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Staff Writer Intern
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June 5, 2026
The wait is officially over for music fans in Southern California. Long Beach is launching its highly anticipated, brand-new 11,000-capacity waterfront venue tomorrow. The amphitheater will debut with a historic homecoming performance by hip-hop icon and Long Beach native Snoop Dogg.
Whether you already have tickets or are looking to secure last-minute seats, here is everything you need to know about the grand opening and the upcoming 2026 summer lineup.
Snoop Dogg brings it home for the grand opening
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There is no artist better equipped to christen Long Beach’s newest stage than the man who helped put West Coast hip-hop on the global map. Snoop Dogg’s opening night performance is being celebrated as a defining cultural milestone for the city. Raising the curtain on a venue of this magnitude just miles from where he grew up brings his legendary career full circle. Billed officially as “Snoop Dogg & Friends”, the inaugural concert promises to be a historic celebration of Long Beach’s profound influence on the music industry.
Grand opening schedule
If you are attending the opening night concert, organizers have established a timeline to manage traffic along the harbor:
3:30 PM: Off-site parking lots open
4:00 PM: Free shuttle services begin running
5:00 PM: Venue gates open to the public
7:00 PM: Showtime
The 2026 inaugural summer lineup
Following tomorrow night’s grand opening, the venue’s inaugural summer season will immediately transition into a genre-spanning schedule. From heavy metal and rock to country and alternative, the waterfront stage is bringing a diverse array of massive acts to the harbor.
The Inaugural Season Schedule:
June 6: Snoop Dogg & Friends (Grand Opening)
July 3: Claypool Gold (Primus, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade & Lennon Delirium)
July 17: Ice Cube & Mike Epps
August 1: Lil Wayne, The Game & 2 Chainz
August 14: Toto, Christopher Cross & The Romantics
August 15: Luke Bryan
August 18: Dirty Heads & 311
August 20: Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
August 22: Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin & Andrew McMahon
August 28: Nas & The Roots
September 5: Los Ángeles Azules
September 11: Deep Purple & Kansas
September 18: Five Finger Death Punch
September 19: Mötley Crüe, Tesla & Extreme
September 20: KIDZ BOP LIVE Birthday Concert Event
🏟️For event details and tickets, you can check out Long Beach Amphitheater’s website!