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44th Annual San Diego Scottish Highland Games

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The air at Vista’s Brengle Terrace Park will be filled with the sound of bagpipes when the San Diego Scottish Highland Games and Gathering of the Clans mark a colorful 44th anniversary celebration during the weekend of June 24-25, 2017.

Scottish culture will fill the park during the two day festival, which will feature a variety of activities and entertainment for guests of all ages: Sheepdog trials, Highland dancing, Scottish vendors, cuisine and beverages, bagpipe and drumming competitions, clan heritage tents, and hands-on children’s activities.

Athletic lads and lassies can compete in Scottish competitions, such as the caber toss, stone throw, hammer throw and weight for distance.

The festival’s popular beer garden–recognized by San Diego Magazine as the Best Beer Garden in North County–will be a gathering place where attendees can sample flavorful beer varieties, while mingling with friends old and new.

Popular Celtic bands Wicked Tinkers, Highland Way and Banshee in the Kitchen will join United States Scottish Fiddle Champion Mari Black as entertainment headliners performing on two festival stages.

Tickets are $15 for adults (presale $13), $10 for seniors/active military (presale $8) and $5 for children ages 6-16. Children under 5 are free. Presale tickets offered until June 10, 2017.

Innovators LAB

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Ongoing from now until December 31, 2017

The Innovators LAB is a collaborative makerspace experiment that creates open-ended design challenges to nurture creativity, problem solving, skill building and learning. Topics change throughout the year and have included buoyancy, electricity and balance. The Innovators LAB targets families with children ages 7-13 and provides opportunities to experiment with a variety of ideas, materials and hands-on techniques.

  • AGES 7+
  • COST $6 – $12

Vista Strawberry Festival

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The Vista Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Vista Strawberry Festival, sponsored by Tri-City Medical Center, on Sunday, May 28, 2017. This will be the seventh year of the Strawberry Festival, and, per tradition, it will be held on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend from 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

This year’s festival will be a day filled with fun, food, multiple entertainment stages, bands, carnival rides and local craft beer in the beer garden, and of course, strawberries! The event will also host over 400 local vendors to showcase their local products to the community.

The Strawberry Festival is an entertaining event for all your family and friends that is sure to create new memories. It is a free event to the public, so bring your family and friends and take part in the tradition of Vista!

The festival will be held in Historic Downtown Vista, beginning with the early morning strawberry runs. There are runs for children and all levels of adult runners. If running isn’t your thing, there will also be the Miss Strawberry Pageant, cooking contests, pie eating contests, costume contests, Strawberry Idol, local artists and much more.

For a full list of events and schedules for the festival, please visit the Schedule page.

Go Back to Nature at The Living Coast Discovery Center

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Forget your worries, escape the hustle and bustle of the city, and reconnect with your wild roots. Back to Nature is an interactive exhibit featuring new animals such as parrots, mice, iguanas, falcons, frogs, and more! Be among the first to walk through the new Native Pollinator Garden, attracting butterflies, hummingbirds and bees while learning about the role of native pollinators in our everyday lives. Back to Nature also celebrates the 30 year anniversary of The Living Coast Discovery Center by looking at the history of Sweetwater Marsh.

COST: $11-$16

AGES: All

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