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The annual free celebration on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center is about to make
Downtown L.A. merry and bright with the official lighting of the city’s 50-foot Christmas tree, a holiday marketplace and festivities! The public festivity features special performancesby locally based musicians and ensembles and—for the first time in the lighting ceremony’s history—art-making activities and a marketplace featuring artisans and
vendors selling their wares to spur Angelenos into the holiday spirit of giving and
sharing.
The plaza will become a winter wonderland, complete with snow flurries, holiday eats and complimentary hot chocolate for everyone to enjoy. Members of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and The Music Center’s Executive Vice President of TMC Arts Josephine Ramirez will offer holiday greetings before lighting the towering 50-foot Christmas tree.
This year’s ceremony will be emceed by Telemundo 52 weather anchor Marcos Mora.
WHEN: Monday, November 27, 2023
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
WHO*: Speakers:
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Fifth District
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Fourth District
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, Third District
Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Second District
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, First District
Josephine Ramirez, Executive Vice President of TMC Arts, The Music Center
Marcos Mora, Telemundo 52 Weather Anchor and Ceremony Emcee
Musicians:
ADDERLEY Advanced Conservatory
Mariachi Hecho en Mexico
Valley Christian High School Handbell Choir
Marketplace Artisans Curated by South Gate Museum and Art Gallery:
Annabella’s Candles
David Martinez Art
Guez Art
Oli Artesana
Spoon Fed Pets
WHERE: Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012
VISUALS:
• Wondrous lighting of 50-foot Christmas tree on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music
Center, embellished with man-made snow flurries
• Holiday performances by L.A.-based singers and musicians
• Uplifting holiday messages provided by members of the L.A. County Board of
Supervisors and The Music Center’s Executive Vice President of TMC Arts
Josephine Ramirez
• Angelenos and visitors of all ages enjoying tree lighting ceremony, delicious cups
of hot chocolate, holiday eats, art-making activities and shopping at the event’s
first-ever holiday marketplace
