Pasadena Elks Lodge 672 is throwing a Western-themed party for its 125th anniversary, and five local nonprofits will split the proceeds.
The outdoor festival runs 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the lodge's Colorado Boulevard home, 400 W. Colorado Blvd. The event features live music, food tents and trucks, a mechanical bull, a classic car show and roping games, as first reported by Pasadena Now.
Five acts are on the music lineup. Maurice Smith & the Magnolia Outlaws blend outlaw country and Delta blues, and electric violinist Ginny Luke brings credits that include work with the Foo Fighters and Stevie Wonder. DJ Manu Seve, Dusty Bojangles & the Shooting Breeze and South Pasadena native Cole Gallagher, an Americana singer-songwriter, fill out the bill.
Proceeds will go to Ronald McDonald House Pasadena, Door of Hope, Altadena Girls, Pasadena Humane and Villa Esperanza Services, organizers said.
Door of Hope, based in Pasadena, shelters families facing homelessness. Altadena Girls, founded by then-14-year-old Avery Colvert after the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, supports teen girls through crisis.
Villa Esperanza Services, started by a group of Pasadena mothers in 1961, serves children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Ronald McDonald House Pasadena provides housing for families of children receiving medical care. Pasadena Humane operates an animal shelter and wildlife center on South Raymond Avenue.
Eight food vendors are scheduled. Deluxe 1717, El Patron and Foothill Restaurant will run tents on site. Five food trucks are also booked: Fire & Wood Catering, John Que's Smokeout, 8E8 Thai Street Food, Flaming Grain and Handel's Ice Cream.
The festival will also have a Bandero Tequila bar, three specialty drink bars, a VIP tent, cornhole and a staged jail for photos.
Caltech Employees Federal Credit Union is the event's official sponsor. Keck Medicine of USC is the charity sponsor.
Chiara Tellini, the lodge's external events chair, is the contact for more information and can be reached at 626-437-7350.
The lodge was chartered in July 1901 and has been a fixture on Colorado Boulevard for more than a century. Architect Myron Hunt designed the Neoclassical Revival building, which was completed in 1912, according to a city landmark report.
Architects Cyril Bennett and Fitch Haskell added a ballroom in 1928. The lodge counts more than 1,000 members and has a long history with the Rose Parade, entering its first motorized float in 1921.
