The truth is that existence wants your life to become a festival … because when you are unhappy, you also throw unhappiness all around.
—Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
The human spirit craves more than a good meal and a roof overhead. That’s why there are festivals celebrating comic book characters, clowns, mermaids, drag queens. . . . Here, people’s true selves are set free and you sense that the magenta wigs, the red, thigh-high boots and the watergun bow-ties are the normal attire and the business suit is the costume.
The Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California, United States
Amber Rose Slut Walk, 10/1/2016, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California, USA
Marines, Saint Patrick’s Day Parade 2012, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America
China Town, Chinese New Year Parade, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (2013)
The artist Carmelita at the 31st ANNUAL Kingdom Day Parade (honoring the memory and work of Dr. Martin Luther King) Presented By Congress Of Racial Equality Of California (CORE-CA) Adrian Dove, Parade President and CEO Monday, January 18, 2016, Los Angeles, CA Parade Starts Western Ave and MLK Blvd
2017 Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, California, USA
Ballona Festival, Culver City, Los Angeles, California
Ballona Festival, Culver City, Los Angeles, California
Day of the Dead festival, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California, USA 10/28/17
New Beat Fund band performing at the Teragram Ballroom, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA 5/11/2017
Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 10/29/2016. Hollywood, California, USA
“Serendipity”, a circus performer at 2017 Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, California, USA
Anime Festival Los Angeles Convention Center
Blessing of the Animals, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Calfornia, USA
Samba dance float at the 31st ANNUAL Kingdom Day Parade (honoring the memory and work of Dr. Martin Luther King) Presented By Congress Of Racial Equality Of California (CORE-CA) Adrian Dove, Parade President and CEO Monday, January 18, 2016, Los Angeles, CA Parade Starts Western Ave and MLK Blvd
The Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California, USA
A Samba instructor at the 31st ANNUAL Kingdom Day Parade (honoring the memory and work of Dr. Martin Luther King) Presented By Congress Of Racial Equality Of California (CORE-CA) Adrian Dove, Parade President and CEO Monday, January 18, 2016, Los Angeles, CA Parade Starts Western Ave and MLK Blvd
2015 Day of the Dead – aka Dia de los Muertos – Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California, USA
olden State Tattoo Expo
2016 West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval, Los Angeles, California
Aztec Ritual Dancer, Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 10/29/2016. Hollywood, California, USA
Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival, Long Beach, California, USA
Festival, Arts District, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Barbeque stand, Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona Fairplex, Pomona, California, USA
Doo Dah Parade
2017 Golden State Tattoo Expo, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, California, USA
2017 Hare Krishna Festival of the Chariots – 8/6/2017 – Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
Culver City Centennial celebration parade, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 10/29/2016. Hollywood, California, USA
2013 Gay Pride Parade, West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival, Long Beach, California, USA
Korean “Samurai,” Korean Festival – October 4, 2015 – Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California, USA
Steampunk fashion on cosplay weekend at 2017 Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, California, USA