FandangObon

12/31/2025

This is a story of the long arc of justice...

After more than 120 years, the Yurok Tribe has reclaimed nearly 47,000 acres of their ancestral land along California’s Klamath River 🌲.

Once stripped by logging, this land will now be restored through traditional Yurok practices — protecting salmon habitats 🐟 and healing the ecosystem.

With $56 million behind the effort, this is more than a return of land. It’s a return of culture, purpose, and stewardship. A powerful reminder of Indigenous resilience and the long road to justice.

10/01/2024

FandangObon is THIS SATURDAY!!! We can’t wait to have you join the circle to sing and dance with us! 

In anticipation of the festival, we’ll be highlighting some of the artists that will perform at ! 

Today, we’d like you to meet guest artists César Castro “Jarochelo” and Nobuko Miyamoto!  

César is a musician, adjunct professor, and an instructor at California state prisons. César, with his band Cambalache, has written and arranged traditional son jarocho music taking inspiration from Caribbean rhythms and life. 

Nobuko Miyamoto @ is a songwriter, dance and theater artist, and founder and now Legacy Artist of Great Leap. Among her many notable accomplishments, Nobuko published two books in 2021 and recently premiered the documentary: "Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement" (which will be released in November on PBS So Cal!!)  

Learn more about the artists & RSVP @ greatleap.org 

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Join our artists  and our amazing line producer  

10/19/2023

Meet Tina Calderon, Lazaro Arvizu, Jr., Ruben Guevara, Anu Yadav, Gia Gunn, and Hena. Come join us as they bless the space with artistic offerings and sharings throughout the day at on 10.21.23.

Great Leap’s FandangObon is an evolving gathering of Japanese, Mexican, African and Sufi Muslim music and dance traditions to deepen relations and cross-cultural solidarity, and share strategies for place-keeping and environmental knowledge that will sustain our communities into the future in LA and beyond.

Great Leap’s FandangObon is made possible by Artivist Entertainment, the California Arts Council, The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, The California Endowment, Guilded, and the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan.