Live at the Shell

06/19/2026

Thank you Press Telegram! We appreciate you including us in your calendar for Sunday! Make Music Long Beach - Live at The Shell ! We are hosting the Youth Stage!

See https://makemusicday.org/longbeach for the 25 locations and 52 artists participating in this global celebration of music! 🎶🎉

Make Music Long Beach
KLBP
Arts Council for Long Beach

Here are some upcoming events and activities for people to enjoy in the Long Beach and South Bay areas.

06/19/2026

Welcome to The Shell! 🎶✨

UPDATED SEASON SCHEDULE!
If you found us through our recent reel with Visit Long Beach , Make Music Long Beach, City of Long Beach, and LB Parks Recreation & Marine, we are so glad you’re here!

🤗 To celebrate our growing community, we just updated our Summer Schedule of admission-free events at The Shell at Recreation Park.

🚀 Up next at The Shell:
• Make Music Long Beach Youth Stage | Sunday, June 21, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
😍11 AM Fun shows for Kids with a FREE harmonica giveaway
🔥1:30 PM, Teen Rock and Alternative Bands take the stage! 🎸🥁
• Shakespeare by the Sea: Macbeth | Friday, June 26 & Saturday, June 27, 7:00 PM. Experience a legendary tragedy under the stars! 🎭🌙

👉 Swipe to see the full updated schedule!

From the high-energy picking and jamming at the Long Beach Bluegrass Festival on July 11 to our weekly Summer at the Shell – Tuesdays with the best bands in Long Beach, your picnic-perfect summer is officially planned.

📌 SAVE this post so you don't miss these dates, and SHARE it with the friends you want to bring to the park this summer!

As a volunteer-based nonprofit, Live at The Shell relies on the incredible support of music lovers like YOU and our partners to keep these events 100% free for the community. A massive thank you to our 2026 sponsors for keeping the music playing:

• Port of Long Beach
• Councilmember Kristina Duggan, Long Beach District 3
• Supervisor Janice Hahn, Los Angeles County 4th District
• Zaferia Business District
• Snoofla Sound

See you at The Shell at Recreation Park! 👋

06/16/2026

On Make Music Day on June 21 in Long Beach, free concerts will pop up across the city, from singers performing in wine bars to a full-day lineup of bands at the Rec Park Band Shell.

Get all the details on locations and performers at makemusicday.org/longbeach

06/02/2026

We are thrilled to welcome back Shakespeare by the Sea for Macbeth on June 26 and 27 to the Shell at Recreation Park in Long Beach! They are so good! 🎭💕

Are you ready for another summer under the stars? We sure are! Announcing the locations for our 2026 season of admission-free Shakespeare. For more info on each location, visit https://shakespearebythesea.org/locations/

06/01/2026

Thank you to the Long Beach Press-Telegram for coverage of the Long Beach Youth Chorus' Sing-a-Long Beach at the Shell at Recreation Park on Saturday! We were glad we could help support another great admission free event at the Shell! 🎶😎🎉

People of all ages showed off their singing talents during the second annual Sing-a-Long Beach event on Saturday, May 30.

05/28/2026

This is going to be such a great day! 🎶🎨🎉😎5th annual Long Beach Family Arts Festival & 2nd annual Sing-aLong-Beach...

09/19/2025

Thanks, Long Beach Press-Telegram! This was taken at the Shell at Recreation Park for LONG BEACH GIVES LIVE! Expo & Festival!

Long Beach Gives, an annual day of giving, officially returned Thursday, Sept. 18.

09/18/2025

It's Long Beach Gives 💕Day! Please check out our profile, share our posts, and help us raise funds to bring the power of live music🎶 & theater🎭 to the historic Recreation Park Bandshell!
https://www.longbeachgives.org/organization/Bandshelldonate

09/12/2025

We love ❤️ making a difference by bringing community together through the power of "FREE" live music and performance at the Shell at Recreation Park! If you would like to help, please share, comment, or donate. Thank you! 💕 https://www.longbeachgives.org/organization/Bandshelldonate