{"id":753,"date":"2018-05-23T16:59:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T23:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=66189"},"modified":"2018-05-23T16:59:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T23:59:26","slug":"10th-annual-summer-and-music-series-dates-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/music\/10th-annual-summer-and-music-series-dates-announced","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual Summer and Music Series Dates Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-66190\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Summer-and-Music-Kick-Off-05172018-Image-4_Korey_Dane_2-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos courtesy of the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a ceremonious launch at Fingerprints Music the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) held the kick off for its 10th annual Summer and Music series as part of May\u2019s Live After 5 event, the DLBA recently announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this being the tenth year, we really want to reflect on where SAM has been and what it continues to bring to our community,\u201d said DLBA President and CEO Kraig Kojian in a statement. \u201cSAM is a perfect means to activate Downtown through spotlighting our local talent and providing the artists a platform to entertain the community while being introduced to new audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pQUaqy4pTp\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/music\/live-entertainment-headed-to-downtown-east-village-next-thursday-for-live-after-5\">Live Entertainment Headed to Downtown, East Village Next Thursday for Live After 5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Live Entertainment Headed to Downtown, East Village Next Thursday for Live After 5&#8221; &#8212; the Hi-lo\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/music\/live-entertainment-headed-to-downtown-east-village-next-thursday-for-live-after-5\/embed\/#?secret=Jpc82tqlpq#?secret=pQUaqy4pTp\" data-secret=\"pQUaqy4pTp\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Local artists and SAM favorites Bearcoon, Rudy De Anda and Korey Dane performed at the East Village record store where SAM co-founders and siblings Ashley and Justin Hectus, and Fingerprints Music owner Rand Foster announced the upcoming dates for the series of free and family-friendly events put on by the DLBA and aforementioned organizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we launched SAM in 2009, we just wanted to pay tribute to the rich tradition of music in this city,\u201d Justin Hectus said in a statement. \u201cTen years later, we\u2019re still hitting our stride and trying to keep pace with the amazing musicians, artists and volunteers that make downtown sing. I\u2019m excited to celebrate our tenth year of SAM with friends and neighbors throughout Long Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-66192\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Summer-and-Music-Kick-Off-05172018-Image-6_AndyDeAnda_2-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 SAM Series Schedule:<\/strong><br \/>\nFKA 720: June 23 at The Promenade between Broadway and Third Street<br \/>\nTwisted at The Pike: July 14 at The Pike Outlets<br \/>\nBicycle Drive-In: August 4, location TBD<br \/>\nBuskerfest: September 8 in the East Village Arts District<\/p>\n<p>Look for more details on performers, artists and times, soon to be posted, visit the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summerandmusic.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a ceremonious launch at Fingerprints Music the Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DLBA) held the kick off for the 10th annual Summer and Music series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[421],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-summer-and-music","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}