Free Concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall: June 26, 2012

Tuesday evening June 26, 2012 the Walt Disney Concert Hall will be offering a free concert preformed by the winners of their Young Artists Competition. This is an incredible opportunity to get inside and experience one of Los Angeles' most intriguing buildings - while enjoying the music of John Williams and Henry Mancini and other familiar movie soundtracks. Looks great - ESPECIALLY for families with kids. 


Thanks to Marla Jo Fisher at the Orange County Register for this information. Here's a link to their website with details. 

NOTE: you need to email or call YAC@laphil.org 213-972-3630 not later than June 14th to reserve your complimentary tickets. However, if you're planning on going, I suggest jumping on this opportunity asap as my guess is that it will fill up. 





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Free Concert (really!) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

One of our first years in Los Angeles, we learned that the Walt Disney Concert Hall would be hosting an afternoon of free, short concerts. Free, really?

Yes, really. OK, this was something we could actually go to - with our kids. We trucked down there Sunday afternoon after church - even found free street parking a block away.

It was crowded, but very manageable.


It was nice to see that there were other families and kids there as well.

This was back in 2007 - our kids were 8 and 5 1/2. We had to wait about 30 minutes to get in, which wasn't bad, but we should have brought a couple more things to keep them engaged while waiting in line (my son was smart and brought his electronic "leapster" game).

Heading inside.

I've seen hundreds of photos of the outside of the building - but never anything with people.


And I've never seen photos of the interior, which was very impressive. The Walt Disney Concert Hall has a strict policy against photography during an actual performance, so I limited to my interior photos to a couple before the concert began.


The concert was relatively short - just 40 minutes - which was perfect for our kids (I don't think our would have lasted much longer than that).

Glad we went. A real "experiencing L.A" opportunity.

Apparently, this is something that's offered every couple years or so, including earlier this month. They also offer free tours of the Concert Hall throughout the year.

Here's some additional information, and photos.

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