Head in the Clouds Festival Brings Major Disruptions to Rose Bowl Area This Weekend

Pasadena residents living near the Rose Bowl will experience disruptions this weekend as the Head in the Clouds Music Festival takes place at Brookside Golf Course. The two-day event, running Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1, is expected to draw more than 30,000 attendees and will include restrictions on neighborhood access and recreational activities.

The festival will include a full bowl closure to recreational users and bicycle traffic that began at 3 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, and concludes at 12 a.m. on Monday, June 2. The Equestrian Trail will remain open at all times.

The festival will have the typical impacts on the nearby neighborhoods, including traffic and noise. The noise level will be high, as expected, for the concerts and enhanced amplified music will take place from approximately 11:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and approximately 11:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. Sound checks are also expected to occur sporadically both event days from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Due to the load-in, event operations and load-out, Brookside Golf Course lighting will be on throughout much of the night through Monday, June 2.

Festival operations begin with sound checks sporadically from 9-11 a.m., followed by parking lots opening at 11 a.m. Shuttle operations begin from Old Pasadena at 11 a.m., and doors open on Brookside Golf Course at 1 p.m. both days. 

Event and amplified sound concludes at 11 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the Rose Bowl.

To receive assistance on either Saturday or Sunday, residents can contact the Rose Bowl Event Day Resident Hotline at (626) 397-4141.