Southern California's largest Oktoberfest party turns a part of San Diego into Munich for a weekend during the annual La Mesa Oktoberfest. Now in its 51st year, this year’s festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-6. The event features vendors, three biergartens with a rotating polka band, beer stein contests, the chicken dance and, of course, German food and lots … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair Returns This Weekend With 10K & Beer Garden
The party is back on in Manhattan Beach the weekend of Oct. 7-8 with the return of Old Hometown Fair, an annual event that is highlighted by a 10K run the first morning and two days of the legendary beer garden. To be sure, this is no small-town, boring family festival. It is exactly what Manhattan Beach and the entire Los Angeles South Bay is all about: fun. The 10K goes … [Read more...]
5 Important Things To Know About The Adams Avenue Street Fair San Diego
By The Kevbeaux, San Diego Blogger San Diego has several street fairs and festivals with bands, food and beer. There are so many it's impossible to keep up with all of them. This is a review of the Adams Avenue Street Fair, which takes place in late September with five important things to know about it. 1.) About The Fair This is a two-day free festival at the … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-off Review Bands, Beer Garden & Food
'By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Blogger When I stepped off the MTS bus at the entrance to the 42nd annual Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-off – what, me drive when there's a beer garden!? – to experience this event for the first time, I had a very familiar feeling. There were vendor and food pop-up tents on both sides of Cable Street and also Newport … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Running, Then Running Wild At The Hometown Fair Beer Garden
Manhattan Beach Singles Event Again A Big Party By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger I did not know if I was in shape for the 10K, but I KNEW I was in shape for the beer garden. In the end, I finished both, and it was another great party on the first weekend of October. I am referring to the Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair, one of the best times … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair & Beer Garden 2024 Everything You Need To Know
Beer Garden A Top Weekend Destination For South Bay Singles One of the top weekends in the Los Angeles South Bay is the annual Old Hometown Fair in Manhattan Beach. Here's what it is, when it is and all about it. WHAT: Old Hometown Fair, a traditional event featuring arts and crafts booths, food vendors, kiddie rides, a band and – most importantly for most … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 10K & Beer Garden Party Etiquette Redondo Beach
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the most fun days of the year in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities and it all starts with a unique event, a 10K race in Redondo Beach. Why is that so much fun? Well, there's a beer garden at the finish line and it fits the PubClub.com party mantra of "exercise and socialize." And to help maximize the experience for you, we proudly present … [Read more...]
South Bay October Party Report Hometown Fair & Buccaneer Days
Pirates & Wenches And A Beer Garden Highlight Opening Of Rocktober Month Welcome to the PubClub.com South Bay Party Report! The PubClub.com South Bay Party Report is brought to you by Kona Brewing Company. Look for its delicious Longboard Lager in the Hometown Fair beer garden and at Shellback Tavern after the 10K and then again after the beer garden! BACK FROM … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair 10K Race Course Full Guide
The Route, The Run And Beers In The Beach Bar The annual Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair starts at 7:30 on the first Saturday morning of October with the annual 1OK, which brings in about 5,000 area runners. It is a great way to start this festive weekend, which for many means an afternoon in the beer garden, a tradition if ever there was one in this … [Read more...]
Congressional Cup Sailing Brings The Party To Long Beach’s Belmont Pier
Bands And The Stella Artois Beer Garden Bring Out The Belmont Shore Singles Here's why I like sailing and people who sail. Those who sail like to party! Take, for instance, the organizers of the Congressional Cup. This is an annual event that takes place in Long Beach, CA. It features some of the world's top skippers in America's Cup-style racing. In fact, in this year … [Read more...]
Beer Garden Again Highlight of Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair
Photos And a Review Of This Top South Bay Beach Cities Annual Event Here's to the beers and cheers. I would like to host my 16-ounce cup of Longboard Lager to the beer garden, the signature event of the annual Old Hometown Fair in Manhattan Beach, CA. It's what makes Hometown Fair one of the most fun times of the entire year in a town that's pretty fun most of the … [Read more...]
Peter B’s Brewpub Part of September Beer Festival in Monterey, CA
Second Annual Monterey Beer Garden Features A Dozen Craft Brewers on Sept. 22 You may think of Monterey, CA, as a wine area. It largely an accurate assumption. With wine tasting rooms in the city and Cannery Row and vineyards a few miles away, Monterey County is making a push to be recognized as a true California wine country. But it's also becoming a prolific craft beer … [Read more...]
