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Dear , Balboa Park is alive with special Centennial concerts and programming all summer long. We hope to see you at upcoming events at Bird Park and the Spreckels Organ Pavilion for concerts we are sponsoring. Enjoy!

Bird Park Summer Concert - Saturday, July 11

Friends of Balboa Park is a proud sponsor of the Bird Park summer concert series. The outdoor summer concerts are FREE and take place at Bird Park, located in Balboa Park at the corner of 28th, Upas, and Pershing Drive, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Click here for more information on the summer concert series hosted by the

North Park Community Association.

Centennial Lecture Series - Thursday July 16

San Diego History Center has been hosting the Centennial Lecture Series and we encourage all to attend. This month's lecture - "Ingenuity, Innovation, and Invention" - is Thursday, July 16, 6-7:30 pm by accomplished author, educator and researcher Mary Walshok, Ph.D. The fee for non museum members is $12 and advance reservations are required.

Click here for more information on the Centennial Lecture Series and other Centennial programming.

Art in Bloom at the Spanish Village Art Center
Saturday & Sunday - July 25 & 26, 11am-5pm

Our good friends at Spanish Village Art Center and San Diego Floral Association are partnering to bring you this special weekend event of floral interpretations of artists' works combined for a creative experience. Enjoy floral and art demonstrations, plus lively entertainment and refreshments.

Click here for more information on this event and others featured on our July events calendar.

A Special July Balboa Park Breakfast Dialogue

On Thursday, July 30, 7-9 am, our friends at Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 are hosting a breakfast dialogue: Celebrating and Embracing San Diego's '"Jewel" for the Next 100 Years.

The event promises to be special with a hosted, sit down breakfast outdoors in the beautiful Casa Del Rey Moro Garden. A distinguished panel has been assembled, including architectural historian Milford Wayne Donaldson, Executive Director of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership Peter Comiskey, architect and academic Michael Stepner, and the new Balboa Park Conservancy Executive Director & CEO Thomas Herrera-Mishler. The fee for non C3 members is $60 and advance reservations are required.

Friends of Balboa Park will be hosting a walking tour immediately following of our Adopt-A-Plot gardens by Master Gardener and Horticulture Chair Lucy Warren.

Click here for more information on the lecture and to purchase tickets.

Twilight in the Park Celebrates the Centennial

Friends of Balboa Park to Host Ice-Cream Social!

On Tuesday, August 4, Friends of Balboa Park will host an Ice-Cream Social before the Twilight in the Park concert by Heliotrope. The theme of this special Centennial 2015 concert is "1915 in the Park" and there will be antique cars and a barbershop quartet to enjoy prior to the main concert which starts at 6:30 p.m.

Click here for more information on the Summer Concert Series hosted by the City of San Diego Park & Recreation Department.

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Historic Signs Installed!

Friends of Balboa Park recently installed the 4th in a series of six planned historic signs for completion in 2015 at the Cabrillo Bridge west entrance, pictured. Click on image above to view our projects page and learn more about the planned signs.

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We've created a Centennial page featuring lots of the great exhibits and events our friends in the Park are hosting this year...just for you! Click on image above to learn more.

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