Events in Long Beach Highlights
- Long Beach offers a vibrant weekend filled with events like Rylee’s Homemade Goods Pop-Up and the Hardcore Tiki Marketplace.
- The Mardi Gras celebration features samba dancers, DJs, and family-friendly chaos at Shoreline Village.
- Join Lotería Night at El Esquite for tacos, drinks, and a playful game experience.
- Catch a fresh adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra at the Helen Borger Theater on Sunday.
- The city buzzes with activities; don’t miss out on what’s happening in Long Beach this weekend.
The weather report in Long Beach this weekend is giving full sunshine, blue skies, and “find me a patio ASAP” energy. This is your friendly nudge to stop doom‑scrolling and actually go enjoy the city. If you’ve been wondering what’s happening in Long Beach this weekend, I’ve got you: from tiki drinks to dog treats to theater and tacos, the LBC is fully booked.
Here’s what’s worth leaving the internets for March 7–8.
Rylee’s Homemade Goods Pop‑Up at Steady Brewing
Saturday, March 7 – 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Steady Brewing – 2950 Clark Ave
Dog people, this is your main character moment.
Rylee’s Homemade Goods is popping up at Steady Brewing with human‑grade dog treats, which basically means your pup’s snack game just passed yours. It’s part of a vendor pop‑up series hosted by The Connection Strategist, and the formula is simple: bring your dog, shop local, and grab a beer. Zero notes.
The energy is super casual—think neighbors hanging out, dogs making new best friends, and you getting to support a small business that actually makes everything by hand. If “events in Long Beach” for you means community, cold beer, and cute dogs everywhere, you’re dialed in.
Hardcore Tiki Marketplace at The Bamboo Club
Saturday, March 7 – 12:00 PM
The Bamboo Club – 3522 E Anaheim St
If your soul is at least 40% tropical drink, this is your spot. The Bamboo Club is hosting the Hardcore Tiki Marketplace—an all‑afternoon hang with tiki vendors, artists, DJs, cocktails, and island‑style bites. It’s pet‑friendly, free to get in, and dangerously easy to lose a couple hours just wandering with a drink in your hand.
You’ll find everything from vintage tiki mugs and art to handmade goodies you absolutely “don’t need” but will buy anyway. Even if you’re not deep in the tiki lifestyle, the vibe alone is worth it: music going, people dressed in their island best, and that classic Long Beach mix of chill and weird in the best way.
Mardi Gras at Shoreline Village
Saturday, March 7 – 2:00 PM
Shoreline Village – 429 Shoreline Village Dr
If your weekend personality leans “festive chaos,” head to the waterfront. Shoreline Village is throwing a Mardi Gras celebration with samba dancers, DJs, costumed performers, bead tosses, food specials, and a live zydeco band bringing that New Orleans flavor to the harbor.
There’s a kids’ area too, so families and party people can actually coexist without anyone side‑eyeing each other—rare, I know. Plus, any excuse to hang by the water with music, snacks, and people in outrageous outfits? Approved. When someone asks what’s happening in Long Beach this weekend, this is one of those “you had to be there” answers.
Lotería Night at El Esquite
Saturday, March 7 – 6:30 PM
El Esquite – 2533 Santa Fe Ave
If bingo had a fun, slightly messy cousin, it would be lotería.
El Esquite is hosting Lotería Night, and your $20 gets you two tacos, esquite, a drink, a lotería card, prizes, and a reserved seat to play. In this economy? That’s a win before the game even starts.
Expect loud laughs, playful trash talk, and at least one person insisting they won first even though their card is clearly not full. It’s the kind of night that starts chill and slowly turns into everyone yelling in Spanish and English while still somehow bonding over corn and cards. Extremely Long Beach behavior.
Antony and Cleopatra at the Helen Borger Theater
Sunday, March 8 – 2:00 PM
Helen Borger Theater – 4250 Atlantic Ave
After a Saturday full of drinks, beads, and lotería drama, you’re absolutely allowed to pivot into “cultured Sunday” mode. The Long Beach Shakespeare Company is staging Antony and Cleopatra at the Helen Borger Theater, with a new adaptation by Christian Lee Navarro.
It’s classic Shakespeare—power, love, politics, and everything going downhill in slow motion—but with a fresh take that keeps it feeling current instead of like a homework assignment. Even if you’re not a hardcore theater person, local productions like this are such a good way to support the arts and pretend you’re a put‑together adult for at least two hours.
Pick Your Chaos Level This Weekend in Long Beach
The weather is gorgeous, the city is doing the absolute most, and there is no universe in which “there’s nothing to do here” is a valid sentence. If you’ve been searching for things to do or wondering what’s happening in Long Beach this weekend, consider this your personalized itinerary.
You can start with tiki drinks at noon, wander a marketplace, let your dog live their best life at Steady Brewing, dance by the water at Mardi Gras, yell over lotería cards at El Esquite, and then sit in a dark theater on Sunday watching Antony and Cleopatra and pretending your life is not also low‑key dramatic. Only in Long Beach does that lineup make perfect sense.
Now throw on sunscreen, text the group chat, and actually leave the house. The LBC showed up for you this weekend—go show up for it.
FAQs
Mostly free entry: Tiki Marketplace and Steady Brewing pop-up (pay for drinks/food), Mardi Gras (food specials extra). Lotería Night is $20 all-in. Theater needs tickets (~$25+) via the Shakespeare Company site. Check IG/FB for last-minute updates on events in Long Beach this weekend.
The events in the LBC are super pet-friendly at Tiki Marketplace and Steady Brewing (leash up those pups). These events in Long Beach mix dog lovers, families, and party people seamlessly.
Neighborhood spots like Bamboo Club have street parking; Shoreline Village has lots (arrive early). Steady Brewing has a small parking lot and also neighborhood parking. Uber/Lyft between events in Long Beach to skip traffic. Bike if you’re staying Anaheim/Clark corridor—events in Long Beach are clustered for easy hopping.
Yes to most: Mardi Gras has a kids’ area, Lotería family-friendly, Tiki/brewery mellow for older ones. Skip theater if under 10.
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