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We invite you to be part of one of North County’s longest-running and most beloved festivals! The Escondido Grand Avenue Festival returns this fall, celebrating over 30 years of community, creativity, and local flavor in the heart of historic downtown Escondido. Set against the charming backdrop of Grand Avenue, the festival offers a refreshing fall atmosphere filled with music, delicious food, community spirit, and small business love. Calling all performers: Showcase your talent! We are looking for singers, dancers, bands, choirs, comedians, school's cheerleading squads, color guards, or drama to come perform on the Community Stage: APPLY NOW Calling all vendors: This vibrant, family-friendly event draws thousands of visitors and features a wide variety of vendors, including handcrafted goods, art, food, vintage finds, unique services, and more. Whether you're a seasoned vendor or joining us for the first time, this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your products to a large and enthusiastic crowd. APPLY NOW Questions? Call the Escondido Chamber at 760-745-2125 or info@EscondidoChamber.org Visit: Grand Avenue Fall Festival, Escondido Escondido Chamber of Commerce on Instagram and Facebook

News hour's Amna Nawaz talks with KPBS Evening Edition Anchor Maya Trabulsi.

The city’s third annual art festival returns Saturday, joined by the newly opened Casa Casillas cultural art center. Local artists and vendors will gather outside City Hall.

The public will be able to tour Statsraad Lehmkuhl on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Broadway Pier.

Join us for largest juried fine art show in North County! Leucadia 101 Mainstreet Association presents the 19th Annual LeucadiART Walk on Sunday, August 24 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. With approx. 100 participating fine-artists, sculptors, potters, photographers, printmakers and handmade crafters, there is something for everyone to enjoy! Come join us for a day packed with art, music, culture and fun. This year's LeucadiART Walk will be a day to remember in celebration of supporting creativity, art and culture in our community. Our biggest family-friendly community event of the year, it brings approximately 8,000 local residents and visitors to enjoy and purchase fine art, experience art demos, entertainment, enrichment activities for kids, live music, and so much more! With Artist Plazas located along an almost one mile stretch of N. Coast Hwy 101 in Leucadia! Featured Artist Dallas Smith will host a live glass blowing demonstration, an Artist Plaza with art demos, live music and Black Plague Brewing Beer Garden at Leucadia Glass. Children's Artwalk will be hosted at The Brown Studio Beverage Partners Pouring at Swell Property Beer Garden: Duck Foot, Boochcraft, Ashland Hard Seltzer, Bambucha, Fox Point Brewing and RationAle Brewing (non-alc)... Free to the Public! Don't miss: - Free Hop on Hop off Open Air Trolley - Live Music & Entertainment & Art demonstrations - Children's Artwalk, Hosted at The Brown Studio - Two 21 + libation gardens with Live Music - Bike Valet Sponsored by Leucadia Cyclery 2025 Artist Plazas: - The Brown Studio/Leucadia Post Office - 1144 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Leucadia Art Gallery/Corner Frame Shop - 1038 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Surfhouse Hotel/Coffee Coffee - 970 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Swell Property Beer Garden - 914 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Leucadia Roadside Park - 860 N. Coast Hwy 101 - The Mudd House - 802 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Bambini Montessori School - 818 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Hamburger Hut - 588 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Coastal Animal Hospital - 434 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Keep Searching Surf Shop - 422 N. Coast Hwy 101 - Leucadia Glass - 396 N Coast Highway 101 Leucadia 101 MainStreet on Facebook / Instagram

This class meets weekly on Mondays, 3-4 times each month, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. Ages 13+ welcome! Instructor-artist Lydia Kardos teaches this introductory ceramic handbuilding course for Teens. This month-long series is full of hands-on, hand building techniques in clay. Students will create functional and non-functional ceramic art. They’ll learn how to create with coils, slab construction and clay pinching methods. See the beauty of the final results as your pieces come out of the kiln. Students will create multiple pieces and learn how to glaze finished artwork. All materials included. Projects are changed regularly, so students can return month after month to continue to develop their skills! Drop-ins are welcome! Is your teen curious about taking this class? Choose ‘Drop-in Date’ from the drop-down menu (please purchase 48 hours in advance, so we can have supplies ready). We welcome drop-in students at the first class of each month-long series. If your teen wants to continue, we will apply this drop-in payment toward the month’s total cost. • Military, first responders and sibling discounts • Scholarships available • Homeschool funds accepted • If this class is full, join the Interest List to be notified. • If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available San Diego Craft Collective on Facebook / Instagram

