April Calendar of Events

VinDiego Wine & Food Festival

The 4th Annual VinDiego Wine and Food Festival is a true wine connoisseurs delight. VinDiego is about people coming together to celebrate a shared passion; a passion for great wine and mouth-watering gourmet food.

Date: April 1 - 2, 2016

Time: visit website

Price: Varies by event

Location: 2875 Dewey Road, San Diego, CA 92106

For more info. visit www.vindiego.com

Goodguys Meguiar’s 16th Del Mar Nationals

The Goodguys 16th Meguiar’s Del Mar Nationals is a colorful “Full Throttle Fun” hot rod & custom car automotive themed festival featuring over 2,500 hot rods, customs, classics, street rods, muscle cars & trick trucks through 1972 vintage.

Date: April 1 - 3, 2016

Time: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Price: $6-$20

Location: 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA 92014

For more info. visit www.good-guys.com

San Diego Crew Classic

Regarded as the first major regatta of the year, the San Diego Crew Classic brings together thousands of athletes from more than 100 universities, clubs and high school programs from across the United States to participate in this premier rowing event in San Diego.

Date: April 2 - 3, 2016

Time: visit website

Price: visit website

Location: Corona Oriente Road, San Diego, CA 92109

For more info. visit www.crewclassic.org

Ironman 70.3 Oceanside California

IRONMAN 70.3 California started out as an IRONMAN in 2000. Two years later it was turned into one of the first IRONMAN 70.3 events and helped launch the popularity of the distance.

Date: April 2, 2016

Time: visit website

Price: General entry sold out, charity registrations only

Location: 300 North The Strand, Oceanside, CA 92054

For more info. visit www.ironmancalifornia.com

Carlsbad 5000

The Carlsbad 5000 features a fast and fun seaside course where 16 world records have been set. Both rookie runners and serious speedsters alike enjoy running or walking in one of seven people’s races.

Date: April 2 - 3, 2016

Time: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Price: $40

Location: 400 Carlsbad Village Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92008

For more info. visit runrocknroll.competitor.com

Chocolate Festival

An event for all ages. Vendors focusing on chocolate edibles, fun & crafts for kids including making their own chocolate pizza, demonstrations and many other interesting activities. Mars Chocolate History Ambassadors will be onsite to demonstrate the historical bean-to-beverage story of 18th-century chocolate using authentic tools including cocoa pods, cocoa beans and nibs, a hot stone metate, winnowing baskets, chocolate drink pots and stirrers throughout the day.

Date: April 3, 2016

Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Price: $9-$17

Location: 1492 N Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101

For more info. call 619.234.9153 or visit sdmaritime.org

La Jolla Concours d’Elegance

Named as one of the top three most anticipated Concours in the world by the prestigious British automotive magazine, Octane, La Jolla Concours d’Elegance has become a must-have “Save The Date” for automobile aficionados internationally.

Date: April 8 - 10, 2016

Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Price: $50-$375

Location: 1133 Coast Blvd., San Diego, CA 92037

For more info. call 760.459.5335 visit www.lajollaconcours.com

2016 San Diego Tour de Cure

The San Diego Tour de Cure will start/finish at iconic Del Mar Fairgrounds. The picturesque coastal routes offer spectacular views of San Diego’s best beaches and quiet mountain ranges of North County. After your ride, enjoy quintessential racetrack favorites including healthy street tacos, live entertainment a cash bar, hospitality and more!

Date: April 9, 2016

Time: 6:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Price: Registration Fee - $30-$35, Fundraising Min - $200

Location: 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA 92014

For more info. visit www.diabetes.org

Heartbreak Ridge Run

An off-road running race held in the northwestern foothills of your Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. It offers multiple distance choices with a challenging hill climb and scenic views of surrounding mountains and meadows.

Date: April 9, 2016

Time: 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Price: $5-$75

Location: Camp Pendleton North, CA 92055

For more info. visit www.mccscp.com

San Diego Botanic Garden ArtFest

A delightful combination of a Fine Art Show, quick draw contest, art demonstrations, and Asian art show. The Fine Art Show will feature over 20 artists who will be showing and selling their work.

Date: April 9 - 10, 2016

Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Price: Free with paid admission or membership

Location: 1230 Quail Gardens Dr., Encinitas, CA 92024

For more info. call 760.436.3036 visit www.sdbgarden.org

5th Annual Healthy Living Festival

Living healthier is bound to make you more energetic, more productive and happier. Come to the Healthy Living Festival this April and learn more about eating healthier, finding a healthy weight, getting into healthy activities and keeping a healthier home. Listen to experts share new ideas about lifestyle changes that can help you prevent disease and lower stress. Take part in free medical testing and screening.

Date: April 9 - 10, 2016

Time: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Price: Free

Location: 2260 Jummy Durante Boulevard, Del Mar

For more info. visit www.healthylivingfestival.com

Cafe Coyote Presents Margarita 5k

Cafe Coyote presents the 2016 Margarita 5k run! Join us for a flat and fast 5k run on hard pack sand at beaches of Mission and Pacific Beach! Run alongside the Beach Duathlon, the Margarita 5k is gentle on the joints and fun. Sound devices are allowed!

Date: April 10, 2016

Time: 7:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Price: $35-$50

Location: 3115 Ocean Front, San Diego, CA 92109

For more info. visit www.margarita5k.com

Annual Coronado Flower Show

The Coronado Flower Show is held annually on the third weekend of April in Spreckels Park in the center of Coronado’s Village.

Date: April 16 - 17, 2016

Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Price: $5

Location: Orange Ave & 6th St., Coronado, CA 92118

For more info. visit www.coronadoflowershow.com

San Diego Opera presents Madama Butterfly

Hope, devotion, and betrayal find their fateful and desperate home in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Amidst the cherry blossoms of Nagasaki, a young woman makes a stand to support herself as a geisha after her disgraced father takes his life. Fate intervenes and brings her an American Naval Officer and she falls desperately in love. Not aware she is just a dalliance, she believes they are married and renounces her religion as he sails away promising to return.

Date: April 16 - 24, 2016

Time: 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Price: start at $45

Location: 1100 3rd. Ave., San Diego, CA 92101

For more info. call 619.533.7000 or visit www.sdopera.com

Michele Lundeen at The Flower Fields

Michele Lundeen has been compared to artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Etta James, Aretha Franklin and shades of Billie Holiday. Reaching into the audience with emotional vocals and body language, she’s dubbed “The Queen of Steam” for her electrifying vocal and stage presence. 

Date: April 17, 2016

Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Price: Included with admission

Location: 5704 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad, CA 92008

For more info. call 760.431.0352 visit www.theflowerfields.com

Earth Day on the Bay

The Maritime Museum of San Diego, in collaboration with a large and growing complement of regional partners, is preparing for its second annual event, Earth Day on the Bay.

Date: April 24, 2016

Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Price: Free

Location: 1492 N Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101

For more info. call 619.234.9153 or visit sdmaritime.org

SDJT Presents: The Music Man

Meredith Willson’s ageless TONY® Award winning musical comedy is back by popular demand! The trouble in 1912 River City, Iowa begins with con artist and salesman “Professor” Harold Hill, who appears in town to warn the citizens that the new pool table will corrupt their youth.

Date: April 29 - May 15, 2016

Time: call or visit website

Price: $11-$15

Location: 1650 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

For more info. call 619.239.8355 visit juniortheatre.com