- Forget the rumors....There was only one OFFICIAL Kappa Beach Festival. The Event: THE KAPPA BEACH PARTY 2000 The Place: Galveston, Texas (outside of Houston) Attendance: over 200, 000 showed up UPDATE: It was the best Kappa Beach Party in 20 years. It was estimated over 240, 000 participants were apart of the first organized effort to make this event the new #1 black beach event in the world. So ...www.blackbeachweek.com/kappabeach.html