By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Jimmy Kimmel is building a house in the Los Angeles beach city of Hermosa Beach that he purchased in 2018 for $8 million. And it's not on The Strand. Instead, it appears to be – gasp! – east of Pacific Coast Highway at about 4th or 5th Street and is at least three bedrooms with pool. Kimmell, popular talk show … [Read more...]
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Smackfest 2023 & Hermosa Beach Volleyball Classes Dates
Smackfest, the wild and crazy costume event and part-time beach volleyball tournament, has its date set for 2023. Put on by Smackfest Events, the organization also has beach volleyball classes, leagues and another tournament, as well as a kickball class on its 2023 schedule. Here is a breakdown of each event with dates and signup information. • Smackfest 2023 The date … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Elections City Council Candidates
By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger PubClub.com is not a political site. That is why you never see articles on political topics, ripping or supporting any particular politician and why I never have to apologize for some stupid politically-motivated social media post. It is, however, a lifestyle website. So when I received a message from a local business owner asking … [Read more...]
I Had Breakfast At Scotty’s On The Strand Hermosa Beach And Here’s What I Thought Of It
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger It had been so long since I went to Scotty's On The Strand in Hermosa Beach, CA, that I could not remember the last time I ate there. I don't really have a reason for not going there, other than the fact that it's "always there and I can go there anytime" that so many of us say about so many things close to us. I do … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Smackfest Still At Its Peak After Nearly 30 Years
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com You know how it is, you go to a big-time party event that's been going on for many years and say to your friends when it's now just so-so, "well it's not as good as it used to be anymore." We all have that t-shirt. Or you go to an event that you've heard about for years, only to be disappointed in it. When you mention this to some random … [Read more...]
AVP Hermosa Beach 2022 Beach Volleyball Tickets & All You Need To Know
Pro beach volleyball is back in one of the hotbeds of the sport, Hermosa Beach, with the 2022 AVP Hermosa Beach Open. The event is July 8-10 south of the HB Pier and it comes on the heels of the Fourth of July weekend, making Hermosa one of the hottest places to be at any California beach to start July. This marks the return of the tournament after it being absent the past … [Read more...]
Smackfest Events Spring Fling Review, Photos & Video
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger Another great event! I could end PubClub.com's review of the Smackfest Events Spring Fling – a unique combination of beach volleyball with a beer, wine and spirits festival held on the sunny and sandy grounds of Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, CA – right there. And then let these photos and video finish the … [Read more...]
The Spring Classic Beer & Wine Festival Redondo Beach Date & Ticket Information
The fine and fun folks of Smackfest Events are at it again. They have added another event to the party calendar and this is The Spring Classic, a beer and wine festival taking place April 23 in Redondo Beach's Seaside Lagoon. What exactly is The Spring Classic and what is the ticket information? Well, glad you asked because here are the answers. The Spring Classic … [Read more...]
Agave Azul Hermosa Beach Is The South Bay Super Chargers Game-Watching Bar
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The place is blue, and it gets a bolt of blue and yellow energy every Sunday. Or whenever the LA Chargers play a game. Agave Azul Cantina in Hermosa Beach is the game-watching bar of the South Bay Super Chargers fan group, who gathers in mass (30-50 strong) to cheer on their team. Raffle tickets are passed around to … [Read more...]
Lineup Of Bands For Fiesta Hermosa 2021 On Labor Day Weekend
Three-Day Music & More Festival Features Local & Tribute Bands By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Fiesta Hermosa is back for Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 3-6, in 2021. Now called Fiesta Hermosa Locale it features – among other things – three days of music on two stages, There is an acoustic stage and the main stage in the beer garden, … [Read more...]
