Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair & Parade

October 5-6, 2024, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Live Oak Park
1901 N. Valley Drive
Manhattan Beach, CA
Free, mbfair.org

Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair Parade

Saturday 10 a.m.

The Parade launches the weekend celebration. It features the Mayor in a car, City Council member, Fair board members, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts with color guard and banners and ends with Mira Costa Marching Band and Drill Teams, then  Manhattan Beach Middle School Chorus singing the National Anthem.

Two days of family fun include not just a line up of awesome bands, local dance groups performing on stage and winners of the band contest, but contests you'll find at old-fashioned fairs such as diaper derby, 3-legged race, sack race, hula hoop contest, and water balloon toss. The Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair offers a little bit of country mixed with the cool beach vibe and urban sophistication in vendor shopping and foods you can buy.

2024 Concert Line Up

•  The Chase Walker Band
  The Mystic Chiefs
  Frank Jung
  Better Daze
  Battle of the Bands
  Ominous Duck
  JMD
  Cliff Beach
  Soulshot (Soul Rhythm Funk)
  Mark Righteous (Coastal Classics / Beach Rock / Country)
  V Torres (Indie Rock / Pop / Americana)
  Triple Bueno (Feel Good Reggae Music)
  DJ Semmer (Remix DJ Dance Party)
  Abrakadabra (Pop/Latin/Smooth Jazz)
  Thin Ice (Classic Rock and Original songs)
  Single Track Band (Classic Rock / Country Rock)
  Pedro Reis Band (Blues Rock / R&B)
  Justin D (Alt Rock / Pop)
  Mariachi Alma Juvenil
  Manhattan Beach Boyz
  Red in Variant
  Doug & Don
  Smoky Hollow
  MX’d Plate
  Townes Potter
  Ayanna & Raiya Wheeler
  Hiatus
  The Jackrabbits
  TrueBlood
  Squatchy

Arts and crafts, food, games and entertainment. The fair is held at Live Oak Park (on Valley Drive between 15th and 21st Streets).

The Fair is fun for all ages. Great fair food, beautiful arts and crafts from hand selected vendors, free entertainment on their Main Stage and South Stage, games for kids of all ages and of course, the Kid's Country are just some of the venues available for visitors. The goal of the community fair is to create a weekend event where locals can support each other as customers and operators of fun booths while raising funds for local charity organizations. This event is a Manhattan Beach tradition!

Highlights & Entertainment

• Arts & Crafts vendors  200+ show and sell their creations
• Paid, Carnival-style Games and Free Games
• Kid Country
• Food vendors
• Beer Garden
• Wine Garden
• Free speech areas
• Civic Corner
• 3 stages where over 30 local groups perform - Main Stage, South Stage, Joslyn Amateur Stage
• Battle of the Bands

The Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair is organized by an all-volunteer, local residents, non-profit board of directors. Their goal is to maintain the hometown feel that makes this event popular. At the same time, they try to add new events and entertainment each year to keep the Fair fresh and interesting.

Free parking & free shuttle from Northrop Grumman Lot, Building R2, on Aviation at Space Park Drive, one block south of Marine

No dogs, No bikes, No skateboards, No scooters, No roller skates or blades are allowed anytime on the fairgrounds

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.