Top San Diego Events during the month of october 2009
Ansel Adams: A Life's Work
Museum of Photographic Arts
Location: Balboa Park
Description: The Museum of Photographic Arts will exhibit Ansel Adams: A Life's Work from May 23 - October 4, 2009.
SDAI: Museum of the Living Artist Exhibition
Cost: Requested Gallery Donation: Adults $3. Senior Citizens, Military and Students $2. Children under 12 admitted free.
Description: Featured Artists Judy Pike and Camey McGilvray
Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Photography
Ordover Gallery
Cost: Free
Description: View works by leading photographers Art Wolfe, Frans Lanting, Bill Atkinson, Christopher Burkett, Elizabeth Carmel, Charles Cramer, Mitch Dobrowner, Duby Tal and Linde Waidhofer, among others, will be included in the show.
Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Oceanside Museum of Art
Cost: General Admission $8 (members, students, and senior citizens free with ID)
Description: Esther Nisenthal Krinitz tells her story of Nazi occupied Poland in cloth, stitching thirty-six beautiful and poignant appliqué and embroidered panels.
IMAX® Film: “Adventures in Wild Callifornia”
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Location: Balboa Park
Cost: Adults $14.50; Children (Age 3-12) $11.75
Description: The wilds of California are not so much a place as they are a state of mind - a free-spirited, nature-infused way of life that is viscerally captured in Adventures in Wild Callifornia, the latest IMAX® theatre adventure from MacGillivray Freeman Films and K2 Communications.
Sammy at the Old Globe Theatre
The Old Globe
Location: Balboa Park
Description: One of the greatest entertainers of all time, Sammy Davis Jr. defined an era. See the performance Sammy at the Old Globe Theatre.
11th Annual Trolley Dances
Cost: Trolley Price
Description: Connect with San Diego's heritage of being a border community by touring the Blue Line with the Jean Isaacs San Diego Dance Theater for the 11th Annual Trolley Dances.
Kids Cruise Free in October on Hornblower
Hornblower Cruises & Events
Location: Embarcadero
Cost: FREE for Kids up to 12 years of age!
Description: Hornblower Cruises & Events is inviting all children ages 12 and under to explore the Bay for free in October. Complimentary tickets will be provided for up to two children, per each paying adult on a one hour or two hour, narrated harbor cruises during the entire month of October.
October Free Kids Days
San Diego Zoo
Location: Balboa Park
Cost: Free to kids 11 and younger; $35 12 and older
Description: During the month of October children 11 and younger admitted free to the San Diego Zoo.
San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants
San Diego Padres
Location: Gaslamp Quarter
Cost: $9 - $69 depending on seating location
Description: San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants
Jamie Foxx - Blame It! Tour
San Diego Theatres
Location: Downtown
Cost: $79.50 & $59.50
Description: The Academy Award-winning actor (Ray) comes to San Diego for a night of music.
Discover Tallship Adventure Sailing in SD
Maritime Museum of San Diego
Location: Downtown
Cost: $42 Adults - $31 Kids
Description: Climb aboard Californian and sail on the Official Tall Ship of the State of California. This sail will take in an experience the best of San Diego Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and also include admission to the Maritime Museums' exhibits and access to boarding all of the ships and submarines.
Full Moon Dinner Cruise is Sunday, October 4th
Hornblower Cruises & Events
Location: Embarcadero
Cost: $66.95 per adult
Description: A crisp autumn night in October shows off the full moon over San Diego, making it an even more romantic setting for a dinner cruise on Hornblower. Enjoy a 3 hour dinner cruise on a Hornblower yacht. www.hornblower.com
Wild Women of Wine Country Luncheon-South Coast Style
South Coast Winery Resort & Spa
Location: Temecula Valley
Cost: $19 per person
Description: You're invited to join South Coast Winery Resort & Spa's very own Maggie Carter for her Annual Women of Wine Country Luncheon - a fun-filled day benefiting Michelle's Place Breast Cancer Resource Center.
Dr. Andrea Liss Lecture “Photography, Post-Witnessing and the Holocaust”
Oceanside Museum of Art
Cost: $5. Free for members of the museum.
Description: Lecture by Holocaust scholar Dr. Andrea Liss
12th Annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting
Art Alliance of Idyllwild
Cost: $25
Description: Stroll the streets of Idyllwild with your keepsake wine glass to the ambiance of live music and special exhibits in member galleries. Proceeds are committed to art education. 2-5 p.m
Ocean Beach Oktoberfest
Ocean Beach MainStreet Association (OBMA)
Cost: 21+ beer garden: $3 or 2 for $5; Family-friendly grassy area: FREE
Description: OB's version of the International Oktoberfest beer festival.
10/13/2009 - 11/08/2009
The Lion King
San Diego Theatres
Location: Downtown
Cost: $135.50 Premium Package / $79.00 - $20.00
Description: By popular demand, The Lion King will return to San Diego for the first time since its triumphant premiere engagement in 2005.
Climate Conversations: "Climate Change and Prediction"
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Location: Balboa Park
Cost: Free, no admission required.
Description: Join the Fleet Science Center for a series of interactive presentations led by top climate change scientists. An informative presentation led by a local scientist will equip you with the necessary tools to engage in a thought-provoking discussion of current climate topics.
10/15/2009 - 10/29/2009
10th San Diego Asian Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Foundation
Cost: $7-$10
Description: The 10th San Diego Asian Film Festival will celebrate with over 150 Asian American and Asian International Films from 17 different countries.
Pumpkins at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
Location: Escondido
Cost: Free with admission to the Wild Animal Park
Description: Pumpkins at the Park will transform the Wild Animal Park into a safe, family friendly Halloween adventure!
The Pogues w/ Chris Shiftlett & The Cheaters
House of Blues
Location: Downtown
Cost: $52-$92
Description: 21+ Punk Tickets on Sale Now! Doors: 07:00 PM Show: 08:00 PM
October Special Events
Whaley House Museum / SOHO
Location: Old Town
Cost: $5 - $25
Description: Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO), which operates the historic Whaley House Museum in Old Town, has some "spirited" fun in store for visitors this Halloween season. With extended hours, period lighting and music, exclusive guided tours, a lecture on local cemeteries, and after-hours ghost hunts, guests will be sure to "get their ghost on" at the Whaley House.
From Handel to Halloween: Music for our Spirits
San Diego Master Chorale
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Description: The SDMC presents a wide variety of "spirited" choral music, from Handel to Halloween. Hear classics, folk songs, popular music in keeping with the season, spirituals, and a special focus on men's voices. The entire family can enjoy this uplifting concert by "the Voice of San Diego."
Bartok Concert
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
Cost: $15-$29
Description: Bartok's "Romanian Folk Dances: and "Miraculous Mandarin Suite" frame Osvaldo Golijov's ravishing "Three Songs" performed by soprano Susan Narucki. Program concludes with Beethoven's powerful "7th Symphony."
San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders
San Diego Chargers
Location: Mission Valley
Cost: $54 and up
Description: San Diego Chargers take on their Northern California division rivals, the Oakland Raiders.
Sycuan presents Deadmau5
House of Blues
Location: Downtown
Cost: $20 adv/ $35 adv balcony
Description: Doors: 08:00 PM Show: 09:00 PM 21+ Electronica Tickets on sale now!
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