8/08/10
The 27th annual Hillcrest Street Fair under the Hillcrest Sign. CityFest celebrates community spirit with Music, Arts and Crafts, a celebratory lantern parade and rededication of the neighborhood sign. Join over 150,000 people beneath the Hillcrest Sign at the largest neighborhood street fair of its kind. CityFest 2010 is a celebration of art, music, food and Spirit in San Diego’s premiere urban neighborhood. CityFest will feature a Grand Stage beneath the Hillcrest Sign, a massive open air beer garden on University Ave., a kid’s carnival, mechanical bull, dunk tank, celebratory lantern parade at dusk and a “relighting” of the neighborhood sign.
Arts and Crafts Village
CityFest has one of the largest crafters areas of any similar street fair. With over 250 vendors CityFest is the perfect place to get that one of a kind specialty that you’ve been looking for. The Arts and Crafts Village will be occurring from 12 noon through 8:30pm on Fifth Ave. between Washington and Pennsylvania.
Grand Stage
The Grand Stage is located at the heart of Hillcrest in front of the neighborhood sign. It is visible from University Ave., Fifth Ave. and the “Spirit’s Beer Garden”. The Grand Stage will feature ten hours of local and regional entertainment and will be seen by everyone who attends the event.
Gigantic Food Court
CityFest’s gigantic food court will bring together flavors from across the city and the world! With over 30 food vendors at the event, attendees will satisfy whatever taste they have.
Spirit’s Beer Garden
The Spirit’s Beer Garden: An entire block of University Ave will be an over 21 area that will feature drink stations, Drags Queens in the dunk tank, interactive entertainment and a view of the Grand Stage. Sit and enjoy Blue Moon Beer, a margarita, or one of our many Redbull recipes while listening to hours of terrific performers on the Grand Stage.
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Date: August 1st, 2010 | Category: Events
Tags: beer garden, cityfest
San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
8/10/10 – 8/12/10 The San Diego Padres face the Pittsburgh Pirates for a three game weekend series at PETCO Park.
Tuesday, August 10 - 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, August 11 - 7:05 p.m.
Thursday, August 12 - 3:35 p.m. Throwback Thursday
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Date: August 1st, 2010 | Category: Events
Tags: petco park, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres
8/15/10
The 33rd America’s Finest City Half Marathon begins at historic Cabrillo National Monument, with its majestic view of both San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, follows scenic San Diego Bay and Harbor Island along the Embarcadero to The Star of India, winds through downtown San Diego, and ends in beautiful Balboa Park. Starts at 7:00am.
5K Run/Walk – Fast loop course run completely within Balboa Park. Starts at 6:45 a.m
Address:
Cabrillo National Monument to Balboa Park
San Diego, CA
Phone Numbers
760.692.2900
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Date: August 1st, 2010 | Category: Events
Tags: Balboa, marathon, park
8/06/10 – 8/08/10 The 9th annual Latin American Festival and Mata Ortiz Pottery at the Bazaar del Mundo Shops in Old Town San Diego serves up one of the nation’s most extensive collections of authentic folk art, traditional clothing and textiles, colorful collectibles and dazzling jewelry.
Festival-goers can take in an amazing array of demonstrations, enjoy nonstop entertainment and feast on mouth-watering Mexican cuisine at this free weekend event.
The garden courtyard at the Bazaar del Mundo – now at the corner of Juan and Taylor Streets in Old Town – will be overflowing with artisans from Chihuahua, Mexico, creating eye-popping Mata Ortiz pottery, a centuries-old art form renowned for its hand-painted geometric and ancestral symbols.
Price:
Free
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Date: July 30th, 2010 | Category: Events
Tags: festival, Latin
6/17/10 – 9/12/10 Blue Whales, some as long as 100 feet and weighing up to 190 tons, are being sighted 9 to 30 miles off San Diego’s coast. H&M Landing, in partnership with the San Diego Natural History Museum, has created a series of Blue Whale Cruises from San Diego Bay. The opportunity to view these offshore giants is available on a limited number of trips this summer. H&M Landing’s Blue Whale Cruises will run each Thursday and Sunday from June 17 – September 12. The 6 hour cruise departs at 10 AM and returns at 4 PM. Cruises include commentary and interpretation by the Museum’s trained volunteer staff of shipboard naturalists. For more information or reservations, contact H&M Landing at 619-222-1144 or www.hmlanding.com.
H&M’s fleet of whale watching vessels are built for the open sea. Spacious, safe and comfortable, they provide outdoor and indoor seating, galley lounges with hot food and beverage service.
When you choose to watch whales from San Diego, trust the sea-savy pioneers at H&M Landing.
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Date: July 23rd, 2010 | Category: Events
Tags: whale
