Gayle Anderson reports Angelenos of all abilities and their families are invited to a day of fun, creativity and play at The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival: Family Day in downtown Los Angeles.
This free, one-day outdoor festival on Jerry Moss Plaza includes a lineup of live music and dance performances, interactive art-making activities, Taiko drumming lessons and more.
This year’s theme is “Arts & Science Unite!” : celebrating the artist in everyone as the arts meet the world of science.
Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center
May 3 from 11 a.m.-to-2:30 p.m.
135 North Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
MusicCenter.org/FamilyDay
May 2, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (the day before The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival: Family Day), thousands of local students will converge on Jerry Moss Plaza to participate in The Music Center’s 46th Annual Very Special Arts Festival, which is exclusively geared to students of all abilities. Presented in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the Very Special Arts Festival is open to all grade levels and offers students the exciting opportunity to perform in front of an audience, showcase their artwork and enjoy hands-on artmaking, among other activities.
The student-focused festival on Friday is part of The Music Center’s enduring multi-faceted arts learning program that serves more than 150,000 students and educators annually throughout Los Angeles County. Both The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival: Family Day and The Music Center’s 46th Annual Very Special Arts Festival will be hosted by actor David Prather and mezzo-soprano opera singer Suzanna Guzmán. The Music Center will provide an ASL interpreter on both days.
Families seeking more fun and free adventures in Downtown L.A. are encouraged to walk over to Gloria Molina Grand Park, located directly across the street from Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center, for LAUSD Arts Fest 2025. A district-wide festival for all of Los Angeles Unified School District, Arts Fest will showcase student talent through performances, art displays and interactive activities in dance, music, theatre, visual arts and film/media, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Music Center’s 46th Annual Very Special Arts Festival and The Music Center’s Very Special Arts Festival: Family Day are made possible by generous support from Mimi Song; LSMK Investments; Margaret Sheehy Collins; Ring-Miscikowski Foundation/The Ring Foundation; Moss Foundation; The Robert Nelson Foundation; and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
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Gayle Anderson reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News April 29, 2025.
