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Events & Festivals
Big Bang on the Bay re-introduces itself for Labor Day weekend fireworks show (block party included)
Big Bang on the Bay organizer John Morris wants the community to know two things. Fireworks are back, and so are the parties attached to them.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: More closures, openings across city; Queen Mary seeks exec chef; 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.
Culture & Commentary
2028 Summer Olympics and Long Beach: Your guide to everything happening
The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted by our neighbor to the north—and it will have massive impacts on Long Beach. Here is your complete guide to what is being proposed, where things are happening, and what improvements (yes, improvements!) are happenin
Events & Festivals
Callin’ all the queers: It’s time for the Big Gay Takeover in Downtown Long Beach
Please, please, the gays are trying to murder us—or, well, they're at least bringing the Big Gay Takeover to Pine Avenue in Downtown Long Beach on Aug. 24 from 4PM to 10PM.
Culture & Commentary
1984 torch carried through Long Beach will be on display at Legends for Olympics kick-off party
Legends, the Belmont Shore sports bar staple, will be hosting an Olympics kick-off and watch party as the opening ceremony from Paris will air on Friday, July 26, at 9AM.
Events & Festivals
After controversy, Big Bang on the Bay formally moved to Labor Day
After submitting paperwork late to the California Coastal Commission, the annual July 3rd (not 4th) fireworks tradition that is Big Bang on the Bay was indefinitely cancelled. But it has returned: Organizer John Morris says the new version will be on Sept. 1.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach Walls 2024 officially kicks off: Here are the artists mural-ing our city
Long Beach Walls 2024 is here—and it with the Art Renzei Festival have changed the city’s art scene. Together, they have essentially turned Long Beach into one of the region’s finest outdoor museums.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach Taco and Tequila Festival to host legendary luchador Damián 666 for final match
The 2024 Long Beach Taco and Tequila Festival is upon us—and it not only brings said tacos and tequila but music and culture as well.
