Spiritual LA Yearly Calendar of Events

05 Aug Spiritual LA Yearly Calendar of Events

In addition to traditional religious holidays, Spiritual L.A. celebrates the following. For exact dates, check Facebook or other Events Calendars:

Spring

Annual Chumash Day Powwow at Malibu Bluff Park, 2 days, free to all

Blessing of the Animals – the Saturday before Easter Sunday on Olvera Street

The Sunrise Passion Play Service at Vasquez Rocks, Easter morning or the afternoon before, a fully enacted story of the crucifixion

Shaktifest – (kirtan festival) Memorial Day Weekend

Summer

Summer Solstice Ceremony at Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation

Fall

World Peace Pilgrimage to Mount Baldy – held in the fall

The Festival of the Chariots at Venice Beach (Hare Krishna parade), 1^st Sunday in August, 40,000 participants, upward of 20,000 are fed free meals

Bhaktifest – (kirtan festival) Labor Day Weekend

Dia de Los Muertos – Mexican celebration “Day of the Dead,” around Halloween

Winter

Winter Solstice Ceremony at Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation