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First Fridays

Join us on April 5th for our largest First Fridays: Long Beach County Fair!  Come out to enjoy a fun night out to enjoy dinner, drinks, live music, shopping, art, and so much more. See you there! ✨

Special thank you to The Port of Long Beach and Team Fasnacht (DRE #02051365) for making the event possible. 

As always, most businesses on Atlantic Ave will stay open late. Stay tuned for the full line up of fun happenings.

 

BIG RED BUS

The Big Red Bus will be driving around the district to help you get to all the festivities! As always, it is free to ride.

Bus will begin from Beachwood Brewing at 6:30pm and continue around the route until 9:30pm.

List of the bus stops:
•Beachwood Brewing & Distilling
•Willmore Wine Bar
•Rasselbock – Kitchen and Beer Garden
•Dutch’s Brewhouse
Choul Chnam Thmey (Khmer New Year)                                                          •Expo Arts Center
•Ambitious Ales
•Sala Coffee & Wine
•The Better Half Boutique
•Smog City Brewing (Steelcraft)

BUSINESS FESTIVITIES

Beachwood Brewing

  • Arcade Zone
  • Pop’n Flavors pop-up ft. popcorn & beer pairings

 

Bixby Knolls Wellness

Complimentary Chair Massages 6pm-8pm & “Get a Grip on your Fitness” promotion

 

Better Half Boutique

  • Club House Characters, 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Free gift with $25+ purchases

 

Lola’s Mexican Cuisine

Walking Taco

 

Meema’s

Salmon Dinner Special

 

Tony’s Kitchen

Churros & Fried Plantains

 

Long Beach Clothing Co.

Wax Museum

 

Corked

Spray Artists

 

KUBO LB

  • Island Pacific & KUBO-OP Present: Chef Chat with Chef Eugene, CEO & Executive of Baryo, Tish Gonda Domingo & Jorell Domingo (authors of Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook)
  • New Art Exhibit: What’s For Lunch? By Tori Drew It

 

Pixie Toys

Free Face Painting

 

Ambitious Ales

Terrible Burger Pop-up featuring Bacon Jam Brie Burger

 

Semillitas

Baby Chicks

Artisian Pop-ups

 

Rasselbock

German Pretzel Churros with Nutella & Fruit Compote

 

Wood & Salt Tavern

Crispy Arancini – risotto, sausage, cheese

MUSIC

Beachwood Brewing

Live music starting at 7pm with Ashlyn

 

Better Half Boutique

Live music by Sax on the Beach

 

The Allery

Live music by 

 

Thunderbolt Pizza

Live music by Killer West

 

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Live music by Hedgehog Swing

 

Salon Medusa

Live music by Mathew Mooney

 

Steelcraft

Music by DJ E-Rex 6-9pm

Ground Control (Next to Expo Arts Center) 

Live music by Jim + Jonathan & the Pacific Crest Ramblers

 

 

Ambitious Ales

DJ Lonely Creeper & friends

 

Edgar & James

Live music by Lorenzo’s Flashback Band

 

Lola’s Mexican Cuisine

Live music by Chelsey Sanchez

 

Eclipsed Emporium

Music by DJ Dave Batts 

 

Taboon Mediterranean

Live music by Think of One

 

Willmore Wine Bar

Live music by Sam Ross

EXPO ARTS CENTER

Main Room

Art Massive “Harvest” Art Exhibit

Toaster Music

 

Katie Phillips Gallery

LB Fresh featuring Blue Ribbon Urban Ag and Small Batch Food Contests

 

Able Arts Work Gallery

Ongoing Exhibit

 

African American Cultural Center

Ongoing Exhibit

 

Ground Control (Next to EAC) 

Live music by Jim + Jonathan & the Pacific Crest Ramblers

 

Outside Expo

  • Patricia’s Restaurant
  • Primal Alchemy
  • Grand Prix 

CHNAM THMEY – KHMER NEW YEAR

Long Beach County Fair is excited to announce the Culture Pavilion will host the “Chnam Thmey – Khmer New Year!” 🌟

Everything from food vendors, traditional clothing, community resources, blessings, and entertainment will be available to celebrate Khmer New Year.

📍 4326 Atlantic Ave.
April 5, 2024
6:30pm-9:30pm

    THE ALLERY

    Art pop-ups by 10+ featured artists

    Live music by Amerigumbo

     

    Location: Atlantic Ave. & Burlinghall Dr.

     

    Vendor Policy:

    We proudly showcase our business members. Please contact us if you are a paying member of the BKBIA and would like a booth.

    Non-members:

    In order to get a vendor space for First Fridays, you MUST be a member of our Business Improvement Association. The requirements for that are two-fold. You must first have a brick-and-mortar shop or office located within our district, and two, you must have a business license with the City of Long Beach and pay into our Association.

    Our policy and contract with the City of Long Beach does not allow us to accept outside vendors because it creates competition with our paying members as well as congested sidewalks and other issues.

    Non-profit organizations, Religious, and Political Parties:

    While we cannot support any religious or political parties, the First Amendment allows for freedom of speech. If you are a religious or political party, you may find space on the sidewalk on the west side of Atlantic Ave between Burlinghall Dr. and Carson St. If you are a non-profit organization, please contact the BKBIA directly to discuss a potential location to setup. There shall be NO blocking of sidewalks, ADA ramps or access ways, or blocking of any access to a business.

    There is a $25 fee to table for non BKBIA members.

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