Good family-friendly and dog-friendly event. Grand Avenue is blocked off. There is free street…read moreparking all along the outside of the streets. There were tons of vendors under tents and storefront businesses to check out. As we walked down the street there were different entertainers. Different businesses were handing out free items for the kids such as ballons, dental items, and trinkets. My kids had fun playing with the Robotic team's creations. We admired the artist's work at the "Art Garden." There were several vendors selling dog items. My biggest find of the day is Dolce Monachelli's. It's a family-owned business that makes bunt cakes. They were handing out samples of their most popular bunt cake the Italian Butter Rum. My kids all loved the sample so I decided to get the Sampler Box and the regular-sized unicorn bundt cake. The man helping me was so friendly and informative. They currently don't have a brick and motor store. They sell at Farmer's Markets, special events, and offer pick up. Overall, we enjoyed the event and plan to come back again.

Sunday 5-22-2022 I…read morecame to the Escondido Street Fair today on Grand Avenue and it was pretty cool! A minimum of 40 booths, probably more, live music, food, drinks, vendors selling hand-made items as well as other things, and just an overall cool experience. Constructive criticism: I do wish they had more seating all throughout the event instead of just seating on one end of it, right in front of the live music that is blasting super loudly. I also wish they had more porta-potties throughout the entire event. Animals: pets are allowed here but there are tons of dogs and people, no dog food/water bowls, not much shade, hot pavement on their paws, and loud live music, so maybe not the best place for pets. Booths: they have almost everything! Toys for kids, clothes and hats for your dogs and cats, handmade soaps, a booth to register to vote, clothes for humans, Mexican food, popcorn, jewelry, bakery food, dentistry booths, veterinarian booths, people selling their hand-blown or painted glass art, and more! Very cool experience, and it's all right on Grand so all the normal shops here are open and ready for business! I absolutely love that they chose to have this on Grand Avenue. I try to come every year.

Amazing time as always. A great chance to go back in time. Most people do dress up but come as you…read moreare. Tons of things to do like joisting demonstrations, archery, mock battles, food, drink, the Queens Quest for kids and older. Plenty of stands to check out too. You can visit different guilds and learn about the history. Come with little things to barter and an adventurous spirit. Parking can be rough and sometimes there is a line and some disorganization getting into the event but despite that, we will be back.

This was my second time coming to the Renaissance fair, the first time was many years ago…read morepre-covid. We came early so there was plenty of parking still, but it can be hard navigating with all of the people trying to get in and out. Next time I think I will park in the church and take the shuttle bus and see if that is better. I like that this Renaissance Fair is big but not too big. Sometimes too big can get overwhelming, and you don't get to see everything. This one is a really good size and there are a lot of things to see and do, and tons of vendors. I will say a lot of the booths were very expensive for their Wares. However I don't have much to compare it to, so this may be standard for Renaissance Fair merchants and goods. I will say I have seen some very beautiful items, some of which definitely look like they have put a lot of work into. There were several places inside for food, and surprisingly the prices weren't extremely terrible, and the food was pretty good. I had Carnitas fries, and fried zucchini, both of which were pretty good. I loved seeing everyone dressed up, and putting so much effort into these elaborate costumes. There are activities and entertainment as well. The actors really get into character, and we got to see the procession with the queen in tow. Since it was my first time I didn't do a lot of the activities, but they did have some games, archery, Etc. We did stop inside the Beer Garden, which had some entertainment that was very funny. It definitely was more adult-oriented in there, which makes sense. They had people singing funny songs, and they held two contests while we were there, one for the men and one for the women. We were there for several hours, and if you do a lot of the activities I could see you easily spending the whole day here. It's a lot of walking so we're comfortable shoes. I enjoyed myself, and think I would do this again, as be participate in more of the activities.

Over the years we've come to the strawberry festival and we tend to come a little later in the day…read more& after the run event takes place. But how fun for those who do participate in that part of the event. I'd have to say this year they had a fantastic turnout, from the marketing, and the business being true to the strawberry theme. Being that the majority of the business, that had a pop up there, had some sort of strawberry something or other to be sold. Many people came in theme too ~~ with their very creative outfits. I especially loved that! And if you didn't come in theme you had lots of options to buy something and join in on the berry fun of it all. You can see in the photos that I posted just some of the things that we enjoyed. I like to sample and then circle back to buy if I can't stop thinking about something I spotted or tried. We took some cards and also followed some on their social medias in order to revisit supporting them at a later date. *Only qualm is people's impatience and driving erratically nearby & the fight or flight mode that kicks in because of issues with getting just the right parking spot. And one that's close enough to the event no less! We finally did get good parking karma tho. My Goodness! Overall it was a great event. It checked my boxes...if it has...Good food, Company, and Live music. I'm in!

