Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival, Saturday Sept. 11th

The Jazz88 Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival is happening this Saturday, September 11th. Ocean Bean always puts on a good show and the location, right on the water at the OB Pier, couldn’t be better. There’s nothing like drinking a few beers in the nice San Diego sunshine on a lazy Saturday.

Tickets are $30 and give you access to 6 stages and the Craft Beer garden, sponsored by Pizza Port and Ballast Point breweries.

The festival has been expanded to seven stages, 26 musical acts, and up to 60 fine art vendors.  Stages will be located at locations along Newport Avenue, including Winstons, Gallaghers, The Harp, and at the foot of the OB Pier, among other locations.  The art vendors will be located all along Newport Avenue between Cable and Bacon.

Music acts include Maceo Parker, Marcia Ball, Bonerama, Charlie Hunter Trio, Justo Almario, Geoffrey Keezer Trio, Ernie Watts Q uintet, Gilbert Castellanos Latin Jazz Quintet, Luther Hughes and the Cannonball-Coltrane Project, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Holly Hofmann/Mike Wofford Trio, San Diego State University All Star Big Band with Special Guest Bobby Shew, Nathan James Band, 4 Queens of Boogie Woogie (featuring Sue Palmer), Agua Dulce, Jazz88 All Stars, ESP, Cynthia Hammond Trio, Lady Dottie & The Diamonds, B-3 Four, Bedford Grove, StyleTones, MLK Community Choir, The Mission Bay High School Dixieland Band, Tribute to our U.S. Military

For more info, visit http://obmusicfest.org/

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16th Annual San Diego Festival of Beer, Friday Sept. 10

The 16th Annual San Diego Festival of Beer takes place this Friday, September 10th in downtown at Columbia and B Street. The festivities start at 6pm and last until 11pm.

San Diego Festival of BeerLive music and over 65 breweries are scheduled to participate.

Tickets are $40 and admission includes ten (4oz.) beer tastings. Inside the SDFoB there are food and munchies for sale in addition to a selection of fine wines for purchase by the glass. The first 6,000 guests will receive a free souvenir event logo tasting mug that is theirs to use throughout the evening and to keep when they go home.

Tickets will be available for sale the day of the event during setup, onsite at State and B Streets.

For more information, visit http://www.sdbeerfest.org/index.html

Skate Film, Double Guns 3 Premiers Friday August 20

Checkout the premier of the new film Double Guns 3, August 20, 2010 at AVO Theater in Vista, CA. Show starts at 8pm and is free.

Learn more at www.doubleguns.tv.

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4th Annual Malibu Surfing Invitational

The 4th Annual Malibu Surf Invitational is on August 28th & 29th, at Historical First Point, benefiting Jimmy Gamboa’s Therasurf.

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For more information visit: http://www.themalibuinvitational.com/

Skateboard Deck Design Community Launches at Devil’s Workday

A new online design community has just launched and they’re looking for action sports minded industry designers to come out and play. The site at www.devilsworkday.com invites graphic designers to submit their own unique personal designs for skateboard decks, t-shirts and hats. Approved designs are then voted on by the site members for the best designs and the winners get to see their design turned into an actual skateboard deck, hat or t-shirt and maybe even all three.

Devil's Workday online design community for the skateboard & actions sports community Aside from the glory and fame of winning, as if that’s not enough, designers who are chosen also get $500 in cash, $500 in store credit and $250 again each time their design is reprinted as a deck, t-shirt or hat.

The site is only accepting design submissions right now, but voting starts soon. Submissions and voting is ongoing and only those designs that are deemed worthy of becoming real products will be produced and sold online in the Devil’s Workday store.

Now’s your chance to finally quit your day job, so what are you waiting for? Are you ready to start designing?

Register and submit designs at www.devilsworkday.com. Devil’s is also online at twitter = @devils_workday and Facebook.

In case you missed it…

One word to describe Stone Oakquinox – epic. 

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Stone Oakquinox – Sunday, April 18th

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Hey all you beer snobs out there! This Sunday, April 18th take pleasure in Stone Brewery’s newest addition to the Stone festival family, Stone Oakquinox.  Tasty barrel-aged and wood-infused beers by the dozen are calling your name. The delectable draft and bottle line up will have you frothing at the mouth – mmm beer…

According to their website, there are only a limited amount of will call tickets left for $40.00. A ticket includes a commemorative glass AND 10 taster tickets – with an opportunity to buy more. Food will be available to purchase all day outside, but if you want a table, it’s highly recommended to reserve one in advance.

Don’t miss out on this one! Over 100 delicious beers awaits you. Cheers!

WHEN
Sunday, April 18, 2010
10:00 AM – Sunset

WHERE
Stone Brewery
1999 Citracado Parkway
Escondido, CA 92029

Tel 760.294.7866

One Art, Please.

Manga Comics

Koshi Kawachi is a Japanese artist that uses common everyday Japanese things to create unique pieces of art. MANGA Farming was created by planting radish sprout seeds in Manga ‘comic’ books. Pretty rad, eh?

Visit www.koshikawachi.com to view Koshi’s unique creations.

What Ever Happened to Afterschool Specials?

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Did your parents ever freak out about your punk rock phase? In 1987, an afterschool special was dedicated to the Nelsons and their son’s newly found punk rock style – oh, the horror! Looks like the Nelsons got punk’d…

Be a Whistleblower for Peace

whistleThis old-fashion whistle is a symbol of a worthy cause.

Falling Whistles is a nonprofit founded by Sean Carasso, after traveling to the Republic of Congo, and learning that young boys are sent to the frontlines of war armed with only a whistle. These boys are too small to carry guns, so they blow their whistles to scare off approaching enemies, only to become barriers for the first round of bullets.

Sean came up with the idea to make their weapon your voice and be a whistleblower for peace in Congo. All proceeds go towards supporting the rehabilitation and avocations of war-affected children.

If you want to learn more, visit www.fallingwhistles.com. You definitely don’t want to skip the intro video.