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Downtown Long Beach Alliance Launches DTLB Live! Monthly Event Series on the Promenade
The DTLB Alliance is launching DTLB Live!, a new recurring monthly event series bringing live music, craft vendors, and family-friendly activities to the Promenade every third Saturday.
Deck the Halls and Savor the Flavors: DTLB Restaurants Open During the Holidays
There’ll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting…..Yes, this IS the most wonderful time of the year and there are plenty of DTLB spots that will be open! Get the scoop on Downtown locations where you and your friends, family and loved ones can keep the...
Downtown Long Beach Alliance Announces Winners for DTLB Unfiltered Photo Contest
The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) is thrilled to announce the winners of our annual DTLB Unfiltered photo contest.
Downtown Long Beach Launches 2025 Shop Small Season with Events, Local Marketplaces, and DRIVER Shuttles to Support Shopping Local
The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) is launching its annual Shop Small Season, a multi-week celebration designed to uplift local businesses and encourage residents to invest in their community throughout the holidays
Dining Out for Thanksgiving? Try These 16 DTLB Spots for a Delicious Meal
Thanksgiving dinner is a lot of things to a lot of people. Sometimes it's an opportunity to entertain in a fresh setting, or to enjoy everyone's company without worrying about all the cooking. If, for whatever reason, you're looking to celebrate Thanksgiving by...
DTLB Alliance Expands Investments in Activations with New Hire, Rodrigo Rodarte, Hosts Meet & Greet
The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) has strengthened its commitment to creating a more vibrant, people-centered downtown by welcoming Rodrigo Rodarte as its new Senior Manager of Placemaking and Activations.
Hard Work Shines: Feo & Davila Named DTLB Employees of the Quarter
Clean Team Member Kristopher Feo and Safe Team Captain Rudy Davila got loud cheers and applause from their colleagues as they received their Employee of the Quarter certificates on September 25 during an awards luncheon at The Ordinarie. The Clean and Safe Teams,...
Everything Happening at DTLB’s Art + Design Walk: Posters, Parties, and Pure Creativity
Inspiration. Energy. Expression. Fun. High-level concepts like these will be on your mind all day in DTLB this Saturday, Oct. 11 during the Arts Month edition of the DTLB Art + Design Walk! Sunny skies, mild temperatures, and a whiff of Halloween will help make your...
DTLB Alliance Launches Interactive Data Dashboard to Strengthen Economic Development Efforts
LONG BEACH, CA [Oct. 3, 2025] – The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) Economic Development Department has announced the launch of its new Data Dashboard, an interactive Power BI tool that provides real-time insights into retail, office, and residential...
DTLB Art + Design Walk Celebrates Arts Month on Saturday, Oct. 11
Long Beach, CA [Oct. 2, 2025] – The Downtown Long Beach (DTLB) Art + Design Walk returns Saturday, Oct. 11, as part of its ongoing quarterly series, bringing a wide-reaching celebration of creativity to the streets, storefronts, and public spaces of Downtown Long...
DTLB Alliance Kicks Off Annual Photo Competition, DTLB Unfiltered, in Celebration of Arts Month
LONG BEACH, CA [Oct. 2, 2025] — The annual Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) photo contest is back for October Arts Month! DTLB Unfiltered runs from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2025, and invites photographers of all levels to turn their lens towards the dynamic...
DTLB Alliance Celebrates Completion of First Neighborhood Map Mural in North Pine
Event kicks off the neighborhood mural program and October Edition of Art + Design Walk WHAT:The Downtown Long Beach Alliance (DTLB Alliance) invites media and community members to the unveiling of the first mural in the new Neighborhood Map Mural Project. Created by...
Costumes, Music, Drinks & Scares: Downtown’s Fright Fest Takes Over Oct. 25
Halloween isn’t just a day — it’s a whole season of spooky anticipation. The excitement builds big-time this Saturday, Oct. 25 when Downtown’s Fright Fest, the ultimate Halloween street party, will take over Pine Avenue and The Promenade between Broadway and 3rd...
Capture, Submit, Win: Downtown Long Beach Photo Contest Returns for 2025
Downtown Long Beach is rich with picture-taking possibilities! From expansive ocean panoramas to moody urban city center portraits, from quaint and colorful Victorian-era wooden houses to amazing high-tech harbor contraptions, DTLB has endless opportunities for great...
Game Day Guide: Downtown Long Beach Bars & Restaurants Showing NFL All Season
NFL Sundays aren’t what they used to be—forget the fuzzy rabbit ears and tiny black-and-white screens your grandparents squinted at. Today, it’s wall-to-wall high-def action, surround sound, and graphics so sharp they make you feel like you’re in the huddle. Pair that...