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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS GUIDE
DCA Art Centers - Día de los Muertos Events Día de los Muertos Exhibition - Barnsdall Junior Arts Center
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Opening Reception: October 23, ​
5:00 p.m. ​
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8:00 p.m.
Exhibition continues October 24 – November 7
Junior Arts Center Gallery, Barnsdall Arts Park, 4814 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles
Free
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
323-644-6275
Día de los Muertos Family Art Festival - Canoga Park Youth Arts Center
A free community art festival celebrating the Mexican tradition of Day of the Dead. The
event features musical entertainment, puppet show, altars, art workshops, and
refreshments.
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October 24, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, 7222 Remmet Ave., Canoga Park
Free
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
818-346-7099, ​
www.culturela.org
9th Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration - Sun Valley Youth Arts Center
Join the Sun Valley Youth Arts Center for a fun filled evening of art workshops, student
art exhibit, refreshments, and entertainment for the entire family. Día de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead) is an indigenous ritual of México celebrating life and the afterlife
through art, music and family unity. The celebration concludes with an amazing ritual
dance by Danza Temachtia Quetzacoatl. The public is welcome to participate in the
community altar, bring a photocopy/image of a loved one who has passed to place on
the altar.
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November 1, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sun Valley Youth Arts Center, 8642 Sunland Blvd., Sun Valley
Free
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
818-252-4619, ​
www.culturela.org
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DCA Grantees - Día de los Muertos Events
2nd Annual Olvera Street Muertos Artwalk
Join for a day of family fun and entertainment. Over 30 local artists selling original
artwork, clothing, jewelry, face painting and more, including DCA grantee Mi Vida
Boutique!
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October 17, 10:30 a.m. ​
– 8:00 p.m.
Olvera Street
Free
Olvera Street Merchants Association Foundation, El Pueblo Historical
Monument
http://bit.ly/1KufQwW
Grand Park’s Día de los Muertos Altars​
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Grand Park expands the celebration and traditions of Día de los Muertos with multiple
ways to experience and learn about the holiday. At the center of the festivities is the
park’s presentation of more than 40 altars and art installations in honor of Día de los
Muertos in partnership with Self-Help Graphics & Art. The altars, which remain in the
park all week long, will focus on both traditional and contemporary topics and explore
the connections between the holiday’s origins and the daily lives of Angelenos. Altar
subjects range from personal stories that celebrate families and lost loved ones, to more
contemporary expressions of current affairs and community challenges, such as gang
violence, immigration reform and education.
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October 24 –​
November 2
Grand Park, 200 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free
Grand Park, ​
Self Help Graphics & Art, DCA
http://bit.ly/1PtV8gV
Día de los Muertos Celebration - Mercado La Paloma
Mercado La Paloma presents a ​
Día de los Muertos​
Celebration featuring free workshops, live
music, dance performances, altar exhibit, face painting, food and crafts.
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October 31, 12:00 p.m. ​
– 5:00 p.m.
Mercado La Paloma, ​
3655 S Grand Ave, Ste 240, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Free
Mercado La Paloma, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, DCA
http://on.fb.me/1RbwxMl
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DCA Grantees - Día de los Muertos Events (cont’d)
15th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival - Main Street Canoga Park
This 15th Annual Día de los Muertos Festival features live music, a classic car show,
calaveras, ofrendas/altars, a costume contest, dancers, artists, plus arts and crafts!
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November 1, 10:00 a.m. ​
– 5:00 p.m.
On Sherman Way between Topanga Canyon Blvd & Canoga Ave
in Canoga Park
Free
Main Street Canoga Park, DCA
http://bit.ly/1RIJoGy
Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Family Festival
Plaza de la Raza's School of Performing & Visual Arts presents its annual celebration of Día de
los Muertos. Festivities will include family arts & crafts workshops, food vendors, public altars
and student performers. There will also be special ofrendas and artwork by local artists at
Plaza's Boathouse Gallery.
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November 1, 4:00 p.m. ​
– 9:00 p.m.
