Holiday Movies on the Beach
2022-12-03 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hotel del Coronado, 1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
December 3, 10, 17, 31

Snuggle up on Del Beach for our favorite holiday family movies and cult classics in a theater under the stars. Guests can cuddle up around a private bonfire with s’mores and relax in a beach daybed or enjoy seating in Del Beach sand chairs.
Holiday movies begin promptly at 7:30pm, with doors opening at 7pm. Food and drinks are available for purchase at the nearby Beach + Taco Shack. Reservations are required. Please come prepared to stay warm.
Schedule
Dec 3: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Dec 10: Jingle All The Way (1996)
Dec 17: Home Alone (1990)
Dec 31: Top Gun Maverick (2022) – Followed by a fireworks show on the beach!

Ferry Landing Weekend Concert Series
2022-12-04 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Coronado Ferry Landing, 1201 First Street, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Free weekend concert series! Join us from 1 to 4 pm by the Ferry Pier for an afternoon of great entertainment and a beautiful view.
We invite you to come and enjoy the array of local music talent. This weekend’s schedule is in the image above.
Ferry Landing restaurants are open for dining.
Don’t forget to share your pics on Instagram using #coronadoferrylanding

Golf Cart Rally
2022-12-04 15:30 - 17:00 | Sunset Park, 101 Ocean Boulevard, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Decorate your golf cart, gather up new, unwrapped toys for children, and meet at Sunset Park for the annual Golf Cart Rally to benefit Toys for Tots.
Staging at Sunset Park begins at 3:30 and the rally will head out at 4pm. After a fun ride around town, the rally will end at Spreckels Park.

“At First Light” Lightshow Spectacular
2022-11-17 17:00 - 21:00 | Hotel del Coronado, 1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Nov 17-Jan 1 | 5-9pm

Enhanced for 2022, the grove of towering Norfolk Island Pines on the Founders Lawn is the scene of an even more dynamic light show orchestrated to music, a brilliant ethereal experience that captivates guests with a finale of snow flurries. Showcased is the Norfolk Pine originally made famous in 1904 as the world’s first electrically lit outdoor Christmas tree.
The complimentary 11-minute show takes place every 30 minutes from 5-9pm nightly.
In the event of heavy rain, the light show may be canceled up to 24 hours following the storm in order to protect the safety of our team and equipment. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Holiday Festival at The Del
2022-12-07 16:00 - 22:00 | Hotel del Coronado, 1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Join The Del for its annual community Holiday Festival. Festivities include Skating by the Sea®, photos with St. Nick, and performances by Coronado school children. This year will also include a special “skydiving Santa” parachuting in to join the festivities –and a fireworks show- a high-flying start to the holiday season.
CORONADO SCHOOL PERFORMANCES
Vista Terrace | Times TBA
Join Coronado schools as they sing holiday favorites and spread holiday cheer.
SKATING BY THE SEA
Windsor Lawn | 4-10 pm
Take an ice skating adventure on San Diego’s only beachfront ice rink.
SKYDIVING SANTA
Del Beach | Time TBA
Surprise and delight your little ones as Santa skydives onto Del Beach to join them for the Holiday Festival.
PHOTOS WITH SANTA
Garden Patio | Times TBA
Santa Express Passes will be distributed to minimize lines and allow families to enjoy the holiday activities. No online reservations for this date.
“AT FIRST LIGHT” LIGHTSHOW SPECTACULAR
Founders Lawn | 5-9 pm
Experience the magic as The Del’s historic pine trees are draped in a spectacular light show with festive holiday music and snow flurries.
FIREWORKS SHOW
Del Beach | Time TBA
Look to the skies over Del Beach for a dazzling fireworks display to celebrate the season.
Holiday Festival event times are weather permitting and may be subject to change.

Dr. Grammar Guy with Richard Lederer
2022-12-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
In this sure to please performance, Dr. Richard Lederer, Union-Tribune language columnist, best-selling language author, and former Usage Editor for the Random House Dictionary, will illuminate essential grammar, usage, and punctuation, including the terminal preposition, split infinitive, they as a third-person singular pronoun, and the utility of the serial comma. Even if you aren’t a grammar fiend, you’ll be sure to enjoy this performance where language and learning come together in a fun and novel form. Come prepared to laugh and learn!

