Redondo Beach Riviera Village Summer Festival 2018 All You Need To Know

Dates, Location, Bands Lineup, Parking & The Social Scene

The annual “it’s summertime now” in the South Bay event known as the Summer Festival is taking place the weekend of June 23 & 24 at Riviera Village in Redondo Beach, CA.

Here’s all you need to know about this event.

WHAT: A music and arts festival with rows of vendors selling all kinds of merchandise, plus a small beer garden with fun mostly local and regional touring bands. A couple of the restaurant/bars have pop-up bars on the street with some pouring local South Bay beers. If you are familiar with Fiesta Hermosa in neighboring Hermosa Beach, it’s Redondo’s version of it.

TIME: 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 6:30 on Sunday.

COST: Free. Beers are $7 (Sierra Nevada).

LOCATION: It takes place all along S. Catalina Ave., in Riviera Village, Redondo Beach, CA. The beer garden is located at Catalina and Ave I, next to HT Grill.

BANDS: Saturday – 11:30-1:30, The Garage Doors (Doors tribute band). 2:30-4:30: Crow Hill Band. 5:30-7:30: Jeremy Buck. Sunday – 10:30-12:30. The Skinny Ties.  1:30-3:30: Feed The Kitty. 4:30-6:30: Tres Hombres.

THE SCENE: A couple thousand people walking up and down the street, dining and drinking in the restaurants and restaurant/bars or at the pop-up bars and popping in and out of the beer garden to have some beer sand listen to the bands.

SOUTH BAY SINGLES SCENE: It’s okay but not overwhelming. The bands that will attract the most South Bay singles are Jeremy Buck the end of Saturday and Feed The Kitty and Barley on Sunday.

PARKING & BIKE VALET: Free shuttles from South High, located at 4801 Pacific Coast Hwy, Torrance. The best way to get there is to take your bike! There’s a bike valet next to the beer garden.

WEATHER: The forecast calls for no June Gloom.  Full sunshine both days with a high of 70 on Saturday (with a low of 63) and 73/64 on Sunday.