UPDATE (JUN 22 2022): TICKETS FOR SATURDAY EVENT ARE NOW SOLD OUT
Due to an overwhelming response, the event has now reached max capacity (15,000).
RSVP ticket holders will be guaranteed entry on Saturday July 9th from 2:00pm until 6:00 pm, so plan to arrive early.
After 6:00 pm, ticket holders and walk-ups will be asked to wait in line and will be allowed into the event as bridge space allows.
Missed out? Then Sunday might be for you. See below for Sunday information on how you can access the Viaduct.
The Sixth Street Viaduct is Opening!
JOIN US FOR A TWO DAY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION!
The $588 million Sixth Street Viaduct, the largest bridge project in the history of Los Angeles, will open to the public for a two-day community celebration on Saturday July 9th and Sunday July 10th!
Saturday’s event features live music, food trucks, market, vintage car display and more.
The night concludes with fireworks and the official lighting of the bridge.
Headlining band is OZOMATLI!
Sunday is for bikes and walkers!
SCHEDULE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS
Saturday July 9 2022 - Pedestrians only
2:00 p.m. - Gates open
4:00 p.m. - Music starts
10:00 p.m. - Viaduct closes
NOTE! THERE ARE NO LONGER TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY'S EVENT.
However, anyone without a ticket is welcome to get in line at 5:00 p.m. After 6:00 pm, ticket holders and walk-ups will be allowed into the event as bridge space allows. (maximum capacity for bridge is 15,000 people). Ticket holders are guaranteed entry up until 6:00 p.m. (Max capacity is 15,000 people).
Print out your ticket or download it to your phone.
ENTRANCE
Enter on the eastside of the Sixth Street Viaduct in Boyle Heights at Boyle Avenue and Whittier Blvd. Metal detector and screening required.
Sunday July 10 2022 - Bikes and Pedestrians only - No ticket needed
11:00 a.m. - Gates open
4:00 p.m. - Viaduct closes
7:00 p.m. - Viaduct opens to cars
ENTRANCE
Enter on both sides of the Sixth Street Viaduct. Pedestrians are asked to stay on the sidewalks. Bikes have access to all driving lanes.
SATURDAY FEATURED ACTIVITIES TO CHECK OUT
100 YEARS OF CARS
When you enter from Boyle Heights, celebrate LA’s motor vehicle history by checking out an array of vintage vehicles and the culture of the low and the slow - LA’s Lowrider scenes.
A CELEBRATION OF FOOD TRUCK CULTURE
The intersection between food and wheels has driven culture in Los Angeles since at least the 1930s. Join us to celebrate the LA street food culture by sampling a wide array of tasty treats.
A CELEBRATION OF MARKET CULTURE
Highlighting the diverse creative talent of our city, with a focus on Boyle Heights and the Arts District, vendors have been carefully selected with an emphasis on handmade arts and crafts, including gourmet condiments and delicacies representative of the local community.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
OZOMATLI
Named after the Aztec monkey god of dance and passion, Ozomatli play a unique mix of salsa, hip-hop, reggae, rock, merengue, funk and more. Formed in Los Angeles in 1995, they have since gained a reputation as the hottest live band on the west coast, traveling worldwide to great acclaim, known for their riotous and high energy live shows. They play Latin brass and percussion versions of everything from old James Brown tunes to current rap hits to the theme from Sesame Street! Ozomatli inspired Carlos Santana to describe them as ‘the future of music’ when they opened for him in 1999.
LA SONORA DINAMITA
La Sonora Dinamita is a Mexican and Colombian musical group that plays cumbia, a Tropical music genre popular throughout Latin America. As one of the first Cumbia groups to reach international success, it is credited with helping to popularize the genre throughout Latin America and the world. The original orchestra was formed in 1960 in Cartagena de Indias under the direction of bandleader Lucho Argaín. It disbanded in 1963, but was re-formed in 1975 under the direction of Julio Ernesto Estrada "Fruko" Rincón, the artistic director of the Discos Fuentes record label. In 1981 the group released its first successful recordings, such as the classic "Mi Cucu." While the group's lineup has changed, it has always featured a strong female vocalist to accompany its ten-piece brass instrumentation.
BUYEPONGO
Buyepongo, originally founded in 2008 as a folkloric cumbia band, is a Los Angeles-based quintet that makes contemporary pan-Latin music in the style they intriguingly call“buyangú” — an eclectic but cohesive mezcla of global beats and spicy flavors influenced by their California home base as well as the band members’ travels to Central and South America. Appropriately, Buyepongo loosely defined means to ‘cause a ruckus’ and this merry band of musical noisemakers does exactly that, deploying a bewildering array of riff-heavy sounds and expertly blended influences that work equally well in intimate or modest settings as they do in front of large festival audiences or at cultural and municipal institutions.
EL TRISTE AND LA SMILEY
Puppetmaster Cain Carias, a protege of The Bob Baker Marionette Theatre, learnt the craft of puppeteering from Bob Baker himself. Working with a friend and dollmaker, Ms. Reyes Arte, together they collaborated to create El Triste and his ‘girlfriend’ LA Smiley. While billed as ‘The saddest clown in Los Angeles’ El Triste brings joy to the streets to be enjoyed by young and old alike.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Tongva lands and islands were traditionally ruled by autonomous village-states, knitted together by kinship, language and culture.
We recognize this event is being celebrated across the Los Angeles River, known to the Tongva as Paayme Paxaayt(West River), on sacred lands within the villages of Yaangna (Downtown Los Angeles and East LA) and Apichianga (a smaller village straddling the river and stretching into the Flats of Boyle Heights).
We acknowledge the Tongva, Kizh, San Gabrielino and neighboring nations. We pay our respects to their Elders - Past, Present and Emerging.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Tongva lands and islands were traditionally ruled by autonomous village-states, knitted together by kinship, language and culture.
We recognize this event is being celebrated across the Los Angeles River, known to the Tongva as Paayme Paxaayt(West River), on sacred lands within the villages of Yaangna (Downtown Los Angeles and East LA) and Apichianga (a smaller village straddling the river and stretching into the Flats of Boyle Heights).
We acknowledge the Tongva, Kizh, San Gabrielino and neighboring nations. We pay our respects to their Elders - Past, Present and Emerging.