Tickets Required For Fiesta Hermosa Labor Day Weekend Beer Garden & Bands
Hermosa Chamber Now Charging For Access To The Garden & The Bands You will now have to pay to get into Fiesta Hermosa. A fence will be put up around the food court and beer garden area (which is now simply called the Garden) and the Hermosa Chamber – which puts on the event – will be selling tickets for the traditionally free three-day festival on Labor Day … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Volleyball News & Events: Smackfest 2021 Sold Out
Summertime Schedule Has Several Tournaments & Hot Happenings The summer's biggest and best beach party in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities – the whacky dress-up beach volleyball tournament known as Smackfest is not just on for 2021 but it has already set a record. It sold out in record time, less than 8 hours. So if you want to play you had better find … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Encouraging Residents To Register Bicycles To Curb Bike Theft
HPBD Using Social Media & Surveillance Cameras To Find And Track Down Thieves By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger As anyone who has lived in Hermosa Beach and the neighboring towns of Manhattan and Redondo for a while well knows, it's important to lock up your bicycle when you park it. And sometimes that doesn't even help. My friend's bike was swiped … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Smackfest Beach Volleyball Classes & Leagues Return
South Bay Social Recreation Is Back, Followed By Bar Specials At Sharkeez & Tower 12 Beach volleyball classes and leagues are back in Hermosa Beach as Smackfest Events has classes scheduled and Prank Monkey has its leagues ready to return. Below are the dates and details, along with signup information. The kickball league is sold out. Smackfest … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Police Cracking Down On Electric Scooters & E-Bikes
Department Issues 52 Citations On The Strand In One Month Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The increasing popularity of motorized personal transportation – and the actions of those using on them while on The Strand – has got the attention of the Hermosa Beach Department. As a result, the HBPD is cracking down on violators and people on … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2021 Hermosa Beach Date For Beach Volleyball Costume Tournament
One Of The Top South Bay Events Scheduled To Return In July By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The crazy, costumed, team-themed beach volleyball tournament known as Smackfest is back on the South Bay social calendar. Canceled last year due to COVID-19, the event has a date for 2021 at the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA.. It is scheduled for … [Read more...]
Smackfest Events 2021 Dates Beach Volleyball, Beer Festival & More
South Bay Events Scheduled To Return To The Beach This Summer By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger After being smacked around by COVID-19, it looks like Smackfest – and other events put on by the Bill Sigler-led company – are back for 2021. Smackfest Events has released dates for its 2021 events and it includes the signature Smackfest beach volleyball … [Read more...]
Goodbye To The Poop Deck, Closing For Good In Hermosa Beach
Landmark Dive Bar Was A Beach Cities Institution On The Strand By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger I wish it were an April Fool's joke. But the only joke here is what's going in its place. The Deck bar – for many of its years it was Poop Deck and many locals still call it that – in Hermosa Beach, CA, is closing for good in 2021. Taking its … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bans People Standing In Lines At Bars & Restaurants
City Council Claims Waiting Violates The City's Physical Distancing Guidelines By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Editor Posted Oct. 29, 2020 It is now against the rules to stand in line at a bar or restaurant in Hermosa Beach, CA. At its end-of-October meeting, the City Council approved an emergency enforcement measure that prohibits people from … [Read more...]
The New (And Confusing) Beach Volleyball Rules In LA County & Hermosa Beach
Following The Bouncing Ball On What Is And Is Not Allowed With This Popular Southern California Sport By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger You can play, you can't play but don't worry for it's not being enforced but wait, police are taking down nets and poles and threatening $1,000 fines, but that's not supposed to be happening according to local … [Read more...]
Saint Rock Hermosa Beach Being Sold But The Music Memories Never Fade To Black
Club Helped Put The South Bay On The National Music Stage By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger My memories of Saint Rocke go back before it was Saint Rocke. It was the Pitcher House at the time, a wall-worn, beer-drinking bar on 2nd and PCH in Hermosa Beach with live music before live music was much of a scene in the South Bay outside of, say, … [Read more...]
Beach Volleyball Is Back In Hermosa Beach And Manhattan Beach (In A Way)
Lifestyle Sport Returns After COVID-19 Shutdown By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The soundtrack of the South Bay – the familiar "thump, thump, thump-thump-thump" of beach volleyballs being hit from morning until sunset – is back in Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, CA. People are on the sand playing beach volleyball again, a welcome … [Read more...]
Why Opening The Strand Is So Important To Hermosa & Manhattan Beach Residents
Running, Walking & Biking Path Is The Heart& Soul Of The South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger When The Strand was closed due as part of California's #stayhome" orders during the coronavirus pandemic, it ripped the heart and soul right out of the South Bay Beach Cities. The running, walking and bike path that runs parallel to the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Closing The Beach As Well As The Strand This Weekend
City Taking Extreme Steps In COVID-19 Prevention By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger In a dramatic effort to keep people at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Hermosa Beach in Southern California is taking the extreme measure of closing not only its beach to residents and visitors, but The Strand, as well. Keeping people off the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Cancels 2020 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Event
Coronavirus Concerns Cause The Decision By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger In a completely expected move, Hermosa Beach has cancelled its annual St. Patrick's Day parade. Scheduled for Saturday, March 14, it will not take place due to coronavirus concerns. It joins many other cities across the country in canceling or – in the case of Chicago, … [Read more...]
AVP Announces Date For 2020 Hermosa Beach Open Volleyball Tournament
This Beach Volleyball Party Is Last Weekend Of July By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger The beach party is back. The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) is returning to Hermosa Beach in the summer of 2020. The tour has announced the Hermosa Beach Open tournament will take place the weekend of July 24-26. Play runs from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., on … [Read more...]
