Long Beach Concerts and Festivals Summer 2026

For the last month, this whole city has had exactly one thing on the brain: the World Cup. We’ve been screaming at big screens on Pine, ordering “just one more” at The Stave, and treating group-stage math like it’s a second job. It’s been glorious. We regret nothing.

But here’s the thing nobody warned us about — while we were busy memorizing the offside rule (again), Long Beach quietly stacked the back half of summer with an absolutely ridiculous amount of stuff to do. Like, we looked up from the bracket and suddenly there are two-day music festivals on the waterfront, a brand-new 11,000-seat amphitheater booking legends every other night, and a food crawl down Pine that could ruin your whole diet in the best way.

So consider this your official permission slip to come up for air. The World Cup was the appetizer. These Long Beach festivals and Long Beach concerts are the main course, and they’re all happening right here in our downtown backyard. Let’s get into it.

Love Long Beach Festival

Date: Saturday, July 18 & Sunday, July 19, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM both days Address: ShoreLine Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802 Cost: 1-day & weekend passes — grab your DISCOUNT TIX! Kids 15 and under free. (Pre-sales were reported over 80% sold, so move.)

We’re leading with our whole heart on this one, because Love Long Beach is basically a Long Beach institution at this point — 11 years deep, and at ShoreLine Aquatic Park since 2017. Picture it: the lighthouse, the open lawn, the marina skyline glowing behind two stages while the sun does its golden-hour thing over the harbor.

The Subtract Stage handles house and techno with Lee Burridge, Doc Martin, Colette, Radio Slave, Justin Martin, DJ Minx, Mikey Lion, DAVÍ, Anton Tumas, Big Cee, and Ray Kash. The Noise Stage is your bass corner — Resonant Language, Dave Owen, Bakhu, Lubby, Satiate, CANDL and more, plus crew takeovers from Bass Waffles, Momentive, and Sub Factory. There are official afterparties both nights if you’re not ready to go home.

But it’s not JUST a dance party — and that’s the part that makes it so LBC. There’s beachfront yoga at the Yoga Meadow, flow arts at the Flow Dojo, sound healing, fire performances once it gets dark, 20+ food trucks and vendors (with plenty of vegan and plant-based options), a Kids’ Corner, live art, and the Whole Earth Village if you want to browse crystals and get your aura sorted. It’s all-ages, compact, and walkable — every stage is a few minutes from the next.

Logistics you’ll thank us for later: there’s no parking at ShoreLine Aquatic Park, so carpool, rideshare, or take the Metro — nearest structure is Pike’s Place Garage at 95 S Pine Ave. There’s free bike valet, free water refill stations, and no re-entry, so pace yourself. No outside food or drink, no pets, no pop-up canopies, no glass. Flow toys and beach blankets? Encouraged.

Vans Warped Tour — Long Beach

Date: Saturday, July 25 & Sunday, July 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM (both days) Address: Shoreline Waterfront, 386 E Shoreline Dr, Long Beach, CA 90802 Cost: 2-Day and single-day GA & VIP passes (Click the Vans Warped Tour website here for passes — don’t get scammed by resellers). Box office opens July 24, 12–7 PM, then 9 AM–9 PM on show days.

If you were emo in 2006, sit down, because this one’s going to hit you right in the studded belt. Warped is back on the Long Beach waterfront, and the 2026 lineup is your high school iPod come to life — well over 100 bands across the two days.

Saturday is your heavier emo-meets-metalcore day: Jimmy Eat World, All Time Low, Simple Plan, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada, Dance Gavin Dance, The Story So Far, Hoobastank, Bowling for Soup, Gym Class Heroes, and Plain White T’s — plus our own Joyce Manor repping the LBC, with Reel Big Fish and The Expendables holding down the ska-and-reggae corner.

Sunday leans full early-2000s nostalgia: Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Thrice, Third Eye Blind, Papa Roach, Mayday Parade, Silverstein, Motion City Soundtrack, Alexisonfire, Glassjaw, Bayside, and G-Eazy — and honestly the best ska run of the weekend with MXPX, Mad Caddies, Save Ferris, Hepcat, and The Aggrolites.

It’s not just music, either — Warped brings the skate and BMX culture, Artist Alley (where bands sell merch straight from their own tents), Record Label Row, Sponsor Village, Warped Unplugged, and a Warped Tour Museum.

