Venice Beach Events

I have had lot’s of emails asking me about the California Beach events. I will post the events of the Beaches I love and spend time at.  I would have to say I love Venice Beach, Newport Beach and Santa Barbara so I will try to keep you updated on these Beach events. Next week we will be going to Santa Barbara so I will have much more information and pictures. 

Venice Beach events:

July 31:  Festival of Chariots 1800 Oceanfront Walk

Aug. 13 & 14:  Venice Beach Music Festival  1800 Oceanfront Walk

Aug 20:   Disciples on the Move- gospel music 1800 Oceanfront Walk ATHLETIC – 1800 Ocean Front Walk (the Venice Boardwalk), Venice, Ca 90291

Aug 13 & 14:  Handball- 3 wall big ball doubles tournament

Aug 17-22:  Skateboarding-ASA Girl Jam

Aug 25- 28:  Basketball- ESPN Rise

Sept 5:  Figure and Bodybuilding- Labor Day Championships

Sept. 10 &11:  Paddle Tennis- US Open National Singles

Dec. 10:  Young Professional Society’s Naughty or Nice Pub Crawl to Raise Funds for Innovations Grant

The crawl will make stops at the following Venice Beach venues starting at 2:00 p.m.: Nikki’s – 72 Market Street Danny’s – 23 Windward Avenue Townhouse – 52 Windward Avenue Canal Club – 2025 Pacific Avenue James Beach – 60 North Venice Blvd.

Venice Art Crawl:  Every third Thursday of the month by the Venice Beach Boardwalk, Venice local businesses and residents become pop-up art galleries.  There are parties, live music, themed events and most of all, lots of great art!  http://www.veniceartcrawl.com

First Fridays:  The first Friday of every month the merchants on Abbot Kinney Blvd. stay open late.  There are art openings, grand openings, give aways, complimentary refreshments, food trucks and more.

Every Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   Venice Farmer’s Market.  501 Venice Blvd. CA 90291.  (310) 399-6690

Every Sunday 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.   Santa Monica Farmer’s Market  2640 Main Street.  Santa Monica, CA 90405.  (310) 458-8712

All information from http://www.venicebeach.com/events.php