Los Angeles Event Planning

Event planning in Los Angeles can seem difficult, but with the right kind of help, it isn’t too hard. Whether you’re planning a wedding or a business party, there are people that can help you plan, venues that will provide what you need, and caterers that can give you just the kind of food that you’re looking for.  If you’ve never really planned an event in Los Angeles before, here are some great tips that can get you started:
Tip #1: Catering. 
Make sure you’ve got the right kind of catering for your event.  More formal events will require more formal catering, and you may even want to consider a banquet hall for these events.  Banquet halls are all over Los Angeles, and they can provide you with a lot of different services, including a plated service or a buffet service.  Other catering services can help you for different kinds of events like weddings and business parties.

A stroll down Hollywood Blvd

The 101 Hollywood Freeway takes you to Hollywood. To go to Hollywood and Highland you exit on Highland Avenue, which will take you straight to H&H.....the very heart of Hollywood.

Zimmer Children's Museum

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Location: 6505 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Phone: 323-761-8998

www.zimmermuseum.org

Public transportation: Metro Bus line 20 & 21

This is a place for fun! You can fly an airplane, drive an ambulance, put on costumes and act in a theater or be a chef in the Cafe.

The Nethercutt Collection

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Phone #: 818-364-6464

The Nethercutt Museum
15151 Bledsoe Street Sylmar CA, 91342

The museum is selfguided Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am-4:30pm

The Nethercutt Museum showcases more than 130 of the worlds greatest classical, vintage and special interest automobiles. You can actually view various Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance winners and cars owned by movie stars and other notable personalities. It also houses an automotive reaserch library and archive, and outside fo the museum is a perfectly restored steam locomotive

Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

No food or beverage allowed. Bottled water is ok.

The Nethercutt Collection
15200 Bledsoe Street
Sylmar, CA 91342

The Collection is available to view by guided tour only. Tours are avilable Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10:00am-1:30pm

The Collection is a four floor exhibit of restored antique, classical automobils, a c
ollection of automobil mascots, antique furniture, clocks and watches in addition to one of the worlds finest collections of Mecahnical Musical instruments.

Children under 10 are not allowed.

No food or beverage is allowed. Bottled water is ok.

Universal CityWalk Blockparty

Free entertainment every night of the summer through August 30th, including free outdoor movies. www.citywalkhollywood.com
Citywalk offers dining, popular sores and some places that serve alcohol like Hard Rock Cafe but it's mostly focused on dining and shopping.

Los Angeles Film Festival

Date : June 17-27, 2010.
Location: Various locations.
Phone #: 1-866-345-6337 www.lafilmfest.com

Showcases independent cinema, screening narrative features, documentaries, shorts and music videos.

The website offers a lot of info about various things from parking and dining information, to hotel and travel. And of course the tickets.

Pupusa Festival, Los Angeles

Date: June 19, 2010
Location: MacArthur Park
Phone # 818-734-2744

Salvadorian food, music, exhibits and games.

Mariachi USA Festival

Date: June 19, 2010
Location: Hollywood Bowl.
Phone #: 1-800-627-4224; hollywoodbowl.com

21st annual Mariachi Festival.
Mariachi bands with ballet folklorico and a spectacular fireworks finale.

4 1/2 hours of non stop Mariachi music

Catalina Island Flying Fish Festival

Date: June 3 -6, 2010
Location: Various locations
Phone # 310-510-1529 www.catalinachamber.com

Taste Around Avalon, Casino Ballroom dance, flying fish boat tours, entertainment, kayak relay races, live touch tanks, kid's activities, nature talks, and a parade.

Rodeo Drive, Concours d'Elegance, Car Show

Date: June 20, 2010
Location: 300 and 400 block of Rodeo drive
Phone # 310-858-6100

Every fathers day this event takes place On Rodeo Drive. More than 100 exotic cars will be on display.

 Has been named one of the “300 Unmissable Events & Festivals Around the World" by top travel publisher Frommer's.

Sunset Ranch Hollywood

A really nice horse facility right underneath the Hollywood sign. It offers day rides, night rides and a great sunset dinner ride as well as birthday parties!

Day ride: To Mt. Hollywood with panoramic views of all of LA.
1 hour $ 25 per person.
2 hours $ 40 per person.
Evening rides: Saturday Night Sunset Ranch BBQ. 2 hour tour with music, food and fun. $ 85 pr. person.
Sunset rides: $60 pr. person.
Dinner Ride to Viva Fresh: 4 hour round trip to Viva Fresh Mexican restaurant in Burbank. $ 105 for the first person. $ 75 for each additional person.

