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Tiësto headlines Day Trip 2025 festival at the Queen Mary in Long Beach

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Dance festival giant Insomniac is returning to the Queen Mary-as-a-backdrop for its house-centric Day Trip 2025 festival, with none other than Tiësto headlining.
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Most anticipated restaurants opening in Long Beach in 2025: UPDATED

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A continually updated list of Long Beach restaurants opening in 2025 from Brian Addison.
Food & Drink

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: A chopped cheese shop finally opens; Ono Hawaiian BBQ coming; more

Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
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Long Beach’s Roe revamps cocktail menu—and it’s their best to date

With bar manager Emilee Comeau, Long Beach's Roe is ready to showcase its evolution in cocktails.
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Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Olive & Rose shutters bagel concept; Lazy Dough previews; more

Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
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After decades, Central American staple La Ceiba shutters its doors in Long Beach

La Ceiba, the Long Beach restaurant that has blended Honduran and Salvadoran food at different locations across decades, has formally shuttered its doors.
Cultural Currents
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Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory—and the timing is important

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The 28th annual Easter Walk Long Beach will continue its tradition of uplifting those in need, celebrating queerness, and connecting businesses with patrons—all in a pair of heels.
Culture & Commentary

Long Beach coffee pioneer Wade Windsor faces cancer, Lyme disease; family seeking help

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Wade Windsor, the charming, affable, kind coffee pioneer who brought Long Beach some of its first taste of third-wave coffee with the (much-missed) Lord Windsor in Alamitos Beach, is facing one hell of an uphill battle.
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Queer-owned retail space Adelita’s Revenge is becoming a hub for Long Beach’s marginalized

From sound baths and full moon healings to Spanish classes and film screenings, Adelita's Revenge is becoming a central hub to better connect marginalized people.
Culture & Commentary

After 15-year presence in Downtown Long Beach, Fingerprints Music to move to Bixby Knolls

After a 15-year presence in DTLB, music and record stalwart Fingerprints Music will move to Bixby Knolls come April.
Development & Urbanism
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Work on 300 Alamitos Ave. senior living space in Long Beach officially starts

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Crews are expected actually to break ground by the end of this week on a senior housing development at 300 Alamitos Ave.
Urbanism & Development

Line up your turkeys: Lucky Strike to open bowling alley at Long Beach exchange

A Lucky Strike bowling alley will be coming to Long Beach thanks to an approval from the Planning Commission earlier this month.
Urbanism & Development

Thank the transit gods: E-scooters permitted on Long Beach’s beach path beginning in May

E-scooter riders—like those found on Bird and Lime scooters across the city—will soon be able to use the beach path for their transportation needs.
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The annual ‘halfway to Halloween’ beer festival returns with 40 breweries and distilleries

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The crew that brought Long Beach its first major beer festival during the pandemic, Halloween Hootenanny and continues to do so each year since—Festival Obscura...
Events & Festivals

Massive rum event in Downtown Long Beach to feature 80+ expressions and unlimited tastings

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The Rum Curious Summit 2025 will be hosted at Altar Society in Downtown Long Beach for its inaugural outing, featuring over 20 rum brands offering 100-plus expressions of the spirit.
Events & Festivals

Yes, there’s a free disco party aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach (costume contest included)

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The free disco’n’funk party aboard The Queen Mary and inside the Observation Bar will be on Thursday, April 10 from 8PM to 11PM.
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Long Beach Homebrew Invitational returns with unlimited beer tastings

Brian Addison
Ah, 'tis the season for our city's budding home brewers to flex their skills in the annual Long Beach Homebrew Invitational hosted by Craft Beer LB.

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