This weekend (October 1 & 2, 2011) the Old Town San Diego Art Festival is on.
Get a glimpse of art in many forms: jewelry, paintings, and more. Food and live music also on display for your ears and your taste buds.
Wine tasting in an on-site pavilion.
Find out more about this free and fun event on San Diego Street this weekend.
The San Diego Film Festival starts tomorrow (September 28) and runs through Sunday, October 2.
If you’re an AARP member, be sure to get your free ticket and attend the screening of Age of Champions on Saturday at 12:30 in the Gaslamp Theater for free. Find out more about Age of Champions. (Click on “screenings” for more information about getting a free ticket to Age of Champions.)
For other films, individual tickets ($12.) are available, or a pass to attend all events ($135.). Use promotional code “sandiego” for $10.savings if you buy online. Ticket prices are higher at the door, so purchase ahead.
Another free event in San Diego!
4th Annual Brazilian Day San Diego — a free cultural event for the whole family. No alcohol, lots of entertainment, dancing, colorful costumes, music, food. . . . A carnival parade with samba dancers and more than 20 parade groups. 11am to 7pm on Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach. Find out more about this fun Brazilian festival in its fourth San Diego year.
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Did you know that September is Art Month here in San Diego? Watch all month long for San Diego on the Cheap’s features of the less expensive venues that celebrate the arts.
We’ll kick off with a recurring event that celebrates art the first Friday evening of each month throughout summer and fall: Bernardo Winery’s ARTWalk. Bernardo Winery in Rancho Bernardo is open till 8pm on these warm summer and fall evenings. You can get a glass of wine or enjoy a round of tastings, and wander among the artists and observers. Paintings, jewelry, and many other arts will be on display. Consider meeting your friends for a healthy glass of red wine. Step to the beat of live music and relax as you stroll through amazing art, and get a head start on your holiday shopping. There are unique gifts for all budgets.
Free admission. Free parking.
Consider making a full evening of Bernardo Winery’s ART Walk and have dinner either at Cafe Merlot (at the winery) or at another Rancho Bernardo Restaurant (save money, and buy ahead at Restaurant.com for savings … Bernard’O Restaurant, French Market Grille, and more).
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(Living Social.) Another active deal is one San Diego people are tumbling for — a month’s worth of trampoline and tumbling classes. All those AFV videos have you saying “no” when the kids ask for a trampoline? Why not indulge them with supervised trampoline and tumbling classes at San Diego on-the-cheap price? Read the details about this month of discounted kids’ trampoline and tumbling classes in San Diego and sign up your little bundles of energy.
Do you need a professional photo? Want to preserve a family image while you’re children are small? Are you preparing for a wedding invitation? Epic Imagery Studios offers a one-hour professional photo shoot ($250. value) for $59 with this Torrey Pines or Balboa Park photo deal. Picture yourself at an iconic San Diego location. 50 images, DVD … this discount professional photography deal is worth a look. (Dealfind, limited quanity and time.)
Dinner and a movie is still the quintessential romantic date. El Agave Restaurant & Tequilaria gets you both. $40 of food plus two movie tickets for $35. Check out this dinner and movie deal.
Looking for some culinary adventure? How about a sushi making and sake tasting adventure? Sushi on a Roll near Petco Park is offering this $75 per person sushi making and sake tasting experience. Perhaps this isn’t a typical San Diego on the Cheap experience, but it’s way less than traveling to a far-flung location for a similar experience. Maybe this is your splurge during a San Diego stay-cation. Sushi making and sake tasting details of availability, times, etc..
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Mary Poppins has hit San Diego! What fun! Get tickets: Mary Poppins Tickets at San Diego Civic Theatre
A lot of us have seen the Cygnet Theater on Twiggs Street at historic Old Town San Diego. If you’ve strolled by, looked at the show posters, and made a mental note to see a show sometime, now may be the time. Get a cheap, limited time $45 deal offer that affords several seating options for three shows. Cygnet Old Town San Diego Theater deal (Groupon).
Treat your San Diego feet to hot stone reflexology for cheap. Your wellness is priceless, but that doesn’t mean you must spend a fortune. After hot stone reflexology at Cove Wellness, you may just be saying, “Call me twinkle toes!” Reflexology is a holistic practice said to positively affect the body and mind. Reduce stress, diminish pain, and relax — all of this at 50% off the regular price for Cove Wellness hot stone reflexology (Groupon).
Also in La Jolla, Elias Salon and Spa offers a $39 deal for full service including shampoo, cut, and color (partial highlights or full color). This is full service for a fraction of the regular price. See the Elias Salon and Spa discount – this limited time offer is being snipped up fast (Dealfind).
In the East County get manicure – pedicure service for less than half off. Salon Serene in El Cajon offers this limited time $30 mani – pedi deal. See the details for manicure pedicure service at Salon Serene (Groupon).
