By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger California, like many states around the USA, are turning to pubclubbers to save the economy. Legislation is in the works to create "entertainment zones" and allow to-go alcohol sales at bars and restaurants. Already in the Golden State, such a law exists in San Francisco for special events, and with Senate Bill 969 it could … [Read more...]
Smackfest Events Releases 2024 Schedule, Including Its Signature Beach Volleyball Tourmanent
Smackfest Events, the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities' fun-time party event company, has releaesed its schedule for 2024. This includes its signature event, the team-themed beach volleyball touranmemnt known as Smackfest, which in 2024 will be celebrating its 29th year. Smackfest Events also puts on a pre-Smackfest event called Spring Fling that "combines a Smackfest like … [Read more...]
Best Places To Get Laid On Thanksgiving Weekend
Thanksgiving is a time for family, giving and – of course – football. But hey, we can't all get to our families for Thanksgiving, especially with Christmas coming up the next month. As a result, a lot of single people who don't live in their hometown due to moving because of a job, have a lot of extra party time on their hands. With that in mind, here is PubClub.com's … [Read more...]
Labor Day Weekend Party Report From PubClub.com
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The final three-day holiday of 2022 is here – already!? – and he's everything you need to know about how to take full advantage of it. This is the Labor Day Weekend Party Report from PubClub.com. So let's rock it! Labor Day Weekend Top Party Destinations The beach? The river? The lake? Vegas!? Your hometown festival? Don't … [Read more...]
Livestream Show PubClub LIVE!, Returns To Tower 12 In Hermosa Beach
As South Bay Emerges From The Pandemic And Opens Up Again, The Party Is Back With This Live Social Media Broadcast By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com and PubClub LIVE! Co-host Hermosa Beach has come alive in the post-pandemic era and so, too, has PubClub LIVE! The South Bay's only livestream show from and about the South Bay is back and made its 2021 debut on … [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...]
Smackfest Events Dates Beach Volleyball, Beer Festival & More
South Bay Events Scheduled To Return To The Beach This Summer By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Smackfest Events has released dates for its 2024 events and it includes the signature Smackfest beach volleyball tournament, one of the signature and all-time iconic happenings in the South Bay. Below are the scheduled dates of not just Smackfest but other … [Read more...]
South Bay Top 10 Iconic All-Time Best Bands, Music & Musicians
All The Music That Has Made The LA Beach Cities Such A Longtime Fun Party Place By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com When people think of live music in the Los Angeles area, the Sunset Strip with its legendary bands and clubs immediately comes to mind. And for good reason, but there is another part of the vast city that has long been a hotbed of bands and musicians. … [Read more...]
Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach Weekend Party Report From PubClub.com
Reopening Of Outdoor Dining And The Super Bowl 10K Highlight Beach Cities Happenings By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Welcome to the PubClub.com Beach Cities Party Report! It's party time again in the South Bay, or at least what comprises a party time these days. Here's an update on restaurant and nightlife news in and around the Beach Cities. Enjoy the Party … [Read more...]
LA Beach Cities Holiday Gift Guide – Gifts Unique to Hermosa, Manhattan, Redondo Beach
South Bay Offers Active, Social And Food & Drink Presents By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beach Cities Blogger The Los Angeles Beach Cities are one of the most lively, active places to live in Southern California. And when it comes time to giving presents to the people of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach, there are many items based on the area's … [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...]
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...]
Memorial Day Weekend PubClub.com Party Report Hermosa & Manhattan Beach Events
Welcome To The PubClub.com Party Report! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Yes, I know it’s been a while but with everything closing – including The Strand!!! – there’s been too much negative news and of course the Party Report is about fun and positive things! But with us starting to emerge from our #stayhome caves like bears coming out of hibernation, it’s time to … [Read more...]
Hermosa & Manhattan Beach Strand, LA County Bike Path Open For Exercise
A Big Part Of Southern California Beach Lifestyle Is Back In 'Business' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Los Angeles Lifestyle Blogger The beach path used for walking, running and bicycle riding, is back open in Los Angeles County. Closed during the coronavirus pandemic #stayhome orders, this concrete no-motorized-vehicles-allowed path along the sand that … [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...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Smackfest XXV Hermosa Beach Is Another Fun Party
Daytime Beach Bash Celebrates 25th Anniversary In Southern California By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger In all my years at Smackfest, I do not recall seeing so many beautiful bikini bodies, an observation confirmed to me by co-organizer Nick Macko. It started the moment I walked onto the beach at 11 a.m., continued when I had the "Rise & … [Read more...]
