Mid-October Weekend Picks
SEASIDE HIGHLAND GAMES | SATURDAY & SUNDAY | VENTURA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Get your kilt on this weekend in Ventura! Guests of the Seaside Highland Games can enjoy Scottish bagpipes, Highland dancers, Gaelic language lessons as well as heavy athletics. The Scottish action takes place this Saturday and Sunday at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.
http://www.seaside-games.com/
WAGS N’ WHISKERS FESTIVAL | SATURDAY 11AM – 4PM | SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
Animal lovers may enjoy their time at the Wags N’ Whiskers Festival at Santa Barbara City College. At the free event you can meet more than 100 adoptable animals and enjoy fun activities catered to pets. You can also meet some of the heroic search-and-rescue teams that recently saved lives during last winter’s disasters. All the fun takes place on West Campus from 11 AM to 4 PM this Saturday.
http://www.care4paws.org/wagsnwhiskers
GELATO FESTIVAL AMERICA | SATURDAY & SUNDAY | LA CUMBRE PLAZA, SANTA BARBARA
Ice cream lovers rejoice! The Gelato Festival America arrives this weekend at La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara. For $30 you can enjoy all the gelato you can eat, including flavors you have never heard of like blueberry basil and passionfruit lemonade sorbett.
http://gelatofestivalamerica.com/
THE GAME’S AFOOT | THROUGH OCTOBER 27 | SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
Theater lovers should head to Santa Barbara City College to enjoy the opening weekend of The Game’s Afoot by Ken Ludwig. The comic mystery, takes place in 1936 when a weekend party turns into a murder mystery. Performances will run through the end of October.
www.theatregroupsbcc.com
