Ocean Way Festival Canceled After Hurricane Marie Erodes Santa Monica Beach — SkimNews
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- Ocean Way Festival was canceled after Hurricane Marie caused significant beach erosion from storm surf and runoff, with the City of Santa Monica officially scrapping the event announced on September 11.
- The two-day festival had been scheduled for September 26–27 with The Killers and Olivia Dean as headliners, alongside Jack White, Sublime, Alvvays, Khruangbin, Durand Jones & The Indications, and Hiatus Kaiyote.
- Organizers said plans are already underway to bring the festival back to Santa Monica in 2027, and confirmed that refunds are being processed automatically with no action required from ticket holders.
- Additional artists on the canceled lineup included SG Lewis, 54 Ultra, Hot Chip DJs, DJ Harvey, Austin Millz, Vandelux, Heidi Lawden, Blond:ish, Poolside, Carlita, Good Neighbours, Coco & Breezy, Nala, and Erez.
- The LA Jazz Festival, an inaugural event featuring John Legend and Janelle Monáe at Dockweiler Beach, was separately canceled in August and postponed to 2027, citing public safety and municipal permitting costs.
Why it matters: This marks the second high-profile inaugural L.A.-area music festival canceled in 2025, after the LA Jazz Festival's August postponement to 2027 — leaving ticket holders refunded and a notable gap in SoCal's beach festival calendar heading into fall.
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