Entertainment & Events
This Weekend in SD: Celebrate Margaritas, Music, and Mothers!
It is a full weekend of events in San Diego as Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day are finally here. Get out and enjoy the sunshine with food and drink festivals and specials all around the county as everyone warms up their blenders and gets ready to celebrate!
Cinco de Mayo
North Park’s True North Tavern will be holding a TNT Taco Challenge in addition to some drink and food specials on Thursday. Then, if you make way to the Gaslamp Quarter, join in on the Cinco De Mayo Pubcrawl starting at the Taste/Thirst. Can’t make it tomorrow night? No worries. The pub crawl will happen again on Saturday night as well, so the fun last for two whole nights. Then head down to Chula Vista on Sunday for the 14th Annual Festival Cinco de Mayo for a day of live music and entertainment which will also include Mother’s Red Carpet Treatment tent and Village Salsa Contest.
Culture, Art & Music
Spend the weekend frolicking through Balboa Park as Sue Gold presents “When It Doesn’t Rain” at Spanish Village. The reception is on May 6th from 6pm-9pm, but the exhibition of her 30 new watercolors will last through May 16th. If you’re there on Saturday, be sure to stop by the23rd Annual American Indian Culture Days Pow Wow fill up on fry bread while listening to the beat of beautiful buffalo hide drums.
Mother’s Day
Treat the mothers in your life to a special day of beauty and art. After grabbing some brunch, head over to Balboa Park where mothers get free admission into the San Diego Natural History Museum with a paid child. Then walk over to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion and listen to the free Mother’s Day Concert from the The Kiwanis Club of San Diegoand San Diego State University School of Music and Dance featuring the SDSU Aztec Concert Choir.
From 2pm-5pm at the Gaslamp Quarter, a special Mother’s Day Tour of the Gaslamp’s Historic Boutique Hotels & Art Galleries will be held to give a unique look inside some of the beautiful San Diego hotels and local art galleries while tasting some delicious gourmet treats and drinks.
Sports & Entertainment
Two wonderful things are coming together this weekend at Petco Park: beer and baseball. Before the Friday night game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, head over early for the San Diego Padres Beerfest from 4:30pm to 7pm to try beers from over 25 breweries throughout the park. Entry to the event is free with game admission, so be sure to head over and drink with members of Broken Lizard, the masterminds behind Beerfest and Super Troopers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= http://youtu.be/sP-mU5dXsBcPick up the pooches and head over to Crown Point Shores for San Diego Humane Society’s 17th Annual Walk for Animals. Help raise their goal of $500,000 by donating and walking with your furry friends for just a mile around Mission Bay Saturday morning. Then drive over to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for the National Horse Show Hunter/Jumper Week. Check out the video above.
Photos courtesy of vitor roa, Bengt Nyman, and lori05871 via Flickr.
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