Weekend Highlights
- This weekend in Long Beach offers intentional experiences like Sydney’s Soulful Soundbath, which provides relaxation through sound healing.
- Join the Community Vigil at Bixby Park to honor lives lost to ICE violence—no tickets required, just community connection.
- Catch Tiffany Townsend’s recital, Crash Out Queens, presented by Long Beach Opera, exploring women’s emotional limits in opera.
- Experience the playful Acro Strip Show: New Year, Same Slut, celebrating body positivity and confidence in a fun atmosphere.
- Free Tai Chi classes at Marine Stadium welcome beginners and foster grounding practices by the water.
This weekend in Long Beach isn’t loud for the sake of being loud. It’s thoughtful. It’s embodied. It’s a mix of community care, creative expression, nervous-system regulation, and just enough spice to keep things interesting.
If you’re looking for something that feels intentional instead of performative, here’s what’s happening in Long Beach this weekend.
Sydney’s Soulful Soundbath
By Soulfully Sounded
Saturday, January 31
9:30–10:30 AM
Fair Trade Long Beach Retail Collective
4105 N Bellflower Blvd, Unit B
If your brain has been running twelve tabs at once, this is your off switch.
Sydney’s Soulful Soundbath is a one-hour immersive experience using crystal bowls, gongs, and other harmonic instruments to help your body actually relax—not just pretend to. It’s designed to calm your nervous system, slow everything down, and give you space to reset.
You don’t need to know anything about sound healing to attend. You just need to show up and let it happen. Space is limited, so reserving ahead is smart.
Community Vigil Honoring Lives Lost to ICE Violence
Hosted by ÓRALE LB
Saturday, January 31
4:00–6:00 PM
Bixby Park
ÓRALE LB is hosting a community vigil to honor the lives lost to ICE violence and immigration detention across the country. This gathering centers remembrance, healing, and solidarity—especially for families and communities who are directly impacted.
The vigil will include space for a healing circle, altar building, and letter writing. It’s meant to be reflective, grounded, and communal—not rushed or transactional.
For safety reasons, only battery-operated candles will be used. Please don’t bring real candles. Flowers are welcome.
If you’ve been feeling the weight of what’s happening and want to show up in a way that’s meaningful and collective, this is one way to do that.
Crash Out Queens: A Tiffany Townsend Recital
Presented by Long Beach Opera
Saturday, January 31 7:30pm
Sunday, February 1 4:00pm
Altar Society Brewing
230 Pine Ave
Long Beach Opera opens its season with a fully staged recital by soprano Tiffany Townsend that goes way beyond “stand and sing.”
Crash Out Queens explores moments in opera where women are pushed to their emotional and psychological limits. Through iconic arias, movement, scenic elements, and instrumental collaboration, Townsend reexamines these characters with a modern, empathetic lens.
It’s dramatic without being stuffy, accessible without watering anything down, and staged in a space that makes opera feel immediate instead of distant.
Acro Strip Show Presents: New Year, Same Slut
Saturday, January 31
Doors 8:30 PM | Show 9:00 PM
Executive Suite
3428 Pacific Coast Highway
This one is exactly what it sounds like—and that’s the point.
New Year, Same Slut is Acro Strip Show’s unapologetic response to the whole “new year, new you” pressure campaign. This is about staying exactly who you are, just more comfortable in it. Expect acro-based movement, strip performances, playful sensuality, and an audience that understands confidence isn’t something you suddenly decide to have on January 1st.
The space is queer- and body-positive, welcoming, and intentionally fun. Whether you come with friends, a date, or by yourself, you’ll be in good company.
21+ only. Free parking.
Free Long Beach Tai Chi for Beginners
By Sierra Holistic Collective
Sundays at 12:30 PM
Marine Stadium (grass overlooking the water)
5199 E Paoli Way
This is one of those Long Beach things that’s been quietly excellent for years.
Sierra Holistic Collective has been offering free Tai Chi classes by the water for over a decade. The class is beginner-friendly, grounded, and genuinely supportive—focused on balance, breath, mobility, and slowing your nervous system down.
No mats required. Free parking. Dress for the weather. Donations are appreciated but not expected.
If you’ve been telling yourself you need something gentler and more consistent in your routine, this is a good place to start.
What Are You Doing This Weekend in Long Beach?
This weekend isn’t about chasing the loudest plan or packing your calendar just to say you did something. It’s about choosing experiences that actually meet you where you are—whether that’s reflective, curious, playful, or just tired and in need of a reset.
Pick what resonates. Leave the rest. And if you see me out there, we’ll probably both be pretending we’re not exhausted while still glad we showed up.
It depends on the event.
Community Vigil (ORALE LB): No tickets required. Open to the public.
Sydney’s Soulful Soundbath: Yes. Space is limited and advance registration is recommended.
Acro Strip Show: New Year, Same Slut: Yes. This is a ticketed, 21+ event.
Crash Out Queens (Long Beach Opera): Tickets are required.
Free Tai Chi at Marine Stadium: No tickets needed. Just show up.
Yes.
The Community Vigil at Bixby Park is free.
Free Tai Chi for Beginners at Marine Stadium is free (donations appreciated, not required).
Generally, yes.
Bixby Park: Street parking only and mostly crowded. You can park in the lot at the beach on Junipero.
Fair Trade Long Beach: Street and nearby lot parking.
Executive Suite: Free parking available in a small adjacent lot, as well as street parking.
Altar Society Brewing: Nearby garages and street parking.
Marine Stadium: Free parking on-site.
No.
Both are beginner-friendly and designed for people who are new, curious, or just want to try something without pressure.
