{"id":224350,"date":"2026-03-17T22:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/224350\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:47:12","slug":"long-beach-radish-festival-returns-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/224350\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Radish Festival returns April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/61572241276760\/posts\/long-beach-radish-festival-april-18-downtown-long-beach-mswere-excited-to-bring-\/122157278822741375\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Long Beach Radish Festival<\/a> will return April 18 with vendors, food and entertainment celebrating the city\u2019s agricultural past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. near City Hall and will feature farmers, artisans, food vendors, local artists and live entertainment. Organizers say the event is designed to highlight the city\u2019s agricultural roots while supporting local businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/g-hope.com\/our-team\/sam-ballard\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"good hope 3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Good-Hope_SAM_728x90_rev1.jpg\" alt=\"good hope 3\"   width=\"728\" height=\"90\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visitors will also find radish-inspired foods, including radish chips \u2014 a snack once served in local bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach Radish Festival began in 1991. In the early 20th century, Long Beach was known as a major center for radish farming. Large quantities of radishes were grown and shipped from the area, earning the city the nickname the \u201cRadish Capital of the World.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-307948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LongBeachRadish-232x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"433\"  \/>A promotional flyer announces vendor applications for the Long Beach Radish Festival scheduled for April 18, 2026, in downtown Long Beach. Organizers are seeking local food vendors, farmers and artists to participate in the event celebrating the city\u2019s agricultural history. (Long Beach Main Street Association)<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the festival aims to celebrate that history while bringing residents and visitors together for a family-friendly spring event downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vendors, artists and community groups will take part in the event. Organizers are also seeking additional vendors and sponsors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More information is available through the Long Beach Main Street Association.<\/p>\n<p>This report was produced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/rhcjcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roy Howard Community Journalism Center<\/a> at the University of Southern Mississippi.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach Radish Festival will return April 18 with vendors, food and entertainment celebrating the city\u2019s agricultural&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-224350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}