Beach Goth returns as one-day festival at L.A. State Historic Park
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Beach Goth is back. It will be Sunday, Aug. 5, at L.A. State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles.
The announcement came today from the Growlers, the Orange County band that founded the festival in 2012 and headlined it for five years. But after a nasty divorce from the venue that hosted it, the Observatory and its parent Noise Group, the Beach Goth name became embroiled in a legal dispute. Last year’s festival was simply called The Growlers 6 and was held on the waterfront in San Pedro.
The legal dispute has been settled, a representative of the band confirmed, adding that the group was not allowed to say anything more. So Beach Goth is back in the hands of the Growlers, with a lineup to be announced soon, the band said.
“Most festivals are a sea of sameness,” Growlers frontman Brooks Nielsen said in a press release. “This year we’re taking back Beach Goth, reclaiming it for the band and our fellow weirdos, misfits, and colorful outsiders.
“Beach Goth 2018 will definitely be more ‘carnival’ than ‘festival.’ It’s about art, songs, and performances that come from real materials and raw energy, things that have to be experienced in-person. L.A. is The Growlers’ home, and the Los Angeles State Historic Park is the perfect place for Growlers fans to come get weird in a beautiful, chill, and safe environment.”
Will LiveNation still be involved, like they were for Growlers 6 for the first time?
[…] The festival, in its seventh year, will be held at L.A. State Historic Park in downtown L.A. on Aug. 5. It returns to the Beach Goth moniker that its founders, the Growlers, used during the first five years when it was held at the Observatory. After a legal dispute with the Orange County venue that hosted it, last year’s festival was simply known as The Growlers 6. With the legal kerfuffle settled, the festival returns to its original name. […]