Music Tastes Good 2018: Everything You Need To Know

LONG BEACH, CA – Music Tastes Good, the two-day music and food festival, returns to Marina Green Park in Long Beach this weekend on Sept. 29 and 30. Featuring headliners New Order, James Blake, Joey Bada$$ and Janelle Monae, along with local chefs at the Taste Tent, the festival will tantalize your ears and tastebuds all weekend long.

Here's a round-up of everything you need to know to have a sweet time at Music Tastes Good 2018:

Getting There/Parking:

• The Blue Line is a great option for those coming from the Los Angeles area. You can find routes and timetables here.
• The AquaBus should also be running their weekend service if you feel like floating around Downtown. You can find a map and times here.
• Ride or rent a Bike – there will be a Bike Valet at the festival and Marina Green is located right along the beach bike path. Learn more about Long Beach Bike Share and stations here.
• For those that drive to the festival, there are several paid parking lots around the event space.

Food & Drinks:

The Taste Tent at Music Tastes Good will feature chefs from Baja California del Sur all the way up the west coast to Vancouver, BC. The guest chefs will be showcasing their own flavors and talent to festival guests.

This year the Taste Tent will offer all attendees a chance to immerse their taste buds in culinary samplings from some of the best coast’s most talented and acclaimed chefs and restaurants, pop-ups, and more. (For more California news, sign up for real-time news alerts and free morning newsletters from your local California Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Stop by the tent to try new foods, meet chefs from other cities, listen to chef demos and panels and so much more – plus the beer & wine will be flowing all festival long.

Music By Day:

Saturday:

New Order, Joey Bada$$, Broken Social Scene, Santigold, Lil B, Princess Nokia, Blake Mills, Big Thief, Cherry Glazerr, Oliver Tree, Los Master Plus, Shame, Quintron and Miss Pussy Cat, No BS! Brass Band, Radiolistener: Ikey Tribute, Feels, Neighbor Lady, Forest of Tongue, Manuel the Band, Blcknoise, Haunted Summer

Sunday:

James Blake, Janelle Monáe, The Black Angels, Lizzo, Parquet Courts, The Court, Bill Callahan, Hollie Cook, Sun Kil Moon, Ladama, Ezra Furman, De Lux, Hailu Mergia, The Blow, Ethio Cali, B.A.G. (Blimes X Gab), The Fling, Baum, Hana Vu, ASI FUI

Weather:

Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

Sunday Night
Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Don't Forget...

• Tickets – if you still need to purchase single day or weekend tickets, they range from $85-300 and can be bought here.
• An empty reusable water
• Sunscreen
• Light jacket
• Sunglasses

Related: New Order, James Blake Headline Music Tastes Good Festival

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