Anaheim Event Calendar
There are always fresh and exciting events and activities to choose from in Anaheim/Orange County. Event listings include: Annual Events, Make a Difference, Concerts, Convention Center Events, Culture and History, Family Fun, Food and Wine, Holiday and Seasonal Events, Entertainment and Nightlife, Performing Arts, Special Events, Sports and Outdoor, Visual Arts and Exhibits.
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Secrets of the Silk Road
A historic exhibition of 150 objects drawn from the rich collections of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum and the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology in Urumqi, China reveals surprising details about the people who lived along the ancient Silk Road.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road! – They look like them and they sound just like them! “The next best thing to seeing The Beatles,” raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live!
Orange County's Largest Mixer VII
Join Orange County chambers and business organizations for the ultimate business networking event where you can mix and mingle with representatives from hundreds of industries and companies from in and around the county.
Certified Farmers Market
A California-certified farmers' market where genuine farmers sell fruits, nuts and vegetables directly to the public.
BubbleFest
BubbleFest – Discovery Science Center’s bubble extravaganza – will float into Orange County for Spring Break, March 27 – April 11, 2010. International bubble artist Fan Yang, a sixteen-time Guinness Book World Record Holder and Bubble Scientist, will bring his unique and stunning artistry to showcase the science of bubbles under a big top.
Sea World San Diego 'Spring Into Night'
March 27-April 11, 17-19, 24-25.
Spring into Night combines even more SeaWorld fun with amazing nighttime experiences. As the sun sets, you can rock to the sights, sounds and sensational music of Shamu Rocks®. Laugh out loud with Clyde & Seamore® in in Sea Lions Tonight. Then end your fun-filled visit with Shamu’s SkySplash fireworks finale.
Crossroads of the West Gun Show
For more than 30 years the Crossroads of the West Gun Shows has been the largest and highest quality gun show on the West Coast. Each show offers hundreds of vendors to meet the needs of all gun enthusiasts.
OC Wildlife and Beach Tour Festival of Whales Special
$4.00 off per person on OC Wildlife & Beach Tour's eco-tours/nature tours.
All tours include transportation, educational guide, beverage and snack. Mention Anaheim/OC for the special. Call for reservation: 949-500-6981. Minimum 2 people, max. 30 people.
Spring Into Art
Sawdust Art Festival presents 2010 Spring Into Art, two-day weekend workshops offering the ever-popular glass-blowing classes, and a wide variety of other exciting media including painting in acrylics and oils, fabric collage, mixed media collage, watercolor painting, ceramics, flower arranging and more. Workshops include one-on-one instruction with local artists and fees include all materials and supplies needed. Workshops are held during weekends in March.
Irvine Studio Arts Festival
The 16th annual Irvine Studio Arts Festival returns to Heritage Parkon Saturday, June 5 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. This outdoor art extravaganza, hosted by the Irvine Fine Arts Center, features an eclectic mix of more than 100 local and national artists displaying and selling a variety of original works of art – including ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, painting, photography, textiles, and glass art. From functional to surreal, witty to elegant, these one-of-a-kind pieces form an impressive collection, appealing to a broad audience of art enthusiasts.
The festival also features live music, food, art demonstrations, and the "crowd favorite" - ice cream sundaes sold in handmade ceramic collector bowls. Admission and parking are free and the event is open to the public.
Great Gray Whale Experience
Experience the exciting Gray Whale Migration on the world's most unique boat. Underwater Viewing POD, trips broadcast live, underwater listening, hi-tech catamaran and more.
Frogs - A Chorus of Colors
This exhibition introduces MUZEO visitors to a colorful assortment of nearly 150 LIVE frogs from all over the world. Come eye-ball to eye-ball with delicate tree frogs, fat bullfrogs, strange horned frogs, giant African toads - even the elegant-looking poison dart frog. It is a hands-on, minds-on adventure that explores all aspects of the spectacular world of frogs. 15 live frog habitats complete with waterfalls, rock ledges, plants and ponds showcase the frogs (even the poisonous ones), along with 12 interactive stations.
Classic California: Recently Conserved Paintings
Classic California: Recently Conserved Paintings from the Permanent Collection features 22 paintings by California’s most celebrated artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that have been recently conserved from the Bowers Museum’s permanent collection.
Vision of the Shaman, Song of the Priest
Pre-Columbian art from Mexico and Central America displayed in a series of galleries communicates the power and sophistication of the mysterious cultures that rose and fell in ancient America. Emphasis is placed on the ceramic and stone arts of West Mexico, Costa Rica and Panamá. A gallery devoted to the famous "Limestone Tomb of Lord Pacal" includes a lifesize reproduction of the elaborately decorated and highly symbolic limestone sarcophagus excavated at the pyramid in the Mayan City of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico. Other works of art from the ancient Mayan civilization complete the exhibit.
Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea
A stunning presentation of the intricate and mysterious cultures that inhabit the island of New Guinea, home to over one thousand aboriginal tribes and unique languages. Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea features 40 black-and-white photographs by acclaimed documentary photographer Chris Rainier, known for his revealing images of earth’s last wilderness areas and the isolated indigenous peoples who live there. Explore the lives, masked ceremonies, crocodile cults, rites of passage, adornment, celebrations and rituals rarely documented in the West. Journey into this vanishing world where masks still dance.
Ancient Arts of China: A 5000 Year Legacy
Curated by authorities of Chinese history and culture from the Shanghai Museum, this incredible collection portrays the evolution of Chinese technology, art and culture utilizing rare examples of bronze vessels, mirrors, polychrome potteries, sculptures, porcelains, paintings, ivory carvings and robes.
California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos (1768 - 1848)
California Legacies: Missions and Ranchos (1768-1848) features objects related to the settlement of Alta California through Spanish land grants, life at the California Missions and the wealth and lifestyles of the first families who flourished under Mexico's rule of California known as the Rancho period. The collection originating from Orange County's missions and ranchos includes the first brandy still to be brought to California, a statue of St. Anthony that originally stood in the Serra Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano,a dispatch pouch used by Native Americans to deliver messages between missions, and fine clothing, paintings and daily use objects. A must-see for California students and residents alike.
SeaWorld San Diego 'Dine With Dolphins'
Enjoy a rare opportunity to dine up-close with dolphins. It's part of an exciting buffet available only at SeaWorld San Diego for a limited time. Catch a glimpse of our new dolphin show Blue Horizons and watch as the pilot whales, dolphins and trainers rehearse for this exciting new production just inches away from your reserved table. Nowhere else can you take part in this exclusive dolphin dining experience. Make your reservation today for this one of a kind opportunity.
During this one of a kind opportunity, Dine with Dolphins will be the only dining experience available and Dine with Shamu will resume early April 2010.
Reserve this package through Southern California Gray Line:
Southern California Gray Line tour package includes transportation to and from SeaWorld San Diego, Park admission and the Dine with Dolphin Buffet. Sales tax and gratuity is included.
