The complaints began early Friday afternoon on social media platforms including Reddit and X and continued until late Saturday evening.
The loud music and thumping bass could be heard and felt throughout the Westside of Los Angeles, from Culver City to Manhattan Beach.
“Can someone do something? Or are we all in trouble until 11pm tonight and 10pm tomorrow?” one user asked on Reddit.
“Where is this coming from? This is so annoying!!!,” posted another.
The source of the noise disturbance was the Hard Summer music festival, which was taking place in Hollywood Park, next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The festival features techno, house and dubstep music and was expected to attract around 70,000 attendees per day.
The El Segundo Police Department said it received several noise complaints Saturday.
“We are aware of the deafening noise affecting the city,” the department said. posted on X“This is from a music festival near SoFi Stadium. … There is no need to call 911 to report the incident.”
The department had not received any complaints as of noon Sunday, Sergeant Russel Patton said, but the festival was scheduled to resume at 2 p.m.
The Inglewood Police Department did not respond to a request for comment.
Hard Summer, founded in 2007, featured Nelly Furtado, Disclosure and Rezzmau5 on its lineup this year. Festival organizers have not publicly acknowledged the noise complaints and did not respond to a request for comment.
“This is the loudest party ever,” one resident wrote on X. “I’ve never heard anything like it.”
Even miles away from Hollywood Park, Los Angeles residents reported hearing the music at high volume and feeling serious vibrations. One reported feeling vibrations in his home four miles away.
“I assumed someone in my apartment was having a party upstairs,” wrote one Reddit user.
Police in the area have not indicated they will take any action to disrupt the festival or control noise levels. The festival ends at 10 p.m. Sunday.
