{"id":324770,"date":"2026-05-20T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324770\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:30:11","slug":"top-things-to-do-in-o-c-may-20th-through-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324770\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Things to Do in O.C.: May 20th through 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, Defying Gravity, An Evening With Stephen Schwartz &amp; Friends, plus more things to do in O.C. this week.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/strawberry-fest-3-copy-1024x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167780\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>MAY 22 THROUGH 25<br \/>GARDEN GROVE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL<br \/>Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend while enjoying strawberries in every form, from shortcake and lemonade to shaved ice and more. For 66 years, the festival has brought the community together to enjoy carnival rides, live performances, contests, celebrity autograph signings, games, and a parade, all in the name of strawberries. The weekend-long event is full of entertainment and excitement with various activities as well as a full-scale carnival and vendor booths open every day. Village Green Park, 12732 Main St., Garden Grove, 714-638-0981, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/strawberryfestival.org\">strawberryfestival.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lizzy-n-triggermen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167779\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>MAY 20<br \/>LIZZY &amp; THE TRIGGERMEN<br \/>Laguna Beach Live! is celebrating 25 years with a soulful and lively evening of jazz and swing music. Hailing from Los Angeles, Lizzy &amp; the Triggermen deliver a powerful performance packed with danceable hits. The 10-piece band is led by vocalist Lizzy and includes horns, piano, guitar, drums, and bass. Their set features jazz spins on modern hits like \u201c\u2026Baby One More Time,\u201d as well as jazz standards such as \u201cLa Vie en Rose\u201d and \u201cWhen I Get Low I Get High.\u201d Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 949-497-2787, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lagunaplayhouse.com\">lagunaplayhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MAY 23<br \/>DEFYING GRAVITY: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SCHWARTZ &amp; FRIENDS<br \/>Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz takes a trip down memory lane through all of his incredible musicals, including \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cGodspell,\u201d and \u201cPippin,\u201d in his live performance. The Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist has written many beloved and popular songs over the course of his long career. In this rare live performance, Schwartz will lead three vocalists through a musical journey that includes songs such as \u201cDefying Gravity\u201d and \u201cDay by Day.\u201d Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, 949-854-4646, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thebarclay.org\">thebarclay.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THROUGH MAY 24<br \/>\u201cSANCTUARY CITY\u201d<br \/>Following the events of 9\/11, two teenagers living in Newark, N.J., are faced with navigating their adolescence with the threat of a potential deportation weighing on them. Their bond is tested by the complexities of love and identity. The play was developed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok and offers a look into the lives of undocumented youth and the daily struggles they face.\u00a0Chance Theater, 5522 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, 714-777-3033,\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/chancetheater.com\">chancetheater.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, Defying Gravity, An Evening With Stephen Schwartz &amp; Friends, plus more things to do&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-324770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}