Things To Do in the Inland Empire & Southern California
**Photo review, February 16** The community came out in force to celebrate Dale Bros. Brewery’s tenth anniversary celebration on Feb. 16, and from the likes of the event, one of the Inland Empire’s established breweries seems to have a worthy fan base. Hundreds of beer lovers came out to have not just Dale Bros.’s Pomona [...]
Wine connoisseurs, take note: the California Wine Festival is hitting Orange County April 19-20, at just about an hour’s drive away from the Inland Empire. The California Wine Festival also has an event in Santa Barbara every summer, but their Orange County event is sure to please. This year’s CWF in Orange County will have [...]
Are you ready for another beer festival? How about an EPIC beer festival? That’s what’s hitting the city with the best weather March 15-16 when the inaugural Epic Beer Festival takes place at the San Diego Convention Center. Organizers are getting more than 80 craft breweries on hand to sample over 200 beers to event [...]
Get ready to suck down some noodles and broth when the Noodle Bowl Fest hits Santa Monica on Sunday, Feb. 10. It takes place at the Viceroy Santa Monica, and seven of L.A.’s best chefs and restaurants will be on hand to serve hearty bowls of noodles and broth, or noodle soup, along with unlimited [...]
Hitting 90 mph in a souped out Honda Civic may be one thing, but it’s quite another to do some real racing in an autocross course in a race car or exotic sports car. Those options are available for people in the Inland Empire at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. On select weekends throughout [...]
Get your calendars set and keep your belly empty for LA Weekly’s Plate food and wine festival on March 3. Los Angeles’s longtime alternative weekly newspaper hosts its 5th annual food and wine event at Petersen Auto Museum in the heart of the City of Angels. Food and wine festivals happen all the time in [...]
Anyone who’s been to a hip hop show knows how fun they can be, but seeing Blackalicious live is an experience everyone should have before they die. Consisting of Gift of Gab on the microphone and Chief Xcel behind the ones and twos, Blackalicious are one of hip hop’s most lyrically flexible and beat twisting [...]
The dreadlocks will be out in full force when the Inland Empire Reggae Festival hits San Bernardino in May 2013. It’s the 3rd annual Inland Empire Reggae Festival and it’ll take place on May 11, 2013 at the National Orange Show Events Center. Event organizers recently announced the ticket sale launch date of January 15. [...]
**Photo/editorial review** If the organizers of Bockfest 2013 learned anything from their event on Jan. 26, 2013, it better be that they’re going to need a bigger venue. So many people came out to try all the Bocks and other beer sampled that the event’s success was obvious. Bockfest was packed, and it’s a testament [...]
It’s time to spoil your sweettooth, when Indulge LA brings the chocolates and pastries to West Los Angeles. On December 29, 2012, leave a little wiggle room in your stomach. Indulge LA is the City of Angels’ premier chocolate festival and pastry show that brings together some of the region’s best chocolate and pastry chefs. [...]
French culture, cuisine, and can-can dancing is set to take over Beverly Hills when Beaujolais Passions takes place on November 16. If you’re into French anything, then this event is for you. It’s L.A.’s premier celebration of French culture, and the scene of French and foreign dignitaries. It’s an event that’s set to feature French [...]
Living in the Inland Empire puts you within a short driving distance from a whole slew of race tracks: Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Perris Auto Speedway, and Glen Helen Speedway in San Bernardino. The IE has plenty of venues nearby to fill your need for speed. But if [...]
Halloween is the probably one of the most fun “holidays” for adults. So, a Halloween costume party with craft beer makes for a great time. Hangar 24′s fourth annual Halloween Party, presented by the Optimist Club of Redlands, is that great costume party. Clear your calendar for the evening of Friday, October 26, 2012, from [...]
The Inland Empire will be home to one of professional sports’ most coveted trophies when the NHL’s Stanley Cup hits Ontario on Sunday, September 2. The Cup’s visit was announced on Friday by the Ontario Reign, the Inland Empire’s minor league ice hockey team. It’s the affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, which won their [...]
One of the world’s best DJs, Calvin Harris, is invading Southern California when he performs at Lure Nightclub in Hollywood on August 10. Of Scottish decent, he’s gained no small amount of notoriety for his hit “Feel So Close,” which has been used in major car commercials. Tickets are $100, a score given that Lure’s [...]
