CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Watts Towers Jazz & Drum Festival?

$693K across 16 payments, September 13, 2017 to June 11, 2026 — 8 purchase orders and 1 vendor, run by Cultural Affairs.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: WATTS TOWERS JAZZ & DRUM FESTIVAL

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 7 fiscal years across 8 separate purchase orders. A single payment in the register shows none of that — the commitment outlives any one order, and the orders are how it gets renewed.

$693KTotal spent
8Purchase orders
1Vendors
100%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$70K
FY2018-19
$63K
FY2019-20
$70K
FY2022-23
$190K
FY2023-24
$100K
FY2024-25
$90K
FY2025-26
$110K

Who was paid

Friends of Watts Towers Arts Center$693K

16 payments

Under which orders

SC30CO22140451M$127K

1 payment · August 2, 2022 to August 2, 2022

SC30CO24144200M$100K

2 payments · September 27, 2023 to March 21, 2024

SC30CO25146253M$100K

2 payments · September 26, 2024 to July 7, 2025

SC30CO26202741M$100K

2 payments · September 26, 2025 to June 11, 2026

SC30CO18129975M$70K

3 payments · September 13, 2017 to November 22, 2017

SC30CO19131825M$70K

3 payments · September 24, 2018 to July 5, 2019

SC30CO20134001M$63K

1 payment · September 19, 2019 to September 19, 2019

SC30CO23141339M$63K

2 payments · September 20, 2022 to September 20, 2022

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Grouped by account_name, the budget line a payment is booked against — populated on every row, and the most useful field for understanding what a payment actually bought. Back to the checkbook.