{"id":9415,"date":"2012-11-01T03:29:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T10:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=9415"},"modified":"2012-11-01T10:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T17:36:58","slug":"san-diego-fall-back-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/san-diego-fall-back-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Fall Back Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/gaslmp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california-cities\/san-diego.html\">SAN DIEGO, CALIF<\/a>.&#8211;Sure, Gaslamp just finished its massive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/san-diego-monster-bash-lights-up-the-redlight-gaslamp\/\">Monster Bash for Halloween<\/a>&#8230;but the party&#8217;s not over. Welcome to Fall Back, the\u00a0 Children&#8217;s Historic Street Faire held on Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u00a0 The annual event in San Diego&#8217;s Gaslamp Quarter takes place each year on the first Sunday of November (the end of Daylight Savings Time \u2013 when the clocks &#8216;fall back&#8217;). The Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation wraps food, entertainment, and family-fun around a hearty helping of history and culture that will keep you coming back every year! The free admission event is held at Fifth Avenue &amp; Island Avenue in the Gaslamp rain or shine. Call: (619) 233-4692.<\/p>\n<p>Experience what life was like in the mid- to late- nineteenth century when San Diego was a bustling new town. Between old-fashioned festivities such as pony rides and ice cream- and pie-eating contests, there are historical recreations with a 19th century blacksmith plying his trade, prospectors teaching children how to pan for gold, butter churning and candle dipping demonstrations, and a Wild West shoot-out.\u00a0 Native American and other folkloric dancers, Southwest Indian sand painting, Chinese calligraphy, model railroad demonstration, and a drumming jam session, take place while being entertained my magicians, musicians, dancers, and Native American tales told by renowned storyteller Abel Silvas.<\/p>\n<p>Craft booths will provide the children with keep-sakes of a fabulous day and while supplies last:<br \/>\nFREE Hot Dog at Dick\u2019s Last Resort Hot Dog Stand,<br \/>\nFREE Ice Cream Sundae and Chocolate Squares at the<br \/>\nGhirardelli Chocolate Sarsaparilla Saloon,<br \/>\nAND a FREE Pony Ride<\/p>\n<p>Other events at Gaslamp Quarter include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-diego-mardi-gras.html\">Mardi Gras<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO, CALIF.&#8211;Sure, Gaslamp just finished its massive Monster Bash for Halloween&#8230;but the party&#8217;s not over. Welcome to Fall Back, the\u00a0 Children&#8217;s Historic Street Faire held on Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u00a0 The annual event in San Diego&#8217;s Gaslamp Quarter takes place each year on the first Sunday of November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}