Save the date for October 6 when the Beer, Art and Music Festival hits sunny Santa Monica. A festival celebrating art, music, and craft beer (hey, it’s another form of art), BAM is one of the pioneering events of its kind on L.A.’s westside. It offers a trifecta of locally produced art, music, and suds [...]
**Editorial/Photographic Review Dated August 27, 2012** The Los Angeles Epicurean Festival was nothing short of an awesome blend of wine, deserts, meats and fancy treats when it kicked off at Los Angeles’s historic Vibiana cathedral on Sunday, August 26. Sampled for event goers were scores of wines with an international flavor. Indeed, many of the [...]
**Photo/Editorial Review September 3, 2012** Pacific Festival: The Dunes rocked Newport Beach on Sept. 2, bringing Orange County the the hint of sun, easy living and fun that it’s known for. The event seemed almost like Coachella, but without the hippy element. Full of young, college-aged people, the Pacific Festival exemplifies a youthful West Coast. [...]
**Photo & Editorial Review dated July 5, 2012** The Fourth of July is certainly one of Newport Beach’s busiest days. If you’ve never experienced Newport Beach on Independence Day, make sure to drive carefully; there’s people everywhere. Indeed, it’s a popular place not only for young people, but for families who host barbeques in the [...]
**Photo Editorial Review Dated June 29** The Calabasas Malibu Wine and Food Festival kicked off on a sunny weekend as hundreds of gourmet food and wine lovers made their way to Calabasas rooftop for some good times. With some live music by a Beach Boys cover band and samples given to event goers by Patron, [...]
***Review Article Dated August 19, 2012*** Thousands came out for one of Downtown Los Angeles’s biggest bar events with many cheers given and many chugs taken. The Los Angeles Craft Beer Crawl hit seven bars on a sunny Saturday afternoon on August 18, bringing out the masses for multiple brands of specialty suds. The crawl [...]
**Editorial/Photograph Review, June 9, 2012** The 7th annual LA Wine Fest kicked off on Saturday, June 9, with various wineries and vendors sampling and selling various wines, goods, and food. The LA Wine Fest brought a mostly young crowd out to Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, where booths dotted the walkways and courtyards to keep attendees [...]
Photo/Editorial Review of the 2012 JazzReggae Festival at UCLA Dated May 28, 2012 The 26th Annual JazzReggae Festival went smoothly at UCLA’s intramural field on May 27, 2012, with top-notch performances from some great bands for the event’s Jam Day. Check out our pics below. Headlining the Jam Day were The Roots, the hip-hop jam [...]
Malibu typically brings thoughts of surfing, waves, and the slow life. But on June 9 you’ll be able to add beer to that list. The 4th annual Malibu Beer Festival hits one of SoCal’s storied beachside towns with a wide variety of beers available for SoCal beer lovers. It takes place at the World Famous [...]
Authentic Mexican cuisine can be found in nearly every Southern California town and Ontario’s certainly no exception with Casa Sanchez located near the 60 Freeway. Brightly lit and with a soft interior, Casa Sanchez is an authentic Mexican restaurant with food loaded with flavor. One of the offerings it’s known for is its Menudo, the [...]
Check this page for daily reviews of Stagecoach Festival 2012!!! Stagecoach Festival Day 3 Review The third and last day of Stagecoach 2012 went without a hitch as more of country music’s best performed for a crowd of tens of thousands. While young people are probably the majority at Stagecoach, country music legend Kenny Rogers [...]
***Photo/Editorial Review of the May 19 Pirate Festival*** The wenches and pirates were out in full force on a sunny Los Angeles afternoon at the Pirate Festival on May 19. The Pirate Festival was a celebration of all things pirate, including a wench/pirate burlesque show that had women in sexy wench outfits dancing to contemporary [...]
The first ever Los Angeles Beerathon hits the streets of Downtown Los Angeles on March 31. For $55 beerathoners get a badge and access to 26 different venues spread throughout Downtown LA.
*Review/photos dated Feb. 27* The wine flowed like, well, wine at the 2012 Beverly Hills Wine Festival on Feb. 26. Wineries from all over California assembled inside a grand ballroom at the Beverly Hilton to showcase their pino noirs, chardonnays, and Cabernets to an elegant – and thirsty – crowd of several thousand. But it [...]
Five Guys Burgers and Fries is one of the Inland Empire’s more notable burger joints, now with locations throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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