California Events


Premiere – Marketplace Mambo: Stepping Up Food Access

Premiere – Marketplace Mambo: Stepping Up Food Access

Join us for the premiere of a groundbreaking music video that brings the critical issue of food access in Long Beach to life, happening at the Bixby Knolls First Fridays in the EXPO Arts Building. This captivating video stars neurodiverse youth from the Sowing Seeds...
Loiter Galleries presents: “Keepin’ it Local” group exhibit

Loiter Galleries presents: “Keepin’ it Local” group exhibit

Fresh, local artists picked by Loiter Galleries: This Saturday, March 30th for the GRAND OPENING of the “Keepin’ it Local” Art Exhibition. Open to the public, free as always. Come see these fantastic local Long Beach artists like: Jackie Anne – @art.jackieanne...
Camerata Sings for a Cause

Camerata Sings for a Cause

A benefit concert for Open Gallery.  All proceeds to help rebuild the Gallery. APRIL 12, 2024 at 8pm Grace First Presbyterian Church | 3955 N. Studebaker Road, Long Beach, CA 90808
River Session #3 | MILE 0: San Pedro

River Session #3 | MILE 0: San Pedro

Join us for River Session #3, Mile 0: San Pedro/Angels Gate, as we explore San Pedro alongside poet and Creative Corps collaborator Nancy Lynée Woo and Long Beach Community Theater Artistic Director Ann Wellman. Our meeting point is the iconic Korean Friendship Bell,...
Mara Kaye

Mara Kaye

Referred to by Jazz Lives as “one of New York’s great gifts to the world,” blues and jazz vocalist Mara Kaye is “like some lost pocket of the blues that had never been explored in the old days, all wrapped up in a ball of 21st-century Brooklyn-bred attitude.” For over...
Street Corner Renaissance

Street Corner Renaissance

With infectious energy, humor and delightful harmony, Street Corner Renaissance sings a cappella versions of doo-wop and R&B music from days gone by. The quintet is led by NAACP award-winner Maurice Kitchen and joined recently by Bob Henley, touring artist with...
Twanguero & Los Silverbacks

Twanguero & Los Silverbacks

Grammy-winning Spanish guitarist Diego Garcia returns to the Annex for a night of unbridled rhythm with members of his new collective: Adrian Buono & Jose Agote of the band Los Pinguos of Argentina and Jason Tamba & Mermans Mosengo of Afro Fiesta from the...
The Grand Annex Music Hall 15th Anniversary Mixer

The Grand Annex Music Hall 15th Anniversary Mixer

It’s the 15th Anniversary of the Grand Annex Music Hall! Come on down to the Annex for a Ribbon Cutting Celebration and Mixer with San Pedro’s Chamber of Commerce. Meet and mingle with San Pedro’s business and arts communities and enjoy appetizers and drinks as we...
Nomad Eel Records Music Fest

Nomad Eel Records Music Fest

San Pedro’s own Nomad Eel Records showcases a line-up of LA-based bands. Nomad Eel Records was born from the love of music and art. We are not bound to any one genre and have a more eclectic range of tastes. As much as life is a journey, so is music and art. Come...
Laurence Juber

Laurence Juber

“A stunning sense of space and fluidity…a truly wondrous sound” – Guitar World “Uniformly exquisite and dazzlingly executed” – L.A.Times Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer, and arranger. His finger-picking playing fuses folk, jazz, blues,...
Long Beach Community Band – Celebrating American Composers

Long Beach Community Band – Celebrating American Composers

Join your Long Beach Community Band for a celebration of music by American composers in the beautiful and acoustically-excellent Scottish Rite Cathedral. The concert will feature works by American composers who changed the world of music. April 7 at 3:00 pm FREE...
Auntie Kayte After-School Concert at Michelle Obama Library

Auntie Kayte After-School Concert at Michelle Obama Library

Award-winning singer/songwriter, Auntie Kayte, brings her original “Songs to Talk About” to Michelle Obama Library for an after-school concert on March 26th. Auntie Kayte’s irresistibly catchy songs use the power of music and words to plant seeds of...
Brother to Brother: The Unpacking

