COAST

Be Part of COAST Video of COAST Video of COAST COAST invites everyone to be part of a carnival of wheels, rigs, wings, and feet! Ride your bike, skate around, take a stroll, roll through, and check things out - COAST will have live music, performances, lots of food to eat, and artsy activities. Two miles of Santa Monica streets will be closed to car traffic including Ocean Avenue from Wilshire Boulevard to Colorado Avenue, Colorado Avenue from 5th Street to Ocean Avenue, and Main Street from Colorado Avenue to Pier Avenue. RSVP on Facebook RSVP on Eventbrite

Day-of Fun COAST celebrates all the ways people get around without cars. Check out this list of activities that will get you moving through the COAST route! Pop-Up Roller Rink 10:00am-4:00pm on Ocean Avenue between Arizona and Wilshire Roll back into the disco lifestyle at the COAST Roller Rink! We’ll be bumping some disco, some funk, roller skating classics, all groovy. Come put on your roller skates and go rolling around the rink or just sit and reminisce about the solid sounds of yesteryear. Don’t have roller skates? No worries, we have pairs you can borrow at no cost.

Public Skate Park 10:00am-4:00pm on Main Street between Bay Street and Pico Free skateboard lessons, watch demos of crazy tricks performed by professional skaters, listen to tunes by skate DJ extraordinaire Tuan Digglz, or bring your board and jump in a friendly best trick competition.

Let's Jump, LA 10:00am-4:00pm at the intersection of Main Street and Ashland Jump LA specializes in high-energy jump rope performances and instruction, and features some of the top jump rope performers and coaches in the world. Founded by four-time World Champion Mike Fry, JumpLA’s interactive zone will feature single rope, double dutch, and group freestyle jumping with music and featured performers of all ages.

Community Mural! 10:00am-4:00pm at the intersection of Broadway and Ocean Avenue Help bring a mural to life that shows all the fun ways you can get around town in style without a car! Paints, colored pencils, markers and crayons will be provided for coloring in the illustrated mural, and people of all ages and levels of experience are welcome to come join in on the fun! Mural project illustrated and facilitated by artist Molly Allis.

Office of Sustainability and Environment 10:00am-4:00pm on the lawn in front of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Discover how much more you can do for the environment, help artist Peter Tigler complete a giant fingerprint mural and groove to the music of local DJ's, Venice Beats.

Take the Friendly Road GIF Photobooth 10:00am-4:00pm on Main Street at Bay Street Stop by our photo booth to create an awesome GIF of you and your friends brought to you by Take the Friendly Road, Santa Monica’s road safety campaign. You’ll get a free print out to put on the fridge and the images are instantly shareable via a kiosk. As an added bonus, if you share your GIF on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with hashtag #friendlyroad, we will enter you in a raffle to win a prize!

Kids' Bicycle Rodeo with Santa Monica Spoke 10:00am-4:00pm on Ocean Avenue between Colorado and Broadway Bike training course to improve your skills and learn safety precautions with Santa Monica Spoke. Decorate your own helmet, or create a sash to wear in honor of the 100th anniversary of the League of Women Voters.

Demonstration Cycle Track 10:00am-4:00pm on Ocean Avenue between California Incline and Wilshire Boulevard Temporary protected bike lane with banners by world-renowned artist and award-winning kitemaker, Jose Sainz.

Santa Monica Community Garden 10:00am-4:00pm on Main Street at Strand Tours of the Santa Monica Community Garden, salad-making, soil and composting workshops, and kids art activities.

Santa Monica Conservancy and the Shotgun House 10:00am-4:00pm on Main Street at Norman Place The Santa Monica Conservancy is not only giving tours of a restored 1980's Shotgun House but also hosting a Scavenger Hunt for architectural features on nearby landmarks! Come see what you can find!

