What to Know

  • CicLAvia
  • Culver City Meets Venice presented by Metro
  • Aug. 17, 2025; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • The 6.75-mile route is bookended by the Venice Beach Hub and the Arts District Hub in Culver City
  • Reach the route via a couple of nearby Metro stations
  • Free
  • No cars or motorized traffic is permitted at the people-powered event

Venice has long been synonymous with the opportunity to roll in a free ‘n breezy fashion near the ocean courtesy of a few small wheels under your feet.

And while people do leave the beach area to skate in different areas of the city, and beyond, the super-rare opportunity to glide down the center of a car-free Venice Boulevard only comes around once every so often.

And by “every so often” we do mean during CicLAvia, the closed-to-cars cycling spectacular that has called upon Venice, and Culver City, before.

Now the open streets event will return Aug. 17 with a mega route that includes a big chunk of Venice Boulevard and some of Washington Place and Washington Boulevard, too.

The name of this free-to-join outdoor happening? It’s Culver City Meets Venice, a merry, non-motorized gathering that invites everyone to roll in people-powered fashion.

Bikes, wheelchairs, roller skates, or anyone who simply wants to hoof it along much or all of the route will savor the August sunshine, with a few booth-filled hubs to keep participants in the know about a host of local issues and topics.

The CicLAvia team has rounded up a few “Local Gems” you might want to check out along or near the route, with the Parks Project Discovery Center, Helms Bakery District, and Venice Skatepark getting the love, among other area favorites.

As with every other CicLAvia, and, as the events began in 2010, there have been quite a few, you can start and stop wherever you like. There are a couple of Metro stations nearby, if that is easy for you, and other modes of public transportation to help you arrive at the ocean-close event.

So will you skate in the traditional Venice spots in the morning then zip your way to Culver City in the afternoon? Or vice versa?

After all, dancing down the middle of Venice Boulevard via the tiny wheels under your feet, with no vehicles in sight, is a rare roller skating pleasure, perhaps one of the rarest.