A fundraiser for the Automobile Driving Museum will transform El Camino College’s parking lot into a drive-in theater on Saturday,Sept. 19, where a live musical performance will occur.
The event is actually part of Summer Swing Nights, which has typically invited crowds of swing fans and classic car aficionados to the museum’s industrial space in El Segundo.
But the third annual event, founded by musical events producer Aaron Jacobs, will have a twist because of the coronavirus pandemic: It will be socially distanced for those who attend and it will be live-streamed to abide by the county’s health orders.
Summer Swing Nights: Drive-In Edition will begin at 7 p.m. at El Camino College, near Torrance, and will feature the Swing Tones & the Swing Tonettes, plus a few guest performers and a seven-piece big band. (The live-stream broadcast will begin at 6 p.m.)
“COVID-19 safety and protection comes first – for our audience as well as our performers,” Jacobs said in a statement. “Our performers do not rehearse in closed spaces, but only outdoors in a backyard. We are regularly getting screened for COVID-19 and have instilled a moratorium on any and all social events beginning two weeks prior to our show.”
The Automobile Driving Museum was founded in 2002 by car collectors Stanley Zimmerman and Earl Rubenstein, and features around 130 classic and vintage automobiles.
Saturday’s event — which costs $50 to $100 — will help raise money for the museum.
Jacobs, when figuring out how to put on Summer Swing Nights, looked at how the NBA created an isolation zone at Walt Disney World, in Florida, to keep its players and others safe as they finish up the basketball season. So, Jacobs said, he created a musicians’ bubble in Los Angeles.
“When we perform, we will be on a very long stage,” he added, “without any double stacking to keep us all very safe.”
If you go
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19
Where: El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., near Torrance
Cost: $50 to $100
More info: automobiledrivingmuseum.org
