By STEVEN HERBERT | City News Service
LOS ANGELES — What organizers bill as the West Coast’s largest free New Year’s Eve event will be held Sunday at Gloria Molina Grand Park with a collection of global music artists and performers and an all-female lineup of DJs.
Gloria Molina Grand Park’s NYELA will begin at 8 p.m. and encompass the six blocks that comprise the park.
The Countdown Stage, hosted by DJ Sizzle in the park’s Block 4 between Broadway and Spring Street, will open with the salsa funk, boogaloo and cumbia band La Verdad with a special performance by salsa dancer Stephanie Stevenson, known as “The Princess of Salsa.”
A performance by the solo reggaeton singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist La Doña will follow.
In the final act of the evening, the music and dance ensemble Extra Ancestral will present a performance combining afrobeat, jazz, reggaeton and African dance, followed by the park’s countdown-to-midnight art spectacle projected on City Hall.
The Get Down Stage, located in the park’s Block 2 between Grand Avenue and Hill Street, will be hosted by CALI 93.9 personality Carolina Marquez. The first DJ on the stage will be Latin Vinyl DJ Linda Nuves, followed by baile funk DJ duo Mango & Ginger.
ERICALANDIA will spin electronic dance music from 11:15 p.m.-12:30 a.m., with an interruption from 11:55 a.m.-12:05 a.m. for the midnight countdown art show.
The celebration will also include installations in the park by the multimedia artist Cassandra Carrillo and games and activities from the PlayLA Youth and Adaptive Youth Sports Program presented by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks.
“Light bites” and desserts will be available for purchase from more than 30 of Los Angeles’ favorite gourmet food trucks.
Alcohol is not permitted and will not be sold. Coolers, foldable or metal chairs, unsealed or open beverage bottles with liquid including water, selfie sticks, firecrackers, drones and unleashed…
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