Portland’s favorite summer party is back for its 12th consecutive year! Join us for a full day of dancing and playing in the sunshine underneath the mighty St. John’s bridge. Expect excellent sound, a bunch of Portland’s finest DJs, beautiful art installations, surprise performances, dogs, kiddos, great vibes, and a wonderful group of people.
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Get ready for an evening of Empowering Youth, Celebrating culture, and Promoting P.E.A.C.E!
Young artists will guide your heart at the 5th one-night-only Visual, Theater & Preforming Arts Festival as they present this year’s theme: “Be the P.E.A.C.E you wish to see.”
This is a fun bouncy house event that will feature four outdoor bouncy houses, including a mini bounce for just for the smallest attendees. When your children need a break from jumping they can participate in several different crafts and games provided by our sponsors. Water and light snacks will also be provided.
Millennium Park’s Family Fun Festival returns for a summer of interactive activities, sing-a-longs, delightful story times, and arts and crafts for kids of all ages. Check the schedule for a full list of exciting activities.
This program features simultaneous performances in different parts of the columbarium and mausoleum by nearly four dozen Bay Area composers and musicians. Artists put their talents on display, presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music, installations and interactive performances.
Getting lost is part of the experience, as guests climb up and down Chapel of the Chimes’ three floors—through a delightful maze of gardens, cloisters, alcoves, stairwells, fountains and other architectural elements which rise into vaulted ceilings. All architectural and garden areas of the facility have excellent acoustics and are illuminated by natural light, making this a one-of-a-kind, sensory experience for all ages.
This program explores the concept of call and response, as well as the calypso and cha-cha rhythms. The use of bamboo poles, known as Tamboo-Bamboo in the Caribbean will be used. The program concludes with everyone playing a Caribbean calypso.
Channel Islands Harbor celebrates the 4th of July with a full day of family activities. The Harbor will host a variety of activities throughout the day, ending with the annual “Fireworks by the Sea” starting at 9 p.m., which can be viewed from anywhere in the Harbor. That morning check out the 10K Race & 5K Fun Run/Walk along Sunset Lane, Hollywood Beach. After the race, fun for the whole family begins at Marine Emporium Landing including a crafters’ market, inflatable fun zone, a rock climbing wall and food booths. At 6 p.m., more than 50 patriotic themed electric boats will cruise around the Harbor in the 3rd Annual 4th of July Electric Boat Parade. The parade is being put on by Central Coast Electric Boats and the Channel Islands Yacht Club.
Come to the Convention Center this 4th of July for food, fireworks, giveaways and family fun! Featuring San Diego beer battered fish tacos, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, vegetarian options and more! Beer and wine will be available for purchase if you are over 21.
Public transportation is encouraged. Take the MTS Green Line and exit at Convention Center.
Underground parking lot managed by the Port of San Diego and Ace Parking will be charging $35 to park.
In Raised by Unicorns: Stories from People with LGBTQ+ Parents, Frank Lowe has carefully edited an anthology that reflects on the upbringing of children in many different forms of LGBTQ+ families. From Baby Boomers to Generation Z, it features diverse stories that express the distinctiveness of this shared journey and of each particular family. It’s visceral, raw, and not always pretty, but love is always the common thread.
Frank Lowe, editor of “Raised by Unicorns” will be in attendance with contributors Jenny Rain and Emily Grubbs (along with his son, Mr. Briggs) for a book reading, signing, and discussion of LGBTQ+ parenting in America as told by children of LGBTQ+ parents!
Take in a vibrant, thrilling theatrical production of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax. This classic tale will stick with kids long after the curtain goes down, for its sentimental moral to take care of nature and the earth. Note: There’s a Sensory-Friendly Performance on Sat., July 28 at noon.
