Long Beach · On 35mm
A traveling sunset pop-up. Music, sun and community. Somewhere new every time.
We closed the summer the way it deserved. A park full of beautiful Black and brown faces, every age, soaking up the sun from 1PM until it was gone. That much love and that much life in one place. Malcolm DJed the Emmys Governors Ball the very next day, and he will tell you it pales in comparison to Sunday.
Photos by Monica Lake · @onemoshot · monicalake.com
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“Wake up every single day and act as if it is the greatest day of your life, and you’d be surprised at what God will put in front of you that day.”
Malcolm Alexander
We do this for the sun seekers and the people who want to truly build community. Sunday showed exactly how many of you there are.
We were all taking these. No retakes, no filters, just the finale from inside it.
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Sunset Sessions is a roaming pop-up from BRINK FM. Every edition lands at a new outdoor spot somewhere across the city, a park, a bluff, a stretch of sand, for a few golden hours of curated sound while the light goes down.
Pull up, spread out, meet somebody new, and stay till the sun’s gone. No two are the same. That’s the whole point, and the reason the location stays a secret until the day of.
Curated sets. The sound leads, everything else follows.
All ages, all kinds, all good. Bring the family, bring the crew, bring a stranger.
No ticket, no cover. Just find the spot, find a patch of grass, and settle in.
The spot changes every time, so here’s the kit that works wherever we land. Pack light, pack smart, leave room for a blanket.
Grass, sand or concrete, you’ll want something between you and the ground.
It’s hot at 1, breezy by 7. A hoodie in the bag now beats shivering later.
Bring a cooler if you’ve got one. Hydrate. There may be vendors, but don’t count on it.
The golden hour is generous. Your skin will thank you tomorrow.
For the vendors and creators on site when they’re there. Card’s not a guarantee outdoors.
Some sessions run all afternoon into the sunset. Pack like you’re staying, because most people do.
We pop up in real neighborhoods, on shared ground. A few unwritten rules keep the spot open and the energy right. Read ’em, live ’em.
Parking’s tight and the spots are residential. Carpool, get dropped, or come early, and be kind to the neighbors who live there.
Pack it in, pack it out. Bring a trash bag, take your bottles, scan the grass before you go. We don’t get invited back to spots we trash.
It’s all ages and all kinds out here. Make room on the grass, share the shade, dance like nobody’s judging, because nobody is.
Film a clip for the memories, then put the phone down and actually feel it. The set hits different when you’re in it.
Watch out for the elders, the kids, the first-timers. This is community first, party second. That’s why people keep coming back.
September closed the season. We opened two hours earlier and ran straight into the sunset, with room for every set we’d been trying to fit in all summer. Same rules as always: free, all ages, nothing to buy.
1PM to sunset. The longest run of the summer, built so nobody had to choose between sets.
To the City of Long Beach and everyone who co-created this space with us all summer long.
The finale was the last one outside. More space like this is coming in the months ahead, and the list hears first.
Summer outside is done. The community is just getting started. We have a slew of club alternative events planned for the fall and winter months, built to keep bringing people together when the sun goes down early.
Keep signing up. Every one hits the list first: what it is, where it lands, and when to pull up.
Takes you to the BRINK FM sign-up, one quick form, then you’re on the list. No spam, no resale.
