Ohana Music Festival 2026 — Dana Point

“The ocean is always in the frame at Doheny State…”

Between sets you can hear the ocean. That one detail is why this festival does not feel like the others, and it is the reason Eddie Vedder built it on a state beach instead of a fairground. The Pacific is not a view from the field here. It is standing directly behind the stage.

The booking follows his own record collection: rock that aged into something, Americana, folk, and the independent streak connecting them. Past years have run from Pearl Jam and The Who through Stevie Nicks, My Morning Jacket, and Phoebe Bridgers. Doheny works as a natural amphitheater, and the September light coming off the water does something to a set that no inland venue can fake.

Dana Point, an easy run down the coast, with weekend and single-day passes through the festival site. Send it to the friend who keeps saying every festival feels the same now.