Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer join artist
line-up for
Celebrate LA!: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Massive, Free, Eight-Mile Street Festival from
Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Hollywood Bowl
in Celebration of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s
100th Anniversary
Celebrate LA! is generously supported by Target
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Los Angeles, CA (September 21, 2018) – The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced today that Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer will join the artist line-up for Celebrate LA!: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia, a free, daylong street festival connecting Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, on Sunday, September 30, 2018.
Both artists will be performing at the Hollywood Hub: Rivers Cuomo as a special guest with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at 11:15 am, and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at 1:15pm. The Hollywood Hub is located on Vine Street between Hollywood Boulevard and Yucca Street. Be sure to also catch Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s second line with LAUSD/Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Band Members along the route.
For a full performance schedule, please visit: laphil.com/celebratela.
Celebrate LA!: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia is presented in partnership with CicLAvia and Community Arts Resources (CARS), to bring the LA Phil out of its venues and into the streets, as a gift to the city and as a showcase of Los Angeles’ creative spirit. The eight-mile long street party will feature 1,800 performers – musicians, dancers, and visual artists, the vast majority of which are from L.A. – with live shows and fun-filled activities throughout the entire route.
This unprecedented community event will transform eight miles of city streets into an auto-free zone where all are welcome to walk, run, skate, scoot, bike, and wander. It has no starting or ending point, and participants can join in anywhere they like. Any form of non-motorized transportation can be utilized, which includes walking, biking, wheelchairs, skateboards, and strollers. All ages are encouraged to attend.
A special Celebrate LA! app has been created to help navigate the event: create a personalized schedule, set reminders for artist performances, find activities and performances along the route, and listen to the LA Phil’s specially curated playlist. The app is available now at:
https://guidebook.com/app/laphil/guide/celebrate-la/
LA Phil 100:
In its Centennial year (September 2018 through October 2019), the LA Phil is inviting people from Los Angeles and around the world to join them in envisioning a future that music can help create. Major initiatives include presenting the orchestra’s most ambitious artistic season to date, featuring over 50 commissioned works and the LA Phil’s largest roster of artistic collaborations; investing in the future of young people by creating a permanent YOLA center, The Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center @ Inglewood, designed by Frank Gehry; establishing the LA Phil Resident Fellows Program, which will provide musicians representing or serving historically underrepresented populations opportunities for professional advancement; welcoming all of Los Angeles to Celebrate LA!: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia, a free, massive, street festival, featuring performances by 1,800 musicians, dancers and visual artists, stretching from Grand Avenue in front of Walt Disney Concert Hall all the way to the Hollywood Bowl, and concluding with LA Phil 100 at the Bowl, a free concert at the Hollywood Bowl; the “100 for the 100th: Be Our Guest” free ticket initiative, which will invite thousands of new listeners into Walt Disney Concert Hall; and a $500 Million Centennial Campaign to fund the future.
LA Phil:
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music from all genres – orchestral, chamber and Baroque music, organ and celebrity recitals, new music, jazz, world music and pop – at two of L.A.’s iconic venues, Walt Disney Concert Hall (laphil.com) and the Hollywood Bowl (hollywoodbowl.com). The LA Phil’s season at Walt Disney Concert Hall extends from September through May and throughout the summer at the Hollywood Bowl. With the preeminent Los Angeles Philharmonic at the foundation of its offerings, the LA Phil aims to enrich and transform lives through music, with a robust mix of artistic, education, and community programs.
CicLAvia:
CicLAvia is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. CicLAvia catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free streets. CicLAvia engages with people to transform our relationship with our communities and with each other. CicLAvia is an innovative model for creating new public space and enriching civic life. ciclavia.org/
Community Arts Resources (CARS):
Founded in Los Angeles in 1989, Community Arts Resources creates unique experiences where arts, culture, and community and civic life collide. CARS has created, produced, and promoted some of Los Angeles’ most innovative cultural programs and events in public space including CicLAvia, Chinatown Summer Nights, Go Little Tokyo, The Broad’s Family Weekends, GLOW, and the Getty Museum Family Festivals. CARS has also been instrumental in planning, designing, and programming some of Los Angeles’ most popular cultural and community spaces, such as Grand Park and Grand Performances at California Plaza. carsla.net/
Sophie Jefferies, sjefferies@laphil.org, 213.972.3422
Laura Cohen, lcmediapr@gmail.com, 310.867.3897
Photos: 213.972.3034