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SPECIAL HOURS:

  • Thursday, May 2, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 4 PM.
  • Thursday, May 9, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 3:30 PM.
  • Wednesday, May 15, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 4 PM.
  • Thursday, May 19, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 6 PM.
  • Thursday, May 23, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public at 6 PM.
  • Friday, July 12, Pacific Park will be CLOSED to the public ALL DAY.

🕐 For a full schedule of hours, please check our operating calendar before planning your visit.

Celebrating New Years in Los Angeles 2020

Celebrating New Year's Eve at Pacific Park
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With the New Year quickly approaching, we have listed places to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles including some of the best-known locations as well as off-the-beaten path suggestions. With a city as large as Los Angeles, there are many places to sing Auld Lang Syne, raise a glass of bubbles, or take in the spectacle of midnight partiers. […]

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Holidays at the Santa Monica Pier

Holiday Decorations on the Santa Monica Pier
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Santa Monica offers a month full of events during the holiday season. Play in the snow right by the beach, get your photo taken with Surfer Santa, and watch the dazzling holiday light displays on the world-famous Pacific Wheel.   If you're looking for things to do this December in Santa Monica, look no further than the Santa Monica Pier. [...] Read More

Event Marketer’s Marketing Resource Directory Lists Pacific Park as Unique Outdoor Venue

Pacific Park Event Space on the Santa Monica Pier
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Event Marketer magazine was founded in 2002 to serve the information needs of strategic brand-side event marketers and agency executives across the spectrum of face-to-face marketing—including sponsorship activation, mobile marketing, retailtainment, stunts, buzz marketing, PR campaigns, press events, trade shows, corporate events, proprietary events and meetings. It has become the world’s most respected provider of content for the event and [...] Read More

Santa Monica Top Events in 2019

Stranger Things Fun Fair at Pacific Park Santa Monica Pier
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Netflix, Nike and Fandango threw the best events, parties, and activations at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier.   2019 was a busy year in Santa Monica. The Pier once again saw a record number of visitors with some estimates exceeding 10 million people who walked the 110 year-old board walk over the Pacific. As the number of visitors [...] Read More

UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital hosts 20th Annual Party on the Pier at Pacific Park

UCLA Mattel's 20th Annual Party on the Pier
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Head down to the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, November 3rd for the 20th annual Mattel Party on the Pier! Each year this fundraising event works to raise funding for the programs that benefit children who are being treated at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, and more around the world. UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital cares for children from newborns to young [...] Read More

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos on the Santa Monica Pier

Dia de los Muertos Celebration at Mariasol
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If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in the Los Angeles area, Mariasol is offering free face painting for the occasion! Each year Mariasol, one of the restaurants on the Santa Monica Pier, celebrates this day rooted in Mexican culture. Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico that [...] Read More

The Bay Foundation holds 5th Annual Coastal Connections Celebration at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier

Dolphin on the Ferris Wheel for The Bay Foundation's Fundraiser
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The Bay Foundation held their 5th Annual Coastal Connections celebration on Thursday, October 17th, 2019 in the Seaside Pavilion at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. Coastal Connections is an annual fundraiser held by The Bay Foundation. The event highlights several special honorees and features entertainment, delicious gourmet food by Bristol Farms, unlimited rides at Pacific Park, and more. [...] Read More

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Hosts Annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk at the Santa Monica Pier

Out of the Darkness Walk
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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is hosting their annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk this Saturday, October 19, 2019. Registration for the walk opens at 8:45am and open ceremonies start at 10:00am. The walk has a new location this year at the Santa Monica Pier. The Out of the Darkness Greater Los Angeles Walk brings people together for [...] Read More

Joey Chestnut Sets a New Taco Eating Record

2019 Pacific Park Taco Championship Winner Chestnut
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On Friday, October 4th, another world record was set by competitive eater, Joey Chestnut, who devoured 82 LA street-style tacos in just 8 minutes at the 2019 Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship at the Santa Monica Pier. This was the second year that the world’s top competitive eaters were invited to Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier to [...] Read More

Opera at the Beach

LA Opera on the Santa Monica Pier
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The Los Angeles Opera returns to the Santa Monica Pier with The LA Opera at the Beach livestream of “La Bohème” being performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Sept. 28 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Be transported to the bustling café’s and hidden corners of 19th-century Paris in Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème. The opera will be transmitted live in […]

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