2nd Saturday Art Walk is a monthly street fair held in the East Village Arts District of Long Beach. It's held on either Linden Ave between 1st St and Broadway or sometimes on 1st St between Linden Ave and Elm. The street is closed to traffic and sides of the street are lined with artists and their work, as well as, other jewelry and craft vendors. It's a nice chill event to stroll around and admire (and hopefully purchase) the works of these talented local artists. The galleries and shops in the area remain open and you can also enjoy the festivities with a cold beer or your favorite wine with front row seating on the parklets of the wine bar and another restaurant. All of the other great coffee shops and restaurants in the area are open, as well. You will also be entertained by fire dancers, singers, musicians, and spoken word artists. If you live in the area as I do, it's a great time to hang with the neighbors. read more

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Fun, family-friendly event occurring the second Saturday of each month in Long Beach. Lots of interesting booths, live music, and good food around. We will frequent this event throughout the summer. read more

One summer I was craving to check out art walks of cities, thanks to Yelp, I heard about this place. Ambiance: Parking: I generally didn't have an issue with parking here. Ranging from parking garages or streets you have some pretty good options. Food: There are some good vendors around here. If not food trucks then Roscoe's Chicken isn't too far away. Vendors: Great balance of music, art, and performers. I like how a street is blocked for the event but I wish there was a bit more. Overall: 3 stars. I can only wish it was bigger and opened later. Long Beach is a great place (beach, weather, vibes), thus it should be expanded and celebrated. Hopefully this can eventually grow. Advice: * As usual, come early to look better parking. read more

You can see this little art walk in about 20 minutes. It's only a block long, but sometimes they have some interesting things to look at. Lots of jewelry artists here, a live band, stuffed animals, scarves, knit stuff. If you're in the area I'd suggest walking by. I saw some pretty cool jewelry this past weekend. Bought some earrings from a local glassmaker. My friend bought a purse made in India and some of the proceeds go back to India. Some vendors accept credit cards and some don't so I'd just bring cash. read more

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This leisurely stroll with interesting vendors, open in the evening galleries and haunting music went missing a couple of months ago. I hope it returns but I have not found any announcement. read more

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2nd Saturday of each month, they hold the Arts Walk on Linden. They close Linden between Broadway and 1st street. Local vendors display their handmade wares. I've bought a couple of handmade double wrap bracelets which I receive many compliments when I wear with my watch. These are handmade by a single mom, so I feel like I'm helping in some way. I love the atmosphere that this creates, and is a great place to have a date night. Many coffee shows, and restaurants are nearby. read more

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Definitely the coolest thing happening downtown. Or maybe it's the other east village art walk? There's two of these things, and I think there might be a rivalry. But they are both a great community event, and they are both great venues to see art, have wine, schmooze, etc. It reminds you that downtown still has a pulse. Not to be missed, if you live in Long Beach. read more

When I first moved to Long Beach, I was excited to hear about the artist culture and was looking forward to exploring all the galleries and art events starting with 2nd Saturdays Artwalk. After several attempts to validate the existence of this typically lackluster event, I'm ready to stick my thumbs deep into the eyes of all the East Village Arts District board members. First, it's not so much a walk as it is 100 yards of crap. The people on the street are mostly shilling bad art or worse crafty jewelry and other junk. Then there's the occasional person promoting their completely unrelated business service. Worse is that many of the galleries in the immediate area showcase the same crap month after month. There is really only one shop that I look forward to visiting, Alphacult on 1st. The rub is, for some reason, the E.V.A.D doesn't include Alphacult in their event, but can't keep them from having an opening, and they almost always end up having more visitors than the entirety of the artwalk participants. Long story short, don't waste your time on 2nd Saturdays. Instead, hit up Alphacult during the week to avoid the crowd, and visit all the other cool boutiques on 1st Street and finish up with a drink at House of Hayden. read more

I like the Art Walk, whether the title "Art Walk" is appropriate or not. Personally, I just call it Second Saturdays and I think of it as a cool little community street fair with music and galleries and vendors. I'm not a serious art person, and if you are then maybe this isn't for you... but it's a good time if you don't expect some fine art installation on the streets of downtown Long Beach! There are cute cafes and coffee houses to pop into if you like, there were fire dancers last time I was there which was pretty entertaining, and there are galleries with exhibits with free food and wine for sale. If you just want to get out, meander around this cool little area and check out what there is to check out (which, yes, includes a flea markety feeling aisle of vendors, however it's not nearly as hideous as some of the more recent reviews make it out to be) then there's no reason to not go check out this event. Plus, House of Hayden is there so you can always grab a stiff drink if the Art Walk is not for you. read more

