Best 2011 Southern California Events Best Festivals Attorneys Lawyers Law Firms Guide
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Best January 2012 Southern California Events and Festivals
January 5th, 2012 - Opening Night Gala, Palm Springs Film Festival - A great event to open the film festival, tons of food, beautiful people, movie stars and a film included for a very reasonable price. Anticipated date.
January 5th thru the 18th, 2012 - The Palm Springs International Film Festival with more stars (along with their attorneys and agents) and more international films than you can possibly see. Anticipated dates.
Best February 2012 Southern California Events and Festivals
February 14, 2012 - Valentine's Day, which if you're single, either means you look for romance in the weeks leading up to this date somewhat more intensely, or if you have that special someone, you spend your meager savings on gifts, flowers and chocolates for your sweetie, or for your lawyer.
February 3-7 - The Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, the social event of the year in the Phoenix and Scottsdale area attracts singles from California as well as all over Arizona. This is the PGA event with the most attendance and most of those who come have absolutely no interest in golf. They come for the hill on the 16th hole where thousands of beautiful women and men looking for beautiful women gather, meet up and then after the day's golf is over, drink and party at the Bird's Nest, an area the size of two football fields where bands play and romance is in the air. If you're single, this is the place to be. In 2012, these are the days the Birds Nest will be open for some serious partying.
Best March 2011 Southern California Events and Festivals
March 4th - 6th 2011 - Palm Desert Greek Festival. One of the best Greek festivals in all of California.
March 8th 2011 - Little Italy Carnivalle in San Diego.
March 8th 2011 - Mardi Gras. The Gaslamp Mardi Gras in San Diego is the place to be in Southern California.
March 7th thru 20th, 2011 - BNP Paribas (formerly the Pacific Life) Open Tennis Tournament, Indian Wells - All the big names in Tennis (along with their attorneys and agents), except for a couple, in beautiful Indian Wells.
March 10 - 13, 2011 - La Quinta Arts Festival- Fantastic art festival around a lake in La Quinta. One of the best arts festivals in California.
March 13, 2011 - "Tasting 2011" This will be the second annual Family Winemakers of California Wine Tasting at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, if people have recovered from 2009. 240 winemakers were pouring last year. With tasting only from 3-6 PM, you have to guzzle a lot of wine to taste them all before you pass out and walk home the next day.
March 17th, 2011 - St. Patrick’s Day - Orange County has some great pubs to choose from. The San Diego Gaslamp St. Patrick's Day Festival is also a blast.
March 20-28, 2011 - Fashion Week in Palm Desert. Lots of events to choose from and most have food and drink. Some are free while others are pricey. Now combined with food and wine events, this week is filled with good events to go to.
Best April 2011 Southern California Events and Festivals
April 1, 2011 - Indian Wells Arts & Jazz Fest
April 1st, 2011 - Opening day for the 2011 baseball season. Whether it's opening day or night for the 2011 baseball season, the place to be is at Wrigley Field in Chicago and all the surrounding bars both before and after. Not to be missed.
April 5th to 10th, 2011 - Scottsdale Culinary Festival - A great singles event, great food, music and a vodka area filled with beautiful people. The price is unbelievably cheap to get in for both the Saturday and Sunday all day events the last two days of the festival.
April 9-10 2011 - Encinitas Street Fair - Nice street fair in this funky beach town.
April 15, 2011 - The Fillies Derby Ball - One of the great events at the two week long Kentucky Derby Festival leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Tickets have been $150 in previous years.
April 16-18, 2011 - Long Beach Grand Prix - Long Beach’s best event.
April 15-18, 2011 - Santa Barbara Vintners Fest - Still good, though it was nicer when it was at the Firestone Winery. It cost $75 in advance, in 2009. Great when the weather is nice. Usually some good food to go with the wine and beautiful people as well.
April 15th to 17th, 2011 - Coachella Music Festival, Coachella, CA. No better setting for a huge music festival in Southern California that attracts top name musicians and visitors from around the world along with celebrities just taking in all the fun.
