Ohana Festival
- Dates
- Expected September
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Doheny State Beach
- Price
- $199 to $535
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Ohana Festival comes to Doheny State Beach, Dana Point, CA, Expected September, with Alabama Shakes, Bad Religion, Billy Idol, plus 10 more. Froligo tracks the confirmed lineup, current ticket prices, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
Ohana Festival is an intimate beachfront music festival held at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California, co-founded by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder in 2016. Around 35 performances span three stages across a late-September weekend, alongside a 'Storytelling in the Cove' series with conservationists and surfers and a beachside food program. Its identity is a smaller, laid-back, ocean-facing alternative to the big California festivals, right on the Pacific
What people love
Attendees consistently praise the beachfront setting and relaxed, 'chill' atmosphere, and the music and lineup draw strong marks, with acts such as Green Day, Cage the Elephant, James and Wet Leg singled out. Many describe it as a smaller, well-organized event that doesn't feel overcrowded. The most common complaints are cost tickets and especially on-site food and drink are widely called overpriced and tight parking near the beach, where residential streets are patrolled and cars without a pass are towed
Last time around (2025)
The most recent held edition ran in late September 2025 at Doheny State Beach, with headline sets from Eddie Vedder and Green Day among others. Reviewers highlighted performances by Green Day, Cage the Elephant, James, Wet Leg, LP and Tash Sultana and loved the beachfront vibe, while flagging steep food and drink prices and difficult parking, including residential towing enforcement
Listen
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No official playlist linked yet. Find Ohana Festival on Spotify.
Lineup
Getting there
Nearest airport SNA.
How do I get to Ohana Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Ohana Festival. The nearest major airport is SNA, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
Not a leg from SNA itself (no direct rail at the airport, and SNA is not train-adjacent), but a genuinely useful venue-side option for attendees arriving via LAX, San Diego (SAN), or already in the LA/OC/San Diego rail corridor: the San Juan Capistrano Amtrak/Metrolink station is roughly a 10-minute walk from Doheny State Beach via the San Juan Creek Trail, or a short local OCTA Route 91 bus ride to Pacific Coast Highway & Dana Point Harbor. Metrolink runs a $10 unlimited weekend day pass. Noted explicitly as a corridor alternative rather than substituted for SNA as the primary airport
Book / info →By bus & public transit
Weak fit for this festival specifically: OCTA's SNA-area routes don't reach Dana Point directly, and connections would require multiple transfers plus a final Dana Point-area bus leg. taxi/rideshare or the venue's own park-and-shuttle system (see below) are what attendees actually use
Book / info →Festival shuttle
Official festival-run shuttle from two designated off-site parking lots Dana Hills High School (33333 Street of the Golden Lantern) and The Outlets at San Clemente parking structure (101 W. Avenida Hermosa) direct to Doheny State Beach. Runs from 11am with the last return shuttle at 11pm. This is the free general-public shuttle (distinct from the paid VIP hotel-shuttle packages listed under lodging below); attendees park at either lot and ride in rather than driving to the beach itself, since on-site festival parking is very limited
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
At the festival itself, Ohana designates a specific on-site rideshare drop-off/pickup zone on Park Lanterns Drive inside Doheny State Beach, separate from the shuttle-lot system
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
No on site parking. Use nearby lots or transit. Cost On-site parking at Doheny State Beach itself is very limited; the festival sells a separate 3-Day Premium Parking Pass (located at 25326 Dana Point Harbor Drive, closest available lot to the festival) through Front Gate Tickets, advance purchase only 'no on-site sales.' Exact dollar price requires sign-in on the ticketing platform and was not visible on the public listing page. Most attendees are steered instead to the two free shuttle-lot options (Dana Hills High School / The Outlets at San Clemente) or rideshare drop-off, per the official How-do-I-get-to-the-festival page. Prepay via Front Gate Tickets (ohanafest.frontgatetickets.com) official festival ticketing/parking platform.
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at SNA
On-site beach parking is scarce and prepay-only, so car hire mainly suits attendees basing themselves at an inland hotel package (e.g. Inn at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, ~4.7 miles from the venue) or combining the festival with a wider SoCal coastal road trip
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
The venue has its own page with capacity, accessibility and parking.
