay for our Music Movement Meaning post show discussion.

The poetic and musical voices of Latina power light up the night with songs, spoken word, and more led by Martha Gonzalez of the East LA band Quetzal. Stay for our Music Movement Meaning post show discussion.