Go Metro to HARD Summer Music Festival this weekend!

This year’s edition of HARD Summer Music Festival for the first time ever will take place at Inglewood’s Hollywood Park, next to SoFi Stadium, on Saturday and Sunday, August 3-4.

Getting there will be easy — Metro is running free bus shuttles from the C Line’s Hawthorne/Lennox Station and from the K Line’s Westchester/Veterans Station.

On both days, shuttles to HARD Summer will run starting at 1:30 p.m. Shuttles back to the rail stations will run for 90 minutes after the event ends. 

Some tips on using Metro to reach the festival:

• The bus shuttles are free but are other buses and trains require Metro fares.
• Metro’s regular fares are $1.75 for a one-way trip with free transfers for two hours — or $3.50 round-trip. You can also ride an unlimited number of times in a day for $5 — we’ll stop charging you after your third ride. Pay for fares with a TAP card (available from TAP machines at all rail and busway stations) or use your smartphones as a TAP card by downloading the TAP app. 
• Plan your trip using Google Maps, Apple Maps, the Transit app, the Moovit app or the trip planner on metro.net.
• If coming from Orange County — take the C Line from Norwalk Station to Hawthorne/Lennox Station.
• From the South Bay and El Segundo area –– take the C Line from Redondo Beach, Douglas, El Segundo or Mariposa stations toward Norwalk and to Hawthorne/Lennox Station.
• From the Long Beach area — take the A Line to Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station and transfer to the C Line headed toward Redondo Beach.      
• From the Westside, Eastside, Central LA and points north — take the E Line headed toward East LA to Expo/Crenshaw Station and transfer to the K Line across the street.
• From the San Fernando Valley — take the B Line to 7th/Metro in downtown L.A. and transfer to the E Line toward Santa Monica. Take the E Line to Expo/Crenshaw Station and transfer to the K Line across the street.
• From the San Gabriel Valley — take the A Line to 7th/Metro, transfer to the E Line toward Santa Monica. Take the E Line to Expo/Crenshaw Station and transfer to the K Line across the street.
• Metro special event parking will also be available at the Hawthorne/Lennox Station (Go HARD Station) — parking is $25 pre-sale and $30 on the day. Reserve your parking HERE.    

Metro offers abundant parking options along our Metro Rail lines as well. At station with paid parking, the daily rate is $3. Some stations offer free parking on weekends. Visit Metro Parking Lots By Line to learn more. 

If taking the bus to HARD Summer: use Line 115 on Manchester Boulevard, Line 117 on Century Boulevard, Line 212 on Prairie Avenue, Line 115 from LAX area hotels and Line 212 that runs on La Brea Avenue to/from Hollywood/Highland. These lines all have stops near SoFi. Please note, however, that we’re not running extra service on these lines. 

Since its debut in 2008, HARD Summer has cemented itself as a staple of the Southern California festival scene. HARD Summer is now the largest electronic music event in the LA area and a stronghold for the city’s diverse melting pot of musical styles and influences.

A host of headlining acts will soundtrack a massive welcome for HARD Summer to its new home of Hollywood Park, led by the GRAMMY-nominated brotherly production duo Disclosure, the electrifying FISHER + Chris Lake: Under Construction collaborative show, and hard-hitting REZZMAU5 collaboration of Rezz and deadmau5.

HARD will also welcome special guests including revitalized UK electronic duo Chase & Status, and GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado with her catalog of iconic hits. More highlights include globally celebrated international trio Major Lazer and forward-thinking beatmaker Jamie xx.

Your safety is what’s most important to us, and we want to ensure that you have a safe, clean, and comfortable ride. But we want your help, too! If you see something on your journey, please report it using our Transit Watch app –– a quick, easy and anonymous way for you to directly connect to Metro Security anytime. Use the app to report suspicious activity or safety issues. But also remember to call 911 in an emergency.