Directions / Parking

Rainbow Lagoon Park
[400-403] Shoreline Village Drive
Long Beach, CA 90802

North side of Shoreline Drive (Between Shoreline Village Drive and Linden Avenue). The City Park next to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, nearest cross street is Pine Avenue.

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BARCODE AND QR TICKETS MUST ENTER AT MAIN GATE 1 ENTRANCE ONLY. WILL CALL BOOTH IS ONLY AT MAIN GATE 1 ENTRANCE.

NO WILL CALL BOOTH AT GATE 2 ENTRANCE, ONLY ONSITE PURCHASES AVAILABLE AT THIS GATE.

Event Map

Long Beach Original Lobster Festival Directional Map

Go Green and Go Metro!

Take the Blue Line all the way to the last stop in Long Beach. Walk just three blocks west to the Rainbow Lagoon.

Plan Your Trip

Marina Green Parking - $10 Parking Fee

DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FESTIVAL
Near Long Beach Convention Center (on Grass lot and NOT Metered parking)
300 Ocean Boulevard | Long Beach, CA 90802

Parking lot is open two (2) hours prior to opening of event and one-half hour after the event.

The cost is $10 per car. Parking price is controlled solely by Long Beach Convention Center and is subject to change.

Handicap parking is at the Marina Green Parking Lot across the street.

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Pike’s Place Garage - $8 Parking Fee

SPECIAL OFFER! $8 per car all day if you park in the Pike Garage. The $8 rate is good for all day, one entry and one exit only however.

The Pike Parking Structure is located on Shoreline Drive and Queensway Bay. It’s less than a 10 minute scenic walk through Rainbow Lagoon from the garage to the festival.

Pike’s Place Garage Park
65 Cedar Walk | Long Beach, CA 90802

To get the $8 rate, guests must get a validation ticket from the festival (go to Long Beach Original Lobster Festival onsite tickets booths to get your validation ticket, they are available at Main Gate 1 and 2). The guest MUST insert the validation ticket AFTER inserting their original parking ticket. Guests must have two tickets to pay, original and validation.

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Additional Parking - $10 Parking Fee

Parking Structure on Pine Avenue and East Seaside Way, Long Beach, CA

The cost is $10 per car all day. If you pass California Pizza Kitchen or Auld Dubliner, you have gone too far.

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Driving Directions Coming From

SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY

Take the Santa Ana Freeway (5) north to the San Diego Freeway (405). Take the San Diego Freeway (405) north to the Long Beach Freeway (710). Go south on the Long Beach Freeway to the Downtown Exits. (710 then becomes Shoreline Drive). Follow Shoreline Drive to Linden Avenue and into the parking lot, or as advised by directional signage.

NORTH ORANGE COUNTY AND THE VALLEYS

San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys take the Orange Freeway (57) or San Gabriel Freeway (605) to the Riverside Freeway (91) to the Long Beach Freeway (710). Go south on the Long Beach Freeway to the Downtown Exits. (710 then becomes Shoreline Drive). Follow Shoreline Drive to Linden Avenue and into the parking lot, or as advised by directional signage.

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL (LAX) AIRPORT

Take the San Diego Freeway (405) south to the Long Beach Freeway (710). Go south on the Long Beach Freeway to the Downtown Exits. (710 then becomes Shoreline Drive). Follow Shoreline Drive to Linden Avenue and into the parking lot, or as advised by directional signage.

LONG BEACH AIRPORT

Take Lakewood Boulevard south to the San Diego Freeway (405). Take the San Diego Freeway (405) north to the Long Beach Freeway (710). Go south on the Long Beach Freeway to the Downtown Exits. (710 then becomes Shoreline Drive). Follow Shoreline Drive to Linden Avenue and into the parking lot, or as advised by directional signage.

JOHN WAYNE (ORANGE COUNTY) AIRPORT

Take the San Diego Freeway (405) north to the Long Beach Freeway (710). Go south on the Long Beach Freeway to the Downtown Exits. (710 then becomes Shoreline Drive). Follow Shoreline Drive to Linden Avenue and into the parking lot, or as advised by directional signage.

Thank You To Our Sponsors

The support we receive from our sponsors every year is tremendous. It allows The Long Beach Original Lobster Festival to continue in its quest to not only provide our attendees to the Festival with a fun and exciting time, but to continue giving back to our local community.