Chinese New Year; Night Hike; Live Music: SoCal Weekend

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and entertaining events throughout Southern California — from the southernmost tip of San Diego, through Orange and Riverside counties, to the beaches and valleys in Los Angeles.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's slated this weekend from Saturday, Jan. 18 to Sunday, Jan. 19.

Double-check with event organizers to confirm dates, times and locations in case activities have been updated since posted on Patch.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY:

"Shakey"- An Afternoon with Neil Young.......Almost!: Altadena

Ninth Annual Chinese New Year Celebration: Beverly Hills

Get Uranus Moving Running and Walking Challenge: Beverly Hills

Fruit Tree Pruning Demo: Culver City

Solo Cello; Maksim Velichkin plays LA Composers: Echo Park

Free "Try Lacrosse" clinic for girls and boys: Encino

The Alchemical Visions Tarot Deck: Art Opening for Artist Arthur: Hollywood

Event Screening of Chaplin's 'The Gold Rush' with Live Music: Hollywood

#WeTeach Terpenes Class & Coat Drive: Long Beach

Free Mini Photo Sessions at El Dorado Park: Long Beach

ANIME Impulse 2020: Los Angeles

Open House & Arts and Crafts at Education Station Wonderschool: Los Angeles

Skybar's Day Market: Los Angeles

Grand Opening: Sunbeam Vintage DTLA: Los Angeles

The Alchemical Visions Tarot Deck: Art Opening for Artist Arthur: Los Angeles

Dirty Cello at Namba Performing Arts Space: Los Angeles

Pure Vegetarian taco feast with Chan meditators: Los Angeles

Painting Workshop: Malibu

Moving Sale This Saturday: Monrovia

LCWC Presents Saturday Night BINGO January 18th: Montrose

Free Class at CSUN: Compendium of 60 Vegetables & Herbs to Grow: Northridge

Grand Opening Event for New Home Neighborhoods at Deerlake Ranch: Northridge

Nafe West/North Hollywood, LA Nafe network monthly brunch meeting: North Hollywood

Silent Flicks to Talkies: Pasadena

Pasadena Bead and Design Show: Pasadena

Silent Sundays Series: Cops (1922) & Sherlock, Jr. (1924): Pasadena

Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival: Rancho Palos Verdes

Support Your Immune System: Redondo Beach

Insta-worthy Photo Mini Sessions at Santa Monica Pier: Santa Monica

Come Meet Wander & Get Some Sweet Treats: Santa Monica

CERT Battalion 10 hosts "Lets Get Prepared": Sherman Oaks

Snow Day 2020 at Garfield Park: South Pasadena

gorjana: New Year, New Intentions: Venice

Author & TV Star Charlotte Laws speaks at NAFE: Westwood

Free 2-day POZ Life Seminar - LGBTQ HIV+ Jan 18 & 19: West Hollywood

ORANGE COUNTY:

Together: for Group for Single Parents and Singles: Aliso Viejo

Pacific Symphony Plays Mozart with Benjamin Smolen & Dennis Kim: Aliso Viejo

#WeTeach Terpenes Class & Coat Drive: Fountain Valley

Children's Craft Open House: Laguna Beach Library: Laguna Beach

New Year, New Intentions: Laguna Beach

Second Annual Sew Day 10am - 2pm: Los Alamitos

Rose Pruning with Laura Weaver & Lynn Hillman: Newport Beach

gorjana New Year, New Intentions: Newport Beach

Open House in Yorba Linda: Orange County

Free Kids' Fishing Derby: Orange County

HB APA's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": Orange County

Star Light, Star Bright Night Hike: Orange County

Mess Hall Market’s Paint and Sip Sunday - MOONLIT SEA!: Orange County

Resonance Tribe - A Full Circle Model: Orange County

Chat with Peace Corps over Pizza: Orange County

4VERT Spring Passing League Registration: Rancho Santa Margarita

The Parkway Sports Bar & Grill Grand Reopening: Rancho Santa Margarita

Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women at Beach Town Books: San Clemente

“Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Is this Genealogy?": Mission Viejo

RIVERSIDE COUNTY:

Perris Library Presents Family Night: Lake Elsinore-Wildomar

The Opera House Tea With Live Opera: Murrieta

The Best of Dorian B.: Palm Desert

Star Party At The Monument: Palm Desert

Sat & Sun Brunch 9 am Texas Lil's Old Town Temecula: Temecula

Live Music from Endeavor: Temecula

Live Music from The Troubadour Road: Temecula

Mr. Clean Sip and Paint: Temecula

Live Music from Shoot 4 Tuesday: Temecula

Live Music from Willy Wilfax: Temecula

I Have A Dream Sip & Paint: Temecula

SAN DIEGO COUNTY:

Parent Night Out for Hope Elementary: Carlsbad

Spoilers Book Club: Where'd You Go, Bernadette: Coronado

Beginner Tennis 1 Saturday Mornings at Westview High School: Del Mar-Carmel Valley

Tennis 2 Experienced Saturday Mornings at Westview HS: Del Mar-Carmel Valley

Competitive Tennis 3 Saturday Morning Drills & Games at Westview: Del Mar-Carmel Valley

Free Mini Photo Sessions at Solana Beach!: Del Mar-Carmel Valley

Scripps 2020 Pulmonary Hypertension CME Conference: La Jolla

Tea by the Sea 2020: La Jolla

100 Years of Girl Scout Achievement 1918-2018: Lemon Grove

Student Art Festival: Poway

Survive the Wild: Ramona

Student Art Festival: Rancho Bernardo-4S Ranch

Get Uranus Running and Walking Challenge: San Diego

Buti Yoga + Brews: San Diego

Twelfth Night: San Diego

Liturgy of the Hours of St. Francis of Assisi & Day of Rest: San Diego

KICK-OFF: San Diego Restaurant Week 2020: San Diego

Hot Jazz Instructors Concert & Dance: San Diego

EXPLO Info Meeting: San Diego

Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward: San Diego

Heading to Northern California? Then See:

Crab Feeds; Homesick Festival; Art Festival: NorCal Weekend

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