{"id":11257,"date":"2013-05-10T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/chinatown-summer-nights-returns-this-summer-with-a-fresh-lineup-of-food-art-and-music\/"},"modified":"2013-05-10T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T09:22:00","slug":"chinatown-summer-nights-returns-this-summer-with-a-fresh-lineup-of-food-art-and-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/05\/chinatown-summer-nights-returns-this-summer-with-a-fresh-lineup-of-food-art-and-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Summer Nights Returns This Summer With A Fresh Lineup Of Food, Art And Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Billed as one of\u00a0Los Angeles&#8217; best summer events, Chinatown Summer Nights returns to iconic Los Angeles Chinatown for three incredible nights of immersive music, art, performances, food and more.<\/span><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>The fourth annual Chinatown Summer Nights presented by the Chinatown Business Improvement District and KCRW 89.9 FM is part food event, part summer party and all fun. Adding upon the success of last year&#8217;s event, CSN is coming back for a total of three events through the summer on\u00a0<b>June 15<sup>th<\/sup>,\u00a0July 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and\u00a0August 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0from\u00a05 p.m. to midnight.<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0June 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0date coincides with Los Angeles Chinatown&#8217;s historic 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Year Anniversary, which will be celebrated during Chinatown Summer Nights.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Event producer Chinatown Business Improvement District will bring another unforgettable series to Chinatown, with DJs from acclaimed\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0public radio station\u00a0<b>KCRW (89.9 FM and KCRW.com)<\/b>\u00a0providing the soundtrack. A unique component of Chinatown Summer Nights is its large outdoor dance floor where festival goers can dance all night long under the beautiful neon backdrop of Chinatown&#8217;s Central Plaza.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In additional to the DJ\/dance floor component, LA Weekly will present another installment of great music featuring a fresh crop of bands performing live on the LA Weekly music stage;\u00a0Kevin Bronson\u00a0of Buzzbands LA curates the lineup.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Attendees will get a chance to taste the many culinary offerings of Chinatown through Iron Chef-style cooking competitions; eat at local restaurants serving authentic Chinese and Asian cuisine; enjoy curated local microbrews at the outdoor craft beer garden and nosh on LA&#8217;s best gourmet food trucks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>These events are perfect for all ages, from hands-on cultural workshops to great shopping at the LA Craft Experience market, featuring local designers and artists, and at unique Chinatown shops and boutiques.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This event is free and open to all ages. Bike racks and plenty of street and lot parking available. Metro patrons: take the Gold Line and exit at Chinatown Station. Map it: 943-951 N. Broadway,\u00a0Los Angeles, 90012 in Central and West Plazas. For more information visit\u00a0<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.chinatownla.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chinatownla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.chinatownla.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.chinatownsummernights.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chinatownsummernights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.chinatownsummernights.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billed as one of\u00a0Los Angeles&#8217; best summer events, Chinatown Summer Nights returns to iconic Los Angeles Chinatown for three incredible nights of immersive music, art, performances, food and more. The fourth annual Chinatown Summer Nights presented by the Chinatown Business Improvement District and KCRW 89.9 FM is part food event, part summer party and all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}