BUSINESS FESTIVITIES
🪀 Pixie Toys
- FREE face painting
👕 Long Beach Clothing Co.
- FREE face painting + mini henna tattoos
📚 And Then
- Official launch of their new mini bookstore inside the shop!
- Pop-up vendors: Undercover Book Cycle, Sweeties Delights, and tarot readings by Bruxita Linda 🔮
🌺 Better Half Boutique
- Pop-ups featuring sourdough, skincare, and stickers! Plus, enjoy an agua frescas bar and other delicious Hispanic treats.
💿 Dainty Disco
- Full craft menu plus a new release! Craft and decorate your own coffin jewelry box as a fun DIY activity. 💀💎
💐 Bixby Petals
- Build your own bouquet with their DIY flower bar!
💆 Bixby Knolls Wellness Center
- Chair massages, free popcorn, and a raffle to win a free massage!
MUSIC
- Strolling Mariachi Los Santaneros
- Starting outside Expo Arts Center (4321 Atlantic Ave.) at 7:30pm
- Ground Control (4313 Atlantic Ave.)
- Live music by Califas playing Latin music
- Main Room at Expo Arts Center
- Live music by Toaster Music
- Outside Expo Arts Center
- Music by DJ C Strait
- The Allery
- Live music by Michael Parhaiski Trio
- Beachwood Brewing & Distilling
- Live Music starting at 7pm with Mason Rygh
- Thunderbolt Pizza
- Live music by Majic Bullet Theory
- Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
- Live music by Hedgehog Swing
- Bixby Joe
- Live music by Slivka
- Salon Medusa
- Live music by Moony Starr
- Lola’s Mexican Cuisine
- Music by DJ Dennis Owens
- Willmore Wine Bar
- Live music by Paul Muñoz Combo
- Fingerprints
- Live music by “Santeria” – Sublime Tribute Band
- Rasselbock
- Live music by The Mood Swings
- Edgar & James
- Live music by Lorenzo’s Flashback Band
- Taboon Mediterranean
- Live music by Think of One
- Historical Society of Long Beach
- Live music by Martin Espino
EXPO ARTS CENTER
Main Room
- *Details coming soon*
African American Cultural Center
- *Details coming soon*
Katie Phillips Gallery
- *Details coming soon*
Outside Expo
- *Details coming soon*
Parking lot @ Expo
- *Details coming soon*
THE ALLERY
*Details coming soon*
DRIVER
| Electric shuttles will be driving around First Fridays to take you to any of the participating businesses in Bixby Knolls for free! |
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 do not allow us to accept outside vendors because doing so creates competition with our paying members, 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 get an approved tabling spot for non-profits that are non BKBIA members.