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HIGHWAYS

Performance . Dance . Music . Film . Visual Art

UPCOMING
EVENTS

  • Coin & Ghost - The Naughty List: A Ghostmas Burlesque Catastrophe
    Coin & Ghost - The Naughty List: A Ghostmas Burlesque Catastrophe
    Dec 12, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    Ho Ho Holy shit, Coin & Ghost is at it again: it’s time for THE NAUGHTY LIST (A Ghostmas Burlesque Catastrophe)! Why? Because performative nudity is our favorite holiday tradition (second favorite, if you count “ate so many cookies I threw up”).
  • 2025 International Nihilist Film Festival
    2025 International Nihilist Film Festival
    Dec 20, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Santa Monica, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    Bringing you the weirdest short films from around the world for over 25 years. Produced by Elisha Shapiro.
  • From Emmett Till to SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art
    From Emmett Till to SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art
    Feb 20, 2026, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    This special Highways benefit is Vol. III of its famed Emmett Till performance / visual arts series that marks both Black History Month’s 100th Anniversary and The U.N.’s World Day of Social Justice.
  • Resonance Collective - SAMĀ
    Resonance Collective - SAMĀ
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Mar 06
    Mar 06, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    Inspired by transcendental spiritual practices from around the world, SAMĀ is a multidisciplinary piece that explores the trance state through voice, percussion, live-electronic processing, dance, and projections.
  • Resonance Collective - SAMĀ
    Resonance Collective - SAMĀ
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Mar 07
    Mar 07, 2026, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    Inspired by transcendental spiritual practices from around the world, SAMĀ is a multidisciplinary piece that explores the trance state through voice, percussion, live-electronic processing, dance, and projections.

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About
HIGHWAYS

Highways Performance Space is Southern California’s boldest center for new performance, film and visual art.

In its 36th year, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages radical artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative new works. Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms.

 

Our mission is to develop and present innovative performance and visual artists, promote interaction among people of diverse cultural backgrounds and engage artists and the communities they serve in cross-cultural dialogues about social, cultural and artistic issues.

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Parking

Free parking is available on site

at the 18th St. Arts Center.

CONCESSIONS

Food and Drinks available for all events, 

and can be taken into the event space.

CONTACT US

ADDRESS

1651 18th St.

Santa Monica, CA 90404

EMAIL

admin@highwaysperformance.org

TEL

310-453-1755

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FUNDERS

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supported, in part, by the

Los Angeles County Board
of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.

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