Special Events in Long Beach

Multicultural events
Chinese New Year Festival (West Coast Hotel, Late Jan., 7th Day of the Lunar New Year)
Scottish Festival and Games (Queen Mary, Feb.)
Annual Indian Pow Wow (CSULB, March)
Cambodian New Year Celebration (El Dorado Park, April)
the Kaleidoscope Festival (CSULB, April) 
Cinco de Mayo (at the Museum of Latin American Art, plus several celebrations in city parks, May 5)
Long Beach Pride Festival (May) 
El Dia de San Juan Puerto Rican festival (June at the Queen Mary Events park)
Juneteenth Festival (Martin Luther King Park, mid-June)
AnimeExpo (Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) (Long Beach Convention Center, June 29th - July 2nd)
Tafesilafa'i (Pacific Islander festival, Shoreline Village, July)
E Hula Mau (Hula and Chant competition, Terrace Theater, Labor Day weekend)
Annual Grecian Festival (Greek Orthodox Church of Long Beach, Labor Day weekend)
Brazilian Street Carnaval (Sept.).
Annual Hmong New Year Festival (El Dorado Park, December)

Parades
Christmas boat "parades" are a Southern California tradition, with at least one held every weekend night from December 1 till Christmas. The "Naples Island Christmas Parade" has been held since 1946, and passes through the canals of Naples and around Alamitos Bay past Belmont Shore. The "Parade of A Thousand Lights" is in the Shoreline Village area (near Downtown Long Beach and the RMS Queen Mary). [33] There is also a Christmas boat parade in the nearby Port of Los Angeles/San Pedro area, and another in the Huntington Harbour community of nearby Huntington Beach.
The Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade & Festival has been held in May or June since 1984 . It is the second largest event in Long Beach, attracting over 125,000 participants over the two day celebration. It is the third largest Gay Pride Parade in the United States. [34]

Other parades in Long Beach include:

the Martin Luther King Parade (Jan.)
Cambodian New Years Parade (March or April)
Brazilian Street Carnaval (Sept.) 
Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade (Oct.)
Long Beach Veterans Day Parade (Nov.)
Belmont Shore Christmas Parade (Dec.)
Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane & Parade (Dec.)