Community Corner
'Make Music L.A.' Prepares for Second Annual Celebration
The festival consists of simultaneous concerts being held on the same day.
It’s time to make music L.A!
The second annual “Make Music L.A.,” or MMLA, event is just weeks away, and venues in both Hollywood and Silver Lake will be participating.
The festival consists of simultaneous concerts being held on the same day, June 21, which is the first day of the summer and the longest day of the year.
The event is the brainchild of Dorsay Dujon, who first read of the festival taking place in New York a few years ago. She thought bringing it to Southern California would be a perfect fit for the area given the fact Los Angeles is the entertainment capital, she said.
"It just seemed like such a natural event for us to have, and everyone in the entire county can participate," said Dujon, founder and executive director of MMLA. “And it takes in the diversity of our city."
Since then, Dujon has recruited a team of people to help orchestrate the event, including on-air radio personality LeRoy Downs who serves as president of the MMLA Board.
As part of the event, musicians will have an opportunity to perform at a variety of venues from downtown to the Sunset Triangle Plaza and Ripley’s Believe It or Not, among others.
More than 70 concerts were performed around the city last year, according to Dujon.
"It’s really something that people do embrace," Dujon said. "It’s wonderful, and we hope every year it continues to grow."
To find out more about "Make Music L.A." or to sign up as a venue or to perform, visit MMLA online.