Santa Monica Farmers Market 10:00am-4:00pm on Main Street between Ocean Park and Hill For the first time, the Farmers Market spills out onto Main Street with a variety of vendors. Come for cooking demos, farm to table foods, live music, free bike valet, and more fun activities.

Performers COAST participants make the event magic through their self-expression and collaboration. You can find performers throughout the entire COAST route! Beck + Col: The Revolting Lumpen, A Classical Opera Performances at 12:15pm, 1:15pm, 2:15pm, and 3:15pm on Ocean Avenue between Broadway and Santa Monica Through costume-based performance, Beck and Col’s work explores alternate universes populated with monsters. The Lumpen Monsters are colorful, playful and operatic.

California Feet Warmers Performances at 12:30pm-1:15pm, 1:45pm-2:30pm, and 3:00pm-3:45pm on Ocean Avenue between Colorado and Arizona Masters of ragtime, Dixieland blues and early swing, second line marching.

Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas Performances at 10:30am-11:15am, 11:45am-12:30pm, 1:00pm-1:45pm on Ocean Avenue between Colorado and Broadway The Boyle Heights-based Mariachi Lindas Mexicanas is an all women group performing traditional and contemporary versions of the classic Jalisco repertoire.

Puppet Parade and Cuñao Details TBA Join the parade and help carry the Giant Puppets designed by artist Beth Peterson and inspired by Tongva and Chumash cultures, the whales of the Pacific, and other animals and birds of our coast. The Parade is accompanied by Los Angeles-based Latin folk group Cuñao who put a global twist on their Latin sound by exploring African rhythms, Eastern European melodies and American Rock aesthetics.

John Steven Morgan 10:00am-4:00pm on Main Street at Hill A COAST favorite, the composer and pianist John Steven Morgan plays his original compositions on an upright piano that he wheels into the streets.

Sol e Mar Performances at 1:00pm-1:45pm, 2:00pm-2:45pm, 3:00pm-3:45pm on Main Street between Ocean Park and Hollister Sol e Mar, based in San Diego, is a versatile band expert in all things Latin, Caribbean, Cuban, and Brazilian.

Mobile Dance Brigade 1:00pm-1:45pm dance workshop on the triangle at Main Street and Colorado Esplanade

2:00pm-4:00pm parade to the Santa Monica Pier Folks of all abilities are invited to join the mobile Dance Brigade for as long as they like as it travels along the route. Santa Monica-based dance artist Christine Suarez facilitate some dancing and playing to drum rhythms in this traveling dance party!

Souly Dance Arts Performances at 11:00am-11:45am, 12:15pm-1:00pm, 1:30pm-2:15pm, and 3:00pm-3:45pm Souly Dance Arts will parade and perform West African/Mande dance and music along Main Street between City Hall and the Colorado Esplanade.

Artist-led Workshops Between August 28 and September 14, join free artist-led workshops where inspiration and materials will enable you to create your showpiece for COAST, on September 15. Collaborate with friends, family, and neighbors to decorate whatever your way of getting around is (whether it’s with wheels or not!) and create a larger than life moving installation. Bring, wear and ride your creations to the streets on event day, where there will be opportunities to win prizes for creativity and innovation. Attend a workshop and make your masterpiece! See an overview of all the workshop times and locations here. All workshops are free will take place in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium unless otherwise stated. Decorate your helmet, hat or head with Artist Marianne Sadowski Create head-ware that reflects you and your favorite way to get around. All kinds of fabulous and fun materials will allow you to create whatever you imagine. Check out the workshop schedule for details!

Sea to Sky: Giant Puppet Making with Beth Peterson This workshop is inspired by Tongva and Chumash canoes, the whales of the Pacific, and other animals and birds of our coast. You can join with others to create a giant, communal puppet or large group-powered creation, or create a solo piece. The larger than life people-powered post-fossil fuel creations will soar and sail through the streets at COAST powered by groups and individuals on foot, bicycle, roller skates, strollers, scooters and skateboards. Check out the workshop schedule for details!

