High Dawg Leisure will return to Nickerson Gardens in Watts, California, on December 18 and 19 for the twelfth Annual TDE Vacation Charity Live performance and Group Celebration. The 2-day occasion continues a practice that has turn into a cornerstone of the vacation season for residents, bringing music, assets, and pleasure to one in all Los Angeles’ most underserved communities.
This 12 months’s celebration begins December 18 with the Vacation Charity Live performance, adopted by a full neighborhood giveback and toy distribution on December 19. Offered by High Dawg Love the Youngsters, a 501 3C launched in 2023, the occasion displays TDE’s longstanding dedication to uplifting the neighborhood that helped form its rise.
Final 12 months’s gathering drew greater than 10,000 attendees. It distributed over $750,000 in toys, clothes, and different necessities, because of contributions from companions together with Wasserman, Reside Nation, Amazon Music Rotation, RCA Information, Converse, and the Los Angeles Rams. The occasion additionally featured a job truthful in partnership with HACLA’s Watts WorkSource Heart, providing on-site employment alternatives with organizations devoted to reentry help.
The 2025 live performance will function performances from the total TDE roster: SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Doechii, Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Ray Vaughn, Ab-Soul, Zacari, and Kal Banx, together with particular friends. Previous shock performers have included Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Glorilla, A$AP Ferg, and others. Entry is granted by way of donations of unwrapped toys, clothes, footwear, or different objects for native households.
The Group Giveback will embody complimentary actions resembling toy distribution, raffles, youth sports activities, picture installations, a snow expertise, free barbering, and on-site job alternatives. Sponsors this 12 months embody Jakks Pacific Toys, Crimson Bull, UGG, Nike, Common Music Group, and extra.