South Bay Super Chargers Are LA’s Always-Supportive Fan Group
Hermosa Beach Residents Never Fail To Cheer On Their Team At Sharkeez Game-Watching Parties By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com They are positive at times when fans of other teams are taking to social media to blast unproductive players, posting to fire the coach and wanting to send the general manager to another planet. They put up with fumbles at the goal line at … [Read more...]
Weekend Weather Perfect For Hermosa Beach Open AVP Volleyball 2019
Sunny & Mid-70s Conditions Make For An Ideal Southern California Setting By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Somehow, Los Angeles knows when people from outside the area are watching her. This is why, despite cold and perhaps even rainy days and nights preceding, the weather for the Rose Bowl is always gorgeous and sunny. Why football … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts 2019 On Two August Weekends
Bands, Comedians & Movies In August In Change From Traditional Month-Long Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger There is more than one change besides a new promoter for the 2019 Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series. Traditionally held on each Sunday afternoon in August, a new format has events taking place on just two weekends, although … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2019 XXV Hermosa Beach A Wild Success – Review With Live Videos
Costume-Themed Beach Volleyball Celebrates Silver Anniversary In Style By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger The teams filled up the courts at early as 8 a.m., dressed as pirates and wenches, airline crews and some in tutus – there was even a chicken coop – and they smacked volleyballs all over the sand in Hermosa Beach in Southern … [Read more...]
The Most Instagrammable Places In Hermosa Beach, California
Top Locations Include The HB Pier, La La Land Movie Locations And Sunsets By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Why let Los Angeles and the Hollywood sign get all the attention when it comes to Instagrammable places around the city when there are plenty of great social media posts available in Hermosa Beach? This beach community, in what is … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2019 Hermosa Beach Volleyball Tournament Is Saturday July 13
25th Annual Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament A Top South Bay Summertime Party Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger Twenty-five is an age that's prime time in the South Bay and this summer, Smackfest turns 25. The celebrated beach volleyball tournament celebrates its silver anniversary this year. Smackfest 2019 is Saturday, July … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts 2019 To Be Staged By 5B Artists + Media
Popular Sunday Shows To Continue Under Two-Year Agreement By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The popular Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts, free shows on the beach each Sunday in August that is one of the city's signature events, are on for 2019. After putting it out to bid, the City Council contracted with 5B Artists + Media to put on the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts 2019 Update – New Promoter Announced
City Council Announces Agreement With 5B Artists + Media By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger They have been a summertime highlight, one of the most anticipated events of the season, an event enjoyed as much as the volleyball tournaments and bike rides along The Strand But after initially looking like the Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts may not be … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2019 Weather Forecast: Sunny!
Sunshine Returns To The South Bay Just In Time For St. Paddy's Day By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger The Irish eyes are smilin' on the South Bay, for after all the rain we've had this winter, the forecast calls sunshine and warm weather during the annual Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day parade. This annual event, which takes place on Saturday, March 16, … [Read more...]
The Rise & Shine Weekend Breakfast Club At Baja Sharkeez Hermosa Beach
The Best Brunch Deal In The South Bay Brings Out These Regular Customers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger They gather there each and every weekend, as regular as the waves that roll onto the shore a few hundred yards away from them. The group can be as few as 10 and, like the waves on a windy day, can swell much higher, to as many as 30 … [Read more...]
The Changing Face Of Hermosa Beach Real Estate And Why It’s Not Good For Residents
Multi-Million Dollar Houses Are Chasing Away Long-Term (And Fun!) Renters By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Walk along The Strand in Hermosa Beach, CA, and you will see runners, bicyclists, people walking dogs – lots of people walking dogs – and tanned Southern Californians playing beach volleyball and other games on a long, wide beach. You … [Read more...]
12 Bars Of Christmas Hermosa Beach Party Photos, Video & Review
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger I felt things slipping away with my first sip in the first bar. I had a 32-ounce schooner of beer at Tower 12 – hey, I arrived in time for Happy Hour! – and immediately felt a buzz working its way up from my toes to my head. "Oh no," I said to others around me. "I'm about to get that 'first bar buzz!' … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Tree Lighting 2018 With Jeremy Buck & HB Pier Ceremony
The Holidays Are Here In This Los Angeles South Bay Beach City By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger The holidays have officially arrived in Southern California. In the Los Angeles beach city of Hermosa Beach, the first sign of it went up in late November, a Christmas tree at the pier. On Saturday, Dec. 1, that tree will be lit up in a ceremony that … [Read more...]
