March

Local Residents Ride Free

Come and enjoy the many attractions San Diego has to offer with all your friends! 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.

2021 Events Coming Soon

San Diego Bird Festival

Join us for activities, live bird presentations, interesting workshops, and guided bird walks for the whole family.

Big Easy Bites and Booze

Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Gaslamp Quarter downtown San Diego. Dance and dine all night at this largest event in the Gaslamp Quarter.

St. Patrick’s Day Half Marathon

Runners and competitors are welcome to join the 2020 costume contest. We’re inviting you to dress up with your BEST Irish- inspired outfits! Bring on the stylish shamrock ladies, dapper Irishmen, and dryad faery folks.

San Diego Comic Fest

The San Diego Comic Fest is the friendly comic convention with a casual atmosphere and an intimate scale that allows fans to mingle directly with professionals and exhibitors.

San Diego Undy Walk/Run

Your participation in the Undy Run/Walk helps the Colon Cancer Alliance and our local partners fight colorectal cancer in critical ways.

CRSSD Festival

The CRSSD Fest is a two-day, 21 and older musical festival that takes place at the County of San Diego Waterfront Park. The music festival includes three stages offering an array of live and DJ performances, a full selection of craft beer, and local food vendors from the San Diego area.

Busker Fest

Busker Festival at Seaport Village celebrates the fascinating and unique talents of street performers who come from across the world to entertain us here in San Diego.

Coast to Crest 10K & 5K

This very flat, very fast trail is considered a SPRINT COURSE by most, and if you are a runner looking for a new PR, then look no further. Both the 10K and 5K courses feature spectacular views of the lagoon and a DOWN HILL finish. The trail is beautifully groomed and 100% dirt trail.

Mariachi Festival

The National City Chamber of Commerce and The Unified Port of San Diego are hosting the 7th Annual Mariachi Festival & Competition. The event will highlight Mariachi groups from all over the United States and Mexico. In addition to offering live entertainment, the festival will have a family area with many attractions from face painting, extreme water sports, bungee, a wrestling exhibition and virtual reality games. The festival provides entertainment for families to come together and celebrate San Diego’s heritage through Mariachi music and traditional Ballet Folklorico dancing.

Leprechaun Run 5K

Are you ready to take on the Pacific Beach 5K Challenge in 2020!? Complete the San Diego Leprechaun Run 5K, Pacific Beachfest 5K and the San Diego Santa Run 5K all in 2020 to earn the MASSIVE Pacific Beach 5K Challenge Medal!

St. Patrick’s Day 10K Run

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this flat, fast 10k run at Mission Bay Park. It’s a great opportunity to run & gun for a fast 10k mark early in the year. Participants receive a dry release race t-shirt and finishers medal. Awards run 3-deep in each age category. There is also a 2.4-mile fun run/walk.

ShamRock

Frolic through a clover field with your green Bud Light beer or Tullamore Dew whiskey libation as 6 blocks of the Gaslamp Quarter get covered with over 50,000 square feet of luscious emerald green astro turf! Bust out your best jig with performances by traditional Irish steppers, or shake your clovers across 3 stages of non-stop live music including nationally recognized Irish rock and Celtic bands, top DJs and more! Feeling lucky? Make way to the ALL NEW shamrock Shenanigans Street for a variety of Saint Patrick’s Day-themed games!

San Diego Half Marathon & Padres 5K

Don’t miss your chance to finish inside Petco Park and score our best perks yet! All runners will take home our technical participant shirt, finisher’s medal, reusable tote bag, and commemorative Swingin’ Friar Bobblehead. All Half Marathon, Relay, and 5K participants will also receive a San Diego Padres ticket voucher for a 2020 series game at Petco Park!

Rocket Con

2-day comic and toy show in the center of sunny San Diego, CA. You will find many unique vendors selling all kinds of geeky collectibles from statues to comics and games.

Best Coast Beer Fest

Bringing together over 100 breweries from all across the Best Coast, the festival will allow nearly 5,000 beer lovers the opportunity to sippity, sip, sip on over 200 beers from 100 of the West Coast’s best breweries. The beers will be perfectly paired with unbeatable views of San Diego Bay and the downtown skyline.

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.

Hot Chocolate 5K & 15K 

The event is a 5K and 15K race that begins and ends at Petco Park and travels through downtown, Golden Hill, and North Park. Both courses provide a good workout. The post-race party contains pop music, hot cocoa, and treats dipped in chocolate fondue.

Cherry Blossom Festival

Visitors are able to enjoy the Japanese custom of hanami – appreciating the beauty of cherry blossom flowers. Last year, our cherry blossoms attracted over 12,000 people and are expected to surpass that number as this will be our third year holding the festival over three days! Each day will be accompanied by various food vendors, cultural performances and demonstrations, and a plethora of family friendly activities!

Wanderlust 108 San Diego

Wanderlust 108 runs are self-described “mindful triathlons” that bring three events together in local parks. The event begins with an untimed 5K run (or walk) then transitions into post run yoga, followed by a guided meditation. Fueled by adidas, the run is a 5K your way, so don’t sweat it. Or do. Run or walk, prance or skip, stroll or strut — nobody will mind. Just make it to the finish line!

Del Mar Mud Run

Epic mud and fun-filled obstacles are strategically placed throughout a 5k run/walk course, followed by our signature post-race FOAM FEST showers courtesy of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Foam Experience! Are you ready for this?!

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.