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OC Gets Weird

OC Gets Weird

This weekend brings a legendary train-mooning tradition, Mission Viejo’s hometown parade, and a BBQ Music Fest!

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Explosive Plans Inside

Explosive Plans Inside

Pier concerts, parades, drone shows, lake fireworks, and beach celebrations to commemorate the nations 250th!

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Art + Fireworks

Art + Fireworks

4th of July fireworks guide is here + Laguna’s summer art festivals return and Doheny brings the surf culture!

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Don't Forget About Dad

Don't Forget About Dad

A Luau Night Market, an art show, World Cup watch parties, summer concerts, harbor cruises, a multicultural festival and Father's Day fun.

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Dad Plans, Music & World Cup

Dad Plans, Music & World Cup

Watch parties, live music, and better-than-brunch Dad ideas.

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Grandma Hobbies & Line Dancing

Grandma Hobbies & Line Dancing

A private winery tour, BOGO ABBA tickets, line dancing, chili cook-offs, and summer concerts.

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Trolleys & Tunes

Trolleys & Tunes

Summer concerts, beach trolleys, jazz festivals, drum circles, and sunset music right on the sand.

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Shakespeare & Speakeasies

Shakespeare & Speakeasies

Chili cook-offs, trolley hops, reggae rooftops, speakeasy cocktails, and enough live music to keep your Memorial Day weekend fully booked!

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Art, Music & Moonlight

Art, Music & Moonlight

Wine walks, art walks, night markets, Riverdance, sunset concerts, sound baths, and enough live music to keep your weekend fully booked without crossing county lines.

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Don’t Forget Mom

Don’t Forget Mom

Still no plan? We found brunch, last-minute reservations, and a full weekend lineup across South OC like sound baths, Brandy Clark 2-for-1, vintage market, hikes, and theater.

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Vintage Playground

Vintage Playground

A four-block vintage sale with 200+ vendors, concerts and drum circles at the beach, line dancing in the canyon, art walks this weekend in South OC is packed. I don't want to hear you saying "There's nothing to do!"

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 One Year Later...

One Year Later...

We’re giving away tickets to celebrate, plus concerts, wine tastings, the Mission Viejo Green Expo (come say hi), a garden show and local markets.

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 Garden Vibes

Garden Vibes

Garden tours lead the weekend, but Record Store Day, food festivals, and live music are right behind it

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 8 OC Hidden Gems

8 OC Hidden Gems

Plus OC Food & Wine in Laguna Beach and a poolside music fest in Laguna Hills.

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 Better Than Brunch

Better Than Brunch

An easy ocean-view hike followed by drinks in a hidden canyon, plus Easter egg hunts, Bon Jovi at The Coach House, beachfront live music and OC's largest Japan cultural festival.

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 Brunch with a View

Brunch with a View

Egg hunts taking over South OC this weekend, plus stargazing, strawberry picking, garden tours, live music, and more

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 πŸ•ŠοΈ The Swallows Return

πŸ•ŠοΈ The Swallows Return

The biggest weekend of the year in San Juan Capistrano with a parade, mercado, and music everywhere you turn, plus Oingo Boingo at the Coach House and Gipsy Kings in Newport Beach

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 πŸ€ St. Paddy’s in South OC

πŸ€ St. Paddy’s in South OC

Irish pubs, live music, and corned beef and cabbage, plus OC Wine & Spirit Fest, a yoga hike in Baker Canyon, and a candlelit Pacific Symphony concert inside the Jeronimo Tunnel.

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Line Dancing, Johnny Cash & a Dog Walk

Line Dancing, Johnny Cash & a Dog Walk

From line dancing in a vineyard and Johnny Cash tributes to pack dog walks and hidden wine bars, here’s what’s happening around South OC.

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Try Something New in 2026

Try Something New in 2026

Start the year by doing something new. We’ve rounded up local, low-pressure ways to get out, meet people, and mix up your routine in South OC.

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Been Paying Attention?

Been Paying Attention?

We pulled all our South OC trivia into one challenge. Let’s see how you do. Plus Line dancing, planetarium shows and movies await.

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And The Winners Are...

And The Winners Are...

Every December cities host official showdowns to crown the most spirited homes. And now the judges have spoken. The lights are locked in. The bragging rights are real.

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Power Couple of South OC

Power Couple of South OC

🐴 Meet Lewis Moulton and Nellie Gailβ€”whose love story shaped 22,000 acres of ranch land and left a legacy you can still explore today. Plus... kombucha flights in San Juan, goats on wildfire patrol in Mission Viejo, and free sunset concerts in Laguna Beach.

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$5 Patio Cookout!

$5 Patio Cookout!

πŸ”₯ Pulled pork, teriyaki chicken, burgers; all grilled fresh on the patio with a side included. Pub Thirty Two serves up the best deal in town every Tuesday!Plus... coffee flights, line dancing in the barn, and music under the stars.

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Balboa Fun Zone Is Changing

Balboa Fun Zone Is Changing

Balboa Fun Zone’s $115M makeover, a free yoga hike Dana Point’s Maritime Festival, vintage markets, live jazz in Laguna and more South OC weekend picks.

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