September 26, 2014
Family Mess Fest
The New Children’s Museum
Price: $20-$35
Explore your creativity and get your hands dirty during the first-ever Family Mess Fest at The New Children’s Museum!
San Diego Film Festival 2014
Price: $14
Venue: Reading Theater in the Gaslamp Quarter and Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla
The San Diego Film Festival features American and international features, thought-provoking documentaries, short films and music videos, as well as amazing after-parties.
Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch
Price: Free
Over 50 years of fall traditions and memories have been created at the Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch. Family and friends enjoy the tractor hayrides, straw maze, petting corral, and pony rides.
September 27, 2014
2014 Adams Avenue Street Fair
Price: Free
Venue: Adams Avenue
Southern California’s largest Free two-day music festival in the Normal Heights community of San Diego offers fantastic entertainment for all-ages.
International Harvest Festival
Balboa Park
Price: Free
Venue: Balboa Park Club
We invite you to a family festival with lots of fun, food, shopping, dance performances, dance lessons, and dancing!
Cabrillo Festival
Cabrillo National Monument
Price: Varies depending on event attended
Journey back to September 28, 1542 when Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing under the flag of Spain, landed at San Diego. Stepping ashore on Ballast Point, he was the first European to land on the west coast of what is now the United States.
September 28, 2014
Halloween Spooktacular
SeaWorld San Diego
Price: Included with park admission.
Where can kids meet some spooky and not-so-spooky animals, pose for pictures with mesmerizing mermaids and trick-or-treat in a sea-inspired atmosphere? It’s all part of SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular, where Halloween meets the sea!
Blues BBQ Festival
Price: Free
Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce presents a Barbeque and Blues Festival at Portwood Pier Plaza featuring bands, pulled pork plates, vendors, and kids’ activities.
Oceanside Harbor Days
Price: Free
Venue: Oceanside Harbor
Two event filled days of sun, sand, and surf including a Sandcastle competition, entertainment, arts, crafts and food booth areas, Nail ‘n’ Sail Competition, and more.