{"id":482859,"date":"2026-10-02T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482859\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:26:08","slug":"things-to-do-this-weekend-in-san-diego-oct-2-4-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482859\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do this weekend in San Diego Oct. 2-4 \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s always something fun to do in America\u2019s Finest City. Our Weekend Events Guide is here to help. Get up. Get out. Play!<\/p>\n

What to KnowOur Weekend Events guide is published every Thursday in our In Your Neighborhood <\/a>section of NBC7.comLike our mission always, our guide will do its best to span the county- north, south, east, and west \u2014 to bring you fun, fresh and affordable things to do in San Diego<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 2<\/p>\n

First Friday Art Walk<\/a>\u00a0
4 p.m.- 7 p.m. | Through Dec. 7 | LIK Fine Art La Jolla\u00a0\u00a0
Walk among a growing gallery of artists and pop-ups in the streets of La Jolla at this free Friday event. The gallery will feature 26 galleries will be featured.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Hocus Pocus’ Free Spooky Movie Night<\/a>
6 p.m. at Carnitas Snack Shack Embarcadero
Bring blankets or low chairs to sit and watch ‘Hocus Pocus’ at the Carnitas’ Snack Shack. Admission to this all-ages event is free with food or drink purchase.<\/p>\n

Sounds of the Square: Fall Concert Series<\/a>\u00a0
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Oct. 2- Nov. 6
Enjoy a free evening of live music every Friday from Santana Soul. Bring your family, friends, and lawn chairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Saturday, Oct. 3<\/p>\n

La Mesa Oktoberfest<\/a>
10 a.m. – 10 p.m.| Free| All weekend long
Oktoberfest returns this weekend, bringing three days of authentic German-inspired fun, live entertainment, food, and community celebration to the heart of La Mesa Village.\u00a0<\/p>\n

North Park Book Fair<\/a>\u00a0
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Free Admission
The fair will feature an array of book vendors, costume contests, kids’ story time, and food\/drink vendors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mexican tall ship tour<\/a>
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.| Free admission
The tall ship the Mexican Navy uses as a training vessel that sailed into San Diego Bay\u00a0and is open and the public to visit. <\/p>\n

Balboa Park Tours: Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden<\/a>\u00a0
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Free Admission
Explore Balboa Park\u2019s Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden. The garden features over 1,700 roses. The 60-minute tours leave the Visitors Center at 10 a.m. Suggested donation: $5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Line Dance Workshop<\/a>\u00a0
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. | $12
Join Bryan of Wild Moon Country Dance for an evening of line dancing. Bryan will lead through beginner and intermediate line dance lessons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sunday, Oct. 4<\/p>\n

Halloween Spooktacular<\/a>
Every weekend through Nov. 2 at SeaWorld San Diego | Included with park admission\u00a0\u00a0
This year\u2019s Spooktacular has interactive activities, trick-or-treat stations, and a pumpkin patch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Howl-O-Scream San Diego<\/a>
Through Nov. 1 | 7 p.m. at SeaWorld San Diego | $45+
The fifth annual Howl-O-Scream is back in San Diego for this Halloween season. Visitors can experience haunted horses, scare zones, and more. This is a separately ticketed nighttime event.<\/p>\n

Multicultural Festival Day <\/a>
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Free Admission
Come to Market Creek Plaza & Amphitheater to experience a variety of cultures through food, music, dance, and art.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Diego Family Fun Fest Halloween<\/a>\u00a0
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Free Admission
Families can enjoy trick-or-treating, costume contests, Halloween crafts and activities, family-friendly vendor and resource booths, free kids’ raffle with prizes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s always something fun to do in America\u2019s Finest City. Our Weekend Events Guide is here to help.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75,420],"class_list":["post-482859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482859","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=482859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}