TV Show Veronica Mars Films In Hermosa Beach. CA
Fictional Neptune Beach Spring Break Scene Filmed In LA's South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Hollywood came to Hermosa Beach for the filming of the TV show "Veronica Mars" for a day in mid-November. Hermosa stood in for a Spring Break scene on the fictional Neptune Beach, CA. Scenes were shot along The Strand and by the water's edge … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa 2019 Labor Day Weekend Bands Lineup Schedule
Fleetwood Mac Tribute, Punk Rock & Yacht Rock On Pier Plaza & In The Beer Garden By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Lifestyle Blogger Local performers and a mix of tribute and rock 'n roll cover performers are the bands for the 2019 Fiesta Hermosa Labor Day Weekend street festival. While the acts have not yet been announced – and PubClub.com will … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Yoga Studio Holding Breathwork Sound Bath Workshop Nights
Beach Cities Yoga Offers Relaxing And Spiritual Friday Night Sessions By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger There are all types of mental therapy methods to release stress and other issues these days. There’s aggressive workout classes and on the other spectrum there’s relaxation methods. In Hermosa Beach, CA, Beach Cities Yoga Studio prefers … [Read more...]
Tower 12 In Hermosa Beach Is A Top LA Boston & Patriots Sports Bar
South Bay Pats Fans Gather To Watch Tom Brady & Team At This LA Beach Cities Location As if there's any question upon walking up the stairs and into either the front or back bar that Tower 12 in Hermosa Beach is a bar for transplanted people from Boston watching their teams in Los Angeles, the roar of the crowd will settle it for you. It's most definitely the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts 2018 Dates & Bands Local’s Review
Hot August Nights In L.A.'s South Bay On each Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles seaside community of Hermosa Beach throws a party on its most treasured asset – its sand. Talk about #SundayFundays! Called the Sunset Concert Series, it features bands playing on a stage with the pier as the backdrop. There's even a warm-up band plus a DJ before the main show. It starts at … [Read more...]
Hey Hermosa Beach, Remember Those Great Post-AVP Parties At Sangria!?
Beach Volleyball Players & Fans Partied In A Fun Post-Tournament Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger They were the stuff of legend, often more fun than even the action on the beach and the bars the previous days and nights. The weekend highlight of the AVP beach volleyball tournaments of the past were not necessarily the … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2018 Hermosa Beach Is This Saturday July 14
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament A Top South Bay Summertime Party Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger One of the summertime highlights of the South Bay Beach Cities is here. Smackfest 2018 is Saturday, July 14. It's two weeks earlier than its traditional end-of-July date, so PubClub.com is providing this "hey it's this weekend!," party … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2018 Hermosa Beach Registration, Teams & Social Scene
Costume Beach Volleyball Party – Er, Tournament – Details By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Lifestyle Blogger Registration is open for the 24th annual Smackfest presented by Michelob Ultra & Smack Sportswear. This unique beach volleyball tournament – one of the highlight events of the summer in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities – is … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Real Estate Is Booming – Much To Dismay Of Locals
Once Quiet Los Angeles Beach Community Is Being Overwhelmed By The Noise Of The ‘New Hermosa’ By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger The predominant sound in Hermosa Beach used to be that of beach volleyballs being hit at courts on every block on the sand. Thump. Thump. Thump-thump-thump. Now, however, it’s drills, saws and … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Nightlife & Bars Dress Code
What To Wear When Going Out In This Laid-Back California Beach Town By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Flip flops & shorts. Maybe jeans and a sweatshirt on a chilly night. That's about all you need to know about the dress code for going out to the bars in Hermosa Beach, CA. Yes, this is truly a casual Southern California beach … [Read more...]
Resin Studio Art Shows Becoming A Big Part Of Hermosa Beach Nightlife
Artwork And Even Bands & Beer Are Adding To The South Bay's Social Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger A Delorean was parked out front, a band was cranking fun 80s party tunes (The Go-Gos, Madonna) and a naked girl in head-to-toe body paint was circling around on roller skates. Oh, and there was free beer, too. If this sounds like a dream, it … [Read more...]
