{"id":393606,"date":"2026-07-10T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/393606\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:05:09","slug":"annual-arts-and-crafts-festival-comes-back-to-the-long-beach-boardwalk-herald-community-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/393606\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Arts and Crafts Festival comes back to the Long Beach boardwalk | Herald Community Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual tradition \u2014 lasting nearly 40 years \u2014 combining local small businesses, the arts community and the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/longbeach\/stories\/long-beach-beach-boardwalk-events-2026,222616\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boardwalk<\/a> continues as the Arts and Crafts Festival returns on Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 vendors have registered to offer a range of goods \u2014 jewelry, clothing, home decor, food and more. Countless local businesses and organization will be represented, lining the boardwalk from Long Beach Boulevard to Edwards Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of visitors are expected, based on previous years\u2019 turnouts, to enjoy the creative works and merchandise from local businesses. This year\u2019s event is sponsored by Episcopal Health Services.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Long Beach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/longbeach\/stories\/long-beach-new-york-chamber-commerce-vendor-fair-june-2026,223377\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chamber of Commerce vendor fair<\/a> took over the boardwalk, offering attendees the chance to support local businesses. Next month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liherald.com\/longbeach\/stories\/long-beach-historical-society-house-tour-historic-homes,221732\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Historical Society<\/a> will present their own two-day arts and crafts fair along the boardwalk, benefiting the volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to preserving and showcasing Long Beach history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual tradition \u2014 lasting nearly 40 years \u2014 combining local small businesses, the arts community and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[158348,158349,21672,131,133,132,4694],"class_list":["post-393606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-arts-and-craft-festival","tag-beach-events","tag-boardwalk","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393606","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=393606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}