2016 & 2017 Leimert Park Festival is CANCELLED!!!

The Leimert Park Village African Art & Music Festival was CANCELLED in 2016 because James Burks, a career employee that works for Cultural Affairs and is the person that approves/denies applications for events in Leimert Park Village, took our event dates, that we've had since 2009 in an effort to relaunch his African Marketplace.  --- However,...

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Want major visibility for your business?

Reach your target audience with a beautiful banner ad on our NEW mega stage where over 60 musicians and performers will present non-stop live entertainment from 10am-7pm for three days!  Exclusive advertising opportunities available.  Click on "Read More" then click on photo to enlarge. Please email lvpfest (at) gmail.com for details. ...

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LA's Best Food Vendors Ready to Serve You!

Start exercising now so you can splurge at the Festival w/o feeling guilty.  We searched high and low for the best of the best that will be able to satisfy the most demanding palettes and tastes.  This year foodies will enjoy sumptuous, savory, sweet and satisfying offerings from  Dulan's Soul Food, Carolina BBQ (ribs and chicken), Pearson's...

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Ramona Stephens returns as Festival M.C. for the 4th year!

We are over joyed to have comedienne Ramona Stephens host our 3-day festival for the 4th consecutive year.  From the moment she first stepped onto our stage in 2011, she captured the hearts and soul of the audience with her quick wit and keen insights that has everyone laughing out loud nearly to the point of tears.  Drawing from a deep well...

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Artist Line-up

The Festival's 2015 partial music entertainment roster is being released today on our beautiful promotional cards that will be distributed throughout LA County over the next six weeks.  The diverse line-up includes artists that will be performing live jazz, blues, reggae, R&B, Afro-beat, hip hop, rock, neo-soul, traditional African drumming,...

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Festival selects first Female Featured Fine Artist

Fine Artist Diana Shannon Young,  a world-renowned multicultural artist, artist representative, art event curator, workshop presenter, publisher,and speaker has the distinction of being the Festival's first female Featured Fine Artist. Since 2009, not by conscious intention, the Featured Fine Artist have all been men: Azziz Diagne (2009), Charles...

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