{"id":88527,"date":"2026-03-25T14:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?p=88527"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:26:23","slug":"things-to-do-in-long-beach-this-weekend-including-a-community-festival-and-jordan-high-and-4th-friday-street-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/eat-see-do-2\/do\/things-to-do-in-long-beach-this-weekend-including-a-community-festival-and-jordan-high-and-4th-friday-street-fair","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a community festival at Jordan High and 4th Friday street fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Easter at El Dorado Frontier (March 28, March 29 and April 4)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The carousel at El Dorado Frontier on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Photo by Valerie Osier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The El Dorado Frontier, a mini theme park in Long Beach, will host its Egg-Citing Easter Family Celebration at 11 a.m. on select dates from March 22 through April 4. The event will include egg hunts, train rides and a visit from the Easter Bunny for families. There\u2019s a range of ticket options that come with different activities, running from about $5 to a VIP experience for over $50. For more info, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whiskey for Women\u2019s History Month (Thursday, March 26)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Fairmont Breakers Long Beach will host Her Mark: A Women\u2019s History Month Whiskey Experience at 6 p.m. on March 26. The event will feature a tasting of three to five Maker\u2019s Mark bourbons, plus a cocktail and light food. The event is to highlight women in the whiskey industry. Tickets are $100. For more info, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth Friday shopping (Friday, March 27)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A couple makes their way along Retro Row in Long Beach Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Retro Row, a popular arts and shopping district along Fourth Street in Long Beach, will host its Fourth Fridays event at 6 p.m. on March 27. The monthly event features local artists, live entertainment, late-night shopping, and food and service specials along Fourth Street from Temple to Cherry. It’s an event to give the community a fun evening of shopping, dining, and entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating emerging playwrights (Friday, March 27 to Saturday, March 28)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Long Beach Playhouse’s New Works Festival will have the New Works Literary Committee present an event cultivating emerging playwrights on March 27 and March 28 at 7 pm. The festival will select two plays to be chosen to be read to an audience from more than 100 submissions. For more info, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community festival at Jordan High (Saturday, March 28)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Jordan High School in Long Beach Tuesday August 25, 2020. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The second annual Northside Connect Community Carnival will be Saturday, March 28, from 10:30 am to 1 p.m. at Jordan High School. The free event will include tours, exhibits and games showcasing programs from North Long Beach K\u201312 schools, with food and drinks available for purchase from campus clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event is designed to celebrate student achievement, highlight local schools and connect families with educational opportunities in North Long Beach. The whole community is invited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plus, a whiskey tasting for Women’s History Month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72297,"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":[32367],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[31999],"class_list":["post-88527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-do","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88527","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=88527"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88538,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88527\/revisions\/88538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88527"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=88527"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}