Grand Performances 2026 — Free Summer Concerts at California Plaza

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Grand Performances 2026 — Free Summer Concerts at California Plaza

Name: Grand Performances 2026 — Free Summer Concerts at California Plaza
Start: 2026-06-13T20:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-13T22:30:00-07:00
Location: California Plaza, 350 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071

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Downtown LA has a plaza above the water court where world-class performers play free every Saturday through August. Most people who work two blocks away have never been. The rest figured it out and k…

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Saturday, June 13, 2026

8:00 PM PDT – 10:30 PM PDT

California Plaza, 350 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Free

Repeats every week · until Aug 29, 2026

“Downtown LA has a plaza above the water court where…”

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They believed the atrium of a downtown office building could become the best free concert venue in Los Angeles if the programming was ambitious enough and the setting was left to do its work. Grand Performances has been proving that argument every summer at California Plaza for forty years.

The 2026 season is the 40th anniversary. The programming reflects it: the lineup moves through world music, Afrobeat, Latin, jazz, and cross-genre work from artists who fill paid venues of this size when there's a ticket price attached. Under the open sky at California Plaza, with downtown's towers as backdrop, the same music lands differently — everyone arrived by choice, not purchase, and that changes the crowd.

Notable 2026 shows include a Stevie Wonder tribute, Mariachi El Bronx, and a celebration of Ritchie Valens' legacy. Concerts run primarily Saturday evenings from June through late August, with select Friday shows.

Free. Primarily Saturday evenings, June 6–August 29, 2026. California Plaza, 350 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles.

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