Spring is in full swing! Be sure to mark your calendars for all the fun-filled April events in Orange County 2016! Everything from film festivals, expos, plays, and more!
Saturday, April 2nd
9th Annual Marine Aquarium Expo (MAX)
Saturday April 2 | 10am-6pm | OC Fair & Event Center – The Hangar | GA $15, Senior (55+) $10, Children 12 & younger are free. A consumer trade show for the saltwater reef aquarium hobby with exhibit booths & displays as well as a marine life touch tank for children.
Sunday, April 9th
Annual ‘Gardenfest’
Saturday April 9 | 8am-3pm | San Clemente Community Center: Avenida Del Mar at Calle Seville | FREE! Families are welcome
This years highlights include annual Plant Sale and Garden Flea Market, exhibits demonstrating sustainable practices for your garden
Saturday, April 16th
Celebrate UCI-annual open house
Saturday April 16 | 10am Start | UCI Campus Irvine | FREE
Features an outdoor Festival, Open House and Car Show filled with live entertainment, food, games and rides for UCI and the community
Dana Point Symphony
Saturday April 16 | 7:30pm | St. Edward’s Church: 33926 Calle La Primavera | $20 for adults, $15 for students, seniors and military Program includes Saint-Saens’ “Introduction Rondo Capriccioso,” Ravel’s “Mother Goose Suite,” & Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals.”
Mardi Gras for Autism
Saturday April 16 | 11am-4pm | Splits Lounge: 22771 Centre Dr.Lake Forest, California 92630 | FREE Come help support autism charities & special education
Sunday, April 17th
Kids’ Art Studio
Sunday April 17 | 2-4pm| Laguna Art Museum Times: 307 Cliff Dr. at North Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Art Children and their families create a piece of art, from start to finish, inspired by one of the exhibitions on view in the museum
Thursday, April 21st
SOCSA presents: ‘Gypsy’
Thursday April 21 | 7pm Start | Porthole Theater at Dana Hills High School 33333 Golden Lantern Dana Point, CA 92629 A musical adaptation of mid-20th-century American burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee’s colorful life
Friday, April 22nd
Newport Beach Film Festival
Friday April 22 | Various theaters in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa & Santa Ana
The Festival annually host several premieres and galas for a singular festival experience.
Saturday, April 23rd
Earth Day Celebration
Saturday April 23 | 8:30-11:30am | Crown Valley Park Botanical Preserve: 29751 Crown Valley Pkwy, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 | FREE “Go Green” and volunteer to plant, weed and clean up the Niguel Botanical Preserve. Wear old clothing and be prepared to get in the dirt!
Ladera Ranch Community Wide Garage Sale
Saturday April 23 | 7am-noon | Spread throughout home communities in Ladera Ranch Join your neighbors and turn your “trash” into another’s treasure
Eco Garden Expo
Saturday April 23 | Los Rios Park in San Juan Capistrano | FREE
Will feature a huge plant sale and a vast array of unique environmental friendly products, resources and services
Irvine Park Railroad California History Education Program Family Day
Saturday April 23 | Irvine Regional Park: 1 Irvine Park RoadOrange, CA 92869 | $14.00 per person
This fun program – created by teachers, for teachers – is a hands-on learning experience for fourth grade history/social science
Sunday, April 24th
Doheny Wood
Sunday April 24 | Doheny State Beach [south end of park] | FREE Over 150 classic wooden cars, surf wagons will be on display
Saturday, April 30th
Annual Street Painting-Arts Alive Festival
Saturday April 30 | Norman P. Murray Community Center: 24932 Veterans Way at La Paz Road in Mission Viejo
Artist from all over transform & capture amazing beauty of art using pastel chalk as the medium to blend onto asphalt as their canvases
Celebrate Ladera
Saturday April 30 | 1-5pm | Town Green in Ladera Ranch, CA 92694
20+ Interactive booths and displays, zip line, games, crafts, inflatables, food, concessions, drinks and more!
Walk MS
Saturday April 30 | University of California Irvine: 513 Aldrich hall #5 Irvine, CA
Fun, festival-like event including food, drink, entertainment and a 2 mile walk at UCI to help end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis
Cesi Pagano
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