Smackfest 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...]
Small Earthquake Hits Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach In Los Angeles
Residents React To Shaking On Social Media By Kevin Wilkerson, Los Angeles Blogger A small earthquake – a magnitude 2.1 – hit the Los Angeles coastal cities of Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach late Tuesday evening. The slight tremor was located on the border between the two cities, located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. It occurred at a little past 10 … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The Blonde At Barnacles In Hermosa Beach
This Hot Girl Can Drink Like An Irishman – And I Like That In A Hot Girl By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I was chasing down another blonde – Tiffany was her name and she looked every bit the part – when I was stopped by this particular blonde. She was parked at the bar at a place called Barnacles, a locals-mainly dive a few blocks from the … [Read more...]
PubClub LIVE Makes Successful Debut At Tower 12 In Hermosa Beach
It Was A Party For Facebook Life & Instagram TV Show During St. Patrick's Day Parade Coming down the hill were bagpipes, people on bikes, marching bands and bands on floats. On the deck of Tower 12 were a bunch of leprechauns and lasses, lapping up the big beers (32 ounces, $6) and bottomless mimosas ($12) while being live on social media. It was the debut … [Read more...]
Super Bowl LIII Sunday Los Angeles South Events & Bars Complete Rundown
Welcome To The PubClub.com Party Report! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger Here's what's happing in the Los Angeles South Bay on Super Bowl Sunday in 2019. Plus, a few other fun things from the PubClub.com Party Report! The Super Bowl 10K Few places celebrate Super Bowl Sunday like the South Bay. Simply put, it's one of the best days of … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: The End Of Living On The Strand In Hermosa Beach (For Now)
Escalating Los Angeles Real Estate Prices Changing The Culture Of The Beach Cities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger And now, the end is near And so I face the final curtain... – Frank Sinatra I've been singing these lyrics from Frank Sinatra's song "My Way" quite a bit lately because the end is near – well, actually it's here – for another era … [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...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Wine & Another Perfect California Sunset
Hangin' Loose In Hermosa Beach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It was a quiet Monday and my day was winding down when a friend messages me saying she was in the area. My reaction was immediate: "Come on over! I have wine." A few minutes later, we were on the deck, having some wine and just enjoying a late Southern California afternoon. The … [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...]
The Nightlife Blogger: The 12 Bars Of Christmas Holiday Pub Crawl In Hermosa Beach, CA
Annual Event Is A Holiday Highlight In The LA South Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The 12 Bars of Christmas holiday pub crawl in Hermosa Beach, CA, is an annual event on Friday of the first full week of December. And it's a party the entire South Bay of Los Angeles attends. The key to surviving a pub crawl, I have discovered after much … [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...]
Eric Stone My Tour Tales: At PubClub.com HQ In Hermosa Beach California
Sunsets & Rum Drinks – And A Little Roll Tide By Eric Stone, Special To PubClub.com This My Tour Tales is from a special place; it's from PubClub.com World Headquarters, right on the beach in Hermosa Beach on the Southern California coast. I was in Los Angeles and dropped down to see my buddy (and big fan) Kevin Wilkerson. He happens to live on what is … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Hermosa Beach A Sweet Home To Return To After Traveling
Los Angeles South Bay City Is Often Like Being On Vacation By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It's always kind of sad when you leave a good travel destination and start to pack those bags for the trip back home. I don't know what you do, but I when start putting clothes and toiletries in the suitcase and unplug the computer, I think about all the … [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...]
