Festivals Los Angeles
January
Tournament of Roses
nearly a million people watch marching bands and floral floats in this annual New Year's Day parade. Following the parade is the annual Rose Bowl Game. This famous parade takes place in Pasadena, beginning at 8 AM. The game starts at 2 PM.
Call (626) 449-4100 for more information.
Rose Bowl Flea Market
Visit one of the larger flea markets in the world, at the Rose Bowl Stadium, on the second Sunday in January and every month thereafter. Admission is $7.00, children under 12 are free.
Call (626) 577-3100 for more information.
February
Whale Watching
Many viewing excursions are available at the Los Angeles city harbor, as the gray whale makes its migration from Alaska to Baja, during the whole month of February.
Call (310) 548-6279 for more information.
Chinese New Year
Watch the hand-painted dragons and floats along North Broadway near North Spring Street in Chinatown, in mid-February.
Call (213) 617-0396 for more information.
Firecracker 5K/10 Run
This foot race begins in Chinatown each year in mid-February, and benefits the Need 2 Read Literacy Program.
Call (323) 256-1363 for more information.
March
City of Los Angeles Marathon
Run or walk some or all of the 26 mile course through Los Angeles, beginning at 8 AM in front of the new Disney Hall on the first Sunday in March, stop to listen to one of the live bands along the way, or enjoy a healthy beverage and get your blood pressure tested.
Call (310) 444-5544 for more information.
Academy Awards
The Hollywood Motion Picture Academy Oscars ceremony, around the third week in March. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau can give you the best directions and advice as the event approaches.
Call (213) 624-7300 for more information.
Blessing of the Animals
The Los Angeles version of the Spanish Catholic Feast of St. Anton, where Los Angeles residents bring their poodles, pot-bellied pigs, snakes, ferrets and other exotics to receive the blessing, on the last weekend in March.
Call (213) 628-7164 for more information.
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