There's more to this ArtWalk than what's on Linden; take the time to check out the nearby galleries and studios that are open on the same night. 3rd St between Elm and Long Beach Boulevard has two galleries run by Art Exchange, a community art workshop, a glow in the dark paint room for kids of all ages, and a few artist studios*. * full disclosure: including mine. read more

While I enjoyed many venues during the art walk, the highlight was definitely the atmosphere at Hellada Gallery. There was live music, ample food and drinks, the opening of Tom Scherschel's new painting show "Clouds" ( excellent), and a fascinating show of young people's art in the back gallery. A stimulating and diverse set of offerings. Hellada, a community treasure for over 20 years, is a true center for the local art community, and a testament to its tenacious founder, director Marek Dzida. A memorable night. read more

Always fun to come out here with some friends on a Saturday and check out a lot of local artists. Last time I was here there were a few painters that were incredible one individual named Akira who lives here in LB did a live spray paint of 2pac. It was absolutely incredible to see in person, I am absolutely amazed by some of the work that I saw and I will admit also a little jealous that I don't have a special talent like that. I highly recommend checking it out if you are looking for something to do on a Saturday night , it is small but its pretty cool to see all the art and there is live music which is great read more

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I always enjoy the Artwalk, especially when the Fire dancers are performing. I've met many nice people: artists, beer drinkers, poets.... You can buy unique art works that are nowhere else fo find. It' s a great pleace to be. read more

empty! not very many galleries, mostly street vendors with jewelry.

This is a good option if you're looking for a laid back inexpensive thing to do. It is a big block party, all -ages. Lots of art, crafts and musical performances. If you want to stroll , it is free. If you have some money, stop and buy some of the cool stuff, or have a meal or just a coffee. Some of the galleries have wine and cheese. It is fun for adults as well as children. read more

I hate to say this but this borefest needs some livening up. I'm all for getting artists recognized and supporting the community but we need something to attract more patrons other than homemade dream catchers and jewelry. How about some local micro breweries selling some of their beers and maybe getting a rock band to play. Just an idea. We live right by this, and everytime we walk through it feels about as lively as a funeral wake. read more

Alright, so I participated as an artist a couple months ago and was surprised by the number of RAD participants, the vibe of this art walk has done a lot of shifting from gifts for grandma to rad stuff for the younger to middle agers, actually, there is a WIDE variety now, something for everyone... (is this a commercial?) anyways, I was very eager to walk around to see what my fellow artists were making and selling ( to pay rent)... I will be participating thismonth along with my husband, so come check out our robots, monsters and graffiti oh MY! read more

Nice addition to Dtlb. It's not huge but fun to walk around and see some local artists and visit some of the new shops in the area, there was also live music playing which was nice. Parking is street mostly meter but is free after 6, there are also a few lots in the area for $2 for two hours or free 2 hour lot if you don't mind a little walk on 4th and broadway. read more

I would like to ask a question if I can. How does an unknown local artist get recognized as just simply being an artist in Long Beach? I guess some of us are not as bold and up front at knowing how to promote themselves or their art). Pamyla read more

i dont know. i just went there tonight hoping to see some good art, there were only a couple galleries open and about 15 "booths" set up, selling mainly hippie style jewelry and stuff. it was more like a flea market or venice beach style sale than an art walk. pretty disappointed. read more

the art walk itself was kind of uninteresting.... lots of hippy-sh jewelry sales along with incense. the walk wasn't spectacular but all of the galleries around were really cool. read more

As a former vendor I do not recommend anybody to try to partake in this art walk in the artwork that takes place on Linden, unless you are very good friends with the gallery owner at Helleda Gallery. I had a booth there for four months, and the first month I had a nice spot where I made 70 dollars despite the rain, and was promised by the man who designated the spots to the vendors that I would have the same spot when I returned next month. I came back next month and my spot was given to a friend of the gallery owner, and at the end of the night I spoke to the same gentleman, and he promised to give me a better spot. I was given the same spot for the next 3 months despite my requests to be moved in closer to the center, and on my last month there they moved the guy in the booth next to me more towards the middle, and kept me in the outskirts of the art walk. I will never be a vendor for this art walk again. It was not worth it and I do not advise it for any serious artist, unless like I said you are very close to the gallery owner, because favoritism is practiced at these events including in the art competitions that seem to always award friends of the gallery owner. read more