The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a global event in the California desert every April, but a couple hours south in Orange County, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam has established a beach festival that combines the vibrant energy of surf culture with great music and relaxed vibes, all while the ocean waves roll in near the stage.

Instead of hosting over 100,000 people per day across two weekends like Coachella, the Ohana Festival at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point attracts around 15,000 to 20,000 attendees each day over one weekend. The Ohana crowd felt more multigenerational — quite different from the social media influencer firestorm that is Coachella — and included more families with children.

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