Fiesta Hermosa 2017 Hermosa Beach Festival Top Events Guide

Bands, A Beer Garden & Beach Cities Singles

As if a holiday weekend in lively beach town is not enticing enough, the city of Hermosa Beach, CA makes it more of a festival atmosphere with Fiesta Hermosa.

Held each Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend, the three-day event features local arts and crafts booths, food booth, live music in two locations and, of utmost interest to the many singles of this South Bay part of L.A., a beer and wine garden.

The Event & Atmosphere On & Around Pier Ave.

Thousands turn out each day, crowding lower Pier Ave., which runs right into the Pacific Ocean, and for five blocks along Hermosa Ave. Vendors hawk jewelry, clothes, photography, wall and house decorations.

In addition to the festival itself, several more people are participating in local beach volleyball tournaments, are cruising along The Strand – a sidewalk that runs parallel to the Pacific – on bikes and rollerblades or are enjoying the ocean, wide beach.

“You can feel the excitement,” one resident says. “It just says: celebration!”

That’s certainly evident at the intersection of the Strand and Pier Ave. It’s the focal point of activities. The centerpiece is a stage featuring live music and along the sides are the restaurants and bars of downtown Hermosa, their patios filled with pacified patrons.

Labor Day 2017 Bands Lineup

Fiesta Hermosa Pier Plaza Stage Schedule

Saturday, Sept. 2
• 11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Barley
• 3-6 p.m. – Sam Morrison Band (Southern rock)

Sunday,Sept. 3
• 11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan tribute)
3-6 pm  – The Righteous and the Wicked (Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute)

Monday, Sept. 4
11 a.m.-2 pm – Four Way Street (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young tribute)
3-6 p.m. – The Long Run (Eagles tribute

Fiesta Hermosa Beer & Wine Garden Schedule

Saturday, Sept. 2
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Thank You Drive Thru (rock covers)
3:30-6:30 p.m. – Phoenix Rising (local band featuring Tatiana the “Brazilian Bombshell”)

Sunday, Sept. 3
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.– The Higgs (rock covers)
3:30pm-6:30 p.m. – Reckless (rock covers)

Monday, Sept. 4

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Alligator Beach (funk)
3:30pm-6:30p.m. – Mara and the Big Rock Stars (80s cover band)

There are families and couples, to be sure, but the place is also swarming with singles. They patrol the crafts and eventually head to the food booths, which are located in a parking lot just south of Pier Ave., Grilled meats and shrimp, Thai, Mexican, corn on the cob and other tasty treats are sold, for prices in the $4-7 range.

This is a necessity for those who spend their afternoons in the beer garden, And several people do, enjoying the rotating bands, the beer (of course) and the boys and babes that comprise the crowd.

And most single people do spend the majority of their time in the beer garden. The bands are mostly 80s and rock cover bands. Tribute bands are usually on the pier. But you can’t drink on the pier, so you have to be at a bar ideally a patio such at Hennessey’s, Silvo’s or Waterman’s Safe House.

Fiesta Hermosa runs Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with bands playing from 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

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