Santa Monica’s Beach Will Rock With Olivia Dean, the Killers, Jack White and Khruangbin, as Goldenvoice Sets First Ocean Way Festival for September

By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic

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Whatever its other breezy benefits might be, Santa Monica has not been much of a music destination since the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium stopped hosting concerts and especially since the beachside city’s famous Twilight Series on the pier came to an end a dozen years ago. But tens of thousands of music enthusiasts from across the Southern California area may be putting Santa Monica back into their collective GPS when the inaugural Ocean Way Festival takes place on the last weekend in September, presented by Goldenvoice, the company that does Coachella, Stagecoach and many other festivals in the Southern California region.

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