Free Summer Events in ALL OC cities

Summer time brings warm weather and bored kids, so I thought I would help fill your calendar with free things to do.  First up, take your kids to a movie (or concert) at your local park.  Grab your lawn chairs, blankets, picnic basket filled with dinner and treats (or grab a $5 Little Cesar pizza), some microwave popcorn (pop it at home before coming), and some drinks and join a big crowd of other tired and frustrated parents to relax and watch a movie under the stars.  The best part: it’s free.  The worst part: you have to take your kids. 

Here are a link to your local cities websites to find out exact time, dates & movies being played:

Aliso Viejo

http://alisoviejo.patch.com/events/avca-movie-night

Anaheim

 http://www.anaheim.net/article.asp?id=4124

Brea

http://www.cityofbrea.net/eventsOpen.cfm?id=1104

Buena Park (concerts in the park)

http://www.buenaparkfinearts.com/concerts.php

Costa Mesa (concerts in the park & free movies)

http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us/CMcommunityEvents.htm

Cypress (concerts on the green)

http://www.ci.cypress.ca.us/whats_news/12_concerts.html

Dana Point

http://www.danapoint.org/index.aspx?page=545

Fountain Valley (concerts in the park & movies)

http://www.fountainvalley.org/calendar/index.php?month=7&year=2012

Fullerton (outdoor concerts)

http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/residents/community_events/summer_concert_series.asp

Garden Grove (concerts in the park)

http://www.ggcf.com/

Huntington Beach

http://www.surfingmuseum.org/events.html (surfing themed concerts)

Irvine

http://cityofirvine.org/ (Sizzling Sunday Concerts)

http://www.ocgp.org/2012/04/movies-on-the-lawn/ (Movie at the Great Park)

La Habra (Children events all summer at their museum)

http://www.lahabracity.com/custom.cfm?name=cityeventsOpen.cfm&id=1427

La Palma

http://www.cityoflapalma.org/index.aspx?NID=220

Laguna Beach (Shakespeare in the Park)

http://www.lagunabeachcity.net/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=373&TargetID=1,2,3,7,8,6,11,12,13,14,5,15,16,4,17,18,19

Laguna Hills (community camp out)

http://www.ci.laguna-hills.ca.us/civica/inc/displayblobpdf2.asp?BlobID=3908

Laguna Niguel (concert in the park)

http://www.cityoflagunaniguel.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=1991&month=6&year=2012&day=16&calType=0

Lake Forest (concerts & movies in the park)

http://www.lakeforestca.gov/cals/recreation_calendar.asp

http://www.lakeforestca.gov/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=7026

Los Alamitos

http://cityoflosalamitos.org/recreation/?page_id=32

Mission Viejo2 (movies at the lake- YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE LAKE which is complete crap since not every neighborhood in the city is allowed to join the lake membership which leaves about 3 neighbors left out of about 95% of the fun things to do in the city during the summer. Can you tell that this ticks me off?  I hate this city)

http://www.lakemissionviejo.org/moviesmoonlight/index.html

Newport Beach (Shakespeare by the Sea & Concerts in the Park)

http://www.newportbeachca.gov/index.aspx?page=72&recordid=5456

http://www.newportbeachca.gov/index.aspx?page=72&recordid=5446

Orange (concerts in the park)

http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/commserv/special_events/concerts_in_the_park.asp

Placentia (concerts in the park and movies in the park)

http://www.placentia.org/index.aspx?NID=379

http://www.placentia.org/index.aspx?NID=386

Rancho Santa Margarita (concerts in the park)

http://www.cityofrsm.org/

San Clemente

http://san-clemente.org/sc/NewsOnly.aspx?PageID=497

San Juan Capistrano (summer concerts)

http://www.sjc.net/events/summer_nights.html

Santa Ana

http://www.fairhavenmemorial.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=99334

Seal Beach (summer concerts)

http://www.sealbeachchamber.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=225

Stanton

Nothing listed on their city website

Tustin (Concerts & Movies in the Park)

http://www.tustinca.org/documents/ConcertsInTheParkFlyer2012.pdf

http://www.tustinca.org/departments/parksrec/events/documents/MoviesInThePark2012.pdf

Villa Park (Summer Reading Event)

https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=MDFkY20xaHBmZ2JlYzZhaDQ5ZWVjMG9vNW8gaW5mb0B2aWxsYXBhcmsub3Jn&ctz=America/Los_Angeles&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml

Westminster (summer concerts)

http://www.westminster-ca.gov/depts/cs/events/annual.asp

Yorba Linda (concerts in the park)

http://www.ci.yorba-linda.ca.us/~ci26/city-departments/parks-a-recreation

Please post a comment if I left out an event that you know of.  Some areas like Ladera Ranch and Talega offer summer events, but don’t put it on a public website for others to read about it.  So if you know of other great summer family events on a budget… email me or share in the comments section.

Hope this helps you out!

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