{"id":86713,"date":"2025-08-20T12:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=86713"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:01:22","slug":"things-to-do-in-long-beach-this-weekend-including-a-blues-festival-and-a-night-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/things-to-do-in-long-beach-this-weekend-including-a-blues-festival-and-a-night-market","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a blues festival and a night market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want a chance to be featured in our weekly events roundup? Add your event to our free community calendar at lbpostevents.com<\/a><\/strong>. For a guaranteed placement, contact frankie@lbpost.com<\/a> to purchase a sponsored item.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Night market (Friday, Aug. 22)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Can you say no to s’mores? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partake, the well-known food hall and ghost kitchen<\/a> in downtown’s East Village, is hoping everyone brings their friends and families to enjoy music, crafts, local vendors and sweet snacks “in a festive market setting” on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The s’mores are free for RSVP’d guests<\/a> until supplies run out.) \ud83c\udf6b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry is free. The event runs from 5 to 9 p.m. at 456 Elm Ave. More details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain America in the park (Friday, Aug. 22)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Movies have gotten expensive, but this one’s not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city of Long Beach is showing “Captain America: Brave New World” in Signal Hill Park for free on Friday evening. The movie starts at dusk, but get there around 6 p.m. for crafts, a raffle and other activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s free popcorn, but if you plan on getting hungry, pack some more movie snacks along with your chairs and blankets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signal Hill Park is at 2175 Cherry Ave. See a full schedule of movies in the park here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zaferia community cleanup (Saturday, Aug. 23)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a way to feel good about yourself and your neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zaferia Heights Neighborhood Association is organizing a community cleanup around the neighborhood and the local skate park from 8 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is welcome. The association says it’ll provide any needed tools, and \u2014 bonus \u2014 volunteers are entered into a raffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet at Orizaba Park: 1435 Orizaba Ave. More details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Blues Fest (Saturday, Aug. 23 – Sunday, Aug. 24)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Dennis
A file photo of Dennis Jones performing during the New Blues Festival V at El Dorado Park in Long Beach on Sept. 1, 2018. Photo by John Valenzuela.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hard to pass up blues by the ocean. The New Blues Festival is taking over Shoreline Aquatic Park with a lineup of around two dozen acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Expect a powerful mix of national headliners, regional favorites, and local rising stars,” organizers say. You can see a full schedule across three different stages here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More info and tickets at newbluesfestival.com<\/a>. A two-day GA pass is $60. Shoreline Aquatic Park is at 200 Aquarium Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not enough for you? Check out more options (and add your own) at LBPostevents.com<\/strong><\/a>, including a nearby bellydancing competition<\/a> and a celebration of Native American culture<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Add your events at LBPostevents.com for a chance to be featured in our weekend roundup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66061,"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":"hidden","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":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[31999],"class_list":["post-86713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86713","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86713"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86734,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86713\/revisions\/86734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86713"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=86713"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=86713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}