April

Local Residents Ride Free

Let us guide you and your friends and family to the best spots in San Diego! San Diego County residents can take advantage of some of our tours and attractions for FREE when accompanied by a full fare adult paid guest with Hometown Pass!

Go to Hometown Pass for more information.

Nature Day

The 13th day of the first month of the Persian calendar is a special day for celebration. It’s a day for Iranian families to come together for an outdoor picnic and to appreciate the beauty of nature. Families will celebrate with Persian folk music, food, and dancing.

City Beat Festival of Beers

Approximately 45-50 craft breweries are coming together to offer samples from a variety of homegrown beers. It’s a beer lover’s paradise where you can stroll from booth to booth and sample your particular choices of beer. Food and music accompany the event.

Ragnar Relay SoCal

This is a long-distance day & night running relay race that begins in Huntington Beach and finishes in San Diego at the Embarcadero Marina Park South. Approximately 600 teams made up of 12 runners each will take their turn to run three legs of the 190-mile course of varying levels of difficulty.

La Jolla Concours d' Elegance - Car Show Reception

An elite car show is presented at beautiful La Jolla Cove where guests can gaze upon historic cars and premier collections against a backdrop view of the ocean. This special evening VIP reception also presents pleasing music, tasty foods, delightful cocktails, and a special movie presentation. Saturday: 5:00pm – 10:00pm & Sunday: 9:00am – 4:00pm.

GranFondo San Diego Bike Ride

Cyclists of all ages can join an Italian cycling tour that features several distances; 105-mile, 56-mile, and 34-mile courses. They are social rides that begin in Little Italy and travel eastward through cities, towns, and rural country sides. There are many pleasant views along the way.

Sharon’s Ride/Run/Walk for Epilepsy

Join the Sharon’s Ride in 2018 and help build a strong community for the 50,000 individuals affected by epilepsy in San Diego County. Show your support by participating in a friendly 15-mile bike ride or 5k walk/run.

Fiesta Island Time Trial Series

A series of bicycle races held at Fiesta Island offering recreational and young riders an ideal location to experience competitive cycling in a safe and controlled environment.

Belgian Waffle Bike Ride

The Belgian Waffle Ride is back for its annual edition of pedaling perversity. Created as a challenging cycling event in the spirit of the great one-day spring classics of Belgium, the Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) returns to North County San Diego – with waffles and ale at the finish!

Easter Egg Hunt at the Hotel Del Coronado

Call (619) 522-8815 to register in advance for one of the egg hunts (for hotel, brunch and Sheerwater breakfast guests only). The Easter Bunny will visit the Del to pose for photos with the children.

San Diego Comic Fest

The friendly, intimate comic con experience. Our theme for the 2018 Fest will be the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and helping us to celebrate that anniversary will be Sara Karloff, daughter of the great Boris Karloff!

Chicano Park Day Celebration

A community celebration at Chicano Park is presenting a fantastic event that includes the largest ceremonial performance of Aztec dance in America. In addition, there’s a low rider car show, cultural music, a variety of booths with food and merchandise, plus craft activities and a jumper for kids.

Hillcrest Car Show

Come and see classic cars displayed, talk to the owners, and get information on how to join the LGBT Classic Car Club.

Margarita 5K Run

Run on the hard-packed sand at low-tide! Enjoy the salty sea air while running a 5K. All participants 21+ get a coupon for a free margarita from Café Coyote in Old Town!

ACT Today! For Military Families 5K/10K Run/Walk & Family Festival

Join this event where the proceeds provide care and treatment for children of military families who cannot otherwise afford it. The event offers a 5K run, 10K run, and a 1-mile fun run for kids. It includes post festivities of music, beer, food, and inflatable jumpers.

Creek to Bay Cleanup

Join the thousands to protest and conserve our San Diego beaches, bays, canyons and parks. Volunteer for this event in celebration of Earth Day. Friends, families and groups can signup now for a site of your choice. Come help out at one of the best community San Diego events this April.

Earth Day

Set in Balboa Park, the 25th Annual EarthFair is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. With around 70,000 visitors and more than 400 volunteers, the event features exhibitors, a food pavilion, kid’s area, live entertainment, parade, art show and a “clean” car concourse.

La Jolla Half Marathon

The La Jolla Half Marathon is race #2 in the Half Marathon Triple Crown Series and unique challenge involving a trio of scenic Southern California half marathons.

Walk for Water

Bring your family and friends to Mission Bay and experience the journey that millions of women and children around the world make every day to provide water for their families. If you choose, you can even carry buckets of water along the 5K route.

Adams Avenue Unplugged

The event will feature live musical performances staged inside restaurants, bars, coffee houses and galleries lining the neighborhood. Being able to pair the Avenue’s unique dining and drinking establishments, each with their own special ambiances and selections, with free musical performances, makes Adams Avenue the place to be on the last weekend of April. The AABA hopes to treat musical aficionados and foodies to the rich neighborhood culture.

March for Babies

It’s America’s favorite walking event! When you walk, you give hope to the babies born too soon or sick. The money you raise supports programs in your community that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies, and it funds research to find answers to the serious problems that threaten our babies. We’ve been walking since 1970 and have raised an incredible $2.6 billion! Join the more than seven million people who participate, donate and/or sponsor. There are plenty of opportunities for day-of-event exposure, activation and education – not to mention opportunities to meet hundreds of others who are just like you!

Annual Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Fair & Parade

Linda Vista is celebrating the diversity of its community with a cultural parade. People are lining up along the streets to watch marching bands, marching groups, floats, color guards, and cars containing public officials. The event is in conjunction with the “Linda Vista Multi-Cultural Festival”. General Information: Dennis-Michael Broussard: (619) 746-8223.

Annual Barrio Logan Grand Prix / Logan Heights Family Health Center Health Fair

A flat, fast-paced figure 8 course. FREE helmets are given to the first 300 youths who register to participate. This event is in conjunction with the Logan Heights Family Health Center Health Fair.

Mission Federal Art Walk San Diego

Little Italy presents an adventurous art walk that showcases visual and performing arts such as paintings, sculpture, photography, digital art, mixed media, music, and dance performances. Works and performances are displayed in tents and galleries along the streets. The Kids Walk is at Amici Park.

Awesome 80’s Run

Need a rad reason to run, walk or boogie? How about a fast-flat route, cool medals, chip timing race tee, winner awards, and live music with a dance floor for any extra energy you have? Find the 80’s wear in your closet and come on down!

TCT International Art Festival (5-Day Event)

The Falun Dafa Assocation San Diego Branch presents the Truth, Compassion, Tolerance International Art Exhibit once a month between February and June.