Darker Waves Returns to Huntington Beach on November 14: Morrissey and The Smashing Pumpkins Lead 35-Plus Acts Across Three Stages
Darker Waves returns to Huntington Beach City Beach in Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, on Saturday, November 14. It is the festival's first edition since its 2023 debut, back on the sand after two years away, with more than 35 new-wave, post-punk and alternative acts playing across three stages in a single day.
Morrissey and The Smashing Pumpkins headline the bill, joined by Simple Minds, Bad Religion, Adam Ant, The Psychedelic Furs, Soft Cell, The Damned, Manic Street Preachers, Gary Numan and Silversun Pickups, among others. The three stages are named Darker, Waves and Black Tide, and the organizer has published set times; the two headliners' sets do not overlap with other stages.
When it released the set times in early November, the organizer also announced that Spacehog and The Sounds had withdrawn from this year's festival for personal reasons, with the rest of the lineup unchanged. Gates open at 11 a.m. and the festival ends at 10 p.m.
The festival site is at 21301 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach. Passes are sold in several tiers, including General Admission, GA+, VIP and Ultimate VIP, through the organizer's official Front Gate Tickets pages, at the prices shown there.
Source: Darker Waves Festival
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