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Make Your Mark at the Great Park

Public invited to create mini artworks for exhibition and community event called Great 948.

IRVINE –You are invited to make your mark at Great 948, a community project and art happening that brings the community together to create an installation at the Great Park. The Park is collecting 948 mini artworks from the public, created on 6×6-inch Masonite tiles. The tiles will be displayed at the new Great Park [...]

Great Park Launches New Artists-in-Residence Program

Public Program Begins with Fiber Artist Amy Caterina

September 7, 2011 – IRVINE, California –The Orange County Great Park has announced its inaugural lineup of four Artists-in-Residence: Amy Caterina, Deborah Aschheim, Kevin Kwan Loucks and Suguru Goto. The Great Park Artists-in-Residence program is dedicated to showcasing artists, providing an educational experience for the community and designing site-specific art for the Great Park. The program provides artists with [...]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Wraps Up the Great Park’s Flights & Sounds Summer Festival

Final Weekend of Live Music Festival Begins Friday with BlackMahal Dance Concert

August 30, 2011 – IRVINE, California – The Flights & Sounds Summer Festival culminates with a spectacular weekend finale featuring BlackMahal and the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Not everyone can go to New Orleans, so come to the Flights & Sounds Summer Festival season finale, Saturday night, September 3 when the Great Park brings the [...]

The Del McCoury Band Brings Bluegrass to Flights & Sounds Summer Festival this Weekend

Gospel R&B; group H'Sao performs on Friday; Bluegrass legend McCoury on Saturday

August 23, 2011 – IRVINE, California – The Great Park’s Flights & Sounds Summer Festival launches the fourth weekend of summer dance parties and concerts with rich mix of harmonic soul, R&B and bluegrass music. On Saturday night, August 27, come hear a living legend, Grammy winner Del McCoury and his band, masters of traditional bluegrass music. There are [...]

Great Park Presents Jazz with a Twist at Flights & Sounds Summer Festival this Weekend

August 17, 2011 – IRVINE, California – It’s all about jazz this weekend as the Great Park Flights and Sounds Summer Festival features San Francisco based artists Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Jazz Mafia. Both groups offer a twist on traditional jazz that have ignited festivals across the country. Start out with a swinging Friday night dance party featuring Shotgun [...]

Great Park to Host NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition

Young football fans compete for place in national contest

August 2, 2011 – IRVINE, California – The Orange County Great Park is calling local boys and girls ages 6-15 to showcase their football talents at the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick (PPK) competition on Friday, August 19. The competition is free, but participants must register by Wednesday, August 17. The competition will be held from 11:00 [...]

Lucinda Williams Performs Under the Stars at Free Great Park Concert August 13

Weekend of Live Music Begins Friday with Dance Concert Featuring Nuriya

August 2, 2011 – IRVINE, California – Country rock legend Lucinda Williams will headline the Great ParkFlights & Sounds Summer Festival on Saturday, August 13. Louisiana-born singer/songwriter Williams started out singing blues music. Her 14 Grammy nominations have sprawled across the folk, country, rock, pop and Americana categories. Vanity Fair has described her work as “part Hank Williams, part [...]

Five Weekends of Great Music and Good Times at Flights & Sounds Summer Festival

Tips on getting the most fun out of the Great Park's free music festival

August 2, 2011 – IRVINE, California – Whether the Great Park Flights & Sounds Summer Festival is a family tradition or this weekend will be your first visit to the Park, this major metropolitan and ever-evolving festival offers a unique experience every week. This year, the Park is bigger, the artists are bigger, and these tips will [...]

Great Park 2011 Flights & Sounds Summer Festival Launches This Weekend

Disco August 5; Spend an Evening with Saxophonist Branford Marsalis August 6

August 2, 2011 – IRVINE, California – The Orange County Great Park’s 2011 Flights and Sounds Summer Festival launches its fourth annual dance party and concert season this weekend. The fun begins August 5 with a theme, celebrating the City of Irvine’s 40th Anniversary featuring DJ HAPA, who will kick off the summer Friday night dance parties. On August [...]

Branford Marsalis, Lucinda Williams and Preservation Hall Jazz Band Headline 2011 Flights & Sounds Summer Festival

July 27, 2011 – IRVINE, California – Grammy Award winning jazz artist Branford Marsalis, world-renowned New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Grammy Award nominated Lucinda Williams will headline the Orange County Great Park’s 2011 Flights & Sounds Summer Festival. Five Friday night dance parties and Saturday night concerts celebrate the vitality and variety of American music and the growing influence of Latin American, Middle [...]