Events & Festivals
House heads unite: Day Trip Festival returns to Downtown Long Beach for pure dance ecstasy
Dance festival giant Insomniac is returning to the Queen Mary-as-a-backdrop for its annual house-centric Day Trip festival, where tens of thousands of house lovers from around the country will gather on Long Beach's southern shore to dance the nights away come June 23 and 24.
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The Wicked Wolf celebrates (and fundraises for) National Park Week with curated cocktail menu
The Wicked Wolf in Long Beach has quickly become one of the most respected watering holes since opening just over one year ago—and with its consistent dedicated toward craft cocktails and cocktails, it is not shocker that beverage director Isaak Lusic has designed and curated a five-cocktail menu that honors the very spaces wolves actually roam, our national parks. As the country celebrates National Park Week, take a glance at this beautiful menu as well as an all-out celebration tonight, April 18.
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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.
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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.
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Yes, there’s (another) free disco party aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach (costume contest included)
The Queen Mary, in conjunction with Longbeachize and Visit Long Beach, will be hosting a free disco'n'funk party inside its Observation Bar on Thursday, April 18 from 8PM to 11PM.
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‘Cambodian Cowboy’ to lead Cambodian New Year in Long Beach across three days; ends with food festival
Chef Chad Phuong is no slack when it comes to the annual celebration of the Cambodian New Year in Long Beach: Across four days beginning on Friday, April 5, he will host a variety of events that culminates with a food festival at Trademark Brewing that will be hosting some of the city's best representation Cambodian-American entrepreneurs and food creators.Camb
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Rain or shine, Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory
Come rain or shine, the 27th 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.
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After nearly quarter of a century, Moonlight Movies on the Beach might not happen again
It's is nothing short of a Long Beach tradition, one steeped in our city's love for both shoreline events and the arts: Moonlight Movies—and after approaching nearly 25 years of serving the community, it might not just be a reality in 2024.