Free festival will feature live DJs, food vendors and World Cup watch parties in downtown Santa Monica.
Santa Monica Block Fest will return to the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, July 11, bringing live music, food vendors and World Cup watch parties to downtown Santa Monica.
The free, all-ages event is scheduled from 5 p.m. to midnight and will span three blocks of the pedestrian promenade. Organizers said more than 20,000 people attended the festival’s June event, and a similar turnout is expected this weekend.
The festival will feature two music stages with electronic dance music performances by DJs including Moonlght, Distant Matter, Sam Silver, Marzi, Wenzl, Nash Rly, Plexusplay, KNWN, Waxthieves, Kira X and J Nikole.
World Cup quarterfinal matches will also be shown during the event.
More than 20 food vendors are expected to participate in a night market on Arizona Avenue. Among them is Villa’s Tacos, the Highland Park taqueria that recently appeared during the Super Bowl LX halftime show. Local artisans and small businesses will also sell merchandise throughout the festival.