LINKSD is San Diego’s homegrown open mic series dedicated to amplifying local voices through music, poetry, storytelling, and community connection. Hosted by Events producer and local community builder Jordan kai LINKSD is Designed as a culture-forward creative space, LINKSD brings together emerging artists, established performers, and community members for an evening of expression, vulnerability, and collaboration. Each event features curated performances, live music, vendors, and a welcoming environment where artists can grow, connect, and be seen. LINKSD champions artistic experimentation, cross-genre creativity, and the belief that community spaces should be accessible, inclusive, and rooted in intention. Born in the heart of San Diego’s creative scene, LINKSD has become a hub for musicians, poets, DJs, vocalists, and visual artists—an anchor event where culture is shared, relationships are built, and new talent emerges. LINKSD is not just an open mic. It’s a gathering point, a creative ecosystem, and a movement dedicated to uplifting the voices of our city. WE ARE HERE NOW SD on Instagram

The Premiere of 89 CARSON JUNCTION ROAD A New Play Written and Directed by Michael Mizerany Featuring Performances by Jacob James, Shane Hennessey, Amy Oliverio, Kay McNellen and Kevin Phan Produced by Compulsion Dance & Theater. In the hell of combat, Army Rangers Archer and Hank found salvation in each other. But what kept them alive in the war, couldn't survive in peace. Hank fled. Archer couldn't let go. On Christmas Eve 2008, in a roadside diner in the Arizona desert, Archer tracks Hank down with a gun and a desperate need to be seen, to be remembered, to be loved the way he was when survival and desire were inseparable. Now, trapped with three innocent bystanders in 90-degree heat, their reckoning will transform everyone present 89 CARSON JUNCTION ROAD contains adult content including profanity, sexual situations, suicide and self harm, an extended scene of violence and gore. Compulsion Dance & Theatre on Facebook / Instagram

"The Servant of Two Masters" is a laugh-a-minute screwball comedy. Based on the original commedia dell'arte play, AJ Knox and Samantha Ginn have adapted the production for new audiences, inspired by comedy classics like "Airplane!", "The Marx Brothers" and "Monty Python." When the trickster Truffaldino signs on to serve two masters in the hope of double wages and double dinners, chaos and hilarity ensue. Translated by AJ Knox Adapted by Samantha Ginn and AJ Knox Based on the play by Carlo Goldoni Directed by Geno Carr Visit: https://gcccd.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?SeriesID=45

ll puns are intended! Competitive punning is a growing, worldwide pasttime, and Pundemonium! is based on the format used by pun contests in other cities, including the O. Henry Pun-Off in Austin, TX, Punderdome in New York, Pun DMV in Washington, D.C, It's Always Punny in Philadelphia, UK Pun-Off in London, and more. Watch, laugh, groan, or join punsters competing to see who is the wizard of wordplay, the dean of dad jokes, the punniest of them all. Competitive punning is a *thing* nationwide, and Pundemonium! is San Diego's home for the war of wordplay. Pundemonium! is a two-part event based on the format used by pun contests in cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Austin, TX, San Francisco, and more. See: https://www.wired.com/2016/09/pun-competitions/ In Part 1, Battle of the PUNdits, participants who have signed up in advance will deliver two-minute pun-filled speeches, and the audience will determine the winner. Part 2, the PUNger Games, is a head-to-head pun-off tournament-style. Think of it as an on-the-spot rap battle with puns. You do not have to participate! You can just watch and PUNder your life choices while you do so. BUT if you want in, we ask that Battle of the PUNdits competitors let us know you're competing ahead of time by emailing sandiegopundemonium@gmail.com - or email us with questions if you're curious but don't know how it works! For PUNger games, sign up on the spot at the show!