Long Beach Festivals and Fairs

FOLBA Pet Appreciation Fair and WALK: Commune with Your Utmost Beast

“If we could walk with the animals, talk with the animals, grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals,” sang Rex Harrison’s Dr. Doolittle in the film of the same name. Anyone who’s ever loved a pet knows full well that they talk if you know how to listen, and all attendees of the Friends [...]

3rd Annual Green Long Beach Festival Returns Saturday

On Saturday, June 11th Green Long Beach! will be hosting the 3rd annual Green Long Beach Festival. The day is proclaimed by Mayor Bob Foster as day to recognize a united community coming together to recognize a “Green, Clean Long Beach” Green Long Beach! is a grassroots organization working within Catalyst Community to build collaboration [...]

Crescent City Vibe Fills the Long Beach Mardi Gras Festival & Parade

Festival brings family friendly entertainment and activities to locations throughout Rainbow Harbor For the second year, The Long Beach Mardi Gras Festival brings the spirit, taste and sounds of New Orleans to the heart of downtown Long Beach. The day-long fest—Saturday, March 5, 2011—will again be set against the beautiful backdrop of Rainbow Harbor.

Annual Scottish Festival & Games Returns to the Queen Mary

Bagpipe bands, whisky, Highland dancing, and sheep herding are a sampling of what awaits at the Queen Mary’s 18th annual Scottish Festival & Games on Feb. 18, 19 and 20 in Long Beach. Built on the banks of the River Clyde in Scotland, the Queen Mary celebrates her Scottish heritage with this annual festival of [...]

Grab Your Bagpipe & Dust Off Your Kilt, The Queen Mary hosts 18th annual Scottish Festival Feb 18 to 20

Scottish clans and bagpipe bands will captain the ship and surrounding seaport during one of Southern California’s largest celebrations of Scottish culture Bagpipe bands, whisky, Highland dancing, and sheep herding are a sampling of what awaits at the Queen Mary’s 18th annual Scottish Festival and Games on Feb. 18, 19 and 20 in Long Beach. [...]

Veterans Day Parade and Festival in Houghton Park

Long Beach will celebrate Veterans Day on Saturday, November 6, with a trio of events in Houghton Park: the 14th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade followed by The Freedom Walk and the Veterans Day Festival with Craft and Vendors Fair The Veterans Day Parade will head south down Atlantic Avenue at 10:00 a.m., led [...]

Savor A Taste Of World Cultures October 9

In celebration of Cultural Diversity Month, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews and the City of Long Beach Human Dignity Program are hosting a Cultural Diversity Festival on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Petrolane Boys & Girls Club at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The festival theme this year will [...]

Aquarium of the Pacific Hosts New Urban Ocean Festival

In Southern California, more than 20 million people live within 50 miles of the Pacific Ocean. The Aquarium of the Pacific will explore and celebrate Southern California’s Urban Ocean with a new weekend festival that looks at human and wildlife uses of this amazing part of the world ocean. The event will include an art [...]

Festival arrives to Jazz Up Your Summer

The 23rd Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival begins tonight with Boney James, the Orginal Jazz Crusaders, and more. The Jazz Festival takes place August 13-15, 2010 at Rainbow Lagoon Park. As with previous festivals, the three-day music extravaganza has a special theme and focus—Jazz Up Your Summer. The Jazz Festival showcases the exciting and evolving styles of [...]

Experience the Greek Festival by the Sea

Looking for something fun to do on Labor Day weekend? How about authentic Greek food, dancing, a full carnival and, did we mention the amazing Greek food? The annual Greek Festival by the Sea, hosted by the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, returns to Long Beach September 4-6 with fun for [...]

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