{"id":81459,"date":"2024-02-08T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=81459"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:03:31","slug":"mardi-gras-celebrations-return-to-shoreline-village-saturday-feb-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/mardi-gras-celebrations-return-to-shoreline-village-saturday-feb-10","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras celebrations return to Shoreline Village Saturday, Feb. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Take a trip to New Orleans without having to leave Long Beach this Saturday, Feb. 10 to celebrate Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoreline Village will be transformed to resemble NOLA’s vibrant tradition with music, dancing, entertainment, food and more. The\u00a0free<\/a> family-friendly event from 1 to 5 p.m. and despite a rainy week, sunny weather is expected on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First District Councilwoman Mary Zendejas will lead the parade as Mardi Gras Queen this year. The parade will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Famous Dave\u2019s restaurant, at 300 Pine Avenue, and include the Charles Favors Louisiana Cultural Foundation of California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMardi Gras is about community, inclusion, and togetherness which are all necessary for a city to thrive,\u201d said Zendejas in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s fun to celebrate different cultures that have become American, and Mardi Gras is one of those iconic events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Louisiana Zydeco music starts at 1 p.m., music will be provided by Zydeco Mudbugs<\/a>, DJs, and a drum-core band throughout the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carnival costumes are encouraged and masks and beads will be sold at the event, with proceeds going toward the YMCA of Greater Long Beach. Face-painting and balloon twists will be free for children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Orleans Cajun cuisine can be found at Louisiana Charlie\u2019s located at 429 Shoreline Village Drive, suite H. Hot, fresh beignets will also be available to snack on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoreline Village is located at 401-435 Shoreline Drive. The Shoreline Village parking lot is located at 429 Shoreline Village Drive. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Saturday, residents can celebrate New Orleans’ famed Mardi Gras tradition in Shoreline Village with jambalaya, face painting, stilit walkers and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":81445,"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":[6],"tags":[814,32304],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32152],"class_list":["post-81459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-mardi-gras-parade","tag-nola","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81459","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\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81459"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81468,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81459\/revisions\/81468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81459"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=81459"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=81459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}