City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Friends of the Watts Towers Arts Center Celebrate the 41st Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival at Watts Towers Arts Center Campus
Dates: 9/30/2023
📍 Theatre: Watts Towers Arts Center Campus
1727 East 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90002
Phone: 12132025539
Tickets: free
DCA and Friends of Watts Towers Arts Center will host multicultural dance and music performances at the 41st Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival on Saturday, September 30, 2023 and the 46th Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival on Sunday, October 1, 2023 to continue these festivities.An all-star line-up of international recording artists, local jazz greats, percussionists, and dancers will come together over two days, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., for unbelievable festival experiences under the artistic direction of Rosie Lee Hooks, Patrice Rushen, and Munyungo Jackson. Presented by DCA and the Friends of Watts Towers Arts Center, the two-day festival is free and open to the public.
Both festivals take place at the DCA’s Watts Towers Arts Center Campus at 1727 East 107th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90002. For more information, please call 213.847.4646 or visit www.wattstowers.org.
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Friends of the Watts Towers Arts Center Celebrate the 41st Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival at Watts Towers Arts Center Campus Schedule
41st Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival
Saturday, September 30, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Masters of Ceremonies: Kamau Daáood and Dee Dee McNeil
11:00 a.m. Xochipilli
Aztec traditional dancing featuring Huehuetl and Teponaxtle drums
12:00 p.m. Korean Classical Music and Dance Company
Traditional Korean and drum dance
1:00 p.m. SHINE Mawusi
An alliance of women practicing, nurturing, and empowering communities by spreading the knowledge of West African drum culture
2:00 p.m. Garifuna Cultural Group
Garifuna World Cultural Experience
3:00 p.m. Gimme A Beat
Just Rhythms and Rhymes featuring Tony Austin (drums), Mic Holden (percussion and MC), Kahlil Cummings (percussions), and Brian Collier (drums)
4:00 p.m. Magatte Fall featuring LaVoix
A drum and dance group representing Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Gambia
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