A Weekend in San Diego: April 15-17, 2011
ALL WEEKEND:
Butterfly Jungle at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Price: Free with admission
This year’s colorful celebration, themed ‘Metamorphosis,’ explores the astounding changes these winged wonders experience during their life cycle. Thousands of butterflies will flit and float around you in their tropical greenhouse exhibit, Hidden Jungle, and a flurry of activities, and special experiences await you throughout Nairobi Village.
Where: San Diego Zoo Safari Park-15500 San Pasqual Rd., Escondido, CA 92027
Time: 9am to 7pm
Cost: Free with admission-Adults $40, $30 Child 3-11, $3 off coupon
Whale and Dolphin Watching Adventures
Price: $19-35
Prime time for whale watching in San Diego is from December through January for the southern migration, and February through March for the northern migration. With the excellent weather this weekend, it is a perfect time to see this magnificent migration in action. Hornblower Cruises and Events offers memorable three and one-half hour whale watching cruises professionally narrated by Captains and trained naturalists from the San Diego Natural History Museum. Call (888) 467-6256, or visit www.hornblower.com. Dennis Conner’s America’s Cup Experience offers daily whale watching tours aboard a yacht, either private or public tours available. Call (619) 922-6215 or visit http://www.stars-stripes.com. To spot a gray whale swimming off our coastline by kayak is a spectacular sight. Along the way, observe stunning reefs and marine life native to our area while exploring sea cliffs. La Jolla Kayak. Call (858) 459-1114, or visit www.lajollakayak.com. Hike Bike Kayak. (866) 425-2925. www.hikebikekayak.com. Click here for discounts.
Kobey’s Swap Meet at the Valley View Casino Center (Formally San Diego Sports Arena)
Price: $.50 on Friday, $1 on Saturday, Kids 11 and under free 
This is the largest swap meet in San Diego and the 3rd largest on the West Coast. The swap meet is located at the Valley View Casino Center (Click here for map and directions), featuring over a 1000 vendors with unique sought after and inexpensive merchandise. Truly a shopper’s paradise and bargainers dream. Click here for our coupon!
Del Mar Antique Show & Sale
Price: $8
Calendar Antique Shows is proud to present 65,000 square feet of antiques, vintage collectibles and decorator items (Over 250 premier antique dealers from all over California & the Western United States). These exhibitors will be selling the finest in antiques & collectibles including all types of glass, pottery, paper ephemera, crystal, jewelry, art, silver, Americana, primitives, American & European furniture, and much more……..IN SHORT, EVERYTHING FROM TIN TO TIFFANY!!!! Calendar Shows is also proud to announce that they will be sponsoring a special booth to help customers appraise their unknown treasures. The charge for this service will be $5 per item. Also appearing at the show will be our great repair & restoration artisans who are experts in the fields of glass, crystal, porcelain, pottery, rugs, and jewelry, furniture and art restoration and wicker & caning repair.
The show hours Friday & Saturday are 11am to 7pm; Sunday is 11am to 5pm. The admission of $8.00 is good for the entire run of the show, with free return privileges. 50% discount available at www.calendarshows.com. For more information, click here.
Groundswell at The Old Globe Theatre
Price: $29-67, Buy Tickets Here
Come to The Old Globe Theatre this weekend and watch this searing and suspenseful drama that took New York by storm last season. In a small lodge on the ferociously rocky coast of South Africa, two men plot to convince their lone guest to invest in their diamond mining scheme. The three men find themselves caught in a power struggle fueled by greed and desperation and will go to any length to secure a chance at a better life. This unforgettable thriller offers a provocative look at a society still haunted by its divided past.
When: March 12-April 17
Where: The Old Globe Theatre (Click here for map & directions)
Show Times:
- Friday, 4/15: 8pm
- Saturday 4/16: 2pm, 8pm
- Sunday 4/17 (Last showing!): 2pm, 7pm
FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY:
Borrego Akofest 2011 at the Borrego Valley Airport
The Borrego Akofest April 15 & 16 at Borrego Valley Airport will feature an acrobatic competition over desert sands as some of the best pilots in the country compete. ‘Fallbrook Airpark’s Open House on April 17th is held in conjunction with the community’s annual Avocado Festival featuring static displays of vintage aircraft, a street rod car show, a professional flight simulator, rescue and firefighting demonstration by Sheriff’s Copter 12 and remote-controlled model aircraft demonstration plus burgers, hot dogs, chips and soft drinks (slight charge for the food).’ Call (760) 767-7415 for more information. www.sdcounty.ca.gov/dpw/airports.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY ONLY:
86th Annual Coronado Flower Show at Spreckles Park
Price: $5
The Coronado Flower Show is held in Spreckels Park in the center of Coronado’s Village, along Orange Avenue, between 6th & 7th Streets. This is the largest flower show held under tents in the nation. Exhibits are placed inside tents surrounding a central gazebo, which becomes the stage for continuous entertainment, announcements and trophy presentations. Beer Garden Hours: Saturday, 1 to 5 pm; Sunday, 1 to 4 pm. Click here for more information.
5th Annual Seaport Village Spring Busker Festival
Price: Free
San Diego’s Seaport Village hosts the only Busker Festival in Southern California. We bring professionals from across the country to perform their bizarre talents from sword swallowing to knife throwing to pogo stick tricks and juggling on unicycles. Throughout the two-day festival, some of the nation’s top performers fill the bay front village drawing visitors to shop, dine and enjoy an entire day of one-of-a-kind entertainment. For more information, go here.
