The Gilroy Dispatch presents its picks for the five local things
to do for the weekend warrior. Music, food, or fun, South Valley
has it all. Have another event in mind? Feel free to comment to
tell your fellow Gilroyans what’s going on. Here are some
interesting options for the Sept. 24 weekend.
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The Gilroy Dispatch presents its picks for the five local things to do for the weekend warrior. Music, food, or fun, South Valley has it all. Have another event in mind? Feel free to comment to tell your fellow Gilroyans what’s going on. Here are some interesting options for the Sept. 24 weekend.
22nd annual Taste of Morgan Hill
Experience the city this weekend in downtown Morgan Hill from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival features 150 arts and crafts booths, local restaurants and wineries, a Kids Zone with petting zoo, two stages featuring all-day entertainment, a Harvest Quilt & Fiber Arts Show and a Custom & Classic Car Show. Harvest Quilt & Fiber Arts Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center. Featuring delegates from sister city Mizuho-machi, Tokyo. Custom & Classic Car Show, starting at 10 a.m. on the south end of Monterey Road Saturday and Sunday featuring an array of classic Mustangs Sunday. Tailgate with San Francisco 49er legend Dwight Clark , Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on the west side of Monterey Road, between Second and Third streets. Details: morganhill.org/taste-morgan-hill or 779-9444.
2011 Entertainment Schedule
2nd Street Stage
Saturday
11:30 – 4:00 School of Blues
4:30 – 6:00 Magicadabra
Sunday
10:00 -11:30 Burkhart Blues
12:00 – 1:30 Kingston Band
2:00 – 4:00 David Correa
4:30 – 6:00 The Recovery
3rd Street Stage
Saturday
10:00 -12:00 Frank Dicker
12:30 – 2:00 Usual Suspects
2:30 – 4:00 Vital Signs
4:00 – 6:00 Time & Pressure
Sunday
10:00 -11:45 Dos Guys
12:15 – 2:00 Ted Sanchez
2:30 – 4:00 Blue Dog
4:30 – 6:00 Fast Lane Band
Harvest Festival
The Gilroy Downtown Farmers’ Market will host its first Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Monterey and Seventh Streets downtown. The Festival is hosted in conjunction with the Gilroy Demonstration Garden, which put on a similar event last year. The extravaganza is coined a “multicultural event” celebrating local/eco-friendly business and old world crafts, with live demonstrations related to solar power, canning, preserving, weaving, natural composting and vermiculture (the process of using various species of earthworms to create compost).Details: gi*************************@***oo.com or .gilroyspiceoflife.com.
‘MOMologues’ comedy at Lizarran
Limelight Actors Theater presents “The MOMologues: The Original Comedy about Motherhood” from at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 8 at Lizarran Tapas Restaurant, 7400 Monterey Road. There is also a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday. Follow the journey of four mothers and their experiences with the first chapters of motherhood – attempts at conception, pregnancy, labor and delivery and adjusting to life with a newborn. Cost: $18. Details: 472-3292 or LimelightActorsTheater.com.
Renaissance Faire
Enjoy more than 150 craft booths, rides and activities during the Northern California Renaissance Faire from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 16 at Casa de Fruta just off Highway 152 east of Gilroy. Folk rock band Culann’s Hounds will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday. Cost: $25 or $35 for a weekend pass. Details: norcalrenfaire.com.
Condor Comeback 2011 at Pinnacles
The public is invited to attend Condor Comeback 2011 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Pinnacles National Monument. The event will be held at the Pinnacles Visitor Center near the campground on the east side of the park, accessed from Highway 25 south of Hollister. No entrance fee will be charged. The event coincides with National Public Lands Day, a day when these fees are waived at all national park sites. Details: (831) 389-4486 extension 267 or nps.gov/pinn.
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