Free Cocktails Tastings At Hermosa Beach Restaurants Schedule
Abigaile, Dia de Campo, Suburbia & S+W Hosting Comped Social Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger Some of Hermosa Beach's top restaurant/bars are hosting free samplings of cocktails in May and June. These so-called socials are open to anyone who is 21-and-over. All you do is sign up in advance via Eventbrite (it's free; the … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Memorial Day Weekend Canceled; Everything You Need To Know: Location, Times, Parking
3-Day Los Angeles Festival Has Booths, Bands And Beer By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger Fiesta Hermosa is a three-day event of booths, bands, food and an overall festive atmosphere at the Hermosa Beach Pier in Hermosa Beach, CA., in Los Angeles County. Unfortunately the 2020 Memorial Day Weekend event has been canceled due to … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Memorial Day Weekend 2020 CANCELED
Bands & The Beer Garden Silenced Due To COVID-19 Fiesta Hermosa is the free Memorial Day Weekend festival in LA's Hermosa Beach, and a big part of the draw for the 10,00+ people per day is the live music. However, the 2020 event has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Labor Day Fiesta Hermosa is still on – for now. Below is a rundown of the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Guitarist Mitch Perry Rocks Standing Room
Why Sunday Nights Are Like The Sunset Strip In The 80s Here In The South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger As Mitch Perry ripped riffs on the guitar and a skinny Mick Jagger-looking guy who sounded like Robert Plant spilled out high-pitched lyrics into the microphone, I stood still at the Standing Room. It was a … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogs: Smackfest Beach Volleyball & Kickball Classes 2018
Being Social In The South Bay This Spring By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger Smackfest Events is smacking the beach volleyball and kickball with the start of its spring classes. And it's also pouring on the fun with its third annual Beach Cities Beer & Wine Festival. Here are details and dates on each happening. They all take … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Why Is It So Hard To Find A Good Church In The South Bay?
The Difficultly Of Seeking a 'Normal' Methodist Or Non-Denominational Service By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger Easter Sunday is approaching and my mother wants me to go to church. Actually, my mother – who is back in Tennessee – wants me to go to church regardless of whether it's Easter Sunday or not, but there's a problem with … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Ace Beach Volleyball Explained
'Kiss My Ace' Tournament Showcases The Fun Version Of This Sport By Ray Dussault, PubClub.com Blogger Contributor It was a beautiful spring day in the South Bay with a bright sun shining, the air comfortably warm and only a light breeze messing with the trajectory of the many volleyballs being hit on the courts all along the sand. It was also the third in a … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Conquering The ‘South Bay Dilemma’
Why We Sometimes Need To Clone Ourselves By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger I tried. I really did try. But I just could not be in two places at one time. That's why I sometimes I wish I could clone myself so I can be at all the events and places with all the people who invited me. It's the typical South Bay dilemma. You're with one group of … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Seeing Those Awesome Daily Sunsets
A Spectacular Finish To Fun Days In The South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger If there's one must-do daily things to do in Hermosa Beach, it's seeing those spectacular sunsets that nature provides us nearly each and every day of the year. There are precious few places in the entire world that have sunsets over an ocean and we … [Read more...]
Tower 12 Hermosa Beach Bar: The Quintessential Southern California Lifestyle Spot
Blonde Girls & Beach Guys In A Scene Resembling A Beer Commercial By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger Good looking girls – many of them blondes – guys who appear as if they've just come from a moving casting call and a carefree, casual social atmosphere so full of conversations you can hear even as you're approaching the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: All About The Pub Crawls
Be On The Lookout For Themed Costumed Characters Visiting The Pier Plaza Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blogger The first thing to know about pub crawls in Hermosa Beach is that we don't have them. Some years ago, the police department issued some type of declaration that there are no pub crawls in Hermosa Beach. Apparently this … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Easter Weekend Joya Sangria Egg Hunt & Pub Crawl
Going Bar 'Hopping' In The South Bay Feel like going bar "hopping" on Easter Weekend in the South Bay? Then put on a bunny costume, bunny ears, a cotton tail or anything else you can think of that fits the occasion and join the Joya Sangria Easter Egg Hunt & Pub Crawl in Hermosa Beach. It is on Saturday, March 31 – the day before Easter Sunday – and hops … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach & South Bay This Weekend’s Hot Happenings – PubClub Party Report
March Madness Beach Cities Style Continues With These Top Social Events By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Welcome to the PubClub.com Party Report! This is a rundown of all the hot happenings in and around Hermosa Beach and the South Bay for the weekend of March 23-25. Happy Hour Beach Volleyball Starts Friday Combining two of the most … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Why It’s Impossible To Avoid Going To The Bars
Living In The Super-Social South Bay Means Lots Of Friends & Party Happenings By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger A Friday night is coming up and the Happy Hour Beach Volleyball group is playing and then going to, well Happy Hour (anyone who signs up on MeetUp is welcome to join), a friend is having a going-away party at another bar and … [Read more...]
