This Saturday’s Ozomatli concert has been postponed. No show will be taking place at California Plaza this weekend. Please stay tuned as we announce a new date for Ozomatli’s return to Grand Performances later this summer.
Grand Performances continues to believe in unity and healing through music and giving our artists a platform to express themselves freely… all things that are desperately needed right now as we look to care for our communities and throughout our beloved Los Angeles.
We look forward to seeing you at the rest of our summer season.
In solidarity,
-The GP team
Grand Performances launches its 39th season with a hometown celebration: Ozomatli’s 30th anniversary. If LA had a soundtrack, it would sound like Ozomatli—an electrifying fusion of Latin, hip-hop, funk, reggae, and global rhythms that captures the spirit of the city in full. Over three decades, they’ve become cultural ambassadors of LA’s diversity, activism, and joy. Their history with GP runs deep—who remembers when Stevie Wonder jumped on stage at our 2013 show? This anniversary promises a euphoric, cross-cultural dance party with surprise guests, deep grooves, and a reminder of why Ozomatli continues to move hearts and hips around the world.
Schedule
6:00pm, DJ Anthony Valadez
7:00pm, Healing Gems
8:30pm, Ozomatli
LOCATION, PARKING & FAQ click here
"L.A.'s Healing Gems make music for lost explorers, midnight surfers and spaghetti western anti-heroes wha packed one too few bullets. They're cinematic in the mont technicalor way possible. and they take a long history of kitschy studto soundtracks, 50s pan-Latin dance compilations and overlooked erotica albums and remake them into a world all their own." - L.f. Record
For fans of Perez Prado, Haruomi Hosono, Walter Wanderly, Martin Denny, Talking Heads, Lounge Music, and shoplifting
Anthony Valadez
Anthony Valadez is a native Angeleno, a DJ, producer, and radio and podcast host. Dating back to skipping 6th period during his senior year in high school, he became part of a cast of rotating DJs on KVCM. He would later land shows on KCSN, KPFK, Dublab, and KROQ. He joined KCRW in 2008. He has held DJ residencies in Los Angeles, including the legendary Temple Bar and the Natural History Museum for their First Fridays series, and in Las Vegas at the SLS.
This program is made possible in part by Logic Technology Consulting Group and a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
