The wait is officially over for music fans in Southern California. Long Beach is launching its highly anticipated, brand-new 11,000-capacity waterfront venue tomorrow. The amphitheater will debut with a historic homecoming performance by hip-hop icon and Long Beach native Snoop Dogg.
Whether you already have tickets or are looking to secure last-minute seats, here is everything you need to know about the grand opening and the upcoming 2026 summer lineup.
Snoop Dogg brings it home for the grand opening
There is no artist better equipped to christen Long Beach’s newest stage than the man who helped put West Coast hip-hop on the global map. Snoop Dogg’s opening night performance is being celebrated as a defining cultural milestone for the city. Raising the curtain on a venue of this magnitude just miles from where he grew up brings his legendary career full circle. Billed officially as “Snoop Dogg & Friends”, the inaugural concert promises to be a historic celebration of Long Beach’s profound influence on the music industry.
Grand opening schedule
If you are attending the opening night concert, organizers have established a timeline to manage traffic along the harbor:
- 3:30 PM: Off-site parking lots open
- 4:00 PM: Free shuttle services begin running
- 5:00 PM: Venue gates open to the public
- 7:00 PM: Showtime
The 2026 inaugural summer lineup
Following tomorrow night’s grand opening, the venue’s inaugural summer season 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.
The Inaugural Season Schedule:
- June 6: Snoop Dogg & Friends (Grand Opening)
- July 3: Claypool Gold (Primus, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade & Lennon Delirium)
- July 17: Ice Cube & Mike Epps
- August 1: Lil Wayne, The Game & 2 Chainz
- August 14: Toto, Christopher Cross & The Romantics
- August 15: Luke Bryan
- August 18: Dirty Heads & 311
- August 20: Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- August 22: Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin & Andrew McMahon
- August 28: Nas & The Roots
- September 5: Los Ángeles Azules
- September 11: Deep Purple & Kansas
- September 18: Five Finger Death Punch
- September 19: Mötley Crüe, Tesla & Extreme
- September 20: KIDZ BOP LIVE Birthday Concert Event
🏟️For event details and tickets, you can check out Long Beach Amphitheater’s website!
