Nov7Sat
OC Family Expo
A children's business marketplace at Outlets at San Clemente in San Clemente. Details and tickets through Eventbrite.com.
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Nov3Tue
STEAM Explorers
An afterschool kids program at Katie Wheeler Library in Irvine. Details and tickets through Newuniversity.org.
Nov6Fri
Taste of San Clemente
A food and wine festival at Casino San Clemente in San Clemente. Details and tickets through Theguideoc.com.
Oct30Fri
Harvest Festival
A community harvest festival at Calvary South OC in San Clemente. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Nov7Sat
Paint Nite: Festive Autumn Pumpkin
A social painting class at Pitfire Pizza in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Paintnite.com.
Nov8Sun
Orange County Wine Fest
A wine tasting festival at The Hangar in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Theguideoc.com.
Nov7Sat
OC Wine Fest
A wine tasting festival at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Ocfair.com.
Oct31Sat
Costa Mesa Live Latin Music– Week Nights
A live latin music at Cafe Sevilla of Costa Mesa in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Eventbrite.com.
Oct31Sat
The Addams Family
A musical theater comedy at Cabrillo Playhouse in San Clemente. Details and tickets through Viagogo.nl.
Oct30Fri
Once Upon a Nightmare Before Christmas
A not-too-scary storybook walk through a North Pole that blends Halloween and Christmas.
Oct30Fri
Wild Tales: A Halloween Adventure
A story, short family hike and craft about the creepy-crawly creatures of Upper Newport Bay. Costumes welcome.
Nov27Fri
Fire & Lights Festival at Newport Dunes
Floating holiday lights on the bay, fire dancing Friday and Saturday evenings, s'mores fire pits, inflatable slides and Santa photos on Saturdays. Thursday through Sun...
Dec3Thu
Merry & Bright Nights at Sherman Library & Gardens
The gardens glow with thousands of holiday lights on select evenings: Dec 3 to 6, 10 to 13 and 17 to 22.
Dec5Sat
Crystal Cove 30th Annual Tree Lighting & Holiday Bazaar
A holiday bazaar all day, Santa visits from 3:30 PM and the tree lighting program runs 3:00 to 5:30 PM at the historic cottages.
Dec16Wed
Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade
Hundreds of decorated yachts, sailboats and electric boats parade through Newport Harbor past bayfront homes in the Ring of Lights competition. Opening night, Dec 16,...
Dec16Wed
Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Cruise
Watch the lighted boats glide through Newport Harbor from the water on a guided evening cruise. Three departures run each parade night, and reservations are required.
Nov1Sun
Rita Rudner
A stand-up comedy show at Lido Theater in Newport Beach. Details and tickets through Open.spotify.com.
Oct30Fri
The Outsiders
A musical theatre at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Oct31Sat
The Outsiders
A theatrical concert at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Nov4Wed
Bluey's Big Play
A children's theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Facebook.com.
Nov5Thu
Joaquina Kalukango
A cabaret performance at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Seatgeek.com.
Nov6Fri
Idina Menzel
A live vocal concert at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Details and tickets through Bandsintown.com.
Nov2Mon
Dia de los Muertos in San Clemente
The City of San Clemente honors and remembers loved ones with a traditional Dia de los Muertos celebration.
Nov7Sat
Taste of San Clemente
An evening of local food, wine tastings, microbrews and cocktails.
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Pumpkin City
Pumpkin patch with pony rides, a petting zoo, carnival games and kiddie rides.
SeasonMulti-week
First Thursdays Art Walk
On the first Thursday of each month, Laguna Beach galleries stay open late for a free, self-guided art walk.
SeasonMulti-week
Haunted San Juan Capistrano Tours
A guided ghost walk through old San Juan Capistrano, with stops under century-old pepper trees, stories from the Los Rios district and a walk toward the historic Mission.
SeasonMulti-week
20 Years Later: The Great Picture
A City of Irvine exhibit at Irvine City Hall marking 20 years since The Great Picture.
SeasonMulti-week
Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch
Wagon rides on the 30-acre farm, pick-your-own pumpkins, a corn maze and a petting zoo.
SeasonMulti-week
Juan Manuel Gomez: In the Deep and All Together! (exhibition)
An exhibition by Juan Manuel Gomez, En Lo Profundo / In the Deep and All Together!, on view at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
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