Iconic LA beachfront primed for brand-new new music festival as sprawling concert zone revealed

Venice Beach is getting a massive new music festival — with organizers planning to turn its iconic boardwalk and beachfront into a sprawling concert destination.The two-day 1905 Fest is slated for fall 2027, promising five music stages, more than a dozen bars and plenty of food vendors along one of Southern California‘s most recognizable stretches of coastline.The festival is the brainchild of Sam Meyers, a former director of BeachLife Festival, who says the event will pay tribute to Venice’s colorful history and the vision of its founder, Abbot Kinney.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “Named for the year Venice was founded, 1905 Fest celebrates that legacy with a new two-day festival of music, art, and culture on its iconic coastline,” the festival’s website states.“Welcoming longtime Venetians, new neighbors, old friends, and everyone in between to be part of its next chapter.”Meyers said the concept is rooted in his “interpretation of what Venice was founded on: having fun and building community.”The sprawling event would be centered around Windward Plaza, near the famous Venice Skatepark and Boardwalk, extending onto the sand where Windward Avenue meets the Pacific Ocean.Renderings posted to the festival’s website show a concert footprint stretching across both the beachfront and nearby streets, with five stages planned for the weekend.Organizers are also envisioning a free fan zone along a temporarily closed street, giving local businesses an opportunity to attract festivalgoers, according to the Westside Current.The musical lineup is expected to lean toward indie dance and psychedelic rock, although no performers have been announced.Meyers, who has lived on the Westside for nine years and in Venice for eight, said he hopes to revive s...