{"id":227299,"date":"2026-03-19T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227299\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:04:08","slug":"long-beach-to-host-spring-fest-at-lincoln-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227299\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach to host Spring Fest at Lincoln Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lincoln Park. | Photo courtesy of Long Beach City\ufeff\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>The Long Beach\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/longbeach.gov\/park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine<\/a>\u00a0and the city\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/longbeach.gov\/library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Public Library<\/a> are set to host\u00a0Spring Fest, a free, family-friendly\u00a0community event\u00a0featuring a variety of springtime activities for eventgoers of all ages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spring Fest\u00a0will take place March 28\u00a0from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lincoln Park, 101 Pacific Ave. in downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/heysocal.com\/?s=long+beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Long Beach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Spring Fest is a great opportunity to hop into spring and enjoy everything the season has to offer,\u201d Mayor Rex Richardson said in a statement. \u201cEvents like this reflect our ongoing commitment to providing accessible, family-friendly events for our community to come together, build lasting memories and enjoy a day at one of our beautiful Long Beach parks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spring Fest\u2019s signature activities include two age-designated egg hunts for ages 3-6 at 11:30 a.m. and ages 7-12 at 12:30 p.m., a bunny trail for children ages 2 years and younger and visits from the Easter Bunny with picture opportunities at rotating times throughout the event. <\/p>\n<p>Youth can also create flower planter souvenirs and <a href=\"https:\/\/heysocal.com\/?s=spring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">spring<\/a>-themed pipe cleaner mementos to take home. <\/p>\n<p>Additional activities include a cupcake walk at 1:30 p.m., arts and crafts, face painting, group games and other attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees can also enter free raffles for the chance to win prizes, courtesy of the Parks Department and the Library.\u00a0Light refreshments will also be available, while supplies last, event organizers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To participate in activities, attendees must check in to receive a bracelet. Participation in the egg hunts is available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking\u00a0will be\u00a0available during the event in the Civic Center Parking Garage, 332 W. Broadway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lincoln Park. | Photo courtesy of Long Beach City\ufeff\/Facebook The Long Beach\u00a0Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine\u00a0and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-227299","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\/227299","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=227299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}