BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach goes from blowout to blown out
by Kevin Cody Billy Gibbon’s long red beard was blowing so hard in the wind Sunday evening when he took to the LowTide stage at the BeachLife Music Festival that it looked like he might sail away. Half an hour later he did, along with his ZZ Top bandmates. Several thousand fervent fans dancing in front of the stage were shocked by the abruptly aborted set. They were protected from the wind because the LowTide Stage faces the Seaside Lagoon, which is underwater except during BeachLife, when the saltwater is drained. ZZ Top fans were protected from the high winds that the stage was exposed to. Photo by Chris Miller Winds were gusting at up to 40 miles per hour, prompting the Redondo Beach Fire Department to pull ZZ Top off the stage, and moments later to order the fans to evacuate. “When the crowd heard the reason, no one protested. Multiple exits were opened and within 20 minutes everyone was gone,” said Chris Miller, who was photographing ZZ Top for Easy Reader. Initially, the evacuation was thought to be temporary. Noticed posted on BeachLife’s social media after the Redondo Beach Police and Fire ordered the fans to evacuate. Photo by Chris Miller “Out of an abundance of caution…
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