Coachella Organizers’ Ocean Way Festival Canceled Due to Hurricane Marie
The Killers and Olivia Dean had been slated to headline the Santa Monica fest’s inaugural edition
The inaugural Ocean Way Festival, organized by Coachella's host Goldenvoice, has been canceled due to beach erosion caused by Hurricane Marie. The Santa Monica event, originally slated for the final weekend of September, was to feature headliners The Killers and Olivia Dean. However, the City of Santa Monica decided to cancel the festival two weeks before the scheduled date after "storm surf and runoff" damaged areas including the planned location between Santa Monica Pier and Bay Street.
Goldenvoice has announced plans to relaunch the festival next year. Santa Monica City Council member Dan Hall expressed concern over the rapid erosion of the beach near the Sandbox event space, which is also experiencing sinkholes and home evacuations due to the rising surf linked to Hurricane Marie. The hurricane is part of the catastrophic Super El Niño weather pattern, which results from human-caused global heating.
Other artists that were set to perform at Ocean Way include Jack White, Khruangbin, Alvvays, and Sublime.
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