Los Angeles Carnival On Tour

06/23/2023

The LA Carnival: Starlight Parade is only 2 days away!

The spectacular assembly will gather at Martin Luther King and Crenshaw Boulevards with dancers and revelers led by the LA Carnival Youth on Parade contingent.

The procession culminates in the Leimert Park Art Walk with a grand drum circle and spirited call-and-response performances in People Street Plaza.

The parade is free and open-to-the-public. Feel free to come with as many guests as you'd like. We encourage participants to express their creativity and wear their own costumes!

06/20/2023

The LA Carnival Starlight Parade is just 5 Days away!

Come and celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month without getting on a plane.

We're going to be lighting up the night sky with 100 drums and 100 flags!

The parade is free and open-to-the-public. Feel free to come with as many guests as you'd like. We encourage participants to express their creativity and wear their own costumes.

Register through Eventbrite for more details.

Los Angeles’ Leimert Park Village will come ablaze with lights and music at Starlight Parade in honor of Caribbean American Heritage Month.

06/15/2023

LA Carnival is Back!

We will be presenting the inaugural Starlight Parade in Leimert Park on June 25th. The Starlight Parade is a one-of-a-kind, multicultural, fun-filled family festival. Slated to take place Sunday, June 25, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., the parade will ignite Crenshaw Blvd with a dramatic celebration of heritage and pride.

The vibrant gathering of people, businesses, artisans, musicians, and food vendors will launch with dancing on Crenshaw Boulevard to the pulsating cadence of 100 diverse drummers who will infuse the city with resonance and rhythm.The spectacular assembly will gather at Martin Luther King and Crenshaw Boulevards with dancers and revelers led by the LA Carnival Youth on Parade contingent.

As daylight simmers to night, 100 beautiful flags, designed by the community and decorated with positive messages, will illuminate Crenshaw Blvd. with lights and a brilliant vision for peace. The procession culminates in the Leimert Park Art Walk with a grand drum circle and spirited call and response performances in People Street Plaza.

The Los Angeles Carnival Starlight Parade highlights Caribbean American Heritage Month with a joyous post-Juneteenth observance that continues the commemoration of cultural diversity.

Mark your calendars now and get a taste of the Caribbean without having to board a plane!

Register through Eventbrite for more details:

Los Angeles’ Leimert Park Village will come ablaze with lights and music at Starlight Parade in honor of Caribbean American Heritage Month.

05/28/2020

International Eye LA is looking for an immediate part time administrative production coordinator who is experienced in breaking down a script or project outline to assess what tasks need to be done by specific timelines in order to accomplish on time project completion. The ideal person will update/revise organizational documents and spreadsheets, follow up on external and internal communications, work fairly independently within production guidelines, connect the dots to complete tasks or assign tasks to be completed by another team member and follow up to ensure task completion. This team member should be able to both give and follow directions as needed to meet project needs.
Moderate computer, internet and social media experience is essential, as is excellent communication skills. Basic bookkeeping and Spanish helpful but not necessary.
Time commitment to start 8-10 hours per week @ $15/hour to start, for an initial 4-6 weeks of our current projects. This could lead to an extended engagement if there is a good match between candidate and organization following the current project. Please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].
This opening will be filled on a first received, first qualified basis.
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06/26/2018

Los Angeles Carnival on Tour was pleased to book-end the 2018 Leimert Park Ancestor Mask Festival procession. with two costumes from its permanent collection. In front was 'Grace at Peace' designed and fabricated by Marie Kellier danced by Queen Nzingha Camara, and closing the procession was 'Blazing Glory in Love,' designed by Whitfield Belasco and curated by Marie Kellier. "Blazing Glory in Love' was danced by Bill Kennedy who also manages production for Los Angeles Carnival.

10/21/2015

Guess the butterfly competition!

10/21/2015

Here’s our guide to the best of what’s on in and around Manchester this weekend plus some bonus suggestions from our social media pals. Fancy a trip out of town? Head to Tatton Park to see and smel...

10/21/2015

07/11/2015

Ghost Ship Reunion. First presented at Day of the Ancestors Festival, Leimert Park. Here it is part of LA Carnival - CicLAVia south L.A.

12/18/2014

The eastern side of Degnan Boulevard and West 43rd Place in Leimert Park at first glance seems like just another crestfallen Los Angeles block. Doors are closed. Gates are shut. Plywood obscures the windows on a magnificent corner building, an ornate Art Deco-era structure that is topped by a stupa-…