People-Powered Transportation Revolution with Artist Kiel Johnson Use cardboard, paint, and other fun materials to build a sailboat, chariot, train, bus, gondola, raft, jet pack or anything you can imagine to transport you through the streets of COAST. Check out the workshop schedule for details!

What’s your sign? Sign Making with Artist Marianne Sadowski Say it with a sign! Express yourself, your family, organization or community with a handmade sign created from stencils, images and cardboard and then carry it or affix it to your conveyance along the COAST route. Check out the workshop schedule for details!

Mask Making and Collaborative Dance with Mimi Haddon Combine cardboard, paint, yarn, fabric and other objects to create a mask that uniquely expresses you, then join in inventing a collaborative dance that will respond to the building and site. Keep your mask and wear it to COAST on September 15. (Wear clothing to move in for workshop.) Check out the workshop schedule for details!

Decorate your Bicycle & Ride with The Winter Office Decorate your bicycle with art residents, The Winter Office, then ride to the opening reception of their exhibit, "The Social Territories of a Warming World" at 18th Street Arts Center's Airport Campus. Keep your bike decorated and ride it out to COAST on September 15. Check out the workshop schedule for details!

Workshop Schedule Attend one of the workshops and make your masterpiece. Then bring it to COAST on Sunday, September 15 and show it to the world! See the full descriptions of artist-led workshops leading up to COAST. Download the Workshop Schedule Thursday, September 12 What Sea to Sky: Giant Puppets Workshop (RSVP) Where Santa Monica Civic Auditorium When 2:00pm - 5:00pm Friday, September 13 What Sea to Sky: Giant Puppets (RSVP) Decorate your helmet, hat, or head (RSVP) Where Santa Monica Civic Auditorium When 2:00pm - 9:00pm Saturday, September 14 What Sea to Sky: Giant Puppet Making (RSVP) Where Santa Monica Civic Auditorium When 10:00am - 5:00pm What Decorate your helmet, hat or head (RSVP) Where Meet Me at Reed @ Virginia Avenue Park When 3:00pm - 5:00pm What Masking Making and Collaborative Dance (RSVP) Where Camera Obscura Art Lab When 1:00pm - 3:00pm

COAST Contest This year, COAST will be a pageant of creativity by participants who can win prizes in the COAST Contest, open accessible and free to all. The contest judges will be looking for creativity and innovation, as well as entrants who bring the COAST ethos of sustainability, people-powered mobility and the spirit of Santa Monica to their submission. Sign up now!



Categories: Most COAST - the single best representation of the COAST ethos

Boldest Mobility Solution

Most Creative or Innovative

Best Use of Recycle Materials

Best Youth Entry

Best Group Effort



How to Enter Create or make your own float, costume, headpiece, people-powered conveyance, or large-scale human-powered surprise to bring to COAST. Drop-in to any of the free workshops to hone your work, get access to free materials, work with our in-house artists, or find inspiration from watching your neighbors and friends create. Finish your creation and bring it along with your friends and family to COAST on September 15 Register online or sign-up to enter the contest when you get to COAST on September 15. Once registered, you'll get assigned a number/bib to wear for judging. Go to the review area between 10AM - 3PM so that you can be seen by our esteemed panel of judges.





Local Businesses Businesses along the route are invited to participate! See what specials are at COAST this year. Local businesses encouraged to get creative! Make something that repreresents your business and participate in the celebration of a car-free culture. Need ideas? Check out the Artist-led workshops for free materials and inspiration. Follow the do's and don'ts outlined below for ideas on how you can activate the street in front of your establishment during COAST. Please submit your ideas to the event production team, Community Arts Resources (CARS) by August 23. Street activities not pre-approved may receive a citiation from the City of Santa Monica. For more details on how you can participate, please contact CARS at kai@carsla.net or (213) 355-8506. DO Open your doors to the public during COAST!

Host a sidewalk sale in front of your store.

