East County News Service<\/p>\n
(Lemon Grove) \u2014 St. John of the Cross announces the return of the annual Lemon Grove Lemon Fest, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20. The free, family-friendly festival brings together residents, local businesses, and regional visitors for a weekend of community celebration featuring traditional carnival games, cultural foods, kids\u2019 games, a beer garden, \u00a0vendors, live entertainment, raffles and a silent auction.<\/p>\n
A defining highlight is its diverse food booths created by parishioners, featuring popular dishes such as street tacos and crispy Filipino lumpia.<\/p>\n
The festival includes classic midway games, a beer garden, live musical acts, stage performances, and prize raffles and a silent auction throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n
Admission and live entertainment are free to the public, drawing families from across Lemon Grove and the East County area.<\/p>\n
The Lemon Fest serves as a major annual fundraiser for St. John of the Cross Catholic Church and School, supporting parish ministries, school operations, and facility maintenance<\/p>\n
Hours:<\/p>\n
Saturday, Sept. 19 from 4-9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Sunday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. \u2013 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location: St. John of the Cross, 8086 Broadway, Lemon Grove, CA 91945<\/p>\n
Visit St. John of the Cross Parish\u2019s website \u00a0https:\/\/www.sjcparishlg.org\/<\/a> and St. John of the Cross Parish, Lemon Grove on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East County News Service (Lemon Grove) \u2014 St. John of the Cross announces the return of the annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[179573,6503,179574,150745,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-454597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-lemon-fest","tag-lemon-grove","tag-lemon-grove-events","tag-news-flasher","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454597","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=454597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}