Happy Halloween! It is Scarecrow, Ghosts and Pumpkin Spice time!
Daylight Savings Time ends November 1, remember to set your clocks back.
A number of venues have booked live music this month, including Pala Mesa in Fallbrook, the Wildwood Crossing in Vista, The Landings in Carlsbad, and the Valley View Casino in Valley Center. Pala Casino is holding outdoor concerts with tribute bands in their Starlight Theatre. Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center is open too. Details below. Hopefully with enough people wearing masks we can all do our part to keep the economy open for good and with live music too! Gotta have music… While I work hard at being accurate, please always check before heading out somewhere.
The drive-in movies and concerts in Escondido will continue but have been moved to Cal State San Marcos. Details below under the Center for the Arts in Escondido. The Del Mar Fairgrounds also has a drive-in concert series as well as a Drive-thru Scream Zone and the annual Harvest Festival.
Both the Belly Up and The Coach House are livestreaming concerts, here are two free ones:
Oct. 3, 7:30pm, free, StoryConcert, music by Back to the Garden celebrating the 51st anniversary of Woodstock. This is a benefit to rebuild Catalina Island’s only hospital.
Oct. 9, 6pm, free, Atomic Groove Happy Hour (both on Belly Up)
Alert the Globe, global live music streams: https://alerttheglobe.com/
Oct. 17, this site is hosting a World Concert
For voting information: www.sdvote.com or www.iwillvote.com
In CA due to Covid-19, we will automatically get mail-in ballots without having to request them.
Kids are free the whole month of October at the Zoo and Safari Park, with HalGloween at the Zoo. Sea World is having a special on an annual pass and will have a Spooktacular event. At the bottom after the local updates are listed, the virtual links for online activities are included. At the very end, I have added some humor you may enjoy. We can never have too much laughter!
San Diego County Parks:
Here is a full list (28 pages) of the parks in San Diego County that show whether they are open or closed and other details. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/whats-reopening-in-san-diego-county-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/2317204/
Daring Greatly is broadcasting live shows on social media during this time and is setting up new online platforms plus some live events.
Oct. 4, San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy fundraiser, Del Mar, 4pm, live and virtual
Oct. 10, Indigenous Peoples Celebration, Palomar Mountain, $35
Oct. 17, Paddy’s Station Restaurant & Bar, 26701 Verdugo St., San Juan Capistrano, outdoors 7:30pm, (949)661-3400, 21+
Oct. 31, Haunted Hippie Halloween, Carlsbad, $25, 7pm, 18+
Ron Ebel:
Oct. 7, Wildwood Crossing, Vista, 5:30-8:30pm
Oct. 9, Arrowood Golf Course, Oceanside, 3-7pm
Oct. 16, Brothers Bistro, Fallbrook, 5:30-8:30pm, reservations required
Cool Rush Band:
Oct. 3, The Landings, Carlsbad, 6-9pm
Oct. 11, Coomber Craft Wines, 611 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, 2 separate shows/crowds, 6-7pm and 7:30-8:30pm, reservations (760)231-8022 No food is served but you can bring in your own food.
Check them out on Facebook/CoolRushBand and www.coolrushband.com
Tony Suraci:
Oct. 8, Cahuilla Casino, Anza, An Evening Under the Stars, 7-11pm on the patio, free, open to the public
Streaming live broadcasts on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tony.suraci.3
Thursdays 6:30pm, solo/acoustic
Fridays 6:30pm, G4 Live! Tony & Friends
Fallbrook:
Brothers Bistro:
Live music on their garden patio most weekends 5:30-8:30pm, reservations required (760)731-9761 or Dnusser@aol.com. www.brothersbistro.net
Outdoor Dining:
Fridays and Saturdays, 3-7pm until further notice, 2 blocks of Main Street are closed to vehicles for al fresco dining in the street to support our many local restaurants.
Fall Festival of Gems:
Oct. 11, 9am-4pm, in the community parking lot on Alvarado across from the museum, lots of great stuff to see and buy, raffle, silent auction, free, masks and social distancing required, no food will be sold at the event but the local restaurants will be open. May want to bring your own shopping bag. www.fgms.org
Scarecrow Days in October: see them all over town Oct. 1-31, contest entry deadline is Oct. 5, frame kits available $15, email: fallbrookscarecrowday@gmail.com, call the Chamber at (760)728-5845 or visit the website. Wonder how many will be wearing masks this year??
www.fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org
Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens & Nursery:
This has opened back up, including Café Bloom, Thursday-Sunday 11am-4pm. Harlow’s in Bonsall is temporarily closed.
