Film Independent Spirit Awards Unveils New 2026 Location Away from the Beach Amid L.A. Summer Olympics Prep
The 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be looking a little different. IndieWire can announce that the 41st edition of the annual awards ceremony will be held at the Hollywood Palladium. The Spirit Awards usually take place on the Santa Monica beach in a big tent; however, as IndieWire reported earlier this year, a location change was imminent to accommodate infrastructure for the 2028 Summer Olympics, which will take place in Los Angeles.
Deadline cited at the time that the cycling portion of the Olympic Games could be stationed at the beach where the Spirit Awards are usually held. The ceremony will be held at other venues before planning a return to that Santa Monica beach location once the 2028 Olympics have passed. As the recent press release states, the move to the historic Hollywood Palladium is due to Santa Monica “undergoing some exciting renovations.”
It is unclear if the Hollywood Palladium will...
Deadline cited at the time that the cycling portion of the Olympic Games could be stationed at the beach where the Spirit Awards are usually held. The ceremony will be held at other venues before planning a return to that Santa Monica beach location once the 2028 Olympics have passed. As the recent press release states, the move to the historic Hollywood Palladium is due to Santa Monica “undergoing some exciting renovations.”
It is unclear if the Hollywood Palladium will...
- 5/9/2025
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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