Our first time checking out the Vista strawberry festival. We checked the website and it said it…read morewas a dog friendly event so we took our fur child in his stroller and after standing in line to take the shuttle from the court house parking lot to the festival, we were told we were not allowed to take our dog on the shuttle (although a lady got off the shuttle with her dog). So we took our car to where the shuttle dropped off everyone (mall parking lot) and was able to park closer to the event. It worked out in our favor later on as the line to the shuttle back was super long. The festival was surprisingly huge with a lot of vendors but out of all the places we only saw one single place selling strawberries. It had all the overpriced festival food and a lot of people. We did buy a half pack of strawberries and they were super sweet. I just wish there were more "strawberries" and the strawberry festival.

A typical California farmers market with 60% fresh grown and local food, 30% arts & crafts and 10%…read morefood booth/trucks. This dynamic is welcomed to most people because they get to socialize and buy more then just fresh fruits and veggies. The only thing I am critical about is the organization of the booth space that allows the flow of people in better safety and comfort. I assume there was some store front push back that wanted 100% of there sidewalk available and clear surfing the market but what that has done has jammed too many people in what is obviously a "narrow space" to walk. It would be a fair and SAFE compromise to use 50% of the sidewalks on each side and adjust back the venders booths giving people 5 feet more in the middle to walk around. It would be easier to do this rather then assume or ask people to not stand around creating bottlenecks or be considerate of others and move like a car on a road. Expect to drive around for parking if you are not local enough to walk to the event and crowding due to the popular area it is in, live music, fresh foods and drinks as well as plenty of unique crafts and clothing.

I was super excited to come here to check out the street fair! But it wasnt quite what i was…read moreexpecting. I feel like a lot of booths were from palm desert, so not necessarily local businesses from encinitas, and i felt like there were not a lot of arts n crafts n stuff like i was expecting. There werent a lot of food options, but luckily the food we had was great! I have to drive like 1.5-2 hours to get here so I probably wouldnt come again. It was a gorgeous day and fun to do once.

These are the best tamales I've ever had in my entire life. You have to go here if you like…read moretamales, I promise you.

Had a really nice time at the festival and had some great food, and saw some good entertainment…read more First, this isn't a huge festival but if your nearby and love tamales and other good food it was a nice way to spend party of your day. I tried some of the best tamales I've ever had here. They were so fluffy and flavorful. There were a lot of other trucks that had desserts and other foods as well, so there was something for everyone. There were several vendors with booths set up selling various items. One booth had some of the freshest flowers I've seen at a great price! I bought a very nice bouquet of sunflowers for a friend of mine. They had a stage with various entertainment such as dancers. There was also a beer garden, but you could barely call it that it was so small. I went early so want drinking so I didn't care. Overall we enjoyed it and will attend next year.

My cousin took me. We had so much fun! It was sooo beautiful!…read moreI really appreciate all the loving work that they all put into it! We were pretending to be Judges. We found 1st prize then another 1st prize than another and another! Then we found one that was unbelievable!!! It was huge included every thing beautiful about Christmas and flawlessly laid out Wow just Wow!!! Thank you, Thankyou, Thank you !!!

Candy Cane Lane is this amazing street that almost every home is decorated to the max! Literally…read moredozens of homes with lights even crossing the street in places. And some of the neighbouring streets are well decorated also. Highly recommend and very popular so watch out for all the people walking. Santa always visits!

Going to a Stone Anniversary Celebration & Invitational Beer Festival has been long overdue for me…read more(much like getting around to writing this review). But, at this point, if I'm finally going, I might as well go on the year that Stone Brewing becomes legal drinking age. Yup, that's right. 2017 was lucky 21. Stone can now legally enjoy itself. Though I've already been enjoying Stone for a great many years. For the festivities, I was joined by my partner in crime & we had a blast. She was even shocked to discover I have people everywhere. CSUSM. 3 hours. More awesome beers than can ever possibly be consumed in any amount of time. Well run. Well organized. Plenty of drinking water stations. Lots of stairs (it's not called CSU Stair Machine for nothing), so be ready to climb. But for any fan of Stone, this is a must.

I was smiling ear to ear for 3 hours. I would've smiled longer but the event only lasted that long…read more $40 gets you 10 6 oz samples and your own Stone's glass to keep. The rest goes to charity, if I'm not mistaken. Whatever your preference of beer, you have 150 options. This guy Mke wth a green beard has 4 different cheese spreads he is lettng the people sample for FREE. As much as you want. Be careful of that Napalm, it really is HOT. Arrogant Bastard Onion Rings ( why didn't I try them?!), sausages, Chicken Masala, and other food to go with all that great beer. The lines are not that bad, maybe 5-8 minutes for the longest wait. All while in the sun, with 1000's of other beer geeks. I love you, Stone. See you next year.

I was blown away by the amazing Christmas lights at the two houses on knob hill. The fake snow…read moreshow, the bubbles everything was brilliant! The owners really do it big for the kids and I would recommend stopping by to enjoy it! Worth the drive

It's so wonderful to see all the lights and decorations. The owners are fun to talk to. And utter…read moreneighbors have joined in on the fun snd really lit up their yards!