Kevin Bronson on January 19th, 2017

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Night on Broadway, the one-day festival that drew an estimated 60,000 to historic downtown Los Angeles last year, returns for a third year on Saturday, Jan. 28, with a multi-venue, multi-discipline entertainment lineup headlined by Mayer Hawthorne on the main outdoor stage.

The event, now the flagship of Councilman José Huizar’s “Bringing Back Broadway” campaign, spans seven city blocks and 10 venues (including many of the old halls in the historic theater district) and includes live music, dance, visual arts, food, games (dodgeball, as well as carnival) and kids’ stuff.

In addition to Hawthorne, the highlights of the outdoor stage at Olympic Boulevard include hip-hop vets Rodney-O & Joe Cooley, Las Cafeteras, the Oingo Boingo Dance Party and more.

Besides the big-stage fare — and the fact that the event is free and all-ages, there’s a lot to like about Night on Broadway:

► The historic Orpheum Theatre will host “The Advent of the VJ,” with interviews and demonstrations from prominent Angelenos who do live visuals at music events.

► The Echo’s popular weekly Funky Sole dance party moves to the Globe Theatre with resident DJs Clifton (aka Soft Touch) and Music Man Miles, along with guests.

► L.A.-based IAMSOUND curates an immersive night of music, dance and visual art at the Los Angeles Theatre, including a performance by Minneapolis-bred songstress Morly. Oh, and there’s a secret guest who’ll put a smile on your face and make you dance.

► The ear-bending crew from the internet radio/DJ collective Dublab takes over the Theatre at Ace Hotel for a night of electronic experimentation and visuals.

► Comedy and music commingle at the Palace Theatre, where costumed crazies PPL MVR finish off the night. (There’s a black light art installation too.)

► The Viva! Presents-curated outdoor stage has a crop of emerging artists, highlighted by the not-to-be-missed Thee Commons, along with SadGirl, Post Life and Dent May.

► Just short of its 99th birthday, the Million Dollar Theatre hosts “Recalling the Golden Age (Recordando la Epoca de Oro),” with tributes to Pedro Infante, Antonio Aguilar, Jorge Negrete and José Alfredo Jiménez, along with mariachi, swing, mamba and go-go dance music.

► KCRW DJs do battle in a Silent Disco Sound Clash. Maybe we’ll start a betting line.

► Artist William Close will bring his Earth Harp — featuring 200 feet of strings running from the street to the top of the 12-story Beaux Art State Theatre.

► There’s a dodgeball cage match.

► There’s a Ferris wheel.

There’s more, of course. And because we love giving you set times for things, they are listed below in plain text, subject to change.

Click here for the full schedule for Night on Broadway.

Night on Broadway, 4-11 p.m.

Olympic Stage
4:00-Raul Pacheco and the Immaculate Conception
5:00-Spazmatics
6:00-Las Cafeteras
7:15-Rodney-O & Joe Cooley
8:30-Oingo Boingo Dance Party
10:00-Mayer Hawthorne

Theatre at Ace Hotel
4:00-Sage Caswell
5:00-DJ CAllie
5:30-Cat 500
6:30-DJ Hoseh
7:00-Loscil
8:00-Leech
9:00-Tim Hecker
10:00-M. Geddes Gengras

Orpheum Theatre
4:30-Drew Best (interview)
5:00-Torkim Ji (music) / Michael Strauss (visuals)
5:30-Mike Carson (interview)
6:00-Jake Brennan (music and visuals)
6:30-Jarrett Smith (interview)
6:45-4.4.Zero (music and visuals)
7:00-Raiz / Mekanix
7:30-Brent Bucci & Nathan Leonoudakis of The VJ Collective (interview)
8:00-Cutmod (music and visuals)
8:30-Michael Fullman of VT Productions (interview)
9:00-Origin / G-netic
9:45-UZ

Globe Theatre
4-11:00-Funky Sole Dance Party, with DJs Music Man Miles, Clifton and guests

Los Angeles Theatre
5:00-IAMSOUND Music Video Program
5:30-Sedition Film Program
6:00-Dazed Digital Film Program
6:30-The Sunland Dancers
6:50-Andrew Thomas Huang’s Interstice
7:10-Harriet Brown
7:40-IAMSOUND Music Video Program
8:10-Sedition Film Program
8:40-The Sunland Dancers
9:00-Andrew Thomas Huang’s Interstice
9:20-Morly
9:50-Dazed Digital Film Program
10:20-Secret guest
10:50-IAMSOUND Music Video Program

Million Dollar Theatre
4:20 Cadetes de Linares de Memo Cavada
5:30-Tierra Blanca Dance Co. & Ballet Folkorico Eterna Juventuv
6:35-Mariachi Monumental de America
7:40-Mariachi Monumental de America with Omar Arreola & Lupita Infante
9:00-Tierra Blanca Dance Co. & Ballet Folkorico Eterna Juventuv
9:10-Sonora Santanera La Nueva Sangre
10:00-Tierra Blanca Dance Co. & Ballet Folkorico Eterna Juventuv
10:10-Sonora Santanera La Nueva Sangre

5th Street Stage
4:00-The Altons
4:45-Buffalo 2
5:30-Dent May
6:30-Post Life
7:15-E. Arenas
8:10-Current Joys
9:00-SadGirl
10:00-Thee Commons

Palace Theatre
5:00-Allen Strickland Williams
5:35-David Studebaker
6:20-Kabir Singh
7:25-Drennon Davis
8:25-Bakedi Brendon Small & Steve Agee
9:25-PPL MVR

DTLA Proud Block Party at 4th Street
4:00-JJ Pogo Pope
5:00-The G. Lee Project and Allusia
6:00-Melissa Befierce and Fickle Wish
6:15-DJ Whitney Fierce
7:00-Boulet Brothers and Laganja Estranja
8:00-Meatball
8:30-DJ Josh Peace
9:00-Reach LA
9:45-DJ Mateo Segade
10:00-Big Dipper

Connected Fest
4:00-Lani Love
5:15-Overjoy
6:00-Softest Hard
7:00-K. Roosevelt
7:40-Cocodisco
8:40-Venessa Michaels
9:45-Londonbridge (Space Yacht)

Silent Disco at 9th Street
5:00-Mathieu Schreyer vs. Jeremy Sole
6:30-Valida vs. Travis Holcombe
8:00-Garth Trinidad vs. Aaron Byrd
9:30-Anthony Valadez vs. Jason Bentley