{"id":348241,"date":"2026-06-05T17:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348241\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:12:10","slug":"long-beachs-massive-waterfront-amphitheater-makes-its-grand-opening-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348241\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach’s massive waterfront amphitheater makes its grand opening tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImage courtesy of Legends Global<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tJune 5, 2026<\/p>\n

The wait is officially over for music fans<\/a> in Southern California. Long Beach is launching its highly anticipated, brand-new 11,000-capacity waterfront<\/a> venue tomorrow. The amphitheater<\/a> will debut with a historic homecoming performance by hip-hop<\/a> icon and Long Beach native Snoop Dogg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether you already have tickets or are looking to secure last-minute seats, here is everything you need to know about the grand opening<\/a> and the upcoming 2026 summer lineup.<\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg brings it home for the grand opening<\/p>\n

\"Shutterstock\"\"Shutterstock\"Adam McCullough \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

There is no artist better equipped to christen Long Beach\u2019s newest stage than the man who helped put West Coast hip-hop on the global map<\/a>. Snoop Dogg\u2019s opening night performance is being celebrated as a defining cultural<\/a> milestone for the city. Raising the curtain on a venue<\/a> of this magnitude just miles from where he grew up brings his legendary career full circle. Billed officially as \u201cSnoop Dogg & Friends\u201d, the inaugural concert promises to be a historic<\/a> celebration of Long Beach\u2019s profound influence on the music industry.<\/p>\n

Grand opening schedule<\/p>\n

If you are attending the opening night concert<\/a>, organizers have established a timeline to manage traffic along the harbor:<\/p>\n

3:30 PM: Off-site parking lots open<\/p>\n

4:00 PM: Free shuttle services begin running<\/p>\n

5:00 PM: Venue gates open to the public<\/p>\n

7:00 PM: Showtime<\/p>\n

The 2026 inaugural summer lineup<\/p>\n

Following tomorrow night\u2019s grand opening, the venue\u2019s inaugural summer season<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The Inaugural Season Schedule:<\/p>\n

June 6: Snoop Dogg & Friends (Grand Opening)<\/p>\n

July 3: Claypool Gold (Primus, Les Claypool\u2019s Frog Brigade & Lennon Delirium)<\/p>\n

July 17: Ice Cube\u00a0&\u00a0Mike\u00a0Epps<\/p>\n

August 1: Lil Wayne, The Game & 2 Chainz<\/p>\n

August 14: Toto, Christopher Cross & The Romantics<\/p>\n

August 15: Luke Bryan<\/p>\n

August 18: Dirty Heads & 311<\/p>\n

August 20: Disney\u2019s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl<\/p>\n

August 22: Something Corporate, Jack\u2019s Mannequin & Andrew McMahon<\/p>\n

August 28: Nas & The Roots<\/p>\n

September 5: Los \u00c1ngeles Azules<\/p>\n

September 11: Deep Purple & Kansas<\/p>\n

September 18: Five Finger Death Punch<\/p>\n

September 19: M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, Tesla & Extreme<\/p>\n

September 20: KIDZ BOP LIVE Birthday Concert Event<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0fFor event details and tickets, you can\u00a0check out\u00a0Long Beach Amphitheater\u2019s website<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image courtesy of Legends Global \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer Intern \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 June 5, 2026 The wait is officially over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-348241","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\/348241","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=348241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}