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First Fridays
Our biggest First Fridays of the year will be THIS Friday from 6:30pm-9:30pm featuring our popular Long Beach County Fair. 🎉
Think fair food, beer, arcade games, live music, dancing, art, entertainment, shopping, farmers produce contest, and so much more!
🗓️ Mark your calendar: April 4, 2025 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Most businesses will be open late, so come ready to explore, dine, drink, shop, and celebrate! 🎨🎶🛍️
BUSINESS FESTIVITIES
Beachwood Brewing
- Arcade Zone
- NEW weekly specialty cocktail – Fairground Freeze—a playful nod to First Fridays’ Long Beach County Fair theme! This vibrant frozen cherry limeade cocktail is a blend of Beachwood Lemon Vodka, Beachwood Cherry Liqueur, Beachwood Cherry Bitters, Beachwood Falernum, simple syrup, and fresh lime juice.
The Merchant
- Food from the SS. Minnow (chili baked potatoes, bread bowls, and churros with dulce de leche filling made to order)
- $4 Beer pints
KUBO
- Mahjong Mania: open tables all night, all levels welcomed + Pulutan
Lola’s Mexican Cuisine
- Food special: Walking Taco
LB Shakespeare
- Flower crown station
Tony’s Kitchen
- Food special: Churros
The Vintage LBC
- Food special: Caprese skewers
Long Beach Clothing Co.
- Play a game of cornhole for a change to WIN FREE prizes.
Beauty in Bixby (4130 Atlantic Ave.)
- FREE skincare Q&A: pop-up with expert estheticians from 6pm-8pm
Eclipsed Emporium
- Popcorn station hosted by clown
- Take your photo with Bela Lugosi
- Shop pop-ups
Bixby Knolls Wellness Center
- Stop by from 6-8 PM for an evening of wellness, fun, and freebies! Enjoy complimentary:
- 🍿 Popcorn
- 💆 Chair massages
- 📸 Photobooth!
- ✨ Win a 60-Minute Massage Gift Certificate! ✨
- To enter: 📲 Follow us on Instagram or Facebook (already following? Tag us in your photo!)”
Pixie Toys
- FREE face painting
The Art Spot
- Farm Animal Dioramas PLUS their usual Paint Your Own Pottery, Creation Station, and painting projects.
Pop’n Flavors
- Blind taste test wild popcorn flavors for a chance to win a free bag of popcorn!
CoffeeDrunk
- Pop-up by Seaside Creamery
Semillitas Learning Community
- Semillitas’ Chicken Coop featuring The Little Red Hen live & her feathered “comadres”
- 5pm & 6pm: Chicken Petting Zoo
- 5pm – 6pm: Semillitas DJ Takeover with Selector Pele & DJ Sol
- 6pm – 9pm: Tamborazo & Norteñas with DJ Ani
- 5pm – 7pm: Spring Outdoor Art Studio
- 5pm – 9pm: Artisan Marketplace & more!
- *Enrollment Now Open for Spanish Immersion Arte & Cultura Summer Camp*
Ambitious Ales
- Food special: Pink Lit Lemonade Squishee
- Pop-up by The Philly Philly cooking up delicious cheesesteaks & loaded fries
Dutch’s Brewhouse:
- Food special: Frito pie & koolickles
The Better Half Boutique
- Food special: Cotton candy
Thunderbolt Pizza
- Food special: Dill Pickle Pizza
Fingerprints
- Soft opening celebration
- Live musical performance by Lafayette Ben Charlatan at 7PM
Deluxe Parlor
- Pie eating contest, open to the first 15 people first come first serve.
- 1st place: haircut + shave, 2nd place: free t-shirt, 3rd place: free hat
Ancestros
- 30 % OFF all appetizers with the purchase of any main course.
- Tacos starting at $2.50:
- $2.50: Asada, Birria, Pollo, Carnitas, Potatoes
- $3.50: Shrimp
MUSIC
The Merchant
- Live music by reggae band
Beachwood Brewing
- Live music starting at 7pm with Dr. Funk Duo & Natalie Mann
The Allery
- DJ playing groovy beats
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
- Live music by Killer West
Salon Medusa
- Live music by Mooney Starr
Ground Control (Next to Expo Arts Center)
- Live music by Slush Box
Ambitious Ales
- DJ Exceptional Ben & The Unprofessional Human Beings spinning vinyl records all night
Edgar & James
- Live music by Lorenzo’s Flashback Band
Taboon Mediterranean
- Live music by Think of One
Fingerprints
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- Live musical performance by Lafayette Ben Charlatan at 7PM
Willmore Wine Bar
- Live music by Maile Hutchinson Trio
Salon Medusa
- Live music by Mooney Starr
Wood & Salt Tavern
- Live music by Chelsey Sanchez
Rasselbock
- Live music by The Mood Swings
Historical Society of Long Beach
- Live music by Martin Espino
Eclipsed Emporium
- Music by DJ Dave
Brandon Baker Strolling Band
EXPO ARTS CENTER
- Main Room
- Long Beach Community Foundation LA Fire Relief Thank You Recognition at 7pm
- Art Massive “Harvest” Art Exhibit
- Toaster Music
- AACCLB
- Current Exhibit
- Katie Phillips Gallery
- LB Fresh: Produce Contest
- Able Arts Work
- Current Exhibit: Tear Cut Create
- Outside Expo
- Printmaking art station by Able Arts Work
- Pace Car from Grand Prix Association of Long Beach
- Caricature Portrait drawings by Chris Rodriguez
- Riverpark Coalition
- Team Fasnacht (DRE #02051365)
- Parking lot at Expo
- Classic car show
THE ALLERY
- Spray art by Brooks & THOTS
- Art Pop-ups by 10+ local artists
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.