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1. Justin Rudd’s Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade 📍 Granada Ave., Belmont Shore, Long Beach 🗓 Friday, July 4 ⏰ 10:00 AMKick things off with one of Long Beach’s most charming traditions. This kid-powered parade along the Belmont Shore boardwalk features decked-out bikes, scooters, and wagons. Free to participate, just decorate your ride and show up early.Great
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1K1K ViewOn summer evenings in Long Beach, there’s something you can time your watch by—the deep, resonant chord that rolls out across a park full of families, friends, and neighbors settling into lawn chairs, blankets, and the warm Pacific breeze. That sound? It’s the 116th season of the Long Beach Municipal Band stepping onto stage, free for everyone, and absolutely worth
Read More0.9K0.9K ViewsThere’s something about a Long Beach evening that already feels like art. The ocean air. The view of the ocean sky. It’s that chill part of the evening where people show up, settle in, and let the night take its time. Sunsets at LBMA taps into exactly that — and on Thursday, June 26, from 5 to 8:30 PM, the
Read More728728 ViewsIn a year marked by remembrance and reflection for the Cambodian community, Long Beach-based visual artist Sayon Syprasoeuth has created something beautiful, healing, and long overdue: a coloring and learning book designed to connect a new generation of Cambodian-American kids with the culture, history, and imagination of their ancestors. Released on May 18, 2025, Coloring and Learning about Cambodia in
Read More355355 ViewsThere’s something about stepping off that ferry in Avalon that just… hits different. The pace slows down. The light shifts. The buildings feel like they’re from a postcard someone actually mailed you — not the kind you buy and forget to send. And the air? It’s not just ocean breeze. It’s like the island exhales for you. It’s hard to
Read More1.2K1.2K ViewWhether or not you’re heading to the official Long Beach Pride festival, there’s something important to remember: Pride is not a gated event. It’s everywhere we are. It’s in our bars, cafés, bookstores, art shows, dance floors, and street corners. It’s in the day-to-day work of queer-owned businesses, nonprofit organizers, and neighbors who hold this community together — not
Read More1.8K1.8K ViewSupport Local. Celebrate Queer. Party with Purpose. Long Beach Pride isn’t just a weekend—it’s a whole damn vibe. From community bike rides and cleanup days to late-night dance floors, drag brunches, and queer joy in every corner of the city, our Pride is powered by us—by grassroots organizers, queer creatives, local businesses, and the very people who live, love, and
Read More3.8K3.8K ViewsDust off your Walkman and break out the neon—Long Beach Symphony is dialing the time machine straight to the 1980s. On Saturday, May 10, the Symphony joins forces with Electric Avenue for a night that’s part concert and part dance party. It’s an all-out retro celebration. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Long Beach Arena, this MTV-fueled evening promises
Read More1K1K ViewThere are festivals, and then there’s Joshua Tree Music Festival — a beautifully weird, sun-drenched love letter to creativity, connection, and the unfiltered joy of dancing barefoot in the Mojave. Now entering its 23rd spring edition this May 15–18, 2025, JTMF isn’t just a music event — it’s a magnetic, soul-hugging, radically inclusive four-day gathering where the lines between audience
Read More3.3K3.3K ViewsTucked just off Broadway, a new creative space is coming to life—and it’s unlike anything Long Beach has seen before. Neon Dreams is an immersive art experience that invites visitors to step into a surreal, walk-through environment filled with color, texture, and depth. Created by Playalarga, a community-first events company based in Long Beach, in collaboration with immersive artist Debi
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