Weekend: Four Festivals and a Drum Circle (And Then Some)
Fiesta Hermosa
Stroll Fiesta Hermosa September 5th-7th
FIESTA HERMOSA: It's the big, summer-bookending beach party that brims with good vibes. Shop for sun hats, windchimes, ocean-y crafts, eat something that's in a bun, groove out to tunes, walk down to the sand and stretch out. It won't come around again before Memorial Day Weekend 2010. Best get down and enjoy now. September 5th-7th, downtown Hermosa Beach
LAST CHANCE: The Pantages and Ahmanson are about to turn off the footlights -- well, for a moment, anyway, until the next production opens -- so if you were thinking of getting to "Legally Blonde -- The Musical" or "Monty Python's Spamalot" now is the time. Elle and her chihuahua strut off -- and King Arthur and crew clip-clops off -- September 6th. Wonder if the law students and Knights of the Roundtable are meeting for after-drinks?
DRUM DOWNTOWN: You: A drummer. An aspiring drummer. A person-who-has-always-dreamed-of-drumming-but-never-has-tried-it drummer. Make for Music Center Plaza, the setting for Drum Downtown. People gather together for a good hour and a half and make percussive goodness. It's free, it's on Saturday, September 5th, it's from 10-11:30AM, it's the final one of the season.
DISNEY HALF MARATHON: This run is high up on many runners' gotta-try-it lists, because of one especially fun extra: the route goes straight through Disneyland. Ever jogged through Sleeping Beauty's Castle? We don't mean after your excited, just-spied-the-carousel kid. Don those mouse ears and get moving. Friday, September 4th through Sunday, September 6th
AND A BEVY OF FESTIVALS, TOO: The Orange International Street Fair gets cooking September 4th-6th; the Long Beach Blues Festival keeps the tunes going throughout September 5th-6th; the Long Beach Greek Festival dances September 5th-7th; and the Los Angeles County Fair gets frying/corn-on-the-cob-ing/racing/music-making on September 5th.
