{"id":244255,"date":"2026-03-31T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/244255\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:24:09","slug":"snoop-dogg-to-headline-opening-concert-at-long-beach-amphitheater-in-june-eat-see-do-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/244255\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg to headline opening concert at Long Beach Amphitheater in June \u2022 Eat. See. Do."},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Beach icon Snoop Dogg will perform the inaugural concert at the city\u2019s new amphitheater next to the Queen Mary, the venue announced today.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old rapper will break in the Long Beach Amphitheater on Saturday, June 6, along with a lineup of special guests who have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n

VIP Records owner Kelvin Anderson, who helped launch Snoop Dogg\u2019s career from a makeshift studio in the back of the record store, said he would love to see homegrown acts like Warren G and Giveon up on stage with Snoop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it should be a Long Beach thing, let the whole world know how much talent we\u2019ve got here from within the city,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Snoop Dogg performs at the 2018 Summertime in the LBC, held at the Queen Mary Events Park on Saturday, July 07, 2018. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/p>\n

The new amphitheater is part of Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson\u2019s plan to boost the city\u2019s image as a West Coast music destination.<\/p>\n

A wide swath of acts have already signed up to play the venue this summer, including Toto, Nas & The Roots, Luke Bryan and Los \u00c1ngeles Azules.<\/p>\n

Construction on the 11,000-seat venue began in January<\/a>. It initially had a $14 million price tag, but the tally rose to $21.3 million based on increased costs and the decision to add upgraded seating and a VIP lounge.<\/p>\n

The temporary venue \u2014 originally scheduled to open in fall 2025 \u2014 is set to run for an initial 10-year period while the city considers a permanent plan. It\u2019s become a major piece of\u00a0 Richardson\u2019s vision to use growth industries, including tourism and entertainment, to replace declining oil revenue that has traditionally bolstered the city\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong Beach built the culture\u2014and now we\u2019ve built the stage for it,\u201d Richardson said in a statement announcing the show. \u201cFrom our neighborhoods to the global stage, Snoop Dogg has always represented this city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snoop, a Long Beach native, last performed here in August 2024, when he took part in a pre-taped concert filmed at Rosie\u2019s Dog Beach<\/a> that aired during the closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the June 6 show go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m., with select presale opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. You can find more information here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach icon Snoop Dogg will perform the inaugural concert at the city\u2019s new amphitheater next to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-244255","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\/244255","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=244255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}