April 20, 2011 - Taste of Derby Festival - Another of the great events leading up to the Kentucky Derby. $75 in 2009.
April 28-30, 2011 - The NFL Draft. Looking forward to the Lingerie Football League draft even more.
April 29th to May 1st 2011 - First weekend of the New Orleans Jazz Fest - Two great weekends. The city needs support at events like this and this is a great one with unbelievably great food and music.
April 30th to May 1st 2011 - Little Italy Art Walk, San Diego - Another good reason to go to San Diego's Little Italy District
April 30th to May 1st 2011 - Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Coachella. Just like the Coachella Music Festival but with country music. Same great setting at a polo grounds. A little older crowd than the Coachella music festival. Probably more attorneys and lawyers.
April 30 - May 1, 2011 - San Diego Old Town Cinco de Mayo Festa - Okay, it's not on May 5th this year, but they still have great food and dancing. Did we mention the margaritas?
May 2011 - Best Southern California events and Festivals in May 2011 - Kentucky Derby, Cinco de Mayo, Taste of Anaheim and Memorial Day Events on May 31st, 2011
May 1, 2011 - Taste of Huntington Beach - Great food at a fun beach
May 5th to May 8th 2011 - Second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
May 7, 2011 - Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky - Horses, Mint Juleps and beautiful southern women in hats. What’s more to be said.
May 7-9, 2011 - San Diego Blues Festival - Chill at the beach to some great blues.
May 12th, 2011 - Taste of Anaheim - Great food, now at the new Garden Walk in Anaheim.
May 13th to 15th, 2011 - Newport Beach Jazz Festival - Great jazz in Newport Beach California, with lots of beautiful people to watch while you listen to the music. One of Newport Beach's premier social events.
May 15-16, 2011 - Passport to Sonoma - A good excuse to go north and drink wine
May 20-22, 2011 - California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard. Mmmmm.
May 20-22, 2011 - Anaheim Greek Fest - One of the first of the spring/summer Greek Festivals with great food and music.
May 21, 2011 - Gaslamp Jazz Festival, San Diego - Any event in the Gaslamp is fun.
May 22, 2011 - Sicilian Festa - Little Italy, San Diego
May 28-30, 2011 - Hermosa Beach Festival - This one has great food, great bands and is huge.
June 2011 Best Southern California events and festivals in June 2011 include the Greek Festival in San Diego, the Temecula Baloon and Wine Festival and Taste of the Gaslamp in San Diego. If you're up for a trip to Chicago, the Taste of Chicago, which starts in June, is a great place to spend a few days around the time of the 4th of July.
June 3, 2011 - Taste of the Nation, Culver City - Good food, good cause.
June 3-5, 2011 - Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival - Unique combination of music, wine and balloons - the kind of balloons you ride in.
June 3-5, 2011 - Greek Festival San Diego - This Greek fest has the best food of them all. Pastries are unbelievable, and the raffle is good too.
June 4, 2011 - Morrow Bay Music Festival - Music & Food in a beautiful setting.
June 10th, 2011 - San Diego County Fair Opening Day - A great excuse to eat junk food and see farm animals. Deep fried ice cream bars and twinkies. Mmmmm.
June 10-11, 2011 - The Monterey Wine Festival. A good excuse to visit Monterey.
June 12, 2011 - Ojai Wine Festival - Lots of wineries in a nice setting.
June 18th, 2011 - The Calabasas Malibu Food and Wine Festival - Your chance to mingle with the Malibu crowd and their attorneys and swill some great wine.
June 18-19, 2011 - Irish Fair & Music Festival, Irvine- Any excuse to have another St. Patrick’s type of event is a good one, even if this one isn't in March.
June 18-19, 2011 - La Jolla Arts Festival - Some great art in beautiful La Jolla. Then walk around the town and have an ice cream.
June 23, 2011 - Del Mar Summer Solstice Wine and Food Event - Any event in Del Mar brings out the beautiful people.
June 24-26, 2011 - International Beer Fest, San Diego County Fair - A good excuse to go to the Fair if you haven’t already.