Travel Blogger Daily Post: Hermosa Beach Summer Concerts A Must-Do For LA Visitors
Sunday Shows In August Are A Picnic On The Sand By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger With so much to do in Los Angeles in the summertime – going to Hollywood Blvd., the Hollywood Bowl, the amusement parks and a Dodgers game, just to name a few things – her's something I highly recommend be on our travel agenda. It's the Sunday evening concerts on the … [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...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Surviving Smackfest Hermosa Beach’s Fun Event
Living In The Moment At This Fun Southern California Beach Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger A DJ was blasting music on the sand. People were running around not just in beach attire but in all sorts of crazy costumes in an organized frenzy. Volleyballs were being pounded almost as frequently as the beers. And now it's my head that's … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: A Staycation Day In Southern California’s Hermosa Beach
California Dreamin' On A Summer's Day By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I was driving myself somewhat crazy because I couldn't think of anything to write about for today's daily travel blog post. It happens to writers in all fields from time to time, of course, but I could feel something about to burst out of my brain to my fingers but it was … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog Post: Hermosa Beach Ironman A 4th Of July Bucket List Item
A Different Kind Of Independence Day Celebration In Los Angeles By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger If you're looking for a Bucket List item for the 4th Of July – and why wouldn't you be, quite frankly? – then travel to Los Angeles and then down to the South Bay and Hermosa Beach. Not only is this little seaside community a great place to be for the 4th, … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger’s Daily Blog: Sunny & Beach Volleyball In Hermosa Beach
An LA Day In May – Life's A Beach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger After several days of what we in Los Angeles call "Gray May," today I woke up to sunshine. The sky is blue and while I'm sure some clouds will roll in, it's always nice to be greeted by gorgeous morning. I also was welcomed to the new day by the familiar sound of thump-thump of … [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...]
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...]
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 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...]
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...]
South Bay Los Angeles Top Party Events Dates, Guide & Reviews
The Hottest Annual Happenings In Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach & Redondo Beach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beach Cities Blogger The Fourth of July is house party heaven on the Hermosa Beach Strand. And for the resst of the year, there are festivals, a parade, concerts and beer gardens. If Los Angeles is "La La Land," then its South Bay Beach Cities of … [Read more...]
Smackfest Is Hermosa Beach’s Costume Huge Volleyball Summertime Party
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. In 2024, it will take place Saturday, June 29 at the Hermosa Beach Pier. It starts at 9 a.m., and the last teams finish around sunset. By which time people from … [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 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 2023 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, which … [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...]
Hermosa Beach Sunday Summer Concert Series 2017 Dates Add To Calendar
WHAT: Free concerts on the beach each Sunday in August in Hermosa Beach, CA. The location is the south side of the pier. WHEN: 5 p.m.-Sunset BANDS: • Aug. 6 – Robert Randolph & The Family Band with special guests The Reluctant Apostles Featuring Katie Segal; Aug. 13 – Everclear; Aug. 20– Day Of The Dead. Cubenses (Grateful Dead tribute band) plus Marvin Seals of the … [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...]
There’s More To The International Surf Festival Than The Manhattan Beach 6-Man
Surfest Also Has ISF Surfing & Bodysurfing Championships And Other Events & Activities By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger To many in the South Bay, the International Surf Festival – or Surfest for short – means only one thing. And that is the Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament. But there is actually more – much more – to the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament 2017 Event & Dates
WHAT: The return of the AVP Tour to Hermosa Beach, a California community where beach volleyball is a way of life. The event is free tho some reserved seats are available for purchase. WHERE: Hermosa Beach Pier THE SCENE: Some of the world's top professional players compete on the sand in one of the tour's top tournaments. Local fans and weekend players turn out in the … [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 Manhattan Beach Redondo Beach Top Summertime 2017 Events Dates
Dates & Information For AVP, 6-Man, Free Summer Concerts & Bite At The Beach With so much happening in the South Bay Beach Cities in the summertime, PubClub.com provides this rundown of the events and dates for the top summertime events in this always lively area of Los Angeles. The cities covered are Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach and El Segundo. … [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 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 going to be … [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 In The South Bay Beach Cities All You Need To Know
Hermosa Beach Ironman, The Strand, House Parties & The Redondo Beach Fireworks Information By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger In an area of legendary house parties, The Strand and the unique Ironman competition, all capped off by fireworks over the Pacific Ocean, the 4th of July in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities is one full day and night … [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
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 tournament, held one funday Saturday in July (29 in 2023). On a gorgeous … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Labor Day Weekend 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. Times: The festival runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Event: Hundreds … [Read more...]