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Ohana Festival?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Hotels nearby 5
Shuttle The official Ohana Festival travel-package provider (100x Hospitality) documents this hotel's VIP package as including 'Daily roundtrip shuttle transportation between hotel and festival site' a genuine, officially-run shuttle, not a proximity workaround
Link coming soonShuttle Same official travel-package provider documents this hotel's package as including 'Daily roundtrip shuttle transportation between hotel and festival site for two people' cited as a genuine operated shuttle rather than inferred from proximity
Link coming soonThe same 100x Hospitality package page describes it as 'in walking distance to festival site' no shuttle needed, it sits essentially adjacent to Doheny State Beach
Link coming soonAlso one of the three official partner hotels named on Ohana's own site. The same official travel-package page notes it's 'in walking distance to festival site' (roughly a 5-minute walk per the VIP package copy) no shuttle needed for this one either
Link coming soonabout 4.7 miles / roughly a 10-15 min drive from Doheny State Beach, not walkable and no documented shuttle for this property specifically. Best suited to attendees who don't mind driving or rideshare-ing in each day
Link coming soonAirbnb & private camping
Dana Point / San Juan Capistrano / San Clemente is dense, high-value SoCal coastal Airbnb inventory. Expect meaningfully elevated nightly rates and multi-night minimum-stay requirements for the late-September festival weekend versus a normal weekend SoCal beach-town listings commonly impose 2-3 night minimums for any named event weekend
Search Airbnb →Low relevance for this festival specifically Doheny State Beach itself and the immediate Dana Point coastline are dense urban/resort development with no Hipcamp private-land inventory at the venue. The nearest genuine Hipcamp listings are inland in the broader Orange County area (Mission Viejo, Orange), roughly 10-15+ miles from the venue a fit only for attendees specifically wanting a camp/glamp base who don't mind a drive-in commute each festival day; hotels and Airbnb in Dana Point/San Juan Capistrano are the realistic options for this beachfront day festival
Search Hipcamp →Accessibility & comfort
What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.
Ohana Festival publishes a full accessibility section in its help centre at support.ohanafest.com/hc/en-us/sections/5339548123412, split into 14 articles. Terrain is described frankly: the event takes place across a large outdoor site with great distances between activities and attractions, outdoors and across city streets and pathways, with some travel over natural terrain and terrain designed for motor vehicles, and the festival warns there could be mud if it rains.
Read the full notes
No special ADA ticket is needed; all admission tickets give the same access. Accessibility wristbands are free, valid all weekend, and issued at the Access Center on arrival with no medical documentation required and self identification accepted.
The Access Center sits just inside the main festival entrance before the archway near Guest Services, staffed during operating hours, and handles wristbands, accessible viewing information, Deaf and ASL registration, assisted listening devices, large print and Braille materials when available, and powered mobility device charging on 110 volt 20 amp circuits.
Accessible parking spaces are described as extremely limited, first come first served, and require a valid state issued placard or plate; no distance to the entrance is published. Accessible entry lanes are at festival entrances, marked with the International Symbol of Access.
Accessible viewing areas are first come first served, marked on the festival map, and a wristband does not guarantee space once capacity is reached; accessible seating inside VIP, Ultimate VIP or Premium Viewing areas requires that both guest and companion hold the matching premium ticket.
Accessible restrooms are available throughout the grounds and additionally near designated accessible viewing platforms, where a wristband may be needed for entry. Companion policy: one companion wristband per eligible guest for the ASL Viewing Pit and Accessible Viewing Platforms, exchangeable at the Access Center, but companions must hold their own valid festival ticket and the companion wristband does not provide admission, so there is no free companion ticket.
The festival explicitly does not provide wheelchair or scooter rentals, personal care attendants, push assistance, golf cart transportation, personal escort services or charging cables. This is not a camping festival and no accessible camping is published.
On transport, the festival states that all OCTA buses and Metrolink trains in Orange County are accessible and gives a route via the San Juan Capistrano Metrolink station and the OCTA line 91 bus to Dana Point. Service animals are limited to dogs and miniature horses and should use the accessible entry lanes.
No quiet or sensory space is published. Access contact is the dedicated address [email protected]
ASL interpretation is offered for select performances, with a schedule of interpreted performances posted on the schedule page. Requests for specific performances go through an Effective Communication Request Form, due no later than August 26th, 2026, after which availability cannot be guaranteed.
Read the full notes
Guests using ASL services visit the Access Center on arrival, complete a registration process conducted in American Sign Language, and receive an ASL wristband valid for the whole weekend giving access to designated ASL viewing areas during interpreted performances.
Those areas are first come first served, can reach capacity, allow one companion per wristbanded guest, and are not open when no interpreted performance is scheduled. Guests may bring their own interpreter, who must also hold a valid ticket.
Assisted listening devices are available at the Access Center for hard of hearing guests
Confirm your specific needs with the organiser's access team before you travel.
Checked 2026-09-03 · source
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