Events & Festivals
May the 4th be with you, Long Beach: Altar Society to host ‘Disco Death Star’ top floor dance party
Disco will meet Star Wars on May the 4th, Long Beach: "Death Star Disco" will encourage people to dress up as Diana Ross or Princess Leia or a combination of both come Saturday, May 4.
Events & Festivals
Annual Cambodian New Year celebration at Ten Mile returns (twako pizza and Khmer lager included)
For the third year in a row, "Cambodian Cowboy" Chef Chad Phuong of Battambong BBQ will host a mighty Cambodian New Year celebration at Ten Mile Brewing in Signal Hill, the pit master's long-time home and partner, come Friday, April 26 from 5PM to 9PM.
Culture & Commentary
IN PICTURES: Hundreds boogie on down aboard The Queen Mary for Longbeachize’s free disco party
500 people reveled and boogied aboard The Queen Mary back in March with a free disco dance event—and once again, in conjunction with Longbeachize and Visit Long Beach, we allowed Long Beach denizens to get down with a free disco’n’funk party inside the ship’s famed Art Deco masterpiece that is the Observation Observation Bar this past Thursday.
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.
Events & Festivals
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.
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
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.
