Festivals

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.

Marines, Saint Patrick’s Day Parade 2012, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America

2017 Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, California, USA

New Beat Fund band performing at the Teragram Ballroom, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA 5/11/2017

Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California, USA

Midsummer Scream Halloween Festival, Long Beach, California, USA

2013 Gay Pride Parade, West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA

“Serendipity”, a circus performer at 2017 Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, California, USA

Burning Man Festival, Black Rock Desert, Nevada

Ballona Festival, Culver City, Los Angeles, California

Blessing of the Animals, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, Calfornia, USA

The Doo Dah Parade, Pasadena, California, USA

Aztec Ritual Dancer, Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 10/29/2016. Hollywood, California, USA

Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 10/29/2016. Hollywood, California, USA

Culver City Centennial celebration parade, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA

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

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

Festival, Arts District, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

China Town, Chinese New Year Parade, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (2013)

Day of the Dead festival, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California, USA 10/28/17

2017 Hare Krishna Festival of the Chariots – 8/6/2017 – Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA

Ballona Festival, Culver City, Los Angeles, California

Korean “Samurai,” Korean Festival – October 4, 2015 – Koreatown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 10/29/2016. Hollywood, California, USA

2015 Day of the Dead – aka Dia de los Muertos – Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California, USA

Steampunk fashion on cosplay weekend at 2017 Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, California, USA

Amber Rose Slut Walk, 10/1/2016, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California, USA

Doo Dah Parade

olden State Tattoo Expo

Anime Festival Los Angeles Convention Center

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