Living - Activities - Periodic - Los Angeles, California, USA
LA has many annual or one-day special events, ongoing summer concert series, and recurring trade shows
- Academy Awards: The Oscars; awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Antelope Valley Fair: Celebrating agriculture and industry in Lancaster
- Antiques Show: LA Antiques Show; organized by the Antique Dealers Association of California
- Arts Fest: Festival of Arts; includes Pageant of the Masters, in which actors re-create famous paintings
- ATP Fest: All Tomorrow's Parties; a periodic festival in which an invited curator--a musician, artist, or writer--to choose a selection of bands/performers that reflect their record collection or people that they feel influenced by or connected; site includes other locations throughout the world
- Auto Show: LA Auto Show
- Carnaval: Brazilian Street Carnaval
- County Fair: LA County Fair; held at Fairplex
- Date Fest: National Date Festival; Celebrate the desert cash crop with date testing, camel races, rides, and a fair
- Dining 411: Restaurant 411; directory of restaurants in LA, Orange, Ventura, and other California counties
- Dining MenuPix: Restaurant menus; browse restaurants by location or cuisine and see their menu online
- Emmys: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Awards
- Film Fest SB: Santa Barbara International Film Festival; annual showcase of film; also, throughout the year, there are film exhibitions, educational programs, celebrity tributes, and forums in new technology
- Golden Globes: Entertainment awards; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; a group of Southern California-based international journalists; confer the Golden Globe Awards to recognize outstanding achievement in motion pictures and television
- LA Co Fair: Los Angeles County Fair; celebrates agriculture and industry
- LA Pride: Parade for diversity; produced by Christopher Street West Association and hosted by the independent City of West Hollywood
- Lobster Fest: Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival; celebrates marine decapod crustaceans; an approved Maine Lobster Festival
- Lotus Festival: Echo Park, LA; Annual celebration of blooms of Echo Lake
- Marathon: A 42.16 km running race through LA
- Mariachi USA: Los Angeles; celebration of Mexican culture at the Hollywood Bowl
- Nisei Week: Japanese Festival; celebrates Japanese and Japanese American culture and history
- Orange Show: National Orange Show Festival; Celebrate California's famous fruit crop
- Oscars: Academy Awards; awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Omega: Events promoter; a variety of events including Old Pasadena Jazzfest, Doheny Blues, Doheny Days, and more
- Poppy Fest: Celebrates poppy-blooming season; Lancaster
- Renaissance Faire: Renaissance-themed festival; San Bernardino
- Rose Bowl: Pasadena Tournament of Roses; Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game
- Shakespeare Ctr: Shakespeare Events/LA
- Triatholon: swim, cycle, and run; Venice Beach, Hollywood and surrounding areas, downtown; ends at Staples Center
- Tofu Fest: Food festival; produced by Little Tokyo Service Center in association with Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
- Valley Fair: celebrates agriculture and industry
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