Dance the Night Away Under the Summer Sky: Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park + Donna Summer at the Hollywood Bowl = Kids Off The Couch

MacArthur Park has had a storied history in Los Angeles, and continues to rank as one of our city's landmarks. The Park, first built in the 1880s and named for General Douglas MacArthur, received worldwide fame when Donna Summer, in her 1978 hit, bemoaned in an ode to love that "someone left the cake out in the rain." For "bad girls" from the disco generation, Donna is making a two-night appearance at the Hollywood Bowl on August 22 and 23 Click here for a link to purchase tickets.

MacArthur Park, however, is not just the stuff of music legend. It is clean, green and ready for prime time with its amazing FREE Levitt Pavilion's Target Children's Music Nights, every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm. When we took in a concert, parking was a breeze and the setting was intimate enough for everyone to spread their picnic blankets with a full view of the stage. The rest of the summer boasts a cool variety of global music -- from Chinese acrobats to kick off Olympic weekend (8/10), to rap, reggae and calypso version of Father Goose (8/17), there's plenty to keep the kids tapping their toes through September. Click here for the August and September schedule.

Whether your beat is more "Bad Girls" or "Father Goose," dance the night away with outdoor music before the summer is over. And cover that cake, just in case of rain!

Fantasia & Fantasia 2000 + Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park - Target Children's Night

How do you solve the problem of antsy kids in a heat wave? The coolest thing we can think of is to spend an evening under the stars, listening to live music with your family. Kids Off the Couch is proud to be the media sponsor of Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park - Target Children's Night, a free series of outdoor concerts running from Sunday, July 7 to Sunday, September 7 at MacArthur Park.

With programming that is as culturally diverse as our city, these concerts will open your family's ears to musical traditions from around the globe -- come see how One Night in Africa turns the pavilion into an African village, enjoy mimes and tumblers from the Beijing Opera, experience a dinosaur puppet show, attend a Youth Talent night and hear music folk tales from Latin America. Significant sponsors are supporting the second year of this exciting series at MacArthur Park, including Target, Sony Pictures and Bank of America. To get your kids ready for an evening under the stars, screen Fantasia or Fantasia 2000 and you'll be amazed at how naturally they respond to Walt Disney's inspired blending of animation and classical music.

Click here to go to our website to read the full adventure, pick up some tips on "why it's worth it", music from fantasia, parking, and more. Also, please visit the Blog afterwards and share some buttery kernels of wisdom that you may have discovered.