The Final FIFA Watch Parties in Long Beach Highlights
- The Pine Avenue street party ended, but excitement remains as the knockout rounds of the World Cup begin with free watch parties in Long Beach.
- Enjoy local watch parties at parks and bars, fostering a community vibe and showcasing match screenings with family-friendly activities.
- Key dates include quarterfinals at SoFi Stadium on July 10 and the final celebration on July 19, merging with the Beach Streets festival.
- Bixby Park will host the largest free watch party for the final, while local bars like Anna’s Pizza Joint and Beachwood Brewing offer no-cover options.
- Residents can celebrate the World Cup through various events and venues, showcasing Long Beach’s vibrant community spirit.
Okay, so the Pine Avenue street party is over — the big screen came down June 27 when the group stage wrapped, and if you were one of the 34,000+ people who packed downtown for it, you already know Long Beach showed UP for these tournaments. But here’s the thing nobody tells you: the best part of a World Cup is the part that’s left. Sixteen teams became eight, and every single match from here on out is win-or-go-home.
Quick heads up before you make plans: Pine Avenue will only be blocked off for the final game on July 19th. Pine Ave is back to regular traffic until Sunday, July 19, when downtown goes absolutely feral for the Final (more on that below). In the meantime, the World Cup watch parties in Long Beach have moved to the bars and the neighborhoods — free ones, in parks all over the city. North Long Beach, East Side, West Side — everybody eats.
Here’s everything happening from Tuesday, July 7 through the Final.
First, What’s Actually Left to Watch
Quick tournament check for those of you who’ve been living under a (very comfortable, non-soccer-watching) rock:
- Tuesday, July 7 — The last Round of 16 matches. After tonight, we’re down to eight.
- Thursday, July 9 – Saturday, July 11 — Quarterfinals. And yes, one of them is happening at SoFi Stadium on Friday, July 10. A World Cup quarterfinal. Twenty-five minutes up the 405.
- Tuesday, July 14 & Wednesday, July 15 — Semifinals.
- Saturday, July 18 — Third-place match.
- Sunday, July 19 — THE FINAL, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Noon our time, which means day drinking is not just acceptable, it’s practically mandatory.
The Free Park Watch Parties (Coming to a Neighborhood Near You)
This is the headline, folks. For the knockout rounds, the free World Cup watch parties in Long Beach are going where you actually live — a party at a park in every corner of the city, with big screens, activities for the kids, and a genuinely come-as-you-are vibe. Wear your team’s colors, bring blankets, camp chairs, and whatever snacks you want. These are built to feel like neighborhood block parties, not festival crowds — and honestly, that’s the charm.
The schedule:
| Park | Address | Date | Time | What’s On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLK Park | 1950 Lemon Ave. | Thursday, July 9 | 1 p.m. | Quarterfinal |
| Admiral Kidd Park | 2125 Santa Fe Ave. | Friday, July 10 | Noon | Quarterfinal (the SoFi match!) |
| Heartwell Park | 5801 E. Parkcrest St. | Saturday, July 11 | 6 p.m. | Quarterfinal |
| Recreation Park | 4900 E. 7th St. | Tuesday, July 14 | Noon | Semifinal |
| Scherer Park | 4600 Long Beach Blvd. | Wednesday, July 15 | Noon | Semifinal |
| Houghton Park | 6301 Myrtle Ave. | Saturday, July 18 | 2 p.m. | Third-place playoff |
| Bixby Park | 130 Cherry Ave. | Sunday, July 19 | 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. | THE FINAL + Beach Streets |
Full details and updates at longbeach.gov/beachstreets.
July 19: The Final Meets Beach Streets, and Downtown Becomes One Giant Party
Save the date and clear your Sunday, because Long Beach is going out with a bang. For the World Cup Final, the watch party merges with Beach Streets — the beloved open-streets festival where they kick the cars out and hand the pavement over to bikes, skates, strollers, and people.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., nearly four miles of streets go car-free: Broadway through Bluff Park, Cherry Avenue up to Fourth Street, and Pine Avenue between Ninth and First. Four hubs along the route will each have live music, kid zones, and food trucks, and the Final itself screens on big outdoor screens at Bixby Park and at the Art Theatre on Fourth Street.
Bike there. Skate there. Walk there with a wagon full of snacks and small children. This is going to be one of those only-in-Long-Beach days, and we fully expect Bixby Park to be the biggest FIFA watch party Long Beach has thrown all summer.
Here’s the Beach Streets Map so you can plan accordingly:
A Word About Second Street
Yeah, you can watch the knockout rounds at Legends or Panama Joe’s in Belmont Shore — but between the lines snaking down Second Street, capacity caps, and door policies for the big matches, plan on spending more time getting in than watching. If squeezing into the Shore isn’t your idea of a good time, good news: this city is full of places that are thrilled to have you. Which brings us to…
The Unsung Heroes (Where You Should Actually Watch)
The spots below have been hosting World Cup watch parties in Long Beach all summer with zero attitude, zero tarps, and zero $70 door fees. These are the ones that deserve your money:
Anna’s Pizza Joint (5351 E. 2nd St.) — Plot twist: the antidote to the Second Street madness is ON Second Street. Neighborhood pizza, cold beer, the game on, and nobody checking a velvet rope. This is what a FIFA watch party in Long Beach is supposed to feel like.