Pala Mesa Resort-Aquaterra Restaurant is open for dining on the patio and take out. Live music has been brought back on Fridays 5:30-8pm on the patio with dinner reservations.
Oct. 2, Jesse Cox, jazz/soft rock/blues
Oct. 9, Shelle Blue, folk/blues/romantic
Oct. 16, Jesse Cox, jazz/soft rock/blues
Oct. 23, Jesus Melecio, jazz/blues
Oct. 30, Nocy, Spanish guitar, flamenco
Escondido:
Center for the Arts:
Sep. 24-Nov. 15, The World of Frida, art (the Center is open!)
Drive-In Movies ($25/car and up), Concerts/Shows as noted:
Oct. 2, Co-Dependent Tour w/Whitney Cummings & Taylor Tomlinson, $45/person
Oct. 3, West Side Story
Oct. 4, Birds of Chicago Live, $20/person
Oct. 9, The Princess Bride
Oct. 10, Jurassic Park Encore
Oct. 11, Jazz Night—Richard Elliott & Rick Braun w/Darryl Williams $28/person
Oct. 15, Labyrinth
Oct. 16, Dawes, folk/rock live in concert, $50/person
Oct. 17, Runaway June w/Brennly Brown, $27.50/person
Oct. 23, Hocus Pocus
Oct. 24, Iliza Shlesinger Tailgate Tour, comedy, $50/person, 6:30pm
Oct. 29, Jay & Silent Bob Get Old, comedy, $45/person
Oct. 30, Rocky Horror Picture Show, $70/car and up
Oct. 31, Coco, Pixar movie
Nov. 7, Pink Martini, 7pm
Nov. 8, Pink Martini, 4pm
All drive-in events will now be at the Cal State San Marcos parking lot. Lot opens 6:30pm, all shows at 8pm unless noted otherwise.
Movies start at $25/car depending on zone, except Rocky Horror Show; live shows are per person, prices and zones vary.
Audio via FM radio, tickets advance purchase only, social distancing and other rules apply, see website for full details. Members get first dibs on tickets.
Email: info@artcenter.org or call (800)988-4253.
Please be sure to verify if there are any changes to the schedule or lineup.
Renaissance Faire:
Oct. 24-25 and Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Felicita Park, Escondido, 10am-6pm
For more Escondido details, go to www.visitescondido.com
Escondido Wine and Craft Beer map: https://visitescondido.com/wineries/
Vista:
Fall Festival at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens:
Oct. 10, 10am-3pm, food, vendors, crafts, 14 acres of plants inside Brengle Terrace Park, free
https://www.altavistabotanicalgardens.org
Rumor has it that the Wildwood Crossing is booked for the month of October. It is not posted on their website yet. www.wildwoodcrossing.net
Moonlight Theater:
The 2020 season has been postponed to 2021. If you have purchased tickets, please contact the theater. www.moonlightstage.com
Carlsbad:
The Landings at Palomar Airport is open for patio dining or take out, reduced hours, live music is tentatively being scheduled for October. The website has not been updated yet with the full schedule but here are two events.
Oct. 3, Cool Rush Band
Oct. 24, Custard Pie
Del Mar:
Oct. 1-31, Drive-Thru Scream Zone: Road Kill, Fairgrounds, $45-$70/car www.thescreamzone.com
Oct. 9-11, Harvest Festival Original Arts & Craft Show, Fairgrounds 10am-5pm, $9-$4, O’Brien Hall, parking $15
Nov. 6-8, Del Mar Antiques, Art & Design Show, $8, Exhibit Hall, 11am-6pm, parking $15
Drive-in Concerts/Shows at the Fairgrounds, all shows 8pm unless noted otherwise:
Oct. 1, Adelaide (Selena tribute), $19/car, west parking lot
Oct. 3, Mainly Mozart, live chamber music, 3 and 6pm, free, east parking lot
Oct. 4, DJ Snoopadelic, live, light show, multi-media, $99/car, west parking lot
Oct. 9, Chris Janson, country, $99/car, west parking lot
Oct. 10, Slightly Stoopid, live, light show, multi-media, $99/car, west parking lot
Oct. 24, Beach Boys, $99/car, west parking lot
Nov. 1, Aaron Lewis & Sully Erna, $100/car, west parking lot
www.concertsinyourcar.com/sandiego or email: info@cbfproductions.com
Horse racing at the track, no spectators and no concerts:
Bing Crosby Race Meet, Oct. 31-Nov. 29, Fridays-Sundays and Thanksgiving Day
Encinitas:
Hacienda de Vega Encinitas 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas
Open for patio dining and take-out service. Note: technically this site is in Encinitas, but it is on Rancho Santa Fe Road on the border of RSF.
http://www.haciendadevega.com/
Solana Beach:
The shows at the Belly Up are now being livestreamed. Please check their website for the details and tickets. See details above for two free events.