Know before you go: it’s all ages, it’s rain or shine, it’s cashless (cards and phone pay only, with cash-to-card kiosks on site), and there’s no re-entry. The bag policy is strict — clear bags only up to 12″x6″x12″, or a small non-clear clutch under 6″x9″. Bring an empty plastic reusable bottle for the free hydration stations (no metal ones), wear sunscreen, and throw on the band tee you’ve had since 2005.

F&M Bank Amphitheater — Summer Series

Date: Ongoing all summer (see the dates below!) Time: Show times vary — most start between 5:30 and 8:00 PM Address: F&M Bank Amphitheater, 1051 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Queen Mary side — walkable from downtown over the Queensway Bridge, about 20 min) Cost: Tickets vary by show via Ticketmaster; premium/VIP experiences and pre-paid parking available

Okay, THIS is the big new toy in town. Long Beach’s first open-air amphitheater — an 11,000-seat waterfront stunner framed by our skyline and the Queen Mary — opened this June with a hometown Snoop Dogg show, and it is not playing around with the bookings. The July–August calendar is stacked:

• Fri, July 17, 7:00 PM — Ice Cube & Mike Epps present Everydays Friday: Lyrics, Lounging & Laughing, with Warren G and Scarface. West Coast hip-hop and comedy in one night.
• Sat, August 1, 7:00 PM — Lil Wayne: 20 Years of Carter Classics, with 2 Chainz and The Game.
• Fri, August 14, 6:45 PM — TOTO + Christopher Cross + The Romantics — yacht rock the way God intended.
• Sat, August 15, 7:00 PM — Luke Bryan: Word On The Street Tour, with Lanie Gardner, Lauren Watkins, Randall King, and DJ Rock.
• Tue, August 18, 5:30 PM — Dirty Heads and 311: So Glad You Made It Tour, with Atmosphere and ROME. Note the early start — this one’s a Tuesday.
• Thu, August 20, 8:00 PM — Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Live in Concert — the film on the big screen with a live orchestra.
• Sat, August 22, 7:30 PM — Three Pianos: Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin & Andrew McMahon.
• Fri, August 28, 8:00 PM — A Great Night in Hip Hop: Nas & The Roots.

Basically, whatever your genre, the amphitheater has a night with your name on it. Pro tip: parking is a shitshow. You can’t roll up to the amphitheater and park onsite; you have to either park downtown and take a shuttle (you can reserve and pay additionally for this via Ticketmaster) — or park downtown and walk 20 minutes over the Queensway Bridge and skip the whole headache.

DTLB Live! on the Promenade

Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026 Time: 4 – 8 PM Address: The Promenade, Downtown Long Beach between Broadway & 3rd St. Cost: FREE (drinks available to purchase — it’s an EZ Sip zone, so you can stroll with your cocktail)

Not every good night out has to cost you a paycheck, and DTLB Live! is proof. On the third Saturday of the month, the Downtown Long Beach Alliance turns The Promenade into a full-on community block party — live music, a curated market of local makers, family-friendly fun, and because it’s an EZ Sip Entertainment Zone, you can buy a drink from a participating bar and wander the footprint with it.

The July edition is going full country — live country hits, cold drinks, and boots on the Promenade — so dust off the two-step and throw on a hat. It’s free, it’s downtown, it’s local-first. Exactly the kind of thing that makes living in the LBC feel like a small town with really good taste. (It’s also the same day as Love Long Beach day one, so… ambitious types, plan accordingly. And the next day is the final World Cup game and Beach Streets!)

Taste of Downtown with KCRW Summer Nights

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026 Time: 2 – 10 PM Address: Pine Ave. between Broadway & 3rd St. (230 Pine Ave.), Long Beach, CA 90802 Cost: FREE and all-ages — RSVP through KCRW. Food and drinks sold on site.

We’re closing out the summer the way any self-respecting food city should: by eating our way down Pine. Taste of Downtown is in its 17th year, and this time the Alliance is consolidating it into one big end-of-summer blowout with KCRW Summer Nights — bite-size samples from Downtown’s best restaurants alongside beer, wine, and craft cocktails from our chefs, brewers, and mixologists, plus live music and interactive activities. Come hungry, come early.

Then, once the sun dips, it turns into a straight-up street dance party with sets from KCRW DJs Nassir Nassirzadeh and Raul Campos. Food, drinks, music, and the whole downtown out on the pavement — free, all ages, and the perfect send-off to a stacked season of Long Beach concerts and Long Beach festivals. (Fair warning: it’s the same night as Three Pianos at the amphitheater. Choose wisely, or do both.)

