BUSINESS FESTIVITIES
🫖 Dream Come True Tea & Party Room
•Bring your own project or create a decoupage coaster (supplies included) $20 at the door
💆 Bixby Knolls Wellness Center
• Evening of relaxation, wellness, and community connection from 6pm–8pm
• Complimentary popcorn
• Complimentary chair massages
• Enter to win a free 60-minute massage gift certificate
• Follow on Instagram or Facebook, or tag them in an event photo to enter
✨ Dainty Disco
• Open 6pm–9pm for walk-in crafts & shopping
• Letter bag keychains, Italian charm bracelets
• New Build-a-Buddy selections, including limited graduation outfits 🎓
• New scrap kits, stickers, and adorable craft supplies
🍦 Long Beach Clothing Co.
• Popsicles for a penny
🖤 Eclipsed Emporium
• June Gloom
• DJ Dave spinning tunes in-store
🎨 Pixie Toys
• Free face painting from 6:30pm-8:30pm
🎉 The Better Half Boutique
• Meet & Greet with Bluey, 7:30pm–8:30pm
🏛️ Historical Society of Long Beach
• The Honorable Beverly O’Neill Legacy Exhibition
🎬 KUBO
• Tiny Cinema
• Opening night of a new art exhibit by Jebediah Hart
• Variety show featuring local talent
• Pop-up vendors
🍻 Beachwood Brewing & Distilling
•One-of-a-kind puppet act
☀️ And Then
• Summer Vacation Party with snacks
• Pop-ups by Vessel Poetics, Dirty Boots Sodas, and Froggy Bakes
MUSIC
SteelCraft
• Music by DJ E-Rex
Willmore Wine Bar
• Live music by Acoustic Soul Express
Fingerprints
• Live music by Renaissance High School for the Arts
Rasselbock
• Live music by The Mood Swings
Edgar & James
• Live music by Lorenzo’s Flashback Band
Taboon Mediterranean
• Live music by Think of One
Beachwood Brewing & Distilling
• Special live musical performance by The King on a String from 7pm–9pm
Lola’s Mexican Cuisine
• Music by DJ Bill
Salon Medusa
• Live music by Mooney Starr
The Allery
• Live music by Agnes Cotton
Thunderbolt Pizza
• Live music by Majic Bullet Theory
Ground Control
• Live music by U.S. 99
Bixby Joe
• Live music by Michael Parchaiski Trio
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
• Live music by Devine Timing
EXPO ARTS CENTER
Main Room
- “Happy Accidents” Art Massive art show
- Toaster Music
Katie Phillips Gallery
- Art Massive art show
- Live music by Chelsea Sanchez
Able Arts Work Gallery
- Current Exhibit
African American Cultural Center
- Current Exhibit
Outside Expo
- Team Fasnacht (DRE #02051365)
THE ALLERY
- Art Pop-ups by 10+ featured artists
- Doodle Photobooth booths
- Live pottery spinning
- Pottery, paintings, stickers, photography and so much more.
- Live music by Agnes Cotton
DRIVER
| Driver: Electric shuttle 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.