Join us Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 2:00–6:00 PM at Los Angeles State Historic Park for Clockshop’s Kite Festival, returning for our sixth year.

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This all-ages, family-friendly cultural festival brings together diverse communities in Los Angeles through the art of kites and a day of joyful connection in this important public green space. Clockshop invites attendees to participate in free arts workshops, enjoy live music and dancing, and meet local community organizations to learn about their work in the nearby neighborhoods. 

Every year, Clockshop’s Kite Festival breathes joy into our city—filling Los Angeles Historic Park and the sky above it with color and connection. This year’s festival is organized around the theme Take a Breath. We invite you to celebrate the invisible force that makes this community tradition possible: the wind that lifts our kites, the air that sustains us, and the open sky we’re committed to protecting. Come out to fly kites, make art, explore community resources, and honor air and breath: the rhythms that connect us to each other and to our city. 

Clockshop will present two new commissions as part of our annual artist commission program. Artists Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader will unveil an inflatable sculpture that continues their collaborative practice of addressing the complexities of communication in signed and spoken languages. Francisco Ramos, this year’s commissioned kite artist and two-time kite competition winner, will create a design that reflects on the meditative nature of our park spaces, realized in the style of a Guatemalan barrilete.

For the third year in a row, a kite competition will take place, inviting attendees to compete for the best handmade kite, judged by kite masters. Meet us at the stage for the kite competition winners announcement, a cumbia dance lesson with King Dance, and then stay to put your new moves into action with a set by Azucar LA.

This year, we are excited to share that the winners of our youth category will each receive a free week of Rediscover Center’s Summer Camp where young makers spend their days learning, tinkering, and building in a fully hands-on makerspace using upcycled materials ($600 value! non-transferable).

PLANNING YOUR VISIT
Transit
Metro recommended. Gold Line to Chinatown station — short walk to the park. Located 1 mile from Union Station, accessible from several Metro routes.

Bike
Ample bike parking available. Group rides welcome.

Parking
Very limited. Two paid lots on a first-come, first-served basis (~$20 flat fee). Please use transit, rideshare, or street parking if you’re able-bodied and not accompanying young children — reserve close spots for families with strollers and guests with limited mobility. If parking on the street, avoid residential streets to the south and east of N. Main Street.

Restrooms
Portable restrooms available on site. Main park restrooms will be closed during the festival.

Accessibility
The park is flat and paved — stroller and wheelchair accessible.