{"id":6895,"date":"2026-03-30T21:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/snoop-dogg-to-headline-long-beach-amphitheater-summer-grand-opening\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:15:41","slug":"snoop-dogg-to-headline-long-beach-amphitheater-summer-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/snoop-dogg-to-headline-long-beach-amphitheater-summer-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg to Headline Long Beach Amphitheater Summer Grand Opening."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/snoop.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/snoop.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snoop-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snoop-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snoop-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snoop-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Long Beach Amphitheater officially opens with a landmark night in the city\u2019s music history as Long Beach native and global icon Snoop Dogg headlines the venue\u2019s grand opening on Saturday, June 6, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This inaugural event marks a defining cultural moment for Long Beach, bringing one of its most influential artists home to open the stage. With a legacy rooted in the LBC and the historic impact of VIP Records (shot his debut solo music video, \u201cWho Am I, What\u2019s My Name,\u201d on the roof of the store). West Coast hip-hop\u2019s foundation was enshrined by local legends like Snoop, Nate Dogg, and Warren G.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Snoop Dogg\u2019s return sets the tone for a new era of live music on the waterfront.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 11,000-seat Long Beach Amphitheater\u2019s grand opening celebration on Saturday, June 6, lists Snoop Dogg and \u201cFriends,\u201d but details about who the \u201cfriends\u201d might be are not available yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cOpening our doors with Snoop Dogg is the perfect way to celebrate Long Beach\u2019s rich music legacy and signals our commitment to bringing world-class entertainment to this community,\u201d said Tra Jones, general manager of Long Beach Amphitheater for Legends Global.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Legends \/ ASM Global manages the new $21 million amphitheater and 13 similar facilities nationwide, including the Greek Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tickets for the Snoop Dogg &#038; Friends go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/snoop-dogg-to-headline-long-beach-amphitheater-summer-grand-opening\/\">Snoop Dogg to Headline Long Beach Amphitheater Summer Grand Opening.<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/\">Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, &#038; more.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Long Beach Amphitheater officially opens with a landmark night in the city\u2019s music history as Long Beach native and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}