Vans Warped Tour will host a free block party this Sunday in downtown Long Beach featuring live music and specialty drinks that visitors can enjoy outdoors.<\/p>\n
Buen Provecho, The Ordinarie Tavern, ISM Brewing, El Viejon and The Stave Bar will all serve alcoholic beverages from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on The Promenade between First and Third streets. The party is open to everyone, but you \u2014 of course \u2014 have to be over 21 to buy alcohol.<\/p>\n
Three bands will play on stage at the event, said Buen Provecho part-owner Stephen Ramos. Warped Tour has not announced which bands.<\/p>\n
The event is part of Long Beach\u2019s yearlong \u201centertainment zone\u201d pilot program that allows people to walk around with open alcoholic containers at certain public events.<\/p>\n
For the event, Ramos created a signature cocktail called Stage Dive Sunset Hibiscus \u2014 a hibiscus margarita topped with fruity cold foam that comes with a Vans Warped Tour logo printed on the foam.<\/p>\n
Ramos said his restaurant was invited to participate after he encountered the Warped Tour executive team eating at Buen Provecho. He made them a drink with a logo printed on top and they asked if he could do that on a larger scale.<\/p>\n
Warped Tour\u2019s event on Sunday will also have a canned food drive and accept cash donations for Feed Our Children Now<\/a> \u2014 a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 with the goal of alleviating child hunger during the summer months when they do not have access to school lunches.<\/p>\n Warped Tour\u2019s signature festival \u2014 with scores of bands spread across two days \u2014 is scheduled to return to Long Beach for a second straight year on July 25-26. A few bands will be announced on the tour\u2019s social media channels every day starting this Friday.<\/p>\n Sublime, Bowling For Soup, Dropkick Murphys and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus were a few of the more than 120 bands that took the stage near the Shoreline Marina last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n