Memorial Day Hermosa Beach Los Angeles South Bay Party Report
Welcome to the PubClub.com South Bay Party Report! By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger It's Memorial Day Weekend! Here's what's happening not just in the South Bay but around L.A., all weekend. Fiesta Hermosa is not the only festival with music taking place, there's a waterfront beer festival & more! The Party Report is brought to you by Kona … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Friday Happy Hours Best Bars For Enjoying Happy Hour
Mermaid, Tower 12, Patrick Molloy's & American Junkie Happy Hour Bar Hopping By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Hermosa Beach is a very happy place to be, especially on Fridays and especially for Happy Hour. Or make that Happy Hours, for by doing this Happy Hour-hopping routine, you can get food and drink specials from late afternoon to well into … [Read more...]
Ranking My Top 5 Favorite Bars In Hermosa Beach California
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I go out in Hermosa Beach, CA, I'm presented with a plethora of options in nightlife, from neighborhood pubs to small and lively places by the beach to live music venues and a nice new lounge. So picking a Top 5 took some time to create, and it was cultivated only after months and months of careful consideration. And, of … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Summer Concert Series 2017 Dates & Bands
A True Summertime #SundayFinday In The Los Angeles South Bay Summer Sundays in Hermosa Beach, CA definitely live up to the popular social media hashtag of #SundayFunday. That’s because, in addition to being a beach with the Pacific Open, beach volleyball, surfing, swimming biking on The Strand and all the other activities one does at this beach, there are free concerts on … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Labor Day 2017 Bands Beer Garden & Scene
Three-Day Festival Has Live Music & South Bay Singles In Hermosa Beach, CA Labor Day in Los Angeles means time at the beach and if you're in Hermosa Beach, it means Fiesta Hermosa. This is a three-day event on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at and around Pier Plaza that features two stages of tribute and party bands, a beer and wine garden and two streets of arts and … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2017 Date Add To Calendar
WHAT: A small yet fun parade through this Los Angeles beach community. WHEN: The Saturday before St. Patrick's Day/ PARADE ROUTE: From the staging area on Valley/Ardmore, it goes down Pier Ave., turns left onto Hermosa Ave., and ends at 8th Street. THE CROWD: South Bay singles, fun party couples & families w/kids all line both sides of the streets. The singles and … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Is One Of The Top Los Angeles Live Music Cities
Bands & Live Music Venues That Rock The South Bay There is no disputing that the Sunset Strip is the top place to see live music in Los Angeles, but when you go to other areas it sometimes seems as if there's almost as many incredible musicians and great bands as there are cars on the freeways. And that's saying something in L.A. A great example of this is in the … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day 2024 Parade Complete Guide
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger It's small. It's silly. And it's back for 2022 and is an Irish-style blast. The annual Hermosa Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade – Saturday, March 16 in 2024 – is only about a dozen blocks and lasts but a couple of hours. But it's this lack of hugeness that makes it so appealing. Instead of having to plan things out days … [Read more...]
Tower 12 Hermosa Beach A Bar Lounge That’s Like A House Party
A More Refined Sharkeez On Pier Plaza When you want to feel like you're at home – a nice home that is – but don't actually want to be at home, then there's Tower 12, a new bar on Hermosa Beach's Pier Plaza. Created by the masterminds of bar designs from Sharkeez, Tower 12 is like beach bungalow's living room, giving the place a warm, relaxing feeling that's far less … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Top Hermosa Beach Pier Bars Party Review
Tips On Drinking Like An Irishman In The South Bay The Hermosa Beach Pier is a lively place any time of the year, but there are certain occasions when it really gets especially spirited. One of those is on St. Patrick's Day (and this is addition to the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, which Saturday. Talk about March Madness! It's not that Hermosa Beach is a big … [Read more...]
L.A. Valentine’s Day Weekend Party Report Events & Happenings
Redondo Beach Cupid Singles Event, MixaGoGo Mixer, Hermosa Beach Nightlife News & Smackfest Events Schedule Welcome to the PubClub.com South Bay Party Report – Valentine's Day Edition! The Party Report is brought to you by Kona Brewing Company, makers of that excellent beer from Hawaii that’s full of liquid aloha. There’s a new beer now on tap at Shellback Tavern to … [Read more...]