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Get Out: Venice Summer Fest, Wanderlust Yoga In The City, Global Soul
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Stretch: Wanderlust Yoga in the City is a community gathering on the Third Street Promenade offering a free public yoga party with top LA instructors Hala Khouri, Shiva Rea, Kia Miller, and Tommy Rosen and tunes by GlobeSonic DJ Fabian Alsultany and Steve Gold. BYOMat. Noon-5:00 p.m.
Sing: Tonight is Global Soul at the Hollywood Bowl, "In a celebration of soul music from around the world, musical director Rickey Minor, Stevie Wonder and guests take us on a tour of soul sounds across cultures, genres and generations…our final stop is a 40th-anniversary tribute to Marvin Gaye’s classic album, What’s Going On." 7:00 p.m.
Sand: Zombies, food, live music, hundreds of vendors, thousands of wanderers, lots of weirdness and likely sunburn await you at Venice Beach Summer Fest. 1800 Ocean Front Walk, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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