LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes Hosts a Free Día de los Muertos Family Day on October 25 in Downtown Los Angeles: Workshops, Oaxacan Dance and a Community Ofrenda
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes will host its Día de los Muertos Family Day on Sunday, October 25, 2026, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum, 501 N. Main St. in downtown Los Angeles. The event is free with an RSVP; walk-in visitors are accepted as space allows, and food will be available for purchase. A Mobile Voting Center will also be on site.
According to the museum's published schedule, doors open at 12 p.m. with workshops and DJ Curator. Performances follow through the afternoon: Grupo Folklórico Princesa Donaji presents dances from Oaxaca's Mixteca, Valles Centrales, Costa and Sierra Sur regions, Familia Zapoteca de Villa Hidalgo Yalalag performs the Danza de los Cuerudos and Danza de los Negritos, Alejandra Hernández sings Oaxacan songs in Spanish and indigenous languages accompanied by Voces y Cuerdas, and Los Elejidos de Asís close the stage program with the Danza de los Diablos at 3:30 p.m. Banda Filarmónica Los Alebrijes and the Calenda Virgen de la Soledad are also on the entertainment lineup.
Families can join free hands-on workshops, including painting papier-mâché calavera masks and making flower crowns, and contribute photographs to the community ofrenda. The museum's bilingual community ofrenda exhibition, "Paths That Remain: Community Ofrendas," will be on view at the museum from October 25 through November 3.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: El Pueblo de Los Angeles 历史纪念区入口资料图，LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes 位于该历史街区内。图：经维基共享资源，CC BY-SA 3.0。 / File photo: the entrance sign of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, the historic district where LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes is located, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
