The dead come to life at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes! Watch performances that pay homage to the dead through music and dance. Guest performers. Food and beverages will be available for sale.
Enjoy performances that honor the deceased through music, dance, and storytelling, including traditional Oaxacan dances, a Procession and Community Altar, and playful Catrina-comedy sketches. The program will be guided by Blanca A. Soto—actress, voice and acting coach, and the unforgettable voice of the Emcee in Disney-Pixar’s Coco. Families can participate in free hands-on art, garden, and culinary workshops, take tours with Les Navegantes of our core exhibition LA Starts Here, or participate in LA Plaza’s Community Ofrenda by adding photos of your beloved ones. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
WORKSHOPS
Explore the history and traditions of Day of the Dead! Visit different locations to collect four stamps, then turn them in for a special giveaway!
For our Ancestors: Alebrije Sketch and Ink Workshop
Explore the vibrant artform of Alebrijes and paint your own alebrije keepsake!
¡Viva las Calacas de Posada! Printmaking with Ni Santas
Learn about Jose Guadalupe Posada’s legacy and create your own calaca poster!
Camino de Cempasúchil: Marigold Workshop/ Taller de Cempasúchil
Learn about the significance of Cempasúchil while you honor your loved ones.
Fotos y Recuerdos: Who are you missing this season?
Print a photo or leave a message to a loved one you are missing this season as part of our Community Ofrenda.
Galletas de Calavera: Sugar Skull Cookie Decorating
Celebrate the flavors of Dia de los Muertos by decorating your own calavera sugar cookie!
* This workshop takes place at LA Cocina de Gloria Molina
PERFORMANCES
Grupo Ballet Folklórico Princesa Donaji
Led by Aldo Cruz, this organization based in Los Angeles, CA, enhances the beauty of Oaxaca’s traditional dances.
Ballet Folklórico Eterna Juventud
They’ll lead a Procession and the creatin of a Community Altar. Right after, there’ll bring the celebration to life with music, poetry and small sketches from a Catrina- comedy segment.
Danzas de México
A journey into the soul of Mexican folklore, featuring the Danza de Negritos, Danza de Xochipitzahualt, and Tarahumaras.
COMMUNITY OFRENDA
Visit LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Community Ofrenda and add images of your beloved ones by sending their pictures to [email protected]. Our team will print them and frame them. for you to add them to the ofrenda.
The Community Ofrenda at LA Plaza serves as a space to honor the many forms of grief affecting Los Angeles’ communities. Through the ofrenda, we grieve our sense of safety and honor the lives of our undocumented community members forcibly removed and disappeared from their homes. Through this shared offering, individual sorrow is transformed into collective resilience. As participants contribute photos and messages, the Ofrenda will transform from a foundation of mourning to a living landscape of remembrance, love, and resistance.
LES NAVEGANTES
Complete the LA story! We invite you to learn and share about your history in Los Angeles by taking a free tour with LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes’ Navegantes. Together, tour and navega the museum while learning about the Latinx presence in Los Angeles —from the founding of the city to today’s issues. The LA experience is incomplete without you—ask questions, discuss issues in your community, and share with a Navegante what you love or want to change about LA.
FOOD VENDORS
El Moro
Sammy’s Elotes y Más
Taquero Mucho
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Angel City Football Club
LA City Clerks office Civic Engagement
Metro Bike Share
The Ford, Hollywood Bowl, LA Phil
Vision y Compromiso
This program is sponsored in part by
