BeachLife Nights to debut in October
By Garth Meyer BeachLife Festival organizers have announced BeachLife Nights, taking place Oct. 18-19 at Seaside Lagoon, a reggae-adjacent and barbecue event featuring Michael Franti, Spearhead and The English Beat, among six other acts. Chef Curtis Stone of West Hollywood’s Gwen restaurant and butcher shop will host a barbecue-tasting behind the main stage each night […]
Wind cuts short BeachLife, aftermath swirls
by Garth Meyer BeachLife Festival co-founder Allen Sanford and staff are at work this week in the aftermath of Sunday’s cancellation of the last three hours of the three-day music expo due to high winds. Sanford talked to Easy Reader Wednesday about how decisions were made that day, what the reaction has been and what […]
Browning, Kings, recognized at BeachLife Awards gala
The BeachLife Festival weekend began a few days early, on Wednesday May 1, with a performance by Pepper at the 2nd Annual BeachLife Festival Evening by the Sea Philanthropy Gala held at the PortoFino Hotel. Filmmaker and former pro surfer Greg Browning was honored with the BeachLife Charger Award, which recognizes individuals who have “stoked” […]
BeachLife remainder canceled due to wind
The BeachLife Festival was shut down due to high winds Sunday evening, May 5, with ZZ Top pulled off of the Low Tide stage about 5 p.m. and a delay announced. Near 7 p.m., organizers released the following statement: It is with great sadness that we must cancel our programming at BeachLife this Sunday […]
‘Lookin’ out my back door’
BeachLife’s fourth edition establishes a tradition by Gavin Heaney The cold doldrums of winter were dispelled this weekend as the cursed marine layer finally broke open and the heavens poured sweet sunshine back upon us. The first notable south swell also rolled in, bringing the sand bars back after a long, strange absence. Coincidence or […]
BeachLifer – Local notes from the festival
by Gavin Heaney Coming of age surfing the south side of the Manhattan Beach pier, I wished The Grateful Dead would perform at the Roundhouse while I pulled into translucent tubes. I wanted to live in a Rick Griffin rock poster. I moved only for the wild twisting transportive thrill of riding waves and improvised […]