2 days of amazing sand sculptures, music, art , vendors, food court, kids zone and full bar all on the beach at the waters edge...free admission.

84th Sand Sculp­ture Music & Art Festival
August 13th and 14th, 2016
Granada Beach
Long Beach, Calif.


For the past 83 years, the Great Sand Sculpture Contest has brought together Long Beach and its surrounding communities to celebrate in our
communities greatest natural asset: the beach.

This year, we're so thrilled to host this traditional communty event, complete with sculpture masterpieces of world-class professional sand artists, a semi-professional sculpting category, community competition and more. The contest is the longest standing of it’s kind in the nation and continues to be a staple of our community history and future.

This year's festival will be a family party on the beach - complete with remarkable sand sculptures, a food court, vendor gallery, live music, kid zone and bar on the beach.

To sign-up a community team to participate in this year's competition, please register at www.lbsandcastle.com. Community Team registration fees are $20, with all proceeds being donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

A percentage of proceeds of this year's event will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House, Do you have kids? The event will also include a kid’s zone, where kids can build their own sand­cas­tles! (with parent supervision.) giant slides, jumpers, climbing wall, parachute drop, hampster balls and a lot more fun.

Check out our website for more information and also if you are interested in helping out!
www.lbsandcastle.com