June 24th - 26th - Irvine Greek Fest at St. Paul's - If you're not full of Lobster, come here for some gyros.
June 25th to July 4th, 2011 - Taste of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - This is a biggie with tons of food and a great reason to go to Chicago for the 4th of July celebration.
June 24th thru August 28th, 2011 - Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival- Funky art, great setting.
June 25th 2011 - Ocean Beach Fair & Chili Cook-Off - The beach and Chili? What more could you want.
Best July 2011 Southern California Events and Festivals
4th of July 2011 - Top honors go to the Taste of Chicago event. Great music, a huge crowd of happy people in a great town with lots of great food to taste as well and a spectacular fireworks show. In Southern California, the three best beach areas to go to are 1) Mission Beach and Pacific Beach, 2) Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, and 3) Huntington Beach.
July 3rd to Aug. 31st - Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - The Pageant of the Masters gets better each year.
July 7th to 14th, 2011 - Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Drink all evening, stay up all night, dress up in the local garb but don't get talked into running with the bulls in the morning unless you are totally sober and a really fast runner, because it is as dangerous as you can imagine. Those places you think you will be able to duck into ahead of the bulls will be crowded with other runners and those bulls will be aiming for your rear end.
July 7th to 10th, 2011 - Central Coast Wine Classic - Perhaps the best grand tasting event in Southern/Central California. Good food too.
July 9-11, 2011 - Redondo Beach Greek Fest - Another excuse to eat some great Greek food.July 10, 2011 - Fullerton Midsummer Night - This town has more bars and clubs than you can imagine. Great time to see them all.
July 9-10, 2011 - First Weekend of The Over The Line Tournament on Fiesta Island in San Diego. If you haven't been, it's difficult to explain. Just go and watch these crazily named three-men and three-women baseball teams (many of which are comprised of doctors and lawyers and other professionals) compete. And don't forget the "Miss Emerson" contest.
July 10th to 11th 2011 - Santa Barbara French Festival - Meet some French people, have some great French food and walk around this beautiful town.
July 15-17, 2011 - Santa Barbara Wine Festival - Wine in Santa Barbara. What more needs to be said.
July 16-19, 2011 - Second Weekend of the San Diego Over The Line Tournament. If you didn't have a blast the first weekend, this weekend is the finale. You may even still find some people passed out from the first weekend.
July 20th, 2011 - Del Mar Race Track Opening Day - Fine looking women in hats, and the event goes to the Village of Del Mar after the race. This one is a lot of fun and great for singles. Perhaps the social event of the year in San Diego. Don't be fooled by all the people dressed up to the hilt. They're not lawyers or attorneys. People just really dress up for opening day, except for the infield crowd.
July 19 to July 31, 2011 - Mid State Fair, Paso Robles - For a State Fair, this one has great entertainment and is worth the trip.
July 21-24, 2011 - Comic-Con in San Diego, what some people have called Mardi Gras for comic book hero fans and geeks has now become San Diego's biggest convention and is now a must attendance by Hollywood movie producers and stars.
July 30-31, 2011 - Santa Barbara Greek Fest - More fantastic Greek food and a cool place to walk around.
July 30-31, 2011 - Malibu Arts Festival- Another great reason to trek down to Malibu.
July 31, 2011 - Taste of Camarillo - A nice place to stop on your way to Santa Barbara.
July 30, 2011 - Micro Brew Festival, Del Mar Race Track - What a great combination - the races and a chance to taste micro brewed beer with a very cool crowd. Usually, also a chili cook-off to help you drink more beer. If you miss this one, there's another beer festival day on August 9th, 2011.
Best Southern California August 2011 Events and Festivals
August 3rd-7th 2011 - Santa Barbara Fiesta - This one is huge. Parades, music and the bars and restaurants are packed full of people having a great time and throwing paper mache-type balls.
August 20-21, 2011 - Belmont Shore, Long Beach Tiki Beach Festival- Tired of the usual food festival? Here’s something unique in a cool area of Long Beach.
August 27-28, 2011 - Long Beach Greek Festival. Need we say more?