Happy Hour Volleyball In Hermosa Beach Serves Up 8th Season In 2018
South Bay Culture Clash Combines With Dinks & Drinks The two great cultures of Hermosa Beach – beach volleyball and Happy Hour – come together for a weekly happening in the Los Angeles South Bay. Here's the details on what it is, how to join and, of course, all about the Happy Hours. This is the 8th season for it, and it starts on Friday, March 23, at 4 … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Yacht Club, The Quirky Neighborhood Bar With Great Burgers
More Naughty Than Nautical, This Los Angeles Dive Bar Has Character & Characters By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger It was a chilly Monday night, a friend was in town visiting and for dinner instead of walking the half mile toward Pier Plaza to what was no doubt going to be an empty bar for something to eat and a couple of beers, I suggested … [Read more...]
Reviewing The St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza Bar Scene
Irish Smiles Shine Like The Sun In The South Bay's Top St. Paddy's Day Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Perhaps it was the weather that had everyone in such a good mood. After predictions all week of it possibly raining on our parade, it was instead sunny and even warm, and so, too, was everyone in Hermosa Beach for the Saturday … [Read more...]
It May Rain On The Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2018
A Chance Of Showers May Throw A Damper On South Bay's St. Paddy's Day By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Don't rain on my parade! That's what a lot of Beach Cities locals may be saying on Saturday, as it could very well happen based on the current weather forecasts. The initial predictions called for a 60% chance of rain, mostly in the … [Read more...]
Smackfest Is Hermosa Beach’s Costume Volleyball Summertime Party Event
Hermosa Beach heats up for Smackfest.This dress-up team-themed event which uses beach volleyball as an excuse to throw a summertime Halloween party – on the beach, no less – has been going on for nearly 30 years. It will take place Saturday, July 30 at the Hermosa Beach Pier. It starts at 9 a.m., and the last teams finish around sunset. By which time people from other teams … [Read more...]
Beach Cities Wine & Beer Festival 2018 Tickets Bay Club Redondo Beach
Smackfest Events Third Annual Event Is Saturday, May 12 The third annual Beach Cities Wine & Beer Festival, put on by Smackfest Events, is likely to sell out. Tickets are on sale so be sure to get them now, rather than missing out on one of the area's top springtime happenings. The 2018 event is Saturday, May 12. Originally scheduled for theBay Club in Redondo … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts 2018: Everything You Need To Know
Bands On The Sand A South Bay Sunday Tradition By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger Each summer, the Los Angeles coastal community of Hermosa Beach hosts a series of concerts on the sand. They are the best of the summer beach concerts in Los Angeles – not nearly as big as the Thursday ones in Santa Monica but with a more, well, South Bay crowd. Several … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Mermaid Location To Become Slaters 50/50 Burgers
'Burgers, Bacon & Beer' To Be By The Pier By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Known for years as the dark booth restaurant and bar on the beach with fantastic food (in particular those sensational sauteed mushrooms) and then as a killer place for the best cocktails in town (including the remarkable $5 "Drink of the Week"), the Mermaid is now … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Philadelphia Eagles Bar Is Chelsea Pub Hermosa Beach
'Fly, Eagles Fly,' For South Bay Eagles Alliance For Transplanted Philly Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Los Angeles Nightlife Blogger They yell, cheer and hold up beers to "Fly, Eagles Fly." They are the South Bay Eagles Alliance and they do this – and much more – each Sunday during the NFL season at Chelsea Pub in Hermosa Beach, the top sports bar for … [Read more...]
AVP Tour Returns To Hermosa Beach For 2018 Hermosa Open
Pro Beach Volleyball Has Two Tournaments In The L.A South Bay Cities After a successful event in 2017, the AVP pro beach volleyball tour is returning to Hermosa Beach in 2018. The Association of Volleyball Professionals hits the sand the weekend of July 26-29. Once again, mecca of beach volleyball in the USA has two events in the Los Angeles South Bay. The AVP … [Read more...]
AVP Hermosa Beach Open 2019 Everything You Need To Know
Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Dates, Times, Location & Social Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The pro beach volleyball tour known as the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP), is back in Hermosa Beach, CA. Once a traditional tour stop for more than 25 years, the AVP returned last year and it was such a success, it's returning … [Read more...]
Big 10 Pub Crawl Hermosa Beach Review 2021 Date & Bars
Hundreds of transplanted Midwesterners – wearing shorts and t-shirts rather than thick sweatshirts and heavy coats – descend on Hermosa Beach CA, the first Saturday of December for an annual common connection. It's the Big 10 Pub Crawl, a gathering of alumni from Big 10 schools who gather to watch the college football games building up to the Big 10 Championship. This … [Read more...]