Brother to Brother: The Unpacking

Created by C-Squared in partnership with the Center of Long Beach, “Brother to Brother” brings together black gay men from all walks of life to discuss topics that have affected us as a community. Love, religion, social Justice, black pride and mental health are areas...
Queer Punk Night

Queer Punk Night

A queer and femme centered event ✨🥊 Completely $free$ and all-ages thanks to @artslb ❣️ Feat music by: S.O.H. Artificial Joy GRUDGEPACKER
Wage Worker

Wage Worker

Munzón Gallery is pleased to present Wake Worker, a solo exhibition by baby Mueller. The exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday March 9th from 6-9pm and will remain on view through Saturday April 6th. Wage Worker is Baby Mueller’s commentary on how...
ENERGY IN MOTION – Open Conversation and Grantee Reception

ENERGY IN MOTION – Open Conversation and Grantee Reception

Join us for an afternoon celebrating the 2023 Professional Artist Fellows in the closing of “Energy in Motion”, the 2023 Professional Artist Fellowship exhibition, along with welcoming the incoming 2024 Operating I & II grantees, Community Project grantees, and...
In celebration of Black History Month 	African American Cultural Centre of Long Beach Presents 	  	California Creative Corps  	Alexey Steele: Love My Neighbor Project 	Inspiring Neighbors – Remarkable Stories 	Special Event 	 	State Assemblyember District 65 	Chair of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports,  	and Tourism Committee 	Mike A. Gipson remarks

In celebration of Black History Month African American Cultural Centre of Long Beach Presents California Creative Corps Alexey Steele: Love My Neighbor Project Inspiring Neighbors – Remarkable Stories Special Event State Assemblyember District 65 Chair of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Mike A. Gipson remarks

Assemblymemebrer Gipson will visit the show and deliver his remarks. The award-winning Love My Neighbor Project by Alexey Steele was created in the City of Carson and delivered grass roots impact in it’s most difficult neighbourhood, the infamous...
El Futuro: Songwriting, Artistry, and Synthesis hosted by Neyva

El Futuro: Songwriting, Artistry, and Synthesis hosted by Neyva

This workshop will empower youth to write and compose their own music while exploring their artistic identity. Through hands-on exercises and guidance from Neyva, each participant will tap into the power of their unique voice and the impact it can have on the world...
Dreamland w/ Kimberly Ford The Music of Joni Mitchell

Dreamland w/ Kimberly Ford The Music of Joni Mitchell

Jazz vocalist Kimberly Ford pays homage to one of the most iconic singer-songwriters of the Woodstock generation, Joni Mitchell. Mitchell touched millions with her masterful hits across the folk, jazz, pop, and rock genres. Ford’s tribute does the music justice,...
John Kraus & The Goers St. Patrick’s Day Show

John Kraus & The Goers St. Patrick’s Day Show

Captain John and the band deliver vintage sea shanties and nautical tunes with Celtic-punk and pirate-rock swagger. Kraus leads this merry crew of powerhouse musicians after years spent as a sea captain and growing up in a musical household. His pioneering band...
Color Your Emotions

Color Your Emotions

Designed to deepen your connection to self. Find alternative ways of self-expression through basic color and shape, while building familiarity with autonomy and self-directed choice. Participants of all ages and abilities are welcome! Saturday, March 2 from 1 –...
Jimmy’s Buffet

Jimmy’s Buffet

Calling all Parrot Heads! Celebrate the music and vibes of – you guessed it! – Jimmy Buffett. Experience a truly authentic Buffett sound with 12 of California’s best musicians. The Grand Annex will transform into a tropical beach party as Jimmy’s Buffet honors their...
Ali Coyle

Ali Coyle

Next wave pop-folk troubadour and her band deliver a mix of danceable and dreamy songs.
The People with the Trees in Their Chest

The People with the Trees in Their Chest

A Workshop Performance of a new, original play by award-winning playwright, Shawn Christopher Lovell Nabors. A modern-day play following an African American family from Brooklyn, NY who struggle to break the curse of poor health that has marked their family for...
Andy & Renee & Hard Rain Songs from Laurel Canyon

Andy & Renee & Hard Rain Songs from Laurel Canyon

SoCal favorites play originals and Songs from Laurel Canyon. Hear classic rock hits of the late ’60s and ’70s from Buffalo Springfield, Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, CSNY and more.