Sunset Ranch sits at the top of Beachwood Dr. in the Hollywood Hills.
Phone: 323-469-5450
Fax: 323-461-3061
e-mail: info@sunsetranchhollywood.com



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California Science Center

700 State Drive-Exposition Park
Los Angeles, CA 90037
Hours: daily 10am-5pm
Web: http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/
Phone: 323-724-3623
Parking: $6.00. Entrance at Figueroa and 39th Street. Metered parking on Exposition Blvd.
Public transportation: Metro Bus lines 81 & 381
DASH lines F and Southeast.

Free if you get CalWORKs or Food Stamps.

The California Science Center has over 100 hands-on exhibits that make science learning fun, memorable and easy to understand for the whole family. Special exhibits, films and events means there’s always something new to see and experience.

Travel Town Museum

Travel Town Transportation Museum
5200 Zoo Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90027
Operations: (323) 662-5874

Open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

It is closed Christmas Day.
During pacific daylight time, the weekend hours are extended one hour.

Admission is free.

• Miniature Trainride
• Recreation and picnicking with picnic tables and barbecues.
  
• Two of Travel Town historic passenger cars are avialable for Birthday parties
• Museum Collection

Los Angels Live Steamers Railroad Museum

5202 Zoo Drive
Los Angels, CA 90027
(323)661-8958

Local club with free public rides offered on their live steam scale motor trains.

Sunset Strip Music Festival

September 10-September 12, 2009
Time: 2-9pm.
Location: Street festival between Doheney Drive -San Vicente Boulevard

A tribute to rock legend Ozzy Osbourne will kick off the three-day festival.
Saturday will feature a daytime street fest with outdoor stage performances before the clubs open up for night performances. Cat Club, House of Blues, Key Club, The Roxy Theatre, Viper Room and Whisky A Go-Go will host music lineups.

The Mondrian Hotel will also host a VIP cocktail event on Saturday.

Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills

Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills
6300 Forest Lawn Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90068

Park Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. during DST)
7 days a week
Business Hours:
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
some of the things you can see at Forest Lawn- Hollywood Hills

• Beautiful landscape and a collection of American architecture and artworks that honor our country.

World's largest historical mosaic, The Birth of Liberty.


Reproduction of Michelangelo's Moses in white Carrara marble. The horns on Moses' head are due to a misinterpretation in the Bible of Michelangelo's day. The word "shone" in Exodus 34:29 was mistranslated as "horned." Thus, Michelangelo read, "And Moses knew not that his face was horned," rather than "his face shone."







Lincoln Terrace with a 10-foot high statue of Abraham Lincoln
by Augustus St. Gaudens, and a panoramic mosaic depicting key events of Lincoln's life.
Christ in the Garden, by Donatello Gabbrielli, located in the Garden of Prayer.

The Plaza of Mesoamerican Heritage










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Forest Lawn Glendale

some of the things you can see at Forest Lawn-Glendale include:

• Replicas of Michelangelo's work David
• La Pieta
• Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper re-created in stained glass; it is displayed every half-hour, 9:30 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.
• Two of the world's largest paintings The Crucifixion and The Resurrection
• Original bronze and marble statuary, rare coins, valuable 13th century stained glass, old world architecture
• The entrance gates are the largest wrought iron gates in the world.
• The Signing of the Declaration of Independence a mosaic reproduction of the painting by John Trumbull. With 700,000 pieces of Venetian glass tile,it is three times the size of the original.

Forest Lawn-Glendale 1712 S. Glendale Avenue
Glendale, CA 91205
Email:
info@forestlawn.com

Park Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. during DST)
7 days a week

Business Hours:
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday

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Paramount Ranch

Paramount Ranch Road (off Cornell Road),
Agoura Hills, CA. / (818) 597-9192

You can sometimes watch location shooting at Paramount Ranch. It was owned by Paramount Studios, but is now a public park, still used as location for filming. Admission is free.

The popular TV series, "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (starring Jane Seymour) was filmed by CBS at the ranch. Unfortunately Dr. Quinn's cabin was torn down after the show was canceled, along with the church, schoolhouse, blacksmith's forge and the Chateau Springs Hotel sets. Dr. Quinn's clinic is still there, and so is the barbershop, the bank and the train depot, as well as other buildings which preceded Dr. Quinn, such as the mercantile, newspaper office, the saloon, sheriff's office, etc.

For directions and more information about the ranch, see the separate webpage about the history of the Paramount Ranch.

Madame Tussauds Hollywood

6933 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028, Next to the Grauman's Chinese Theatre!
Open daily at 10:00AM
Admission Price: General admission: $25.00 Children (4-12 years old): $18.00 Seniors (60 years+): $18:00 Kids 3 and under are free

Gives you a unique journey through the glamor and elegance of Hollywood, where you can interact with your favorite celebrities without ropes or barriers. Creates a memorable guest experience. Three floors and 18 themed zones.

Farmers Market Summer Music Series

Lasting through september, free concersts.
Jazz on Thursdays, Various music genres on fridays. Starts at 7pm.

Where: Farmers market Fairfax ave.