{"id":446593,"date":"2026-08-28T23:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/446593\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T23:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:12:10","slug":"dia-de-los-muertos-festival-returns-after-last-years-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/446593\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00eda de los Muertos Festival returns after last year&#8217;s cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After cancelling the annual D\u00eda de los Muertos festival <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/immigration\/long-beach-cancels-dia-de-los-muertos-parade-concerns-ice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">due to federal immigration concerns<\/a> in 2025, the City of Long Beach has confirmed its return this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping the original festival format, this year\u2019s celebration will take place at Rainbow Lagoon (400 E. Shoreline Drive) on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00eda de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead, is a family-friendly event that celebrates life and remembrance of loved ones who have died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are thrilled to once again bring the vibrant spirit of D\u00eda de los Muertos to our beautiful Downtown shoreline,\u201d said First District Councilmember Mary Zendejas in a public statement. \u201cThis beloved celebration is a time to honor and remember those who are no longer with us, while coming together as a community to celebrate culture, tradition, family and love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival will include a variety of cultural performances, vendors, a resource fair and participation from various City departments and community partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cD\u00eda de los Muertos is a meaningful cultural celebration that allows us to honor our loved ones who have passed on and cherish our memories of them,\u201d said Mayor Rex Richardson in a public statement. \u201cThis festival will celebrate the lives of generations past that have helped shape the City we value today, and we encourage community members to join us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City is currently seeking organizations and vendors to participate in the festival. Nonprofit organizations and community groups interested in participating in the resource fair may submit <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1OQKA0RnCxKnYMj71KHFbz5ukqJilixyXXIGlIZKuDBA\/viewform?edit_requested=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an online application<\/a> now through Oct. 23. Entries should be culturally relevant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food vendors and retailers are also encouraged to fill out <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfxUYMAB0PRjDd5mRjva7hwcJY1jhXbJ6XqNMe0u3g9ir3Keg\/viewform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a vendor interest form<\/a> by Oct. 23 to participate in the festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-signal-tribune-newspaper.square.site\/\" aria-label=\"Signal_Tribune_Ad_1 (1) (3)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787958730_559_Signal_Tribune_Ad_1-1-3-pdf.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After cancelling the annual D\u00eda de los Muertos festival due to federal immigration concerns in 2025, the City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[98979,8065,9038,176912,131,133,132,176913],"class_list":["post-446593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-city-of-long-beach","tag-day-of-the-dead","tag-dia-de-los-muertos","tag-dia-de-los-muertos-festival","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-mary-zendejas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446593","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=446593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}