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Conventions & Cultural Festivals
Events & Festivals
The glorious, ghoulish return of The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor in Long Beach
The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor returned after a nearly five-year hiatus—and it is a giddily ghoulish, masterfully macabre celebration.
Food & Drink
Taco Death Match: Long Beach festival-meets-competition pairs taqueros and breweries (with some tequila on the side)
Taco Death Match, the inaugural taco competition heading to Mosaic in Downtown Long Beach on Nov. 3, will have a curated slate of chefs and taqueros create special “ofrenda tacos” that honor dead loved ones.
Culture & Commentary
Midsummer Scream—world’s largest horror and Halloween convention—returns to Long Beach for heated haunts
Oh yes, boys and ghouls: Midsummer Scream, the world's largest convention dedicated to all things gruesome and grotesque, returns to Downtown Long Beach in all its gory glory. And yes, you can expect tens of thousands of cosplayers, horror enthusiasts, warmly welcomed nerds, and some of the most creative minds in the macabre when Midsummer Scream welcomes the ghastly'n'grim come July 26 through July 28 at the Convention Center.
Culture & Commentary
Short films get their due at inaugural Tiny Film Fest in Long Beach
The idea behind Tiny Film Fest is simple: 61 films that are five minutes or less, shown in three programs of roughly an hour-and-a-half. Choose your segment and you'll get a variety of nearly every aspect of cinematic visual storytelling, from documentaries and animation to international shorts and straight-forward narratives.
Events & Festivals
Brick Fest Live, country’s largest event dedicated to LEGOs, returns to Long Beach
The annual Brick Fest is expanding its footprint in a large way for 2023, visiting multiple cities across the country, including Long Beach—and it is bringing over one million bricks with it.
Events & Festivals
The country’s largest festival, Brick Fest Live, dedicated to LEGOs is coming to Long Beach
The annual Brick Fest is expanding its footprint in a large way for 2023, visiting multiple cities across the country, including Long Beach—and it is bringing over one million bricks with it.
Culture & Commentary
ComplexCon’s ‘food lagoon’ is an ode to SoCal grub—including Long Beach’s own scene
The annual convention—which saw Snoop Dogg perform on his home turf for the first time in decades when it premiered—is looking to amp up its food section with plenty of Long Beach and regional vendors.
