Venetians, Angelenos and beyond are invited to come out and play, workout, and compete with each other at the Venice Beach Games on July 29th! – Venice Paparazzi | Venice Beach CA, Photo Agency, Community Info, News, Events

Venice Paparazzi is proud to announce its partnership with the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Rec. & Parks to produce the Venice Beach Games 2023.

The event is a sun soaked celebration of sports and fitness, that brings together the entire community and beyond in a healthy, fun, day of sports, fitness, competition, and camaraderie in the world’s greatest beach front recreation center.

The entire park and its glorious amenities are full of organized activity put on by the fantastic groups of people playing here. It is a day where the public can join 81+ sports and fitness groups running free competitions and classes. Our Two Group Fitness Stages, Martial Arts Zone, and Fitness Vendor Village facilitate guest interaction with the best in group workouts, local gyms, wellness, and more. As well, activities such as capoeira, parkour, and calisthenics offer the spectator an exciting look into the various worlds of less known fitness spaces.

We have it all! Calisthenics, Soccer, Skateboarding, Longboarding, Basketball, Parkour, Paddle Tennis, Handball, Pickleball, Roller Skating, KinFlow, Beach Tennis, Ping Pong, Jiu Jitsu, Capoeira, Yoga, Boxing, HIIT, Longboard Dancing, Cyclink, Samba, Dancing, Capoeira, Wrestling, Self-Defense, Kids classes/clinics, and so much more! Come play at the beach! It is free!

Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023.
Time: 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Admission: Free
Who can Come: You can! And everyone else too!
Location: Venice Beach Recreation Center. 1800 Ocean Front Walk. Venice, California 90291.

THANK YOU!

City of L.A. Department of Rec. and Parks for the partnership
Venice Beach BID for sponsoring the event
Superbloom and Hoopla for sponsoring the Epicenter stage
C4 Energy and Quantum Squares for sponsoring the Fitness Stage at Muscle Beach.
Sweat Yoga for sponsoring the Recovery Zone
ThumzUp
R.I.P.D Calisthenics for sponsoring the UNOG Calisthenics Rep Competition
Councilwoman Traci Park for providing material support.
And to all the community groups and gyms offering free fitness classes, competitions and games! Thank you, and go team!

The 2023 event to include:

Battle of the Bars presented by World Calisthenics Org.
Calisthenics Reps competition by United Nation of Gains
Skate park competition: Pup cup, snake run, big bowl, highest ollie by Skateparks Intl.
Muscle Beach Fitness Stage with: Free classes starting at 9:30 a.m. with Sweat Yoga, CAMPLA, Basecamp Santa Monica, F45 Fitness, and Movement Co.
Epicenter Fitness Fitness Stage Free classes starting at 9:45 a.m. with: JFM Boxing Bootcamp, Box Union, Team 3XT, Capoeira Brasil, Team 3XT and AKT West L.A.
Grappling.: Free classes starting at 9:30 a.m. with Jiu Jitsu Flo, Wrestling with Westside Mat Monsters, Jiu Jitsu with Rey Diogo, Muay Thai with Santa Monica Strikers, Animal Flow, and Sambo with Make Step Foundation.
KinFlow: The New Aerodynamic Flow Sport the World has been waiting for!
Soccer clinics and organized games by Venice Beach Football Club
Handball tournament by Mike Koss
Bicycle clinic by Venice Electric Light Parade
Capoeira with Capoeira Brasil
Muay Thai with Santa Monica Striking

Yoga: Free classes starting at 9:30 a.m. and going until 1:30 p.m.
Paddle tennis clinics and tournament by Street Paddle and Pop Paddle
Pickle ball clinics and open play by Venice Pickle Ball
Parkour beach side jam and competition by Los Angeles Parkour
Basketball clinics, games and dunk contest by Venice Ball
Longboard dancing, flat land skate, scooter, blades, and more hosted by VibeRide LA and LA Skate Hunnies; competition, lessons, and open dance jam with beats by Sound Box and Alf Alpha.
Roller Skating open dance and lessons with Venice Beach Skate Dance Assoc.
Kids Zone with arts and crafts by Venice Beach Rec. Center
Beach clean up contest by Venice Community Cleanups, Venice Beach BID, and Spogomi.
Family Flow Zone with kid’s gymnastics, creative movement, art, and capoiera.
Ping Pong with Venice Pong Club
Recovery Zone Vendor Village features cold plunges, percussion massage and awesome brands like: C4 Energy, Quantum Squares, Life Way Foods, Jiant Kombucha, Guayaki Yerba Mate, Prime Hydration, Alani Nu, Mineragua, Shaka Tea, Pure Patch, Liv on Labs, and much, much more!