There’s lots of fall fun in North County and San Diego in October! Along with Oktoberfests and wine and food festivals, there are lots of great kids’ activities too. See a tractor show, go for a run or walk, get scared, watch Ultimate, see a great movie, and so much more. Keep reading for more great San Diego and North County fun events!
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North County and San Diego Events in March welcome spring with lots of fun, outdoor events like runs, walks, golf tournaments, even a busker festival. Try a concert, movie or play. Don’t miss the spring home and garden show. Check out the hot rods or start a koi pond. Keep reading for more great North County and San Diego events in March!
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North County and San Diego events in October bring lots of fall fun! We’ve got terrific Halloween activities for both kids and adults. Plus there are fun festivals, shows, outdoor events and great food. That’s not all. Keep reading to find the best North County and San Diego events in October!
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The Flower Fields
March 1 – May 12
Location: Carlsbad, 5704 Paseo del Norte
For over sixty years, Mother Nature has transformed the rolling hills of north San Diego County into a spectacular display of natural color and beauty. The nearly fifty acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers are in bloom for approximately six to eight weeks each year. They bloom from early March through early May, literally bringing the famous fields back to life. This annual burst of color is one of nature’s official ways of announcing the arrival of spring here in southern California.
The Flower Fields are an alcohol and tobacco free environment. Smoking and alcoholic beverages are not permitted onsite. No Bicycles, hoverboards or drones are permitted.
Annual Spring Home/Garden Show
March 1 – 3
Location: Del Mar, Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd
Now in its 34th year, the Spring Home/Garden Show returns to Del Mar Fairgrounds for a three-day extravaganza. There’s inspiring real "Garden Masters" landscapes, hands-on demonstrations, hundreds of home-improvement products and services exhibitors, educational seminars, plant sales, and face-to-face consultations with top experts. Plus you get easy, one-stop shopping for everything pertaining to home and garden, inside and outside.
The show focuses on San Diego-area experts, services, products, and businesses. Visitors find everything they need to save time and money improving, refreshing, or remodeling their home and outdoor surroundings. You’ll find the latest in appliances, garden lighting, fencing, security systems, baths and sunrooms. Tickets purchased online are $5. Regular admission is $8.
Artist-in-Residence Courtney Mattison
January 26 – March 23
Location: Encinitas, Lux Art Institute, 1550 S El Camino Real
Courtney Mattison’s passion for discovering what lives in the ocean and her fascination with the diverse, colorful, and the sometimes venomous world has led her to the coral reefs. As an artist and activist Mattison is using the power of art to evoke an emotional response to advocate for the oceans.
Mattison creates dazzling and incredibly detailed ceramic coral reef installations that start of with vibrant colors and spirals out to solid white. The haunting beauty of the white corals is a reference to the bleaching of the coral reefs. The white ceramic is a representation of the skeletal remnants left behind by warming oceans.
Please join us for Courtney Mattison’s Reception & Studio Series on February 8th. Experience a unique opportunity, as Artist-in-Residence Courtney Mattison leads an engaging discussion about both her work and artistic process. Guest cost is $10.
2019 Juried Biennial
December 2 – January 13
Location: Carlsbad, Cannon Art Gallery, 1775 Dove Ln
The Cannon Art Gallery 2019 Juried Biennial was juried by Robert L. Pincus, a renowned art critic and writer, and Maria Mingalone, the Executive Director of the Oceanside Museum of Art. The exhibition features 60 works by 46 artists who live or work in San Diego County.
Over the past 20 years, the William D. Cannon Art Gallery’s Juried Exhibitions have become an important showcase for the work of both emerging and mid-career artists in San Diego County. Since 1999, more than 500 artists have appeared in the Gallery’s juried exhibitions.
Vista Holiday Parade
December 1
1 – 3 PM
Location: Vista, S. Santa Fe and Main Street
Come join us for our 61st Annual Vista Christmas Parade! This year’s theme is Candyland!
The Parade will start at 1:00 pm. The parade route starts at Civic Center parking lot, turns right on Eucalyptus, right on S. Santa Fe, right on Broadway, left on Citrus, left on Main Street and ends at the Wave Waterpark.
Parking can be found at Cinepolis, the Wave, side streets and parking lots. No parking will be available at the civic center, the library or along the downtown parade route.
Día de los Muertos
November 1
5 PM
Location: Escondido, 340 N. Escondido Blvd.
Come and celebrate el Día de los Muertos with art, ballet folklórico and more! This year we celebrate our 23rd annual Festival, and it is going to be better than ever. As always, attendees will be able to create altars to remember lost loved ones in a special area created by artist Eloy Tarcisio. For the children, we will have face painting, arts and crafts, and more. Food and handmade goods will be available for purchase.
This year we will also be starting out the festivities with a parade led by artist Luis Ituarte. The parade will begin at 5pm, circle Grape Day Park, and end at a special ofrenda created in the Center’s Museum.
The two following days will also be filled of events for you to celebrate. Friday, November 2, join us for Cultura Fest SD Noche de Muertos where you can watch Pixar’s Coco and enjoy vendors and live music. Saturday, November 3, join us for the finale of our Levitt AMP Escondido Music Series. It will feature Las Cafeteras and Dueto Dos Rosas.
The Scream Zone
September 28 – October 31
Location: Del Mar, Del Mar Fairgrounds
Welcome to Your Nightmare!
San Diego County’s largest haunted experience, The Scream Zone is considered among the goriest, scariest, and screaming-est fright fests to be found in the dark corners of Southern California. We invite you to be our guests, that is, if you have the nerve!
The Scream Zone is assembled from a collection of body parts and roughly stitched together into four terrifying haunts and other monstrous attractions. This year the Scream Zone runs 24 selected nights beginning September 28 and continues through October 31. Parking at The Scream Zone is free.
Your Triple Haunt favorites are back: the horrifying House of Horror, the dizzying KarnEvil, and the Haunted Hayride, each casting its evil spell on the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Scaredy Cats are welcome to enter The Scream Zone compound at no charge if you want to wait for your children or hang with your friends but are too scared to enter the haunts. There are lots of things for you to do and see, including great food vendors, photo opportunities and our Spirit Lounge bar.