As Hispanic Heritage Month gets underway, Los Angeles has plenty of ways to celebrate the cultures, traditions, music, and communities that make the city what it is. And one of the best ways to do it is by spending a Saturday at one of L.A.’s beloved annual celebrations.
The Autry Annual Block Party is returning to Griffith Park on September 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., bringing a full day of music, dancing, food, art, and family activities to the museum.
Here’s everything happening at the Autry Block Party
Known this year as Love Letters to L.A., the annual celebration invites Angelenos to celebrate the many things that make the city unique. For starters, admission is being rolled back to the prices the Autry charged when it opened in 1988. Adult tickets are $4.75, while children 12 and under pay $2, and seniors and students pay $3.50. Autry members get in free.
Once inside, families can explore the museum and its exhibitions, including Life, Liberty, and Los Angeles and the newly opening Promised Lands: California’s Unratified Treaties and Native Resilience.
Kids can head into the new DINO LAND, a prehistoric experience filled with life-size dinosaurs, themed photo opportunities, inflatables, games, crafts, and prehistoric challenges. There’s also a Nature Cat meet-and-greet for little PBS fans.
Meanwhile, the entertainment lineup includes live sets from The Midnight Cowgirls, Las Chorizeras, The Volcanics, Holy Crow Jazz Band, Country Vision Band, and Mr. Silly Gloves, alongside cultural performances from Wildhorse Singers and Dancers, Mike’s Country Dancing, the Inglewood Guys and Dolls Square Dancers, and Calpulli Xiuh Arte.
The party also includes a classic car and hot rod show, carnival games, bounce houses, a mechanical bull, Ferris wheel, food trucks, beverage stations, plein air painting by the California Art Club, and horse photo opportunities and grooming workshops from Urban Saddles.
For something a little more cinematic, guests can catch screenings of L.A. Story and Maara’yam: The Yuhaaviatam Story, while in-gallery performances from Cowboy Poetry L.A. and Strong Words add another layer to the day’s programming.
