West Street Beach Pride
Laguna Beach 2024

West Street Beach Pride Laguna Beach 2024

West Street Beach Pride takes place in August each year at Lang Park in Laguna Beach.

• Stay at the Hotel Joaquin, with stunning rooms, great breakfast and fabulous outdoor swimming pool. The hotel is close to all the gay beach and all the best attractions in Laguna Beach.

The Event

• Laguna Beach Pride festival takes place at Lang Park in Laguna Beach.
• The event features music, beach games and other festivities throughout the day and night.
• The party kicks off at 3 pm and continues until 10 pm.

The Venue

• Lang Park located across from the Montage on Pacific Coast Highway at Wesley.
• The venue has a large green open space and is the perfect location for an outdoor festival with a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean.
• Stay close to the party (300m) at The Montage Laguna Beach, rated “Wonderful” by guests with spacious sweets offering superb sea views, a stunning outdoor pool and lavish surroundings.

West Street Beach

• West Street Beach is secluded, rustic, and serene. It’s a fantastic place to relax, mingle, skimboard, view the tide pools and play volleyball.
• The beach is a wide cove just south of Aliso Beach Park and is known as one of Orange County’s most popular gay beaches. There aren’t any shops or cafes around, so bring all the food, water, sunscreen and beverages you need for your visit.

Gay Laguna Beach

• Start your day at the Coffee Kltach, a popular meeting point with great coffee and scones!
• Looking for something unique to remember your trip, visit Vertigo for some high end items.
• Enjoy a cocktail or two on the rooftop bar at La Cas del Camino or dine in style at the K’Ya Bistro.
• Go Shopping at The Vault for some great menswear or hop into Hobie Surf for some beach essentials.

Getting to Laguna Beach

• A car is by far the easiest way to get around Laguna Beach. Journey time from West Hollywood is 90 minutes.
• While the center of town is pretty walkable and there is a trolley that serves that general area, if you want to explore anywhere north of the Pacific Coast Highway, including Crystal Cove State Park or Laguna Wilderness Park, you’ll need a car.
• As with any location in Laguna Beach in the summer season, parking is a consideration and we recommend that you pool, use Uber/Lyft or the free Laguna Beach Trolly with stops both north and south on PCH at Wesley Drive.

Laguna Beach History

• ​In the 1960s, Main Beach in Laguna Beach was not only a major tourist destination, but also known as the epicenter of the city’s gay culture.
• The City eventually made Main Beach a public park, also known as the ‘Window to the Sea.’ The gay culture eventually migrated to the 1400 block of South Coast Highway. This became the hub and heart of gay culture for the next several decades.
• It was in 1982, that Laguna Beach made national news by electing the first openly gay mayor in Orange County, Bob Gentry. The city continued to be a haven and friendly place for the local LGBTQ community. Today, During the day crowds flock to WEST STREET, the unofficial gay beach and the entire beach celebrates gay pride each August with the annual West Street Beach Pride.

Recommended Hotels in West Hollywood

• Distance between West Hollywood and Laguna Beach is approx. 61.38 miles (98.78 km) with 90 min travel time. Uber costs between USD 90 and 150.

Sunset Marquis Hotel,    Petit Ermitage,    Le Parc Suite Hotel,    Best Western