Saturday, June 01, 2013
Presented by: Old Pasadena Management & Playhouse District

Make Music Pasadena
Make Music Pasadena, Southern California’s largest FREE musical celebration, returns on Saturday, June 1… mark your calendars! The festival is held throughout Downtown Pasadena and is the only free music festival booking Grammy award winning and internationally known artists. From 11:00am until 11:00pm, Downtown Pasadena is transformed into a musical playground where every conceivable genre of music is played. Alleys, courtyards, building lobbies, and other unconventional performance spaces become spontaneous musical stages and social gathering places.

Check back for as the date nears for the line-up and schedule.

Free and open to the public
Stages throughout Downtown Pasadena
11:00am – 11:00pm
http://www.makemusicpasadena.org
(626) 356-9725

Enjoy a special afternoon of fine tastings from the favorite local restaurants, great live music, silent and live auctions and so much more. This event is presented by the Rotary Club of South Pasadena. Proceeds will benefit local South Pasadena non-profit organizations working to make a real difference in the community.

Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week 2013

Old Pasadena’s finest restaurants, bars, and lounges offer extended food and drink specials all week long! Happy Hour Week runs March 1-15, 2013. From $1 martinis at Equator, $2 beers at Pita Jungle, and $3 gourmet sushi at Sushi Roku and Kabuki, Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week offers something for everyone.

For a Google map of all participating venues, scroll down. Download the completeHappy Hour Week schedule PDF for easy reference.

See what yelpers say about Old Pasadena restaurants by visiting yelp.

Live Music Schedule

Enjoy live music with your Happy Hour! No cover charge for concerts, but reservations are recommended.

• Friday, March 1, and  Saturday, March 9 at 10:00pm – Live DJ at Crème de la Crepe.
• Sunday, March 3, at 7:00pm – Jamila Ford at Vertical Wine Bistro
• Friday, March 8, at 8:00pm – Salt Petal at Crème de la Crepe
• Friday, March 1; Thursday, March 7; Sunday, March 10; and Thursday, March 14 at 7:00pm –  Live music (TBA) at POP Champagne & Dessert Bar

Special Event Schedule

• Friday, March 1, at 7:00-10:00pm – Wine & Poetry Night at The Majestical Roofwith Ricardo Acuna and David Strother on electric violin; complimentary event.
• Monday, March 4, at 6:30pm – Heaven Hill Distilleries Night at The Blind Donkey: Meet Heaven Hill manager Andie Brokaw, who will be leading a whiskey tasting and demo.  $6 whisky flights with three Heaven Hill produces: Evan Williams single barrel, Bernheim, and Rittenhouse.

Go Metro

Go Metro and save 15% on your bill at Bar Celona during Old Pasadena Happy Hour Week. For more details, click here. Metro provides Bus and Rail transportation to Old Pasadena until 2:00am on Fridays and Saturdays. For your best route or more info, visit the Metro Trip Planner or call (323) Go Metro or (323.466.3876).

ArtNight Pasadena
Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. Last fall, 14,000 people experienced the excitement of ArtNight!

Venues in or adjacent to Old Pasadena:

Alliance Française de Pasadena
Christophe Deluy was born and learned the colors in Provence. He traded the French hills for the summit of the San Gabriel mountain, eyes in the sky.

Armory Center for the Arts
Connie Samaras: Tales of Tomorrow, a photographic survey, features the social and economic construction of “future imaginaries” and the variable membrane between fiction and real world.

Lineage Performance Art Center
Lineage Dance joins Chris Pierce to bring the healing power of dance and music together in an exciting, soul-stirring live performance.

Norton Simon Museum
Enjoy the opening night of “monument” on the survival of Mrs. Reppin: An Artwork by Dan Flavin, as well as centuries of masterpieces on permanent view.

Pasadena City Hall
City hall is the hub for all the ArtNight shuttles, as well as a site of lively musical entertainment.

Pasadena Museum of History
I Do! I Do! Pasadena Ties the Knot, spotlights the wedding dress as icon of social customs, featuring 35+ vintage gowns from 1860 to 1950.

FOOD TRUCKS

Some of LA County’s favorite food trucks are coming to ArtNight. As part of the GiveBack Program Partners, 10% of ArtNight sales from food vendors will be donated to future ArtNight event.

Free Shuttles
Free shuttles will loop throughout the evening with stops at each venue. Park at any one venue and ride to the others. Click here for the complete Shuttle Map. Click for each route: Central, North, West, and East.

ARTS Bus
Pasadena ARTS Route 10 runs along Colorado and Green St. until 8 PM. Find scheduling information at cityofpasadena.net/artsbus.

Metro Gold Line
Go Metro and receive special offers at various places. For more details, visit www.metro.net. Metro provides both bus and rail transportation to Pasadena till 2AM on Fridays and Saturdays. For your best route or more info, visit the Metro Trip Planner or call (323) Go Metro or (323.466.3876).

ArtNight Bicycle Tour
For more information, visit cicle.org.

Free and open to the public
Participating arts venues
6:00 – 10:00pm
http://www.artnightpasadena.org
(626) 744-7887 (Hotline)