Fourth Annual Lummis Day Festival

Sycamore Grove Park
4700 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles 90042
Sunday, June 7
12:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Ages: All
Cost: FREE
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The 4th annual Lummis Day festival, set for Sunday, June 7, will feature a kaleidoscopic collection of performers, including Wil-Dog (a member of L.A.’s acclaimed Ozomatli), perennial “Best Los Angeles Country Band” winners I See Hawks in L.A., virtuoso blues guitarist legend Carlos Guitarlos, poets Ruben Martinez and Suzanne Lummis, members of the Chicano comedy group Culture Clash, plus Kultura Philippine Folk Arts, Francis Awe Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble, Keiki O Ka Aina, Cypress Park Folkloric Dancers, Native American, Mexican and Pacific Islander folk artists, poets and visual artists of various stripes and traditions.

The “We Tell Stories” group will perform in a family entertainment area, along with the “Puppets and Players Little Theater.”

Four stages of entertainment. For the community, it’s a party with a purpose, a “kumbaya” for the various ethnicities and cultures that share the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhoods. And last year’s attendance–about 9,000 people showed up–has turned it into one of the area’s biggest annual events, a signature community arts and music showcase for the Northeast Los Angeles area (including the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Cypress Park, Mount Washington, Montecito Heights, Hermon, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights, and Glassell Park).

Artists will represent Latino, Tagalog, Native American, Anglo and Nigerian traditions. Music will include blues, rock, banda, salsa, jazz and country. Dance troupes representing Philippine, Mexican, Pacific Island and African dance traditions, plus poets, painters and culinary artists, all with local connections, will add to the Festival’s diverse collection of cultures.

The Lummis Day Festival will begin at 10:30 am with the annual Poetry gala at the Lummis Home (200 E. Ave. 43) and will continue with art exhibitions at Casa de Adobe (4605 N. Figueroa St.) and musical, dance and theatrical performances at Sycamore Grove Park (4702 N. Figueroa St.) beginning at 12:30 pm.