When Santa Monica’s popular Twilight Concert Series takes the stage in 2018, it will be during the fall — rather than its typical summer schedule. Curbed LA thoroughly explains what caused the move despite overwhelming popularity on the Westside. Though it was initially a Santa Monica Pier-focused event, it had grown into a crowded beach party in recent years, with 2017 going over budget by nearly $400,000.

As any Santa Monica or city-adjacent resident can vouch for, the series created a chaotic and crowded situation for hours down Pacific Coast Highway and all points west. Downtown Santa Monica was met with a rush of well over 30,000 people for each event. When speaking with Curbed, the city raised the safety issue with that sort of attendance. Recent changes were made to address and reduce the crowds, but to little avail.

The shift to fall has the potential to reduce the tax on city resources, since school and work obligations are more prohibitive that time of year and tourism isn’t in its busiest season. Plus the weather is less likely to cooperate with a beach party. However, the city also reserves the authority to cancel the series next year should it begin to exceed the hard $400,000 budget set for it in 2018.

With the Twilight Concert Series off the books for next summer, residents and visitors could be funneled toward different (and more organized) activities for 2018. While the beaches, piers, and downtown bar and restaurant scenes are always available, those are not necessarily “events” (as the concerts had become).

The one big “event” on the schedule for summer 2018 on the Westside would now be Eat|See|Hear’s regular outdoor movie rotation. Run by Showtime, Eat|See|Hear typically uses larger venues around Los Angeles County for outdoor screenings, including the Santa Monica Pier and the Santa Monica High School Amphitheatre. Those events typically require advanced ticket purchases as well.