Abbot Kinney Festival VisitVeniceCa September 24, 2017 Loading Map.... Abbot Kinney Blvd.Abbot Kinney Blvd. - VeniceEvents 33.9905371 -118.4650183 Date/Time Date(s) - 09/24/201710:00 am - 6:00 pm Location Abbot Kinney Blvd. Categories Annual Events Arts and culture Entertainment and Nightlife Food and drink Kids' events Live Music Store promotions and grand openings Volunteer and networking About the Abbot Kinney Festival: Southern California’s largest FREE community festival – now in its 32nd year. The festival draws more than 100,000 adults and families. The mile-long stretch of Abbot Kinney Blvd. is lined with FOUR great, live music stages, the Spritzer Love Lounge and HUSH Silent Disco, chalk art, dozens of artisan food vendors, popular food trucks, 300+ quality artisan and fine art vendors, and three beer gardens. The immensely popular KidsQuad has rides, family entertainment, and fun, interactive activities for all ages. The festival celebrates the diversity of creativity of Venice. WHY: Raise money for the Abbot Kinney Festival Association (AKFA) Community Grants Program. The AKFA is made up of a primarily all-volunteer board of directors who present the festival while donating the proceeds to organizations that specifically serve Venice. Fan and follow Abbot Kinney Festival on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram! Save the date Sept. 24, 2017 for the next Abbot Kinney Festival! Visit AbbotKinney.org! . View photos from last year’s Abbot Kinney Festival . 2016 Abbot Kinney Festival’s Community Grant Program recipients! About the AKFA Community Grant Program: Funded by festival proceeds, the AKFA Community Grants Program awards funding to selected Venice-based nonprofit organizations that offer services and programs aimed at youth and families. Applications are accepted each year preceding the festival and presented at the festival in September. Since 1984, well over $300,000 in festival proceeds have been invested into the community of Venice. We thank everyone who supports, volunteers, shops and visits the Abbot Kinney Festival, for it is the sole revenue source for our community grant program. For more info: abbotkinney.org/grants In this photo Tim of the Venice Oceanarium. Venice Art Crawl’s Eduardo Manilla In this photo: Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument Councilmember Mike Bonin presents Alley and Orson Bean with a LA Certificate of Recognition Kids’ Quad Family parade with the Samba-Raggae beat , Samba da Mudanca and Sandra Sandia FOUR great live music stages. View line up here! Spritzer Love Lounge and HUSH Silent Disco Chalk Art on Wesminster 300+ quality artisan and fine art vendors Venice Beats – DJ Mr. Numberonederful Fun times and cool cuts at trim The Brig and Sunny spot crew! Good times! Three beer gardens. . View all 2016 photos by Team Venice Paparazzi Photos by Venice Paparazzi’s Edizen Stowell, Jenny Rolapp, Erin Davis and Lindsay Ruzicka. HireVP.com for your next event. Save the date Sept. 24, 2017 for #AKF2017! Visit AbbotKinney.org. For more info: http://www.AbbotKinney.org