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.
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
Peek over the fence: Long Beach farm & garden tour explores hidden green gems
LB Fresh has long been an organization that understands the importance of green space and foodways—and their upcoming Long Beach farm & garden tour exemplified that dedication to all things green.
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.
Events & Festivals
LB Food Scene Week continues through Aug. 18 with 60+ restaurants participating
Oh yes, Long Beach Food Scene Week 2024 is upon us come Aug. 9 through Aug. 18. The ten-day celebration of our city's food culture will feature...
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.
