SD Weekend: Food & Wine Festival; Lemon Festival​; Sun & Sea Festival; Thomas Family Day

SAN DIEGO, CA — To keep your weekend fun and lively, Patch has rounded up some entertaining events going on throughout the San Diego region — from the southern border, to East County, through beach towns, to the uppermost points of North County and communities in between.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's slated this weekend from Saturday, Aug. 17 to Sunday, Aug. 18.

American Sign Language Saturday: Sesame Place San Diego, Chula Vista

Birthday Block Party: Legoland California, Carlsbad

Blooming Boots Paint and Sip: Local Roots, Vista

California Dreamin': La Jolla Music Society, San Diego

Celebration Sundays: SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego

Dread Mar I: The Sound, Del Mar

Historical Downtown Encinitas Walking Tour: Encinitas Historical Society and 1883 Schoolhouse, Encinitas

Island Dreams Paint and Sip: Novo Brazil Brewing Company, Chula Vista

Lego World Parade: Legoland California, Carlsbad

Lemon Festival: Third Avenue, Chula Vista

Mt. Helix Park Food and Wine Festival: Mt. Helix Park, La Mesa

Nerd Comedy: New Village Arts, San Diego

Nighttime Zoo: San Diego Zoo, San Diego

Pandas at Panda Ridge Exhibit: San Diego Zoo, San Diego

Sesame Summer Splash: Sesame Place, Chula Vista

Silent DJ Nights: Del Mar Highlands Town Center, San Diego

Steve Poltz and The Brothers Comatose: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach

Summer of Wonder: San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego

Summer Spectacular: SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego

Summer Spectacular Concert Series (Montell Jordan): SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego

Sun and Sea Festival: Portwood Pier Plaza, Imperial Beach

Talib Kweli and Riston Diggs: Music Box, San Diego

The Arcadian Wild: Museum of Making Music, Carlsbad

The Cantinas: Taco Bell's Early Retirement Community: San Diego

Thomas Family Day: San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego

Venice and The Pine Mountain Logs: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach

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