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Festival Of Philippine Arts and Culture (FPAC) returns in person after 5 years with a strong lineup —

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August 11, 2022
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Jeepney picture at FPAC 2016 by Florante Ibanez

SoCal’s longest-running Filipino American custom takes place September 3 at Levitt Pavilion, MacArthur Park LA

LOS ANGELES, CA – FilAm ARTS (The Affiliation for the Development of Filipino American Arts and Tradition) is thrilled to announce the return of  The Competition of Philippine Arts and Tradition (FPAC), the longest-running Filipino cultural celebration in Southern California now in its twenty eighth 12 months, stay and in particular person, September third, from 4 – 10 PM on the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park.

The occasion is FREE and open to the general public.

FPAC 2016 stage Echo Park

The final in-person competition was held at Echo Park in 2017. In 2020, FilAm Arts efficiently produced a three-day digital competition, drawing hundreds of viewers from world wide.

“Since its inception, FPAC has given numerous artists varied alternatives to amplify the voices of Filipino-People and Filipinos within the diaspora. All of us look ahead to having FPAC return in particular person. Kaya natin ito ( We are able to do that),” says Giovanni Ortega, Competition Director.

The Competition (FPAC2022) will characteristic Filipino meals cubicles curated by Usapan and merchandise cubicles curated by SoCal Filipinos, a  ticketed VIP rum/craft beer backyard, a neighborhood pavilion led by Search to Contain Pilipino People, The freshly-named Tony Ringor Senior Pavilion, Youngsters’s Pavilion that includes Filipino storytelling with youngsters’s books on the market from Philippine Expressions Bookshop, a vaccine clinic offered by LA County, a DWP Cellular Water trailer offering free ingesting water to scale back plastic waste on web site, Sari-Sari artwork set up by artist Francis Gum and a fleet of Toyota’s new automobiles.

FPAC 2022 headliner Ruby Ibarra

This 12 months’s headlining artist is Ruby Ibarra, rapper, music producer and spoken phrase artist.  The record of mainstage performers embody cultural performances, Rondalla Membership of Los Angeles , Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine People Arts, Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts, Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble, new Filipina band, Pinay Voltron, Acapella group Filosophy, Headband Andy, Ella Jay Basco, Kajo, Kiana V, Q-York, Mica Javier, JayR, Ylona Garcia, Ez Mil, DJ Joel Quizon, Les The Dj and DJ CherishTheLuv.

An acoustic stage within the Rum Backyard/VIP Tent will characteristic Melody of LA indie rock band The Mellowdees and extra. The Balagtasan/ Poetry stage will likely be curated by Arianna “Girl B” Basco of Palms Up Academy. FilAm Visible Artists additionally create a residing memorial to honor our neighborhood members who we’ve misplaced to COVID this previous few years in partnership with AF3IRM, Los Angeles.

“Levitt Los Angeles shares the beliefs that by celebrating the cultural range of our metropolis we are able to create extra linked communities and strengthen the social cloth of Los Angeles,” says Allison Keating, Government Director of Levitt LA. “That’s the reason we’re excited and honored to host the FILAM Arts Competition of Philippine Arts and Tradition (FPAC) and may’t wait to see everybody on the historic MacArthur Park.”

“We’re excited to have FPAC again in particular person.  In true competition custom, we proceed to highlight a powerful lineup of Filipino and Filipino American multidisciplinary artists and distributors,” mentioned Giselle Tongi-Walters, FilAm ARTS Government Director.

The twenty eighth  Competition of Philippine Arts and Tradition (FPAC) is offered in partnership with the Levitt Pavilion, California Arts Council, Division of Cultural Affairs of Los Angeles, Toyota, Division of Well being and Human Companies, Kumu, Nationwide Asian American Coalition, Island Pacific Seafood Market, Warner Brothers Discovery Entry and Magnolia. Neighborhood companions for FPAC2022:Abante are Usapan, SoCal Filipinos, Resort Indigo, and Search to Contain Pilipino People.

Comply with @filamartsla on Instagram and Fb for the newest updates. Official Hashtag #FPAC2022

The Annual Competition of Philippine Arts & Tradition (FPAC) was first conceptualized in 1990 as a part of the Metropolis of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Division’s Festivals Program, an arts program designed to deal with the multicultural constituency of the town. .

Apl de Ap of the Black Eyed Peas | Photograph by Florante Ibanez

Organized by about 100 artists and neighborhood leaders, the primary FPAC came about at Los Angeles Metropolis Faculty on Mom’s Day, Could 14, 1992, the place 3,000 individuals braved the aftermath of the L.A. riots that occurred the week earlier than. Since then, FPAC has solely grown stronger and larger, shifting to Cabrillo Seaside in 1994, then to Pt. Fermin Park in 2001 and to Echo Park in 2017.

FilAm Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group based mostly in Los Angeles that advocates for FilAm and Pilipino tradition by connecting individuals by means of facilitating arts and tradition programming in order that our cultural identification could also be correctly represented, embraced, preserved for future generations.

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles makes stay music accessible to all, creating stronger and extra linked communities whereas celebrating the range of our metropolis and past.

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