Another stress-reducer is to get out and play — golf. Escondido Country Club tees off with this on-the-cheap golf outing that includes cart, balls, and a gift card for two or four at just $79 (Groupon). Read the details and improve your handicap with this $79 Escondido Country Club golf discount.
FUNBelievable Play discount. For the children (or the parents who want to keep ‘em busy), let FUNBelievable Play occupy them within 6,000 square feet of busy fun . (Groupon) For $20 your child can get FIVE open plays at FUNBelievable Play in Lakeside. Might be the bargain birthday bash you’re looking for…. Read all about it and get your FUNBelievable Play deal while you can.
Learn to surf – for as little as $32. In Encinitas, learn to surf at Maui Surf Academy while the deal is on. Discounts start at just $32 in this limited time offer. (Groupon) Pick your Maui Surf Academy discount deal and learn to surf.
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Sometimes we want to try something new, something unique, something upscale. Or maybe we just want more of the good life — for less. Today’s deal (Groupon) is $50.00 worth of tempting French cuisine for $25. Half off Hexagone. Upscale. Tasty. Tempting…. French food for less.
How about relaxing and indulging with an East Asian ritual spa deal at Bella D’Ora Spa in Carlsbad. This regularly $246.00 value is on a San Diego spa deal of $99. Bella D’Ora Spa discount. Indulge yourself at Bella D’Ora Spa in Carlsbad — for a fraction of the price (Groupon).
Marc Anthony is coming to the Viejas Arena at SDSU September 22 at 8pm. Get a ticket for $30.00 ($62. value). That’s less than half price. More than half off Marc Anthony ticket for his SDSU show (Groupon). What a great deal this discount Marc Anthony ticket is. Fans … get your Marc Anthony ticket for cheap –now.
(DealFind) Wow ! 20 classes for $20. That’s $1 a class. Feldenkrais San Diego is offering this deep discount to get you into their yoga class. 20-class yoga pass for $20. at Feldenkrais San Diego Get involved in San Diego yoga classes. Get strong, limber, and full of energy (that’s some of what people say yoga can do for you, you know…). 93% off yoga classes might just bend your arm a little to get enrolled in that yoga class you’ve been considering.
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Weekly Roundup of San Diego free events (or close to free San Diego events)
Something fun is always happening somewhere in San Diego. This weekend, check out the cool free events — some of which are quintessential San Diego in nature.
Sandcastle Days 2011: US Open Sandcastle Competition - free to watch (fee to enter). Each year, the throngs gather to see the interesting castles and creatures built of sand at this yearly Imperial Beach event. The street fair with vendors and fun is on Saturday and the contest is Sunday (see the sand sculptures between 9am and 4pm).
What could be more San Diego than a beachside street fair and sand castle contest?
Maybe the Vintage Surf Board show and sale that takes place Saturday. Yeah that’s at least equally as “San Diego” in character.
America’s Finest Beer Festival — CANCELLED. Okay, so this wasn’t a free event. Just as a service, you might want to know this was cancelled at the last minute.
Okay, so the beer festival’s cancelled. How about a wine fest?
Spaphile Wine & Spa event takes place Saturday from 3pm to 7pm at Fifty-Seven Degrees. Grab your ticket and get details.
Shark Night 3D Experience. Sheer terror says Relativity Media, which brings this experience to the Petco Park parking lot all weekend. Photo opportunities, as well as some freebie giveaways. Near the ComiCon event site. Free.
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Vintage 1960s Challenger Pintail Surfboard
This Saturday, July 23, get set for a cool display of vintage surf boards (like this 1960s Challenger Pintail on the left owned by a San Diego on the Cheap fan from North County). You can attend just to look at the boards, swap boards with other local surfers, or sell your used surfboard.
The details:
This year, vintage surfboard collectors will display boards that date back to first wave in San Diego …. well, maybe not that far back, but you get the drift.
Free and open to the public. Saturday, July 23, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Patagonia in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. More details here.
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Get a little culture with the San Diego symphony. Right now, San Diego Symphony’s 3 concerts for $99 event is on. Some restrictions apply (some concerts not available in the 3 for $99 deal).
Your $5 admission – - yes, I said five little dollars — will go toward helping GO RED FOR WOMEN, the American Heart Association’s campaign to fight heart disease in women. Join Macy’s Chef Bernard Guillas and Lisa Redwine at the Mission Valley Macy’s Home Store on February 26 at noon and learn how to create some fruit drinks, dessert wines and other wow-your-guests drinks.
Main level at Macy’s Mission Valley
February 26, 2011, noon
Daily from 6:30 to 8pm, Old Town has its Spring Nights events. Featuring different entertainment nightly in February and March, Old Town San Diego’s Spring Nights comes alive with music. Fiest del Reyes plaza has good shopping and eats – - and the entertainment is free. So is admission to this State of California historic park.
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