Welcome Back to School! University by the Sea transforms downtown

Long Beach into a 'university for a day': Restaurants double as

'classrooms' where experts, officials, and professors lead lectures and

workshops. The streets become 'plazas' packed with music, dance, food

and art.

This year, University by the Sea is 'going

green' with native landscaping and composting classes, tours of an

organic garden, free valet service for bicycles, mass-transit

incentives, solar-powered rental equipment, 100% post-consumer

biodegradable food containers, tree plantings, and much, much more.

Volunteers Needed! Volunteers get a free t-shirt, free

parking, free food, and a free ticket. High-school and college students

earn service-learning hours!

Don't just visit downtown!