Arts & Entertainment

ALL MY FRIENDS: New Music Festival Coming To DTLA

The best of hip-hop, R&B, and dance music will be headlining: RL Grime, Gucci Mane, Jhene Aiko, M.I.A., Jamie XX and Armand Van Helden.

SANTA MONICA, CA – ALL MY FRIENDS, a new music festival coming to downtown Los Angeles this summer, has announced its headliners for the two-day event on August 18 and 19. On Saturday, headliners will be RL Grime, Gucci Mane, and Jhene Aiko. On Sunday, headliners will be M.I.A., Jamie XX and Armand Van Helden.

ALL MY FRIENDS is a new entertainment brand from music event producer LiveStyle, and the festival will focus on hip-hop, R&B, and dance music. RL Grime will bring the trap, Gucci Mane the rap, and Jhene Aiko will perform sections from her 2017 R&B album "Trip." Rapper and political agitator M.I.A. will make her Los Angeles festival performance in support of her recent album "AIM," and two legendary house music producers will perform: Armand Van Helden and Jamie XX, who made his name as a house music producer as one part of the band The XX.

ALL MY FRIENDS' inaugural festival will be situated in the heart of downtown Los Angeles at ROW DTLA, a creative space and shopping district, according to the press release. An industrial backdrop of Los Angeles' former major produce market has been upgraded with gardens, trees, and plazas, making it a unique location for the festival. Outside festival grounds, fans can take in shopping, restaurants and 30,000 square feet of incredible murals painted by local artists throughout the facility, the press release said. More information can be found at https://rowdtla.com/.

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Tickets for the music festival, held on August 18 and 19 in Downtown Los Angeles, are on sale now at www.amfamfamf.com.

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