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Huntington Beach Pier Events

Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Here is what is coming up at Huntington Beach Pier, and what has already happened there. Concerts, games, festivals and the smaller nights that never surface in a generic search — no account needed.

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Surf City USA Half Marathon 2027 — Huntington Beach
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Surf City USA Half Marathon 2027 — Huntington Beach
Feb 7, 2027 Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington …

Somewhere out on the coast highway the ocean settles in on your right and simply stays there, and the road quietly stops feeling like effort. Runners talk about that stretch for years afterward, usually while trying to talk somebody else into signing up. The course runs flat and fast along the coast in February, which is why times here come in quicker than most of the region and why the full distance qualifies for Boston. The half is what most people come for: manageable, coastal, and finishing steps from the pier — one of the better places in the country to stop running. The post-race scene is the other half of it. Beer garden, live music on the sand, the whole pier plaza handed over to people in foil blankets who just did something hard at the same time. Registration opens far ahead and usually closes before the new year, and the hotels fill for race weekend. Sign up alongside the friend who insists they could never. Then hold them to it.

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Pacific Airshow 2026 — Huntington Beach
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Pacific Airshow 2026 — Huntington Beach
Oct 2 – Oct 4, 2026 Huntington Beach Pier, Huntington …

The sound arrives after the airplane does. That is the part nobody warns you about — a shape crosses the water in total silence, and a full beat later the noise catches up and hits you in the chest like a door slamming somewhere in the house. There is no stadium here and no bleachers between you and any of it. You stand on sand with the Pacific at your back while aircraft come down the shoreline low enough to read the markings, and a couple of million people up and down the coast lose their minds at the same instant. For something at this scale to happen over a public beach, free, open to whoever walks up, is genuinely unusual. Three days each October. The sand fills early on the main days, the premium viewing areas are ticketed and go fast, and the pier is the best free vantage point there is. Bring the kid who looks up every single time something flies over the house.

Lexus US Open of Surfing 2026 — Huntington Beach
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Lexus US Open of Surfing 2026 — Huntington Beach
Jul 28, 2026 Huntington Beach Pier, Pacific Coa…

Every summer, Huntington Beach stops being a beach town and becomes the center of the surfing world. Nine days. Free admission. The planet watching. The US Open of Surfing returns to the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier with the world's top surfers competing in waves that the entire action sports community follows. The beach fills with fans, families, and people who just came for the energy and stayed because they could not look away. Beyond the competition: skateboarding demos, BMX exhibitions, live music stages, athlete meet-and-greets, interactive brand activations, and the kind of festival atmosphere that only happens when surf culture takes over an entire coastline. The pier becomes the grandstand. The Pacific becomes the arena. One of the largest action sports gatherings in the world, and it happens in your backyard. Bring sunscreen. Bring a towel. Leave your parking expectations at home. July 25 through August 2, 2026. Free admission. All ages.

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US Open of Surfing 2026 — Huntington Beach, CA
Jul 25 – Aug 2, 2026 Huntington Beach Pier Southside, P…

The world’s best surfers come to Huntington Beach every summer. It costs nothing to watch them. Nine days at the pier, over 500,000 spectators, WSL Championship Tour competition — free, all of it. July 25 through August 2, 2026. Position yourself on the sand south of the pier on a competition day and the scale becomes clear: the grandstands fill fast, the PA system carries the announcer's call across a half-mile of beach, and the surfing itself is elite. Watching a Championship Tour competitor read a set wave from the lineup and execute a perfect aerial reverse is genuinely different from anything you have seen on video — the speed, the size, and the precision register in person in a way screens cannot convey. Beyond competition, the event footprint covers blocks of beach: brand activations from action sports companies, live music at the WSL Beach Bar stage, athlete signings, and skate ramps running parallel events. The crowd is a mix of surf obsessives, families, and first-timers who stumbled onto the pier and stayed for three hours. All of them are welcome. The US Open of Surfing is for anyone who wants to watch elite sport in the best possible setting at zero cost. If you live in Southern California and have never made the trip to Huntington for this event, you have been leaving one of the best free days of summer on the table every year. This is not just for surf fans — the atmosphere, the beach, and the sheer scale of the event make it worth the drive from anywhere in the greater LA area. The competition finals happen on the second weekend and draw the largest crowds; weekday sessions offer more space with the same level of competition. Get there early on finals weekend — parking fills by 9 AM and the beach near the pier is at capacity by noon. A free bike valet operates on 5th Street in downtown Huntington Beach both weekends, which makes cycling in genuinely practical. No shade on the competition sand — bring sunscreen, a hat, and more water than you think you need. Beach umbrellas are allowed, chairs are not. Dogs are not permitted at the event site. Binoculars are worth it for the far lineup. The best free viewing is from the pier itself, which gives an elevated angle on the competition zone, though it closes during high surf conditions. There is no equivalent event in American sports where you can watch the world's best athletes compete at their absolute peak without buying a ticket. For a Southern California event, it is also a national cultural export — Huntington Beach pier is recognizable to surf fans on every continent, and the US Open is the reason. July 25 through August 2, 2026. Free admission. Huntington Beach Pier, southside.

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