A packed schedule for Eric Garcetti’s inauguration ceremony today

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti and his wife, Amy Wakeland, attended Sunday morning services at First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the city and a regular stop for local and national politicians.

Garcetti’s inauguration ceremony is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on the Spring Street steps outside City Hall. It’s only ceremonial: Garcetti was officially sworn in Friday by City Clerk June Lagmay, and a power shift won’t take place until midnight Sunday, when termed-out Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially leaves the post.

The public ceremony will start with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Lily Newman, a fifth-grader at Porter Ranch Community School.

There will be musical performances by Moby, Afghan American singer Ariana Delawari and two-time Grammy winner Melanie Fiona.

Oaths will be taken by City Atty.-elect Mike Feuer (administered by California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris), City Controller-elect Ron Galperin (administered by state Controller John Chiang) and eight city council members, six of whom are newly elected.

Next will come the mayor-elect’s oath. Yusef Robb, Garcetti’s chief spokesman, said Garcetti didn’t want to be sworn in by “a guy in a robe .... He said, ‘Let’s find someone who represents who I work for and what the city is all about.’”

That person will be Kenia Castillo, a Westlake eighth-grader who attends Luther Burbank Middle School in Highland Park. The mayor-elect met her when her mother, a janitor, was striking for better wages, and she went on to volunteer in his campaign, Robb said.

Ticket holders will be able to watch from bleachers on Spring Street or stand in a reserved section of the adjacent park.

After the oaths and speeches, the focus will shift to an entertainment stage in Grand Park just south of Broadway. DJ Canyon will kick things off, followed by L.A.-based acts Buyepongo, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Jungle Fire and Moonlight Trio.

Food trucks and carnival booths sponsored by Two Bit Circus will be on hand.

The public can enter at 1st Street and Broadway, with gates opening at 5 p.m. Garcetti’s staff is warning that parking will be limited and that people should arrive early.

To avoid traffic, people can take the Red Line subway to the Civic Center station, which has an exit near Grand Park.

Broadway and Spring have been closed between 1st and Temple streets since Friday night. Both streets will be reopened Monday morning.

The cost of the inauguration party is still be tallied and will be paid by donors to Garcetti’s transition fund. Contributors have given $120,000 so far, including a dozen people at the $10,000 maximum, according to records provided by aides to City Controller Wendy Greuel.

Donors include Warner Bros. Chief Executive Barry Meyer, philanthropist and investor David Bohnett and San Pedro businessman Jayme Wilson, who unsuccessfully ran for city council in 2011. One $10,000 donation came from Fire Commissioner Steven Fazio, who also gave to Greuel, Garcetti’s opponent in the mayoral race.

Another donor is Kenneth Sampson, who serves on the North Valley Area Planning Commission. Like Fazio, he also contributed to Greuel’s campaign. Other San Fernando Valley contributors include former Police Commissioner Herbert F. Boeckmann and his wife, Jane Boeckmann.

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