Santa Monica’s upcoming inaugural Ocean Manner Pageant has been canceled, present organizers confirmed Friday, citing Hurricane Marie’s impression on the seashore that was to host the occasion.
“Storm waves and runoff have induced vital seashore erosion and the pageant can now not proceed safely as deliberate,” the pageant stated in a social media submit on Friday, simply two weeks earlier than the pageant was scheduled to kick off. “We had been very excited to spend a weekend collectively on The Seaside, however we will let you know that plans are already within the works to carry the pageant to Santa Monica in 2027! Refunds are processed routinely and no additional motion is required in your half. Please enable a couple of enterprise days for the refund to look in your account.”
Goldenvoice, the distinguished live performance promoter behind Coachella, first introduced Ocean Manner in July, unveiling an eclectic two-day lineup together with The Killers, Olivia Dean, Jack White, Chic and Khruangbin, amongst others. Situated proper on the seashore close to the Santa Monica Pier, organizers labored carefully with the Metropolis of Santa Monica, which had adopted Ocean Manner as town sought to revitalize itself.
As Ocean Manner acknowledged in its launch, the pageant is already embarking on a plan to carry the pageant to fruition in 2027, though it didn’t embrace any particulars on the time of publication on when that may happen or what the lineup would appear to be.
The cancellation of Ocean Manner displays the continuing challenges that extreme climate poses to the stay music sector. Bonnaroo, for instance, introduced final month that it might not happen in 2027 after the pageant confronted a number of years of weather-related challenges; someday of the 2025 pageant was canceled as a result of a storm, whereas the third day of this 12 months’s occasion was additionally delayed as a result of extreme climate.