Long Beach · California
Find Musicians in Long Beach, CA
Long Beach has a sound of its own, the laid-back funk and hip-hop of Sublime, Snoop Dogg, and Warren G, plus a deep reggae and punk streak along the coast. Bandry connects the LBC's players, local-first.
Why Bandry
Built for finding people locally.
Local, not regional
Radius-filtered means you see people who can actually make it to your rehearsal, not someone hours away.
The full music chain
Studios, mixing engineers, photographers, videographers, designers. Everything to take a project from rehearsal to release.
Direct contact, always
No in-app messaging to babysit. Link up, and they reach out to you directly. Off-platform, on your terms.
The scene
Long Beach has the depth.
The LBC sound
From Snoop and Warren G to Sublime, Long Beach built a laid-back West Coast sound all its own. Find the players by role.
Funk, reggae, and punk
The coast carries a deep, genre-blending tradition here. Role posts fit whatever you're making.
Local in a giant metro
Greater LA is enormous. Radius filtering keeps your search to the South Bay and the LBC, not the whole basin.
On the ground
Where Long Beach plays.
A quick map of the Long Beach scene: the indie-reachable rooms and the shops that keep it running. Bandry connects you to the players who fill them, and the Resources tab pins the rest near you.
Venues worth knowing
Alex's Bar
An East Long Beach dive on Anaheim St, blood-red walls, a cult punk, rockabilly and garage room around 200 cap.
Que Sera
A Rose Park and 7th Street historic dive with a full stage, punk, indie, disco and drag nights, an intimate club vibe.
DiPiazza's
An East PCH restaurant and Lava Lounge, family-run since 1984, punk to reggae most Thursday through Sunday nights.
The Federal Underground
A downtown Pine Ave room beneath the Federal Bar, roughly 300 cap, indie rock to hip-hop and jazz.
4th Street Vine
A Retro Row brick-walled wine bar hosting local and touring acts plus DJ residencies nearly every night, tiny and beloved.
Gaslamp
An East PCH music-bar-kitchen on Loynes, tribute bands and touring national acts, a larger full-stage concert room.
Harvelle's Long Beach
A downtown Broadway underground club for blues, R&B, soul, jazz and burlesque, a swanky cabaret-table setting.
Record stores, studios and rehearsal
Fingerprints Music
Record store. Bixby Knolls on Atlantic Ave since 2025, a big indie shop with near-weekly Live At Fingerprints in-stores.
Third Eye Records
Record store. Retro Row on 4th Street, curated new and used vinyl plus vintage turntables, open daily, collector-friendly.
Lockout Music Studios
Rehearsal. Anaheim St and Long Beach Blvd locations, 24/7 private rehearsal rooms plus a bookable recording space with an engineer.
Long Beach Guitar Shop
Gear shop. A local guitar retailer and service specialist with a Spanish and flamenco focus, a small owner-run shop.
A starting map of the local scene, not a directory or an endorsement. Rooms and shops change, the people you meet on Bandry are how you stay current.
Who's on Bandry in Long Beach
Every role in one place.
Find your people
Looking for a specific role?
Resources tab
The places, not just the people.
Beyond the bulletin, Bandry's Resources tab pulls in nearby studios, rehearsal spaces, venues, repair shops, and music stores from Apple Maps. Everything you need to actually make the record, all in one app.
Looking for a specific place? Recording studios, rehearsal space, music stores, instrument repair, music venues, or vinyl pressing near you.
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Finding musicians in Long Beach
How do I find musicians in Long Beach?
Post what you're looking for on Bandry's Long Beach bulletin and set your reach to local. Musicians within your radius see it, and when someone's interested they link up, sharing their contact info so you can reach out directly and take it off-platform. No DMs and no inbox to manage.
Is Bandry free to use in Long Beach?
Reading the Long Beach bulletin and endorsing posts are free forever. Posting your own ad and linking up run on a subscription, $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial of everything. Bandry never takes a cut of any gig or arrangement you work out.
What kinds of musicians and pros are on Bandry in Long Beach?
All of them: drummers, guitarists, bassists, singers, and keyboard players, plus producers, mixing and mastering engineers, photographers, videographers, designers, and studios. Long Beach's scene runs deep, and role-based posts cover the whole chain from forming a band to finishing a record.
How close are the Long Beach musicians Bandry shows me?
As close as you set. Bandry's local posts are radius-gated on both sides, so you only see people who can realistically make it to a rehearsal or session, whether that's across Long Beach or out into the rest of California.