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Celebrate Dia de los Muertos at Fiesta de Reyes All Month!
Fiesta de Reyes in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is planning a Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration like no other in San Diego – a free, family-friendly immersive experience designed to bring the spirit of this traditional annual Mexican and South American celebration to life for San Diegans of all ages. The experience runs Oct. 1-Nov. 2. A long-standing Mexican tradition, Dia de los Muertos is celebrated Nov. 1-2 and is an opportunity to remember loved ones with honor in a lively, vibrant way. View more than 50 unique displays. Thousands of marigolds – a traditional flower...
San Diego Botanic Garden Celebrating Fall With Fun, Family Events!
San Diego Botanic Garden is celebrating fall and you're invited! Enjoy the venue's seasonal display of pumpkins in Hamilton Children’s Garden from Oct. 12-Nov. 6. Make time for the special Fall Festival Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 pm. Saturday, Oct. 21, featuring fall crafts, the music of Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters, and get ready for Halloween with the Garden's spooky boo-tanical costume parade. You’ll also have the chance to plant your own ghost succulent, learn about and dissect pumpkins, and hold a slimy worm, if you dare! All participants will receive a mini pumpkin to decorate. Also don't miss the...
Get Tickets Now For “Great Expectations” Dinner Theater Event at The Grand Tea Room in Escondido!
The Grand Tea Room in downtown Escondido and the 413 Repertory Theater group is excited to kick off their 2023-2024 dinner theater season with the classic novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. The production will feature a full cast of professional San Diego actors, beautiful period costumes and an immersive dining experience with a full themed high tea. Performances at The Grand Tea Room will run Oct. 26 - Nov. 12, 2023. General Admission Tickets (including performance and high tea) $89. Tickets
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Gear Up for Family-Friendly Events in Ramona!
The Ramona Chamber of Commerce presents exciting events for everyone in October, including: • The Ramona Motorcycle Rally on Sat.-Sun, Oct. 7-8, featuring a Motorcycle Race Exhibition, Motorcycle Rodeo, live bands, vendors, food, games and more! • “Merchants Safe Trick-or-Treat” where Main Street businesses open their doors to hand out candy and other goodies to participating children. Dress up with your children, family, and friends for this most spook-tacular Halloween event! Be sure to visit participating businesses on Main Street as they hand out candy and goodies from 4-6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31! Check out other Ramona Chamber events here
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Humble Heart presents: The Calvins, MANGANISTA and more!
Humble Heart in San Diego presents: The Calvins, MANGANISTA and Proctor Valley Monsters on November 3rd. This concert welcomes All Ages!
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Season Opening Under the Stars
Music Director Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra return for the 2023-2024 Jacobs Masterworks season with a jubilant and multifaceted program at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park. The evening begins with Texu Kim’s Zzan!!, which means "cheers" in Korean and employs drinking glasses as percussion instruments. The evening continues with a couple of exciting NYC/Latino Abreu Danzas from American composer David Chesky. Billy Childs’ Saxophone Concerto, co-commissioned by the San Diego Symphony, with soloist Steven Banks, makes its West Coast Premiere. The second half of the evening features a World Premiere by Juan Colomer, A Casual Walk to Extinction, and Richard Strauss’ magnificent Also sprach Zarathustra, the...
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
5 events,
California Festival Family & Community Day
Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of San Diego's vibrant arts scene as we shine a spotlight on musical organizations that make our city a culturally rich community. The free California Festival Family & Community Day will showcase performances by the San Diego Youth Symphony, San Diego Master Chorale and Art of Elan. Don't miss out – RSVP now and create cherished memories at the California Festival Family & Community Day. See you there! This event begins at 12noon and lasts until 6pm. This is a FREE event for the whole family. Food, beverages (no alcohol), chairs and blankets may be brought...
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Humble Heart presents: The Sound that Ends Creation and more!
Humble Heart in San Diego welcomes, The Sound that Ends Creation on their Gone for 66 Days Tour. This concert will be held on November 8th and will also present musical artists, INUS, POOR, and Tardigrade.
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San Diego Symphony to Perform ‘The Ring Without Words’ at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park!
Hear Wagner's "Ring Without Words," a mammoth work, performed by the San Diego Symphony at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-11, 2023, at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park! ARTISTS AND REPERTOIRE Rafael Payare, conductor Gary Griffin, director Mike Tutaj, projection designer Gerard McBurney, creative consultant Jason Rothberg, lighting designer Carlos SIMON: Wake Up: A Concerto for Orchestra (Lead commission by San Diego Symphony) WAGNER: The Ring Without Words (Arr. Lorin Maazel) ABOUT A night of epic music begins with Wake Up: A Concerto for Orchestra, a new piece by Grammy®-nominated composer, curator and activist Carlos Simon, commissioned by the San Diego...
4 events,
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
4 events,
Humble Hearts presents: SOUNDSTRAIN, 12 GAUGE and more!
Humble Hearts in San Diego presents: SOUNDSTRAIN, 12 GAUGE, TRIXIE, MOSAIC LIGHT, and HYACYNTH on November 12th.
2 events,
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
Experience an evening featuring Stravinsky’s whirling The Rite of Spring, which still astounds audiences more than a century after its riotous Parisian premiere in 1913. The spectacular work shocked the world with its vivid depictions of ritual dances in pagan Russia—a perfect pairing for the world premiere of Vladimir Tarnopolsky’s Danse Macabre. Music Director Rafael Payare sets the tone for the performance with Béla Bartók’s dark and mysterious Miraculous Mandarin Suite, and Villa-Lobos’ influences of Bach melded with Brazilian folk elements on display in a selection from his Bachianas brasileiras. Gates open at 6pm. This concert is part of The California Festival, a new, statewide music initiative showcasing the...
Hear Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ Performed By the San Diego Symphony!
Experience an evening featuring Stravinsky’s whirling The Rite of Spring, which still astounds audiences more than a century after its riotous Parisian premiere in 1913. The spectacular work shocked the world with its vivid depictions of ritual dances in pagan Russia—a perfect pairing for the world premiere of Vladimir Tarnopolski’s Danse Macabre. Music Director Rafael Payare sets the tone for the performance with Béla Bartók’s dark and mysterious Miraculous Mandarin Suite, and Villa-Lobos’ influences of Bach melded with Brazilian folk elements on display in a selection from his Bachianas brasileiras. The concert will be performed at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park Nov. 17-18. Gates open at 6 p.m....
4 events,
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
3 events,
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
4 events,
Humble Heart presents: GINGSU, ERRATIC IMPULSE and more!
Humble Heart in San Diego presents: GINGSU, ERRATIC IMPULSE, DSCO and FIELDRUSH on November 26th. This event welcomes All Ages!
3 events,
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...
Glide Through Time On the Balboa Park Carousel, Open Weekends In the Fall!
Circle back to the past and ride the historic Balboa Park Carousel! Almost all of the animal figures are original from 1910, as are the hand-painted murals on the center panels, the outer rounding boards, the military band organ, the motor, and the famous brass ring game. Fifty-two animals — ranging from horses to giraffes to zebras — and four chariots, are hand-carved and intricately and colorfully painted. Rides, set by an old-fashioned egg timer, last 5 minutes, with a top speed on the outside ring of 13 miles per hour. Take a spin and make new memories on this treasured attraction,...