Photos of the PJ 10K Long Beach’s Annual Fun and Funky Run
Exercise and Socialize A Party in Pajamas, And a Beer Garden They roll out of bed, go out in public dressed as they are when they sleep, some even with their hair still in curlers. They gather early in the morning and go for a little run. It's the PJ 10K, an annual event in Long Beach, CA, a creative concept that's a party in pajamas. The Pajama Run, as it is officially … [Read more...]
Big Bear Hosts Good Amgen Tour Festival Party
Bikes And Beers Meet at the Summit of Snow Summit in Southern California The 2012 Amgen Tour of California did not exactly roll into Big Bear Lake, CA, on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in mid-May (May 16, to be specific). It turned, it twisted and it climbed up highways 330 and 18, which have more curves than the PubClubettes. For the competitors, it ended with an … [Read more...]
Amgen Tour Spectators Get Festivals & Beer Gardens
Big Bear Finishes Stage 6 Strong With A Party at Snow Summit's Finish Line I've always wanted to go to the Tour de France. The thought of sitting at a roadside cafe in a small French town in the countryside, nibbling on a baguette and having a glass of wine as the world's greatest cyclists roll through is quite appealing to me. Then packing up and going to the next … [Read more...]
The USA’s Largest Super Bowl Party Has A Beer Garden
How big is the Super Bowl party you're attending? A few dozen? Couple of hundred? Perhaps even a thousand? It's likely not as big as this one, the beer garden at the finish of the annual Super Bowl 10K fun run in Redondo Beach, CA. With more than 8,000 runners, the Super Bowl 10K is one of the largest 10Ks on the West Coast. But it's not a serious run. It starts out in … [Read more...]
Long Beach Marathon Photos Images Beer Garden Party
If there is one thing the PubClub.com believes in, it's exercise and socialize. So when I heard that Michelob Ultra was providing 10,000 beers to runners of a marathon, it's something I had to see for myself. As well as toast those who can actually run 26.2 miles (or 13.1 in the half marathon). Michelob Ultra provided a beer garden for them to toast themselves, and it was a … [Read more...]
Hometown Fair Beer Garden Photos Manhattan Beach CA
Images of the Annual Fun Festival in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach City Gorgeous weather brings out gorgeous people and, it seems, the beer flows just a bit faster. Though with more than 300 kegs consumed in two days, the beer always flows pretty darned fast at the annual Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair Beer Garden. In 2011, the temperature was in the upper 70s … [Read more...]
California Sports Lifestyle Beach Event & Beer Garden
The Hennessey's Paddleboard Competition Showcases the Unique Combination of An LA Sport and A Post-Event Party There are unique things about life in Southern California that are different than anywhere else in the world. One such example is demonstrated the second Saturday of July in Redondo Beach. It's the Hennessey's Paddleboard Competition and it involves hard … [Read more...]
Spice Up the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix With a Beer Garden
South Bay Events and Manhattan Beach Bars Would Benefit From Bringing in More Local Residents The action is good and up close for fans, but the event could use some brews. The Manhattan Beach Grand Prix - a cycling event with some notable world-renowned racers, including at least one teammate of Lance Armstrong during his incredible Tour de France wins – is a fine event … [Read more...]
Sunset Music Festival 2011 Motley Crue Leads Bands Lineup
Annual Block Party On the Sunset Strip Also Includes Bush, Public Enemy and Robbie Krieger of The Doors The Sunset Strip Music Festival is bringing out it's "Wild Side" in 2011 by having Mötley Crüe serve as its headliner band. And there are sure to be plenty of "Girls, Girls, Girls." The annual party, which combines L.A.'s legendary music venues such as the Roxy … [Read more...]
Fiesta Hermosa Review Images Bands Beer Garden Party Guide
A Look at the Annual 3-Day Fair at the Beach Each Memorial and Labor Day As if a holiday weekend in lively beach town is not enticing enough, the city of Hermosa Beach, CA makes it more of a festival atmosphere with Fiesta Hermosa. Held each Memorial Day and Labor Day weekend, the three-day event features local arts and crafts booths, food booth, live music in two … [Read more...]
The Crazy Things Men Do For A Beer
In Pursuit of a Beer Garden; Sometimes It's the Journey That's The Story and Not The Destination By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Beer Blogger Sometimes, despite good training and life preparation from my loving parents, I do things that prove that boys will still be boys. "Mom would not approve," I kept telling myself in this particular instance. The … [Read more...]