August 27, 2011 - Taste of Main Street, Encinitas - A great opportunity to taste the restaurants that have opened up on Main Street in this cool beach city.
August 28, 2011 - Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts Gala - Beautiful people at Southern California’s most unusual arts festival.
Best September 2011 Southern California Events and Festivals
September 2-4, 2011 - Orange International Street Fair - Fun for the kid in you, the one that loves to eat street fair food and to wash it down with lots of beer.
September 3, 2011 - Taste of Sonoma Valley Showcase Event - A nice time of the year to go up to Sonoma, have some wine and taste the food from the Napa and Sonoma region.
September 4th thru 6th 2011 - Fiesta Hermosa Beach - Hermosa Beach’s other fun festival.
September 4th thru October 30th 2011 - Old World Oktoberfests, Huntington Beach - Party with some other drinkers pretending to be German and some Germans who actually know how to drink.
September 7, 2011 - Last day of the Races, Del Mar - Another good excuse to go to the races and party in Del Mar afterwards.
September 10-11, 2011 - Cardiff by the Sea Greek Fest - Almost your last chance for some great Greek food at a summer Greek festival.
September 10-12, 2011 - LA Greek Fest - Great Greek food with some of LA’s celebrities.
September 10-12, 2011 - Long Beach Lobster Festival. Did we mention they have lobster?
September 13, 2011 - Taste of Santa Monica - Food tasting and music on the Santa Monica pier.
September 16-18, 2011 - Taste of Newport Beach - This has to be one of Southern Califorinia’s best singles events. Great food, top name entertainment and fantastic looking people. Prepare to pay, however, if you want to sample all the food that will tempt you. Some singles wait all year for this event. Not just lawyers and attorneys attend this event, though the cost, if you eat and drink a lot, will make you want to go to law school so you can afford it.
September16th -18th - Lobsterfest, Los Angeles - Now we’re talking. Lobster. Wonderful. You don't even have to bring your own butter.
September 17th to October 3rd, 2011 - The real Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, the best beer drinking festival in the world. Get your tickets early or head to the Hofbrau House where you don't need to sit at a table.
September 17th to October 29th 2011 - Big Bear Oktoberfests - These are fun, but watch that windy road down on the way back. Better yet, stay up in Big Bear for the night.
September 29th thru October 1, 2011 - Great American Beer Festival, Denver Colorado - This is a great reason to check out Denver if you like beer, and who doesn’t?
Best October 2011 Southern California Events and Festivals
October 1, 2011 - Taste of Del Mar - Now we’re talking. Great food at one of the most beautiful beaches in Southern California.
October 1, 2011 - Morrow Bay Harbor Festival. Music, beer and food in a great setting.
October 1-2, 2011 - Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair - Any excuse to be in Manhattan Beach for a fun time is a good idea. This is one of those good ideas.
October 2, 2011 - Ponte Winery Grape Stomp, Temecula - Another fun grape stomp in Temecula.
October 9, 2011 - San Clemente Sea Fest - A great reason to go to San Clemente if you like sea food.
October 9, 2011 - Santa Barbara Celebration of Harvest. What harvest? Wine, of course.
October 9, 2011 - Little Italy Festa, San Diego - Eat some great Italian food and drink some chianti in a growing and fun area of San Diego.
October 21-23, 2011 - Paso Robles Harvest Wine Tour - The wineries up here want to show you a great time. Worth the trip.
Best November 2011 Southern California Events and Festivals
November 5-6, 2011 - Temecula Harvest Wine Celebration - Temecula just gets better and better. This is a good event to taste their wines.
November 16-20, 2011 - San Diego Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting - This is the big one. The final event is a great place to meet other singles and former Top Chef contestants. Pricey.
Best December 2011 Southern California Events
December 2-3, 2011 - December Nights - Balboa Park, San Diego - Lots of Christmas lights, music and great, great food from lots of different countries, at very inexpensive tasting prices. Maybe one of the best events in California.
December 4th, 2011 - Corona Del Mar Christmas Walk - Perhaps one of the best times to check out this great little beach next to Newport Beach and meet some of the locals.
