BeachLife Festival Announces Chef Lineup At Side Stage

REDONDO BEACH, CA — Chefs will have their own stage at the BeachLife Festival this fall, organizers announced this week.

Curated eats will be featured at the DAOU Sidestage — part of a growing number of activities during the music festival, Los Angeles' only coastal three-day immersive experience celebrating SoCal beach culture Sept. 10-12 at the Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach.

It's dubbed the 'DAOU SideStage Experience,’ an 80-seat, sit-down, pop-up restaurant, that gives people an upscale dining experience just feet away from the main stage.

"Handpicked chefs who represent Southern California culture will curate menus, similar to band setlists, for a truly multi-sensory festival experience," organizers said.

Three chefs will perform at the side stage from afternoon to evening alongside the three headliners: David LeFevre, Brendan Collins, and Tyler Gugliotta.

LeFevre is the chef/owner of the award-winning Manhattan Beach Post, The Arthur J and Fishing with Dynamite. He was also on the Food Network show "Iron Chef Gauntlet. He will create dishes alongside legendary artists Jane’s Addiction, Cage the Elephant and others Sept. 10.

"It's about doing something with amazing musicians and amazing chefs, and showing off the place where we love and we live and have chosen to make our home, which is the South Bay," LeFevre said in a statement. "The specialness of Sidestage, the restaurant right next to the bands that are playing, being able to sit there and look 20 to 30 feet to your left or right and having these iconic groups playing right next to you, it‘s great."

Collins started cooking in London’s first Michelin starred restaurant, La Gavroche, and later became sous chef to Marco Pierre White, England’s first three Michelin starred chef.

He made his name in Southern California cuisine at Josiah Citrin’s acclaimed Melisse Restaurant Santa Monica, giving Melisse its first Michelin 2-star rating, and then acted as Executive chef/owner at Waterloo and City in Culver City and Birch in Hollywood. He is now executive chef/owner of Greco Entertainment Group.

Collins will dish out innovative creations at BeachLife Sept. 11 as the Counting Crows hit the stage.

"I am extremely excited to be a part of such a unique dining experience," Collins said. "Side stage with a gourmet dinner? Genius!”

Gugliotta, who is a South Bay native and former chef at the award-winning The Tasting Kitchen Venice, and current chef/owner/operator of delightful farm-to-table restaurant Baran’s 2239 in Hermosa Beach and the recently opened Tigre’s Fuego in Redondo Beach, will be creating a unique menu for Sunday Night, Sept 12, as Ziggy and Stephen Marley perform Bob Marley songs on the last night of the Festival.

“It’s going to be a weekend to remember. Honored to be a part of a full sensory experience," Gugliotta said. "Doesn’t get better than good music, tasty food, and fun people."

The festival is sharing different experiences with visitors.

"The BeachLife Festival is about more than music; it’s about the Southern California lifestyle that we live every day,” Allen Sanford, co-founder of The BeachLife Festival who has owned and operated 9 restaurants and venues in coastal Los Angeles, said in a statement.

"Eating and drinking with friends is core to our beach culture, and we wanted to offer a culinary experience in a festival setting that is bucket list-worthy," Sanford said. "We’re handpicking distinct Los Angeles-based Chefs who we love — David, Brendan, and Tyler — to feature at our DAOU SideStage Experience, with the intention of creating an exceptionally memorable and unique festival element."

SideStage features a $150 to $250 per person prix fixe menu, excluding tax/tip and alcohol, and each seat includes a signed collectors menu by the Chef. Diners will have access to a premium full bar and specially curated wine list from DAOU Family Estates based in the Adelaida District of Paso Robles only available on the SideStage.

SideStage will accept reservations on all three days of the festival, beginning with approximately 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 10 as the first time slot. Reservations last 60 to 90 minutes total, coinciding with artist sets on the Main Stage.

A schedule of availability will be released in mid-August.

Reservations are extremely limited and will only be permitted to BeachLife ticket purchasers, with priority by ticket level starting with the Captain’s Pass, then BeachLifers Passes, followed by VIP Passes then GA, prioritized by date purchased. Reservations can be made through a dedicated concierge after ticket purchases beginning August 16th. Reservations are non-refundable and there are no cancellations.

Beyond the DAOU SideStage Experience, BeachLife Festival will feature a curated wine village
from DAOU, a massive craft beer bar with local LA breweries, backyard games from Tito’s
Handmade Vodka and multiple bars, lounges, food vendors, and food trucks across the venue,
accessible to all festival-goers, organizers said.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website.

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