San Diego:
SeaWorld is open and offering annual passes that are good now through all of 2021. This pass includes Spooktacular and the Christmas Celebration. Reservations required.
Spooktacular, Fridays-Sundays, Oct. 2 – Nov. 1 www.seaworld.com
Balboa and Safari Parks are open with reduced attendance limits. Kids are free for the month of October. HalGloween at the Zoo will be Oct. 9-11, 16-18, 23-25. More animal cams have been added. www.zoo.sandiegozoo.org
More venues are opening up in Balboa Park, as well as the outdoor venues like the Japanese Friendship Garden. Check the website for the most current updates.
USS Midway Museum is open, www.midway.org
The Old Globe Theatre has some online events on their website and on Facebook www.theoldglobe.org
San Diego Brewers Guild has a bunch of different events scheduled with craft beers and not all of them are online. www.sdbeer.com
Oktoberfest 2020 in San Diego is either online (see www.lamesaoktoberfest.org), postponed or cancelled.
Nov. 9-15, Fleet Week, Broadway Pier www.fleetweeksandiego.org
Wonderfront Music & Arts Festival, postponed to 2021 www.wonderfrontfestival.com
San Diego Food Bank:
Pre-Covid, the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank fed about 350,000 military and civilian people per month, year-round. During this Covid-19 crisis, they are feeding around 600,000 people each month. Every dollar you contribute provides 5 meals. Please help them feed the hungry in our local communities, including the kids on the weekends and whenever school is out (like all the time now!). http://www.sandiegofoodbank.org/
Liberty Station, San Diego:
Restaurants and businesses have opened up with guidelines and expanded outdoor dining. Some events, classes and art exhibits are now being offered online.
Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, is closed until further notice but is livestreaming concerts. www.thecoachhouse.com
Temecula:
The outdoor community events will be held virtually at www.TemeculaCA.gov/VirtualCS
Wineries:
This website has a comprehensive and detailed list of the status of the wineries and what they are currently offering outdoors.
Here are some more links for Temecula activities:
http://www.temeculapresents.org/
Pala Casino: concerts in the Starlight Theatre, doors 7pm, shows 8pm, $10 unless otherwise noted:
Oct. 3, Stevie “E”, the LCB w/ Bill Champlin (Stevie Wonder & top funk hits)
Oct. 4, Inspector, 6pm, $15
Oct. 9, Fan Halen
Oct. 10, Weekend Dance Explosion, tribute to Donna Summer, KC & the Sunshine Band and Madonna
Oct. 16, Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals, $25
Oct. 17, Hollywood U2 & Pulp Vixen
Harrah’s Rincon Casino: no concerts
Movies Under the Stars, Thursdays, doors 6pm, movie 7pm, $10, bring your own blanket:
Oct. 1, Friday the 13th
Oct. 8, The Addams Family
Oct. 15, Halloween
Oct. 22, Beetlejuice
Oct. 29, It by Stephen King
Valley View Casino in Valley Center:
Oct. 2, David Yuter Band, 5pm
Oct. 2, Pulp Vixen, 10pm
Oct. 3, The Buckleys, 10pm
Oct. 9, Grand Sonic Theory, 10pm
Oct. 10, Upstream, 5pm
Oct. 10, Stellita’s Groove, 10pm
Oct. 17, Fabulous Pelicans, 5pm
Oct. 17, Fantasy Allstars, 10pm
Oct. 23, The Wildside, 10pm
Oct. 24, Clay Colton Band, 5pm
Oct. 24, The Heroes, 10pm
Pauma Casino: Open www.casinopauma.com no concerts
Pechanga Resort & Casino: Open www.pechanga.com no concerts
Bates Nut Farm Valley Center (masks and social distancing required):
Pumpkin Patch through Oct. 31
Oct. 10, 29th Annual Scarecrow Contest
Oct. 15-16, Late Nights on the Farm
Oct. 24, Howl-o-Ween Doggie Costume Contest & Parade
Nov. 7, East County Cruisers Car Show & Toy Drive
Nov. 27-29, Christmas Arts, Crafts & Vintage Market
Quotes for the moment:
At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. Frida Kahlo
Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted. Christine Caine
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. Oprah Winfrey
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As always, feel free to forward this to anyone who may appreciate it. Today, and always, I send blessings of love and laughter to all!! May you all stay safe and healthy and well!
Mahalo,
Annette 🙂
OUT AND ABOUT
BY ANNETTE HIGBY
October 2020
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