Plaza De La Raza, ​
3540 North Mission Road, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Free
Plaza De La Raza, DCA
http://www.plazadelaraza.org/
Self Help Graphics & Art's 42nd Annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration
For 42 years Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) has organized one of the most popular Día de
los Muertos events in Los Angeles, and perhaps the oldest Day of the Dead
commemoration in the country. This program is unique in that it provides the
community with a season of activities from August to November, to celebrate and
prepare for Día de los Muertos.
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November 1, 4:00 p.m. ​
– 10:00 p.m.
Mendez Learning Center, 1200 Plaza Del Sol E, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Free
Self Help Graphics & Art, DCA
http://bit.ly/1VSRYs0
Other - Día de los Muertos Events Sacred Memories: Cross Cultural Expressions of Day of the Dead
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Sacred Memories explores the world’s rituals that venerate the departed including Dia de
los Muertos, first observed by the indigenous people of Latin America, China’s Qingming,
Korea’s Chuseok, and other rituals practiced in United States, Europe, Africa and the
Caribbean.
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Opening reception: October 22, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Exhibition continues ​
October 23 ​
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November 29
Pico House Gallery​
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424 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free
El Pueblo Historical Monument, ​
El Pueblo Park Association
http://on.fb.me/1Qugx8b
16th Annual Dia de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever
Spectacular altars, theater presentations on six different stages, authentic Mexican
cuisine, 20-foot walking skeletons, torch-lit paths, Aztec music, and ceremonial dancers
enchant this festival.
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October 24, 12:00 noon – 12:00 midnight
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood
$20
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
www.ladayofthedead.com
Olvera Street Day of the Dead Festival
The Olvera Street Merchants will hold their annual Dia de los Muertos celebrations from
October 25 through November 3, 2015 at El Pueblo Historical Monument, home of world
famous Olvera Street.
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October 25 ​
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November 3, 2015
El Pueblo Historical Monument, 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles
Free
El Pueblo Historical Monument
List of activities ​
http://bit.ly/1QucvfT
Día de los Muertos
Colorful, ancient Mexican ceremony in remembrance of departed loved ones, with
beautifully decorated altars, and entertainment.
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November 1 & 2, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
El Pueblo Historical Monument, 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles
Free
El Pueblo Historical Monument, Olvera Street Merchants
213-628-1274, ​
www.elpueblo.lacity.org
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Other - Día de los Muertos Events (cont’d)
Día de los Muertos at Woodlawn Cemetery
The community is invited to join in this traditional celebration of life and death featuring
an opening procession, a workshop to create offerings for loved ones who have passed, a
blessing with traditional music and dance, self-guided tours of the grave sites of local
people of interest, and musicians performing throughout the cemetery honoring those
who have passed.
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November 1, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Woodlawn Cemetery, 1847 14th
​​St., Santa Monica
Free
City of Santa Monica
310-458-8688, ​
www.smgov.net/dia
EL VELORIO - A Day of the Dead Event
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ne night 21+ carnival at the famous ​
Plaza De La Raza​
filled with live music, a curated
art exhibit, culinary food, beer and wine garden, artistic face painting, alters, and sugar
skulls! This year’s El Velorio will also have an ​
ALL AGES​
section at Plaza de la Raza from
4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., with food booths, skeletal face painting, and art and craft vendors.
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November 7, 4:00 p.m. ​
– 1:00 a.m.
Plaza De La Raza, 3540 North Mission Road Los Angeles, CA 90031
$25+
Exodus Events, Plaza De La Raza
http://bit.ly/1Mrdytq
Floricanto’s Día de los Muertos Celebration
This themed Mexican folk dance program is based on the Día de los Muertos celebration.
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November 7, 8:00 p.m., November 8, 5:00 p.m.
Floricanto Center for Performing Arts, 4232 Whiteside St., LA
$16 Pre-sale, $20 at the door
The Floricanto Center for the Performing Arts
323-261-0385, ​
www.danzafloricantousa.com 5