Beachwood Brewing & Distilling (Bixby Knolls) — Quietly the most ambitious venue of the whole tournament: showing the matches all summer with World Beer Cup-winning craft beer in hand. The Bixby Knolls spot is your knockout-rounds home base on the north side.
Watch Me! Sports Bar (6527 E. PCH) — The West Coast’s only women’s-sports-focused bar has been showing every match, and they’re hosting a quarterfinals courtyard party Saturday, July 11 featuring local small businesses and vendors. Support the game AND the shop-local movement from one barstool.
The Art Theatre (2025 E. 4th St.) — Watching the World Cup Final in a historic 1920s movie house on Retro Row, on the big-big screen, surrounded by your neighbors? July 19. Be there.
Port City Tavern (4306 E. Anaheim St.) — Zaferia’s adults-only match haven. Every game, all tournament, no nonsense.
Roxanne’s Bar (1115 E. Wardlow Rd.) — Free entry, family friendly, and reliably one of the most fun rooms in the city when a big match is on.
The Bamboo Club (3522 E. Anaheim St.) — Tiki drinks and knockout-round soccer is a combination we didn’t know we needed, and now we can’t imagine watching any other way.
Altar Society Brewing (230 Pine Ave.) — Giant screens, craft beer, cocktails, and pizza right on Pine — with coffee for the early kickoffs and pizza-and-pitcher game-day specials. The downtown big screen may be gone, but Altar Society is still holding it down.
And a downtown Final-day bonus: Shannon’s on Pine (209 Pine Ave.) is throwing a July 19 party at At the Top, their rooftop club, with a buffet, beer specials, stadium seating, and a projector for only $7.50. Watching the Final from a rooftop while Beach Streets rages below? Chef’s kiss. Click here for tickets.
Long Beach World Cup Watch Parties: Quarterfinals to the Final (July 2026)
Two weeks. Eight teams. Free World Cup watch parties in every corner of Long Beach, a possible USMNT quarterfinal at SoFi, and a Final-day street festival that’s going to make July 19 feel like a holiday. Watch it in a park, watch it in a pizza joint, watch it with a tiki drink — just don’t pay $70 to watch it through a tarp.
Know of a watch party we missed? DM us at @lbcvibe and we’ll add it to the list.
FAQs
Where can I watch the World Cup Final in Long Beach on July 19? The biggest free option is the watch party at Bixby Park, part of the Beach Streets open-streets festival running 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 19. The Final will also screen at the Art Theatre (2025 E. 4th St.) on Retro Row, and Shannon’s on Pine (209 Pine Ave.) is hosting a rooftop Final party at their top-floor club, At the Top, with a buffet, beer specials, and stadium seating.
Are there free World Cup watch parties in Long Beach during the knockout rounds? Yes. Free watch parties are happening at parks across the city through July 19, 2026: MLK Park (July 9), Admiral Kidd Park (July 10), Heartwell Park (July 11), Recreation Park (July 14), Scherer Park (July 15), Houghton Park (July 18), and Bixby Park (July 19). All are family friendly — bring blankets, chairs, and snacks.
Is the Pine Avenue World Cup watch party still happening in downtown Long Beach? No — the Pine Avenue street closure and big screen wrapped up June 27 at the end of the group stage. Downtown’s big screen returns Sunday, July 19 for the Final, when Beach Streets closes Pine Avenue (9th to 1st), Broadway, and Cherry Avenue for a citywide celebration with screenings at Bixby Park and the Art Theatre. In the meantime, Pine Ave spots like Altar Society Brewing and Shannon’s on Pine are still showing every match indoors.
What is Beach Streets on July 19, 2026? Beach Streets is Long Beach’s open-streets festival, and on July 19 it’s combined with the World Cup Final watch party. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., nearly four miles of streets — including Broadway through Bluff Park, Cherry Avenue to 4th Street, and Pine Avenue from 9th to 1st — close to cars and open to bikes, skates, and pedestrians, with four hubs featuring live music, kid zones, and food trucks.
Is there a World Cup match at SoFi Stadium near Long Beach? Yes — a World Cup quarterfinal is scheduled at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Friday, July 10, 2026, about 25 minutes from Long Beach. The free Admiral Kidd Park watch party starts at noon that day if you’d rather watch with the hometown crowd.
Which Long Beach bars are showing the World Cup knockout rounds without a cover charge? Great no-cover options for a FIFA watch party in Long Beach include Anna’s Pizza Joint (5351 E. 2nd St.), Beachwood Brewing & Distilling in Bixby Knolls, Watch Me! Sports Bar (6527 E. PCH), Port City Tavern (4306 E. Anaheim St.), Roxanne’s Bar (1115 E. Wardlow Rd.), The Bamboo Club (3522 E. Anaheim St.), Altar Society Brewing (230 Pine Ave.), and the Art Theatre’s Final screening on July 19.
