There are lots of fun North County and San Diego events in May! Don’t miss the many festivals and fairs. We’ve got street fairs, food and flowers, cornhole, wine and beer, even a strawberry festival. Plus there’s a wildflower show, cat cuddling, golf tournaments, armed forces appreciation and a half marathon. Keep reading for more great San Diego and North County events!
Continue reading North County and San Diego Events May 2024
San Diego Surreal
May 1 – June 16
Location: Oceanside, Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way
San Diego Surreal reveals the ways in which Surrealism has seeped into our culture. It exposes the impact the movement has had on artists in San Diego County.
Featuring over 50 works of art in a variety of media created over several decades, the exhibition focuses on the work of contemporary artists. It also includes earlier 20th-century Modernists who drew upon Surrealism. Surrealism enjoys resurgence today due to the political and social conditions of the times.
Julian Wildflower Show
May 4 – 6
10 AM – 4 PM
Location: Julian, 2129 Main St
The Julian Wildflower Show has been an historical event for over 91 years. Because of Julian’s mountain valley location, bordering a national forest and close to the Anza-Borrego State Park, we have 855 species of plants within 25 miles of town. Many of these plants were used for health and healing by Native Americans. The Wildflower Show is meant to educate club members, local residents, out-of-town visitors and children about the botanical wealth of Julian and its vicinity.
With permission from landowners, club members spend two days gathering wildflowers from five plant zones. The wildflowers are displayed in the Julian Town Hall. The flowers are arranged on tables representing the different geographical areas and plant zones in which they are picked. Display cards provided the name of the plant and described uses of the various plants by Native Americans.
Rhythm & Brews
May 6
12 – 4 PM
Location: Vista, Historic Downtown Vista Village
The San Diego Brewers Guild’s Rhythm & Brews music and craft beer festival will pair many of the country’s most celebrated craft breweries with local musicians for its annual bookend event. On Saturday, May 6th from 1 to 4 p.m., craft beer aficionados will gather along Hop Highway in historic downtown Vista Village in Southern California to sample IPAs, barrel-aged brews, sour ales and much more from over 50 of San Diego’s most acclaimed breweries, all while enjoying live musical performances by Ashley Hollander and San Diego’s own Grammy nominated P.O.D., while enjoying delicious eats from local food trucks.
Proceeds from the event benefit the San Diego Brewers Guild, the nonprofit that works to support the county’s innovative brewing community as well as the Brazilian Institute for Arts and Culture, an organization whose mission is to facilitate the education of Brazilian arts and culture to the community.