Dr. Lederer is the author of more than 50 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current titles, Lederer’s Language & Laughter and A Treasury of Christmas Humor. He is a founding co-host of “A Way With Words,” broadcast on KPBS. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International’s Golden Gavel winner.

Creating Magic with FOCUS and CCYC
2022-12-10 17:00 - 22:00 | Coronado Cays Yacht Club, 30 Caribe Cay Boulevard, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Celebrate the Season with FOCUS and the Coronado Cays Yacht Club on December 10 from 5 to 10pm. Reservations are required, and tickets can be purchased at focus-sdkids.org/event/magic.

5:00pm Cocktails on the Heated Patio
5:30pm Boat Parade
6:30pm Seated for Dinner
7:00pm Plated Dinner with Wine
8:00pm Program
8:30pm Dessert Bar / Cocktails / Entertainment from Coronado’s own MB2

Register your boat for the parade and get discounted tickets for the event!

Holiday Concert with the Daneen Wilburn Quartet
2022-12-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Recording artist Daneen Wilburn, featuring Grammy winner Kamau Kenyatta on piano, Richard Sellers on drums, and Cecil Mcbee Jr on bass, performing your favorite holiday classics with special arrangements by Kamau Kenyatta.

Daneen Wilburn was born and raised in San Diego. She began singing at the age of three and by the time she was seven, she was the lead singer in the family band that included her talented brothers and sisters. At age 19, Daneen was performing at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Her performance led to an invitation to sing at the legendary Hollywood Bowl for its Easter Sunrise Service. Soon after, she was sharing the stage with some of gospel music’s biggest names, including Darryl Coley, Edwin Hawkins and The Mighty Clouds of Joy.
In 1990, Daneen married and began a family. She decided to leave music to focus on her children, a decision she’s never regretted. However, in 2013, Daneen returned to the music scene, with a soldout concert, at 98 Bottles in San Diego, where she combined her gospel roots with a soulful jazz vibe. In 2014, on Jackie Robinson Day, she was invited by the San Diego Padres to sing the national anthem. Padres’ owner Robert Fowler was so moved by her performance that he later asked Daneen to sing for the memorial service of Padres legend Tony Gwynn at Petco Park. Her rendition of “Amazing Grace” uplifted an audience of thousands that included baseball legends Reggie Jackson, Steve Garvey, Trevor Hoffman, Joe Torre, and sports announcer Bob Costas. The next morning’s front page headline in the San Diego Union Tribune simply read, “Amazing Grace.” Since then, Daneen has performed for former First Lady Laura Bush, and at the wedding of soccer superstar, and gold medalist, Alex Morgan. She recorded her debut, self-titled album, produced by Grammy winner Kamau Kenyatta, which was released in the summer of 2017.
Kamau Kenyatta is a Grammy award-winning producer and arranger. Kamau is a teaching professor at the University of California San Diego Music Department. He was honored with the prestigious Barbara J. and Paul D. Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award at UCSD in May 2009. Originally from Detroit, his versatility comes from his early exposure to a vast array of musical styles.
Kamau has worked with jazz greats such as Hubert Laws, Donald Byrd, Yusef Lateef, Jim Pepper, and Earl Klugh. World tours have taken him to over 20 countries and include stints with The Supremes, Carl Anderson (from Jesus Christ Superstar), Oscar Brown, Jr., SWV, Silk, the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and New Kids on The Block. Kamau has also collaborated with Hubert Laws in writing the score for “Small Steps, Big Strides,” a documentary concerning the history of African-American film. He wrote and supervised music for “The Dawn At My Back,” a Sundance Film Festival award-winning interactive DVD-ROM memoir. In 2015, Kamau scored the film, “Spirits Of Rebellion,” by Zeinabu Irene Davis.
In 2016, he completed the score for the Gregory Porter biopic, “Don’t Forget Your Music.” The film was released in the UK in the fall of 2016. Kamau served as musical director for Blues Schoolhouse, an educational program for middle-school children, at the International House Of Blues (San Diego). In 2009, Kenyatta joined the Music Department at California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA). He served as Department Co-Chair from 2010-11. Destiny, a recording that showcases Kenyatta as pianist, composer and producer, was released in the spring of 2007. The Elegant Sadness, his most recent recording in the same roles was released in the fall of 2019. Kamau produced Water and Be Good for vocalist Gregory Porter on the Motema label – both were nominated for Grammy awards. In 2013, Kenyatta served as associate producer and arranger for Porter’s Blue Note Records debut disc Liquid Spirit. In February 2014, this project won a Grammy in the “Best Jazz Vocal Album” category. 2016 saw releases of his production projects included Gregory Porter’s Take Me To The Alley, Ed Motta’s Perpetual Gateways, and Steph Johnson’s Music Is Art. In February 2017, Kamau won a Grammy for his co-production and arrangements on Take Me To The Alley in the “Best Jazz Vocal Album” category. In 2018, his production of Uncovered Soul by Kathy Kosins was released. Production projects released in 2019 include a self-titled project for vocalist Daneen Wilburn and Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women for Alicia Olatuja. In 2020, Kamau’s production of Paulette McWilliams’ A Woman’s Story was released. His production of Allan Harris’ Kate’s Place was released in early 2021.
Cecil McBee Jr. is a very talented musician and bassist. Cecil has performed with many of the top bands in the Southern California area. Cecil has also performed with many pop and jazz super stars such as Ike Turner, Patrice Rushen, Donna Summer Band, Craig Phillinganes, Hubert Laws, Chico Hamilton, Steve Laurie, Fat Burger Band, Dr Dave, and others.
Richard Sellers has been playing drums professionally for over 20 years. In that time, he has performed with countless groups and ensembles in a variety of styles, including straight-ahead jazz, avant-garde jazz, Brazilian, Latin, funk and hip-hop.
In addition, he has worked extensively as a teacher, applying his unique rhythmic approach and meticulous technical methods. A native of Valencia, California, Richard received early
training from Stewart Fischer (brother of jazz giant Clare), Earl Palmer, and Joe Porcaro. The support of such greats prepared him for his move to San Diego nearly six years ago, when he began to make frequent performance appearances at San Diego State University, and gigged incessantly with the best professionals in town.