S+W Hermosa Beach Restaurant Holds Open House Event Menu Review
Revamped Steak + Whiskey Showcases Food & Cocktails By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger The high-end Hermosa Beach restaurant, Steak + Whiskey, is now S+W, and it introduced itself to the South Bay on a warm fall evening in late October with an open house featuring bites from its menu, cheeses and cold meats, and three featured cocktails from the … [Read more...]
The Wines Pour At Uncorked Hermosa Beach’s Anniversary Party
Wine Shop Celebrates 6th Year With A True #SundayFunday By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger It was a true #SundayFunday at Uncorked wine shop in Hermosa Beach, CA. On a warm and sunny Sunday afternoon the third week of October, the wine flowed, a band played and more than a hundred people met and mingled in what has to be one of the South Bay's top intimate … [Read more...]
Uncorked Hermosa Beach Hosting 6th Anniversary Party Date & Details
Wine Shop Celebrates With Wine Tasting Event On Upper Pier Ave. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.co South Bay Blogger Uncorked Wine Shop is uncorking several of its wines for its six-year anniversary party on Sunday, Oct. 22. The speciality wine shop in Hermosa Beach, CA, is hosting an event that people who have been to in the past have raved about … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza Nightlife Under Scrutiny From City Council
Bars Being Questioned After Questionable Video Shown At Meeting A video that was shown before a city council meeting is likely to prompt Hermosa Beach to take measures – perhaps dramatic ones – that will affect the nightlife on Pier Plaza. The video, a time lapse from a videographer hired by the city, showed one night on the pier, a Saturday night in early … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Houses Displaying Top Halloween Decorations
Skeletons, Pumpkin Heads & The Munsters Decorate The Strand By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The Los Angeles beach town of Hermosa Beach is getting in the mood for Halloween, as several houses are decorated for the "scary" day and night on Oct. 31. By mid-October, a half dozen houses on The Strand had put out decorations. PubClub.com … [Read more...]
5 Ways How To Tell It’s Fall Season In Hermosa Beach, CA
When Endless Summer Gives Way To Bottomless Mimosas By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The sun is out, people are surfing, riding bikes and running along The Strand, and are dressed in shorts, t-shirts and flip flops. There is the near-constant "thump thump" sound of volleyballs being hit for games and classes on the sand. Thump. Thump. … [Read more...]
The Mermaid Now Closed A Blow To Hermosa Beach Bars & Nightlife
Legendary South Bay Bar A Favorite Watering Hole Among Many Locals The Mermaid was not one of those kinds of places with long lines, pumping music and full of people who are not from the South Bay. It was a locals' hangout and a haven for those in their 30s and above to go out, enjoy great cocktails from well-trained bartenders – some of whom became fast friends with … [Read more...]
Mermaid Bar And Killer Shrimp Restaurant In Hermosa Beach Closes
Say Goodbye To Legendary Drinking Institution, Its Great Bartenders And The South Bay's Best Cocktail There's no more Drink of the Week, no more shaker-shaking bartenders mixing up the best cocktails in town, no more of the South Bay's many singles piling in and packing the place after a big event like Smackfest. The Mermaid, an institution in Hermosa Beach that's been … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Bars NFL Sunday Food & Drink Specials
Bottomless Mimosas, Breakfast Happy Hours & Transplanted Football Fans The Pier Every fall Sunday, the bars of Hermosa Beach are packed with fans watching NFL games. Transplants from NFL cities gather to watch their hometown team. Or maybe they are not really fans, but simply know a good time, and like to go out because it's a good time on the Hermosa pier. Part … [Read more...]
Freak Thunderstorm Hits Hermosa Beach On Labor Day Weekend
Fiesta Hermosa Closed; People Scramble For Cover By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Los Angeles Blogger The music stopped and people ran under pop-up tents and awnings for cover. Fiesta Hermosa, the three-day music and arts event at and around the pier, suddenly shut down and a strange vibe took command as a freak storm suddenly hit Hermosa Beach, CA, on Sunday of Labor … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Labor Day 2017 Lineup Includes Local Bands Barley & Phoenix Rising
Annual Festival Features Hermosa Beach Acts; Full Lineup Here Two "rising" local bands are the musical highlights of the lineup of live performances at the 2017 Fiesta Hermosa festival, taking place on Labor Day Weekend. Barley and Phoenix Rising, both of Hermosa Beach, are playing the three-day event that features a main stage at the base of the Hermosa Beach (CA) Pier … [Read more...]