December 10-11, 2011 - Huntington Harbor Cruise of Lights
December 14-18, 2011 - Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade
December 31st, 2011 - New Year’s Eve - There are probably much better places to be, like any home with friends or in a foreign country’s capital like Prague in Czechoslovakia or in the city of Krakow in Poland, but Las Vegas remains the number one party capital until some other place edges it out.
San Diego New Year's Eve - San Diego receives special mention for having what appears to be the best New Year's Eve parties and far more to choose from than in Orange County and other Southern California areas. Our choice for 2011 will be posted as we get closer to the event date.
While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of this information, we are limited by time and the confines of the website tools. The above dates are therefore only approximate dates, based on previous year's dates. You should therefore always call ahead or do your own research on the internet to confirm the dates and times of these events and to ensure that they are still scheduled. The times of these events as indicated on the calendar are in many cases set by the calendar system default and are almost certainly inaccurate. Please visit the web sites of the event organizers to learn the times of these events.
Best Places to Party In Around the World
February 9th to 20th - Carnival in Venice, Italy for the most colorful and beautifully costumed festival in this fantastic city. If you can’t come in the winter for Carnival, just come anytime in the summer and sit at one of the outdoor cafes in St. Mark’s Square.
March 17th - There’s no better place to be for St. Patrick’s Day than in Dublin, Ireland.
May 12th to June 4th - The Prague Spring International Music Festival, a great time to be in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
May 17th - Oslo, Norway for Constitution Day, a great excuse to visit Oslo and party with the Norwegians.
June 1st through Sept 15th - Santorini, Greece - Any day you can spend on the island of Santorini is a great day with great food, drinks and unbelievable views and nightlife.
June 1st through Sept. 15th - Mykonos, Greece - No matter what days you choose to be here in the summer months, you will have fun and lose all track of time. Nightlife is fantastic here and the village is one of the most picturesque in all of Greece.
June 2nd to 4th - Copenhagen, Denmark for the Whitsun Carnival. Another great excuse to go to Scandinavia and on to meet some fun Danes.
June 17th - Independence Day in Reykjavik, Iceland. Stay over for at least 4 days and you’re in time for the next best day to be in Iceland, June 21st, the summer solstice or longest (party) day of the year.
June 21st - The Fete de la Musique, in Paris, France where the city of lights explodes with musical celebrations everywhere for free.
June 22nd to 24th - Somerset, England for the huge Glastonbury music festival. Tickets may be hard to find so this one needs some planning ahead.
June 23rd - Midsummer night on any of the beaches in Corfu, Greece. A great night to meet Scandinavians. Pick any of the beaches on the western side of the island and you can’t go wrong.
June 23rd - Midsummer Night anywhere in Scandinavia, a day when the Scandinavians really let their hair down.
June 25th to July 8th - Wimbledon in London, England. June 25th to July 8th - What a great place to see some tennis, hang out, eat some strawberries and cream, have some English ale and see some beautiful people. Next best time to come is August 25th to 27th for the London Carnival.
July 6th - The first day of the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. July 6th to 14th - A life changing experience if you run with the bulls. Be careful. Not for slow runners.
July 13th to 14th - Bastille Day Celebrations in Paris, France. Watch the French get rowdy.
July 16th to 29th - Galway, Ireland for the Galway Arts Festival, Ireland’s biggest arts festival. Another great excuse to go to Ireland and have another few pints of Guinness.
August 10th to Sept. 2nd - Edinburgh, Scotland - The Fringe Festival has art, comedy, opera, and a lot of drinking. This one has to be seen. Good descriptions aren’t possible.
August 14th to 15th - The Pierogi Festival in Krakow, Poland is perhaps your best excuse to sample this staple of the Polish diet and just hang out in this picturesque capital with the locals.
September 21st - The opening day of the Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, Germany. All of the days here are good, but this one is special. Get drunk with the Aussies and the locals.
Dec. 29th to Jan 1st - Edinburgh, Scotland for the Hogmanay Festival of music, fireworks and drinking.
Future Dates of annual events are approximations of when it is anticipated that the events will take place.
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