And One Big Question Mark: Where’s the Jazz Fest?

Look, we have to talk about it. The 36th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival — the three-generation, family-produced institution — was supposed to happen back in August 2025 at Marina Green Park. Rainbow Promotions postponed it to 2026, citing circumstances beyond their control, and announced a move to a new home at the “Long Beach Amphitheater by the Sea.”

Here’s the thing: as of right now, the official site still lists the lineup, tickets, parking, and the actual dates as coming soon. You’ll see August dates floating around on festival aggregator sites — we’d take those with a grain of salt until Rainbow says so themselves. Our advice: bookmark longbeachjazzfestival.com, follow @therainbowpromotions, and pounce the second it drops. We’ll update you the moment we know. This year’s theme is “A Healthy Taste of Jazz,” and the luxury cabanas are reportedly back, so it should be worth the wait.

So Here’s the Deal on Concerts and Festivals in Long Beach

We came for the World Cup and stayed for… honestly, one of the busiest summers this city’s put together in years. Between a house-and-techno festival on the sand, Warped Tour bringing back your emo phase, a brand-new waterfront amphitheater booking legends every week, a free country block party on the Promenade, and a food crawl down Pine — the back half of summer is doing the absolute MOST, and we are here for every second of it.

So put the phone down (after you buy your tickets), grab your friends, and go outside. These Long Beach festivals and concerts don’t happen in some faraway city — they’re happening right here in our downtown, on our Promenade, on our waterfront, in the LBC we love. Don’t be the one scrolling the recap next week wishing you’d gone.

Start with Love Long Beach — discount tickets are AVAILABLE HERE right now. See you on the Shoreline.

Which one are you hitting first?

FAQs

What concerts and festivals are happening in Long Beach in July and August 2026?

Downtown Long Beach has six major music and food events this summer: Love Long Beach Festival (July 18–19 at ShoreLine Aquatic Park), Vans Warped Tour (July 25–26 at the Shoreline Waterfront), DTLB Live! on the Promenade (July 18), and Taste of Downtown with KCRW Summer Nights (August 22 on Pine Ave). The new F&M Bank Amphitheater also has eight shows between July 17 and August 28, including Ice Cube, Lil Wayne, Luke Bryan, Dirty Heads and 311, and Nas & The Roots. The Long Beach Jazz Festival has not announced its 2026 dates yet.

Is the Long Beach Jazz Festival happening in 2026?

As of now, no dates have been announced. The 36th Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival was originally scheduled for August 2025 at Marina Green Park, but Rainbow Promotions postponed it to 2026 due to what they called circumstances beyond their control, and announced a move to a new home at the “Long Beach Amphitheater by the Sea.” The official site still lists the lineup, tickets, parking, and dates as coming soon. You’ll see August dates on festival aggregator sites — don’t trust them until Rainbow confirms. Watch longbeachjazzfestival.com and @therainbowpromotions, and we’ll update you the second it drops.

When and where is Love Long Beach Festival 2026?

Love Long Beach Festival runs Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM both days at ShoreLine Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802. It’s the 11th annual edition, and it’s been at ShoreLine Aquatic Park since 2017. One-day and weekend passes are both available — and yes, LBC Vibe discount tickets are available by clicking HERE.

Who’s playing Love Long Beach Festival 2026?

The Subtract Stage brings house and techno from Lee Burridge, Doc Martin, Colette, Radio Slave, Justin Martin, DJ Minx, Mikey Lion, DAVÍ, Anton Tumas, Big Cee, and Ray Kash. The Noise Stage handles bass music with Resonant Language, Dave Owen, Bakhu, Lubby, Satiate, CANDL and more, plus takeovers from Bass Waffles, Momentive, and Sub Factory. There are official afterparties both nights.

Is Love Long Beach Festival family friendly?

Yes — it’s an all-ages event, and kids 15 and under get in free. Anyone under 18 needs to be with an adult. There’s a Kids’ Corner, a big grassy lawn that’s perfect for picnicking and lounging, beachfront yoga, and sound healing. You need to be 21+ with valid government ID to buy alcohol.

Where do you park for Love Long Beach Festival?

