Downtown San Diego Featured Events for April 2008
Featured
ArtWalk 2008 in Little Italy. April 26th and 27th from noon to 6pm from Beech St. to Fir along India and Kettner Blvd.
ArtWalk feature over 350 artist’s in San Diego’s largest outdoor art festival. This is a great opportunity to be amongst your community and to perhaps purchase some original artwork. ArtWalk also features ffod booths, performers, music, interactive art activites, games for children and more. It’s Spring in San Diego…what a better way to spend a weekend than outdoors among art and community. Visit the ArtWalk webpage for this years featured artisit and activites.
Downtown Farmers Markets
Every Thursday: Horton Square/San Diego - 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (March thru October)
Downtown San Diego at 225 Broadway and Broadway Circle
Every Sunday: Third Avenue/San Diego - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Downtown San Diego at Third Ave and J St
For full San County Farmer’s Market schedules visit the Farm Bureau of San Diego County’s webpage.
Every Year wine lovers gather at the California Wine Festival and enjoy top-of-the-line food, wine and San Diego sunshine, all while raising money for the Make-A-Wish-Foundation. Hosted at Downtown San Diego’s Embarcedero Park on the SD Bay.
Sunset Rare & Reserve Wine Tasting
When: Fri. April 11 from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt, Seaport Courtyard
What: Live Jazz, Live Wine and Luxury Lifestyle Auction, 40+ Premium wines, champagne and gourmet food samples
Cost: General Admission: Advance $100; Gate $125
Reds, Whites & Blues Wine Festival
When: Sat. April 12 from 1 to 4:00 p.m. (12 - 1 pm - trade/press and VIP preview tasting)
Where: Embarcadero Marina Park North
What: 300+ California wines, imports, craft beers, gourmet food samples, Live Blues Band all day, Live and Silent Auctions featuring exotic wines, luxury lifestyle items, and FREE Concert starring 3-time San Diego Music Award Winners - THE GRAMS.
Cost: General Admission: Advance $75 Gate: $85
Purchase an ALL ACCESS VIP WEEKEND PASS for $145 – Advance Sale Only
VIP Pass Privileges Include:
- Admission to ALL events
- One hour advance preview tasting (Noon - 1 pm) at Reds, Whites & Blues on the Bay (Sat April 12th
- Admission to VIP’s-only Pavilion at RW&B Fest (special appetizers, reserve level wines, live jazz pianist, shaded seating, water, snacks)
- Wine raffles EVERY HOUR, all day
San Diego Padres Home Games!
Thursday 4/3 @ 12:35pm: vs Houston
Friday 4/4 @ 7:05 pm: vs. LA Dodgers
Saturday 4/5 @ 12:55pm: vs LA Dodgers
Sunday 4/6 @ 1:05pm: vs LA Dodgers
Tuesday 4/15 @ 7:05pm: vs Colorado
Wednesday 4/16 @ 7:05pm: vs Colorado
Thursday 4/17 @ 7:05pm: vs Colorado
Wednesday 4/23 @ 7:05pm: vs San Francisco
Thursday 4/24 @ 7:05pm: vs San Francisco
Friday 4/25 @ 7:05pm: vs Arizona
Saturday 4/26 @ 12:55pm: vs Arizona
Sunday 4/27 @ 1:05pm: vs Arizona
The San Diego Children’s Museum will be located in downtown San Diego’s Marina District on the North side of Island Avenue between Front and Union Streets. This will be a creative desatination for kids and families. This museum will include 13,000 square feet of galleries, a retail store, public lobby, a cafe with outside terraces, tons of activity areas, and a 2500 square-foot multipurpose performance space. This new structure also utilizes “Green” Architecture: enviornmentally friendly infra-structural practices. This project is estimated to be completed by May 2008.
Located in front of the New Children’s Museum will be a one-acre, triangular park, right along Martin Luther King, Jr. Promenade. The park will mirror the design, patterns and materials used in the King Promenade. Tree lined with contemporary design. Completetion for this project is set for April 2007, right before the expected completetion of the Children’s Museum. What a great afternoon, a day at the museum and an afternoon in the park. This will be a haven for families and kids.
Two of downtown’s outside sanctuaries, both great for families, are the famous Balboa Park and the San Diego Bay. This project will connect the two. Located along Park Boulevard between C and K streets, this project will transform Park Blvd. into a beautifull landscaped pedestrian promenade with trees, lighting and public art. Sunny San Diego days call for outside wandering, and what a better way than to spend a day in between San Diego Bay and the exciting Balboa Park
Located in downtown San Diego’s East Village, off of 16th and National will be the site of the new Metro Center. This will be an enormous retail center containing 475,000 square feet of retail space and parking. Now the nice part is, if you live downtown, you can walk. It is rumored the new Metro Center will house a Target and a Home Depot. Construction is due to commence this year and to be completed by summer 2010. IAs a downtown San Diego resident, I will appreciate the convience of having a retail center housing such stores as Target and Home Depot, beats driving anywhere.