Long Beach Arena-Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach on May 9, 2026: the kind of performance that requires a room to work — staged for an audience that chose this over everything else available that night. Long Beach Symphony Pops! Earth, Wind & Fire Dance performs at Long Beach Arena-Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach on May 9, 2026. all ages. What happens on stage exists only in the people who chose to be in that room — the recording, if there is one, will always be a translation.