There is no parking at ShoreLine Aquatic Park, so plan ahead. Organizers recommend carpooling, rideshare, or the Metro A Line. The nearest parking structure is Pike’s Place Garage at 95 S Pine Avenue. There’s also complimentary bike valet if you want to skip the whole thing and ride down.

What can’t you bring into Love Long Beach Festival?

No outside food or drink, no glass, no pets (service animals only), no camping or folding chairs, no beach umbrellas or pop-up tents, no skateboards or bikes, and no drones. Empty reusable water bottles, small backpacks, fanny packs, clear bags, beach blankets, and flow toys are all allowed. There’s no re-entry — if you leave, you’ll have to buy another ticket to get back in. Free water refill stations are on site.

When is Vans Warped Tour in Long Beach 2026?

Vans Warped Tour Long Beach takes place Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM both days at the Shoreline Waterfront, 386 E Shoreline Drive, Long Beach, CA 90802. It’s an all-ages festival and it happens rain or shine.

Who’s playing Warped Tour Long Beach 2026?

There are well over 100 bands across the two days. Saturday brings Jimmy Eat World, All Time Low, Simple Plan, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada, Dance Gavin Dance, The Story So Far, Hoobastank, Bowling for Soup, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T’s, Long Beach’s own Joyce Manor, plus Reel Big Fish and The Expendables on ska duty. Sunday leans early-2000s with Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Thrice, Third Eye Blind, Papa Roach, Mayday Parade, Silverstein, Motion City Soundtrack, Alexisonfire, Glassjaw, Bayside, and G-Eazy — plus MXPX, Mad Caddies, Save Ferris, Hepcat, and The Aggrolites.

What’s the bag policy for Warped Tour Long Beach?

Clear bags only, and they can’t exceed 12″ x 6″ x 12″. You can also bring a small non-clear clutch that’s 6″ x 9″ or smaller, or an empty hydration pack with no more than two main compartments and one smaller one. Regular non-clear backpacks and purses are not allowed. Warped is also cashless — cards and phone pay only, though there are cash-to-card kiosks on site — and there’s no re-entry.

Where is the F&M Bank Amphitheater and how do you get there?

The F&M Bank Amphitheater is at 1051 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802, on the Queen Mary side of the water near Harry Bridges Memorial Park. It’s Long Beach’s first open-air amphitheater, seats about 11,000, and opened this June with a hometown Snoop Dogg show. Official parking is downtown with a shuttle to the venue, so reserve ahead — or walk over the Queensway Bridge from downtown, which takes about 20 minutes.

What shows are at the F&M Bank Amphitheater this summer?

Eight shows between July 17 and August 28, 2026: Ice Cube & Mike Epps with Warren G and Scarface (July 17), Lil Wayne with 2 Chainz and The Game (August 1), TOTO + Christopher Cross + The Romantics (August 14), Luke Bryan (August 15), Dirty Heads and 311 with Atmosphere and ROME (August 18), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Live in Concert (August 20), Three Pianos with Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin and Andrew McMahon (August 22), and Nas & The Roots (August 28). Tickets are through Ticketmaster and prices vary by show.

Are there any free concerts or festivals in Long Beach this summer?

Yes — two big ones downtown. DTLB Live! on the Promenade is free on Saturday, July 18 from 4 to 8 PM, with live country music, local craft vendors, and family activities. Taste of Downtown with KCRW Summer Nights on August 22 is also free and all-ages (you just RSVP through KCRW), though food and drinks are sold on site. Both are EZ Sip zones, meaning you can buy a drink from a participating bar and carry it through the event footprint.

Is Taste of Downtown free?

Yes. Taste of Downtown with KCRW Summer Nights is free and all-ages — you just RSVP through KCRW ahead of time. It runs Saturday, August 22, 2026 from 2 to 10 PM on Pine Avenue between Broadway and 3rd Street. Admission won’t cost you anything, but the bite-size food samples, beer, wine, and craft cocktails are sold on site. It’s the 17th year of the event.

What’s the best weekend for events in Long Beach this summer?

July 18–19 and July 25–26 are both stacked. On July 18 alone you’ve got Love Long Beach Festival day one at ShoreLine Aquatic Park and DTLB Live! on the Promenade — and they’re walkable from each other, so overachievers can absolutely do both. The following weekend is Warped Tour, July 25–26. August 22 is the other big collision: Taste of Downtown on Pine and Three Pianos at the amphitheater on the same night.

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