AVP Tour Returns To Hermosa Beach For First Time Since 2010
Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament Is Back And So Is The 'Rosie's Raiders' Fan Club By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger Beach volleyball is back in Hermosa Beach, CA. Actually it never left, as evidenced everyday on courts from 1st to 35 streets, the fact there are tournaments nearly every weekend and top pros like Phil Daulhausser practice here on a regular … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series 2017 Bands Announced
Lineup Includes Grateful Dead Day & Everclear By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Hermosa Beach is reaching back into its hippie past with a day devoted to Deadheads and the Grateful Dead as part of its 2017 Summer Concert Series. The free shows put on by Hermosa live music venue Saint Rocke include an entire afternoon devoted to the Grateful … [Read more...]
The Best Ways To Meet Single People In Hermosa Beach
Beach Volleyball Classes, Fun Party Events & Best Happy Hours By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger Moving to a new area is always full of challenges, and for single people it can be even more difficult than it is for couples or families. That's because single people are, well single. It can be harder to get out and do things because you're … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Ironman Provides Eventful Start To 4th Of July Celebration
The traditional start to the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach, CA, once again involved the unique Ironman, a contest involving some 700 competitors who run a mile, paddle a mile in the Pacific Ocean, then chug a 6-pack of beer. In 2017, early-morning clouds broke as most of the competitors were entering the water, providing sunshine for nearly the entire event. In addition to … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach 4th Of July Police Presence Includes Sheriff’s Deputies On Horses
Horseback Patrols Part Of 100 Additional Officers; Residents Would Also Like Clean-Up Crews By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger In addition to bringing in more than 100 additional officers, many from surrounding departments, and setting up a "command center" on 2nd Street, the police presence for the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach, CA, includes deputies on … [Read more...]
How To Get Invited To Hermosa Beach 4th Of July House Parties
Top Fourth Of July South Bay Party Tips By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger People hanging out on balconies flaunting cocktails in red solo cups, girls in bikinis and guys in board shorts dancing on patios to music and drinks being consumed from the (police) safety of walls along The Strand. This is the 4th of July in Hermosa Beach, CA. It's a … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach 4th Of July Weekend Party Report Events, Fireworks, Ironman & Parties
Everything You Need To Know About The Fourth Of July In The South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger It's the 4th of July edition and as I'm writing this on a sunny Friday afternoon in Hermosa Beach a volleyball tournament is about to break out into a party – I can just FEEL it! In fact, I can already feel the energy up and down The Strand. It's … [Read more...]
There’s More To The Hermosa Beach Ironman Than Chugging Beers
To The Competitors, It's the Competition & Camaraderie That Makes This A Special 4th Of July Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger To most people in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities, the Hermosa Beach Ironman is a crazy event that starts the party for the 4th of July. After all, the final element of this Ironman is not a 50-mile bike ride … [Read more...]
Tower 12 Hermosa Beach Sunday Nights Acoustic Music Review
A Band & Sensational Crowd Make This A Popular South Bay Weekend Bar Hangout By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Nightlife Blogger It is a late Sunday afternoon in Hermosa Beach, California, one of the small beach communities in Los Angeles. The sun is beginning its daily decent into the blue Pacific Ocean, beach volleyball games are wrapping up and … [Read more...]
4th Of July 2019 In Hermosa Beach Party Starts With The Crazy Ironman
Unique Annual Competition A Great Start To LA's Independence Day The sun comes out, the beer flows and the band plays while people celebrate the independence from restrictions in Hermosa Beach, CA.The Hermosa Beach Ironman starts the party that is the 4th of July in this Los Angeles beach city. It's a survival of the fittest, challenging the locals as only this … [Read more...]
Was 2017 The Best Hermosa Beach Smackfest Ever? PubClub Blog
Smackfest Events Puts On Another Spectacular Costume Beach Volleyball Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger The team themed costumes were great, the weather was like a dream and the mood was unbeatable. As I sat back and digested the event that was Smackfest 2017, held Saturday June 16 in Hermosa Beach, CA, one thought kept popping into my head: … [Read more...]
Smackfest Hermosa Beach Event Review & Costumes: A Smashing Beach Party
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament Again Rocks The Los Angeles South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger While the much of the country swelters in a summertime heat wave, the Southern California beach town of Hermosa Beach is hot for another reason. It is because of Smackfest, a dress-up teams-in-costume silly and fun beach volleyball … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Labor Day Weekend 2019 Everything You Need To Know: Location, Times, Bands, Parking
Los Angeles Street Festival Information & Top Tips This is everything you need to know, just the facts, about the Fiesta Hermosa three-day festival at the Hermosa Beach Pier in Hermosa Beach, CA. Dates: Fiesta Hermosa takes place twice a year, on Labor Day Weekend and Memorial Day Weekend. The 2019 Labor Day dates are Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Times: The festival … [Read more...]