*Free entry and two-hour parking validation with purchase.
FRIDAY, 4/15:
Young Scientists Preschool Science Program at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center 
Price: $80
Preschool children – age 3 to 5 – and their parent explore the scientific wonders of the world through experimentation, investigation and scientific questioning. The 4-week sessions meet weekly every Wednesday, Thursday or Friday morning. Class size is limited to 8 students per class. This week’s focus is engineering, specifically catapults! Click here for a coupon. http://www.rhfleet.org
5th Annual Oceanside Jazz Festival
Price: $20, $15 for Students/ Seniors/Staff
The jazz program at Mira Costa College will host nearly 50 performing groups from schools around the United States as part of its annual Oceanside Jazz Festival. Jazz choirs will perform throughout the day Friday, April 15, and jazz bands will perform Saturday, April 16. Daytime school performances are open to the public and free of charge. 7:30 p.m. Click here for more information.
MiraCosta College Concert Hall (Bldg. 2400): One Barnard Drive, Oceanside
SATURDAY, 4/16:
Taste of Hillcrest 2011
Price: $30-35
This year’s Taste of Hillcrest will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011 from Noon to 4:00 PM and will feature your old, new and soon-to-be favorite restaurants. From cafés and bistros to Five-Star dining, enjoy over 40 restaurants on one afternoon in the urban neighborhood of Hillcrest. Tickets to the 11th Annual Taste of Hillcrest are just $30.00 in advance and $35.00 on the day of the event and proceeds benefit the Hillcrest Business Association. To purchase tickets now or check out a complete listing of participating restaurants please visit www.fabuloushillcrest.com, www.mcfarlanepromotions.com or call 619.233.5008. For more information, click here.
19th Annual Oceanside Days of Art
Price: Free
The Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) will present the nineteenth annual Oceanside Days of Art. The festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, 2011 from 10:00AM to 5:00PM, in and around the Oceanside Civic Center. Every year over one hundred artists display their work along Pier View Way between North Coast Highway and Ditmar. An exciting variety of artwork, including all forms of painting and graphics, sculpture, ceramics, blown glass and much more are exibited and for sale. For more information, click here.
SUNDAY, 4/17:
25th Anniversary Fallbrook Avocado Festival
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The 25th Fallbrook Avocado Festival will be on April 17th from 9AM to 5PM in downtown Fallbrook. For more info, please call (760) 728-5845 or click www.FallbrookChamberofCommerce.org. The central role that the avocado plays in our lives is evident in the Festival’s Farmers Market, Agricultural Area, Avocado Culinary Demonstrations, Guacamole Contest, Avocado Ice …Cream, Holy Guaca-Moly, the Art of the Avocado Contest, the Avo 500 Children’s Car Race, and the Best Decorated Avocado Contest. A wide variety of agricultural displays are also found all along the Festival streets. What a fun-filled way to celebrate our heritage and be entertained at the same time!
21st Annual Motorcars on Mainstreet, Downtown Coronado
Price: Free
It’s the 21st year classic cars storm the isle of Coronado this Sunday, April 17th from 10am to 3pm. Convertibles, roadsters, trucks, street rods and other custom rides – all of which rolled out of the factory before 1973 – gather in Downtown Coronado, one block from their fabulous beach, to flaunt their fancy paint jobs and meaty engines. Thousands of spectators can vote for their favorite entry in a People’s Choice award and the event is free. Get a sneak peek at Chevrolet’s Camaro Convertible and Motor Trend’s & Automobile’s Car of the Year, the Chevy Volt, courtesy of so-sponsor Ron Baker Chevrolet. For more information, go here.
EarthFair 2011 at Balboa Park
Price: Free
The annual EarthFair in Balboa Park is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. EarthFair 2011 will be our 22nd annual event ! Each year, the EarthFair draws around 60,000 visitors.
Produced by 400 volunteers, EarthFair features more than 350 exhibitors, special theme areas, a Food Pavilion, a special Kids’ Activity Area, three entertainment venues, the Children’s Earth Parade, the eARTh Gallery art show, and the Cleaner Car Concourse. *Traffic and attendance in the Park will be heavily impacted. Please visit the Earth Works website for details about traffic, shuttles, and exhibitors.*
Fabulous Farmers’ Markets:
Friday: Bernardo Winery (9am-12pm), Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce (7am-12pm), Encinitas (2-6pm), Fallbrook (10am-2pm), Imperial Beach (1-6pm), La Mesa Village (3-6pm), Mission Hills (3-7pm), Mission Valley (3-7pm), Southeast San Diego (2-6pm)
Saturday: Carlsbad Village (1-5pm), City Heights (9am-1pm), Del Mar (1-4pm), Little Italy Mercato (9am-1:30pm), Pacific Beach (8am-12pm), Poway (8-11:30am), Ramona (9am-1pm), Scripps Ranch (9am-1pm), Temecula (8am-12:30pm), Vista (8am-12:30pm)
Sunday: Escondido (1-5pm), Gaslamp at Third Ave. (9am-1pm), Hillcrest (9am-2pm), Julian (11Am-4pm), La Jolla (9am-1pm), Leucadia/Encinitas (10am-2pm), Point Loma (9:30am-2:30pm), Rancho Santa Fe (9am-2pm), Rancho Bernardo Webb Park (10am-4pm), Solana Beach (1-5pm)
If you liked the things to do in this article, then you will likes these others: 25th Anniversary Fallbrook Avocado Festival, San Diego’s Earth Week Events, Splendid San Marcos and Spring Photo Contest
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