Chinatown Summer Nights, July 1: Lauren Ruth Ward, Color Caves, YIP YOPS and more

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Lauren Ruth Ward
Lauren Ruth Ward

Vocal dynamo Lauren Ruth Ward — along with Color Caves, the new band from Django Stewart (ex-Nightmare & the Cat) and Dash Hutton (ex-Haim), and Coachella veterans YIP YOPS — will perform on the LA Weekly Live Music Stage at the first Chinatown Summer Nights of 2017, on Saturday, July 1.

In all, seven bands will play starting at 5 p.m. on the Live Music Stage, including Long Beach’s Bobby Blunders, folk-rock quartet Livingmore, indie-rocker Liv Slingerland and alt-pop duo Lovers & Poets.

Chinatown’s Live Music Stage (and its craft beer garden) this year moves across street to Mandarin Plaza, at 970 N. Broadway.

The KCRW DJ Stage in Chinatown’s Central Plaza will features sets by Jason Bentley (10 p.m.) and Aaron Byrd (8 p.m.).

Chinatown Summer Nights, which continues Aug. 5 and Sept. 2, also boasts restaurants, culinary demonstrations, an eating competition, arts & crafts and all the sights usually associated with the district’s experience. The Live Music Stage is curated by Buzz Bands LA.

The nights are free and all-ages.

Find the Facebook event page here.

Below, the Live Music Stage set times:

5PM: Lovers & Poets
6PM: Liv Slingerland
7PM: Livingmore
8PM: Bobby Blunders
9PM YIP YOPS
10PM: Lauren Ruth Ward
11PM: Color Caves