They usually play at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium but this is the third year of doing the MLK Day concert at the SGI Auditorium at 6th and Wilshire. That’s one of their chandeliers in the photo, and some low strings.
The SGI Auditorium is a central meeting place for worldwide Nichiren Buddhists. They’re the “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” guys.
Here’s a quote from one of their websites: “Buddhism is practiced to make one’s prayers and dreams come true and to achieve the greatest possible happiness. The purpose of Nichiren Buddhism is to enable one to realize victory. The fact that prayers are answered proves the correctness of this teaching.”
Goes to show how flexible Buddhism can be…One thing about this group though is that they have no clergy which has to be better than the alternative.