Looking in on Fun at the Fests
Festival of Arts
Friday, Aug. 19, DJ Style with Lucky Lou, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20, Recycled Fashion Show, 1-4 p.m.; The Fugowies, 6-8 p.m., “Criminal Minds” cast, 7-8 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 21, Food demo, 1-3 p.m.; Art in Motion: dance demo, 3-4 p.m.; Beatles Sunday with Jason Feddy & Friends, 6-8 p.m.
Pageant of the Masters “Only Make Believe” 8:30 p.m. nightly.
www.festivalofarts.org 949-494-1145, 650 Laguna Canyon Road.
Sawdust Art Festival
Friday, Aug. 19: Rob Eller, Beth Fitchet Wood, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; PI, noon-4 p.m.; Sean Wiggens, Alice Wallace, 5-9:30 p.m.; City Country City, 5:30-9:45 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20, Beatles Day, Bob Hawkins&John Troy, George Lawton, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Neat, noon-4 p.m., Blue Latitude, Dave Cross, 5-9:30 p.m.; Jason Feddy 5:30-9:45 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 21: Sasha Evans, Peter Dobson, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Balloon Diva, noon-4 p.m.; Nick I, 5-9:30 p.m.; Aloha Radio, 5:30-9:45 p.m.
Original Art Panels live auction, 3-5 p.m. benefit educational fund. Sawdust Art Festival
www.sawdustartfestival.org 949-494-3030 935 Laguna Canyon Road.
Art-A-Fair
Friday, Aug.19 : Ballroom dance, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20: Heart’n Soul, noon-3 p.m.; Sebastian Sidi, 4-7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 21: Surftones noon-3 p.m.; Swingsations 4-7 p.m.
www.art-a-fair.com 949-494-4514 777 Laguna Canyon Road.
Indy Calendar, August 19-August 26, 2011
Friday, Aug. 19
Sawdust Art Festival art classes: 10 a.m-noon, water casting w. Erin Elowe; 2-4 p.m., earrings w. Lorraine Hornby. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studioartclasses. Also Saturday.
Jazz Friday with pianist/vocalist, Christina Aguinaga at Romeo Cucina, 249 Broadway.
949-497-6627 www.romeocucina.com
The Strangers, 9 p.m.-1 a.m, Marine Room 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Nick I & ADD of Common Sense, 8:45 p.m, Mozambique, 1740 Coast Highway. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777
Friday Night Dance Party, Shotgun Wedding Quintet, 8:15 p.m. The Great Park, Sand Canyon & Marine Way, Irvine. www.ocgreatpark.org $10 parking.
Saturday, Aug.20
Live jazz from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Laguna Coffee Company, 1050 South Coast Highway. 949-494-6901 or www.LagunaCoffeeCo.com
Farmers Market, Lumberyard Parking Lot next to City Hall. 8 a.m-noon. 714.573.0374
Memoir writing workshop with Kathryn Abajian, 1-4 p.m. $75, Laguna Beach Books, 1200 Coast Highway. 949-494-4779 www.lagunabeachbooks.com also: [email protected]
The Strangers, 8-11 p.m. Marine Room, 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Space Oddity, David Bowie tribute. $10 cover. 8:45 p.m., Mozambique, 1740 Coast Highway. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777
The Strangers, 9 p.m.-1 a.m at Marine Room 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Salsa Night w. Ivan Marcello at Romeo Cucina, 249 Broadway. 949-497-6627 www.romeocucina.com
Free Movie screening 1:30 p.m. The Desert of Forbidden Art. Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St. Santa Ana. www.communitycinema.org
Great Park Concert Jazz Mafia 8:15 p.m. Sand Canyon & Marine Way, Irvine. www.ocgreatpark.org $10 parking.
Sunday, Aug. 21
Music in the Park. Bluebird Park. Tom Nolan Band , 5-7 p.m. No set-ups before 3. 949-497-0722 [email protected]
Missiles of October, 4-8 p.m., Marine Room, 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Lesterfari & Friends reggae, 5-10 p.m.,. Mozambique, 1740 Coast Highway. www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-7777 $10 cover.
Justin James at Hotel Laguna, 5-8 p.m., 425 S. Coast Highway.
Jazz featuring Dan Reckard on sax and keyboard, 6-9 p.m. Cafe Zinc, 344 Ocean Ave. 949-494-6312
Monday, Aug. 22
Karaoke, 9 p.m. Hennessy Tavern, 213 Ocean Ave. 949-494-2743
Tuesday, Aug. 23
Art Talk at Festival of Arts, “Re-imagining Fashion” 10-11 a.m.
Beth Fitchet Wood’s Songwriter’s Showcase, 8-11 p.m. Marine Room, 214 Ocean Avenue. 949-494-3027
Wednesday, Aug. 24
Karaoke at 9 p.m. Ocean Ave. Brewery. No cover. Over 21, 237 Ocean Avenue.
Wine Club Tasting at the Gourmet Cheese and Wine Shop & Café, 845 Laguna Canyon Road. 6:30 p.m. RSVP required. $10 per person. 949.494.4000
Jazz Wednesday, Joey Sellers-Eric Dries Quartet, 6 p.m. Hotel Laguna, 425 S. Coast Highway. $10 cover. (Rose Garden opens 5 p.m.)
Thursday, Aug. 25
DJ’d grooves at Mozambique. 1740 Coast Highway. Call: www.mozambiqueoc.com 949-715-777
Meet Marian Keegan, author of “Baluka & Friends, 6 p.m. Laguna Beach Books, 1200 Coast Highway. Call: 949-494-4779 www.lagunabeachbooks.com
Art, Jazz Wine & Chocolate. 5-8 p.m., Festival of Arts, 650 Laguna Canyon Road. www.lagunafestivalofarts.org $15 Over 21.
Film Screenings curated by Meghan Chandler, UCIrvine, 610 Lucille Kuehn Bldg. 7 p.m. Free. 949-824-6494.
Ongoing:
Noguchi: East Meets West and Lita Albuquerque “Emergence,” daily, 11 a.m-5 p.m. Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive. 949-494-8971 Through Oct. 12.
“I Left My Heart,” A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett 8 p.m. at Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road. Tickets $30-70. 949-497-2787 Through Aug 21.
