The fireworks will be centered on the beach at Riverside Boulevard commencing at 9:00 pm. It will include a concert beginning at 8:00 pm as well. Some vendors for the weekend’s Arts and Crafts Fair will be open on the boardwalk. If necessary, the rain date is the following evening.
This was a spectacular event. An estimated 20,000 people were on the beach watching the fireworks which followed a lively concert. An estimate of the number of people on the boardwalk was not known. A huge crowd considering that Long Beach has a population of approximately 35,000 residents. Cars were parked on every patch of empty space and the 12 running shuttle buses were absolutely jammed packed. In all, there was a lot of pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle traffic to clear after the finale of the fireworks. The Auxiliary Police did an amazing job.
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