Offer a COAST special. See which specials are at COAST here.

Develop an interactive activity that engagess attendees. Contact us for ideas! DON’T Block the entire sidewalk; a clear walking path must be maintained.

Post stationary signs in the public right-of-way.

Have sales beyond the sidewalk. Sales are not permitted in the street.

Event Mission Mobility COAST celebrates all the ways people get around without cars. The goal is to lessen our dependence on cars in order to advance the health of our environment, our bodies, and our bank accounts. People-powered = power to the people! Community COAST creates a carfree public space where the community can engage with each other and the city around them in new and creative ways. The goal is to inspire people to imagine and experience new ways of being and moving in the streets and to connect and build, together, lasting change within the community. Creativity COAST participants make the event magic through their self-expression and collaboration. The goal is to support and facilitate the community’s collaborative imagination. We want you (yes, you!) to make something awesome!

Getting to COAST on 9/15 Hop on the Bus Attending COAST just got easier this year with the exciting offer of free rides on all Big Blue Buses across all routes the entire day of the event. Routes 1, 2, 3, Rapid 3, 7, Rapid 7, 8, 9, and 18 all serve Downtown Santa Monica. With so many options, one probably goes by you! Find your route here. Metro Buses 4/704, 534, 720, and 733 all drop you off within walking distance of the route. Ride the Expo Line Metro Rail drops you off directly on the route at Colorado/4th Street. Use the Metro Trip Planner to find the best route. Ride Your Bike Check out Santa Monica’s Bike Map to chart your best path to the event. Or use Google Maps if coming from outside the city. Find a shared bike using Breeze Bike Share, Metro Bike Share, or JUMP Bikes. Two free Bike Valet locations will be offered along the route at Ocean Ave./Santa Monica Blvd. or Main St./Ocean Park Blvd. Parking Please note which streets will be closed on the map of street closures. Please visit Where to Park for a list of parking lots in Santa Monica including rates, addresses, and restrictions. All parking lots along the route contain ADA accessible spots. Please note due to COAST, a few lots will be closed or will have a special event rate. These are noted below. CLOSED – Lot 10, 111 Hill Street CLOSED – Lot 26, 150 Strand Street CLOSED – Norman Place Lot CLOSED – Pier Deck EVENT RATE – Civic Lot & Civic Structure $5 (car must be moved by midnight)



Accessibility COAST is a wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant event. Approximately 2 miles of streets will be closed to vehicles so that all sorts of wheeled devices can enjoy the space together. The streets, sidewalks, Colorado Esplanade, Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica Place, Palisades Park, and other programmed areas are accessible. For some programming, travel over grass will be required. All parking lots have ADA accessible spots. See above for the list of parking lot closures. Public transportation including Big Blue Bus, Metro buses, and Metro Expo Line are accessible. Please note some buses will be rerouted due to street closures from the event. All public and portable restrooms at the event include accessible options.

Safety

Rules

Share the Road While cars are not allowed, most other forms of non-motorized transportation are. Be mindful of others enjoying the route with you! Car Crossings At a few locations along the route we’ll have designated intersections for cars to cross. Rides and pedestrians must stop at these crossings when told to do so. Helmets for Children All children (18 and under) are required by law to wear a helmet if they are on a bike, scooter, skateboard, roller blades, or any other similar type of transportation. Electric Scooters/Bikes Any electric assisted bicycles or scooters are limited to 5 miles per hour within the event area. All shared devices will have their throttle automatically adjusted.

Safety

The Santa Monica Police Department provides security to the COAST event. Additionally, we’ll have emergency services stationed throughout the event.

In the case of an accident, report the incident immediately to the nearest event staff member, emergency personnel, or uniformed officer.

Report any suspicious activity or packages to the nearest staff member or uniformed officer.

Staff can be identified by the t-shirt that says STAFF on the back. Volunteers can be identified by the t-shirt that says VOLUNTEER on the back.