Hurricane Marie Forces Santa Monica's Ocean Way Festival Cancellation Due to Beach Erosion

The inaugural Ocean Way Festival in Santa Monica has been canceled due to significant beach erosion caused by Hurricane Marie. Organizers determined the festival site is no longer safe for the event, leading to the decision to call off the two-day festival scheduled for September 26-27.

The cancellation impacts a lineup that included headliners The Killers and Olivia Dean, as well as artists like Jack White, Sublime, Alvvays, Khruangbin, Durand Jones & The Indications, and Hiatus Kaiyote. This event's cancellation underscores the vulnerability of outdoor festivals to severe weather events and their subsequent environmental impacts, even when not directly in the storm's path.