Spirit West Coast is a Christian music festival that features Christian artists from several different genres. It also features lectures, workshops in tents, kids shows, petting zoos, and comedians.

Spirit West Coast was started by John Robberson. It began as a yearly festival in Monterey, California. Later, an additional festival in Del Mar, California was added. They have these two festivals every summer.

Many of the most popular, Christian bands play concerts for the attendees. These bands include Michael W. Smith, Audio Adrenaline, The Newsboys, Delirious?, Chris Tomlin, Tree63, Jeremy Camp, Rebecca St. James, Skillet, The Kry, Toby Mac, Jars of Clay, and many others.

Some of the top Christian speakers and authors give lectures/sermons at Spirit West Coast festivals. Past speakers include Charles Stanley, Greg Laurie, Luis Palau, Tony Campolo, Frank Peretti, Miles McPherson, Ron Luce, and Louie Giglio.

Compassion International is one of the focuses of SWC. Compassion has a tent where they encourage people to sponsor hungry and needy children in other countries. SWC keeps track of the number of sponsorships and announces the growing number over their loudspeaker.

The layout of Spirit West Coast consists of a main stage with large screens for those that have to stand or sit far away. Plus, it has several side stages (some inside tents), a couple of merchandise tents, and

SWC offers camping to those that don't live nearby and to those that don't want to stay in hotels. Buses run from the campgrounds to the main stage, so people don't have to walk too far. These buses generally run until about midnight.

Many church groups attend Spirit West Coast. They pack their youth groups into buses and drive to Monterey or Del Mar. SWC offers a special rate for groups. One group calling themselves the "Traveling Circus" has made particularly visible appearances at the concert every year, starting large dance pits at performances. The group is made of a dozen or so Christian punks, goths and hippies.

These festivals last between 3-4 days. They start around 9am and end around midnight each night. People of all faiths (and no faith) can and do attend. There are invitational messages to repent and trust in Jesus and there are also baptisms at SWC.

SWC Rocks the Park

On October 15 and 16, 2005, Spirit West Coast added a . In Chino, California, bands such as P.O.D., PAX217, and Transistor Radio played. Robberson hoped to reach a different audience with Christian hard rock bands, but according to him, this was supposed to be a smaller event with a different feel than the SWC festivals; and it was.