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OUT AND ABOUT 🎄Merry Christmas!🎄 Happy Hanukkah! 💐 There are numerous holiday events and parades going on with many listed below along with a few ice-skating rinks. Some New Year’s Eve events are listed. Areas having multiple events all month are Vista (Winter Fest and Jingle Terrace), Coastal Christmas in Del Mar, Lightscape in Encinitas, and […]
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Out & About - Nov 2025
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Carlsbad and Encinitas are hosting Street Festivals, and the San Diego Botanic Garden has brought back their Lightscape event. Lots of holiday events are scheduled, with Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos events through this weekend. This is the last weekend for the Ren Faire. There are parades and other special events around the area […]
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Out and About - Sept 2025
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Happy September! The world shall now transform into pumpkin everything… The Del Mar Wine + Food Festival and Restaurant Week are this month, plus art shows, car shows and a whole bunch of festivals including the Viking Festival in Vista, Adams Avenue and Oktoberfest. The Pumpkin Patch at Bates Nut Farm and in Del Mar […]
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Out and About - August 2025
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This is the last month for most of the summer concert series but fear not, there are tons of other events going on. The horses are racing at Del Mar, there is an art walk at Liberty Station on August 2, and Bates Nut Farm is hosting a Summer Food Festival with live music and […]
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fireworks, Out & About - July 2025
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🎆 Happy Independence Day! 🎆 There are tons of fireworks and other activities scheduled for the holiday weekend. The summer concert schedules are in full swing along with Movies in the Parks. The San Diego Fair runs through July 6th this year. Comic Con is this month. Summer concert details were added for Point Loma, Dana Point and […]
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Out & About - June 2025
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😀Happy Father’s Day!😃 Some activities this month include the San Diego Fair, the Pow Wow in Oceanside, San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon, Temecula Valley Balloon Festival, Fiesta del Sol in Solana Beach, and Carlsbad Art in the Village; outdoor movies are lined up; and the summer concerts are running: Carlsbad TGIF, Vista’s Moonlight Theater, […]
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💐Happy Mother’s Day!💐 Summer concerts have started! Gator by the Bay, the Carlsbad Street Fair, Temecula Rod Run, Renaissance Fair, Fallbrook Car Show, Fiesta del Sol, Wonderfront Music Festival, the Vista Strawberry Festival, World of Orchids, Cinco de Mayo and various Street Festivals are all happening this month. The Flower Fields in Carlsbad are open […]
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Out and About - April 2025
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💐Happy Easter!💐🐰 Flowers, festivals, and fun, it’s spring! Summer feels like it is right around the corner! Bill Magee: Apr. 6, Flower Fields, Carlsbad 1pm Apr. 26, Flower Fields, Carlsbad 1pm www.billmageeblues.com Six String Society: Apr. 19, Whitney Shay and Friends, Sunshine Brooks Theater 7pm $30+ Apr. 26, San Diego Music Awards Nominee Showcase, Borneman Theater, San […]
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Out and About - Mar 2025
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☘️Happy St. Patrick’s Day!☘️🍻 Spring is on display with the Anza Borrego wildflowers and the Carlsbad Flower Fields this month. Tickets for Gator by the Bay in May are on sale now and there are a bunch of festivals in March, April and May. Let’s not forget the many St. Patrick’s Day parades and […]
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Out and About - Feb 2025
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💖💐Happy Valentine’s Day!🥂💝 Super Bowl is on Feb. 9! It is San Diego Museum Month with many museums, monuments, historical sites and gardens offering half-price admission, Feb. 1-28. The Botanic Garden is doing a special ticketed event for Valentine’s Day. The Flower Fields in Carlsbad open March 1. Feb. 13 is International Self-Love Day! […]