San Diego Bay Parade of Lights - Dec 11 CANCELED
2022-12-11 17:30 - 20:00 | Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
San Diego Bay December 11th Parade of Lights Canceled by the Coast Guard due to Weather advisory

The Coast Guard announced that the San Diego Bay December 11th Parade of Lights has been cancelled due to a weather advisory. There is a storm rolling in on Sunday that is projected to have high wind speeds which could make the parade dangerous for our boating participants. The safety of those who participate in the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights is of the upmost concern to us.

The San Diego Bay December 18th Parade of Lights is still set to happen, and we hope to see everyone celebrating this holiday safely next weekend.

The San Diego Bay Parade of Lights holiday boat parade, “FantaSEA,” held on San Diego Bay, will take place December 11th and 18th, 2022.
The San Diego Bay Parade of Lights brings more than 100,000 San Diego residents and visitors together on the San Diego Bay waterfront each year. The procession of about 80 lavishly decorated boats has become one of the region’s most iconic holiday events and has brought the community together for over half a century now.
The parade route starts at Shelter Island and travels east past Harbor Island, then south along the Embarcadero, Seaport Village, and Cesar Chavez Park before turning parallel with the Coronado Bridge to the west side of the bay. The parade then proceeds past the Coronado Ferry Landing to the finish line. It takes about two hours to complete the procession and there are many comfortable waterfront viewpoints along the route.
Viewing areas span across multiple areas of the San Diego Bay. Prepare for traffic and parking ahead of time.
The parade takes approximately one hour to one and a half hours to pass any given point along the parade route. The approximate arrival time of the parade at various locations are:

Shelter Island (start of parade) 5:30 p.m.
Harbor Island 6:00 p.m.
The Embarcadero 6:30 p.m.
Seaport Village 7:00 p.m.
The Pier at Cesar Chavez Park 7:15 p.m.
Ferