BeachLife Festival

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BeachLife Festival
StatusActive
GenreMusic festival
FrequencyYearly
Location(s) Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Years active2019 –
InauguratedMay 3, 2019
Website www.beachlifefestival.com

BeachLife Festival is an annual music festival held on the Redondo Beach waterfront in Los Angeles County, California. [1]

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History

BeachLife Festival started in 2019, co-founded by Allen Sanford and Rob Lissner as a celebration of beach culture, recreation and lifestyle. [1] The festival grounds are located at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach. [2]

2019

The first BeachLife Festival was held May 3 to 5 with performances by Bob Weir and Wolf Bros (of the Grateful Dead), Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, and Willie Nelson as well as an acoustic performance by Slightly Stoopid. [1] Other artists that performed include Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse, Jason Mars, Violent Femmes, Everclear, Best Coast, Sugar Ray and others. [3] [4]

2020

The festival was originally scheduled to be held May 1 to May 3 but was postponed to September 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] [6]

2021

Held from September 10 to 12 with performances by Jane's Addiction, Counting Crows, Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley, Cage the Elephant, The Revivalists, Silversun Pickups, Fitz and the Tantrums, Men at Work, The Wallflowers, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Portugal. The Man, Gary Clark Jr., Thievery Corporation, Sugar Ray, Save Ferris, the English Beat. [7] [8] [9]

2022

Held May 13 to 15 with performances by The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Steve Miller Band, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Sheryl Crow, Lord Huron, UB40, Vance Joy, Matisyahu, Cold War Kids, Atlas Genius, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Milky Chance. [10] [11] [12] [13]

2023

Held May 5 to 7 with performances by Gwen Stefani, The Black Keys, Pixies, John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Black Crowes, Modest Mouse, Sublime with Rome, Band of Horses, Tegan and Sara, Kurt Vile and the Violators. [14] [15] [16] [17]

2024

This event is scheduled for May 3 to 5 with a number of notable artists set to perform. [18] [19] [20] [21]

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