Fandangobon Festival 2025

This is not just a festival, it’s a ceremony, an act of interconnectedness and resistance. Rooted in ancestral traditions and guided by cultural and ecological sustainability, FandangObon brings communities together— where music, movement, and memory become medicine. Featuring powerful cultural offerings [hidden] installation by Ofélia Esparza & Rosanna Esparza AhrensLe Ballet Dembaya – Dances from GuineaMottainai Band – Japanese ObonKamau & Asiyah – Sufi Muslim HadrahFandanguerx Community – Son JarochoQueer & Trans Liberation Celebration Okaeri OndoBIMAK Los Angeles – Pilipino Tribal Dance First 10 RSVPs will receive a free FandangObon T-shirt! The next five will be entered into a random drawing for a shirt. Only one winner per email will be given instructions to collect their prize. See you there! 📍 JANM Plaza 100 N Central Ave, LA, CA 90012 📅 9/20/2025 4:00 - 7:00 PM 🎟️ Free • All Ages • Everyone Welcome Great Leap, Inc. projects are funded in part by A Blade of Grass, LA County Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, Artivist Entertainment, Circle of Change, Sustainable Little Tokyo, Society of American Baseball Researchers, and amazing donors like you! More Info below.