2026 Grand Opening Doubleheader Tickets
October 17, 2026 @ 9:30AM — 5:30PM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Manzanar National Historic Site: 5001 Highway 395 Independence, CA 93526 Get Directions
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Manzanar Baseball Project's Grand Opening Doubleheader
The Manzanar Baseball Project is a compelling sport-meets-art initiative produced by Great Leap and spearheaded by its Artistic Director Dan Kwong. It is dedicated to preserving the legacy of baseball at Manzanar, one of the ten major concentration camps where innocent Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII. Through its doubleheader event on Manzanar's restored field, Great Leap recognizes the powerful role of baseball as an expression of community spirit, a symbol of resilience, and a way of reclaiming American identity for incarcerated Japanese Americans.
Manzanar National Historic Site was the first of ten major Japanese American internment camps constructed in the early months of 1942. Located in the Owens Valley 225 miles north of Los Angeles, Manzanar held over 10,000 Japanese American people. Throughout the ten camps over 120,000 people, most of them American citizens, were imprisoned without due process of law in the largest mass incarceration in United States history.
Wartime incarceration devastated Japanese American communities, but one aspect of pre-war life they were able to hang on to was baseball. Even through incarceration their passion for the game remained strong. The National Pastime took on powerful symbolic meaning, and the baseball diamond became a sacred space to enact a quintessential American ritual.
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To attend this historic event, please select "register" and provide all requested information. We request that guests reserve no more than three (3) tickets to ensure that we are able to host as many participants as possible.
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If you are able, please donate to the Manzanar Baseball Project! Your support will help Great Leap produce the Grand Opening Doubleheader this October on Manzanar's restored ballfield!
We have two donation categories:
- General Production (choose your donation amount)
- Guest Seat Donation ($15-50 sliding scale, based on your ability to donate)
Thank you for your support of this historic event!
Look for livestreaming info in the coming month - watch the doubleheader free, in the comfort of home! More info at mzbbp.org.
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For photos and more, check out mzbbp.org and Greatleap.org
To follow Dan Kwong's journey with the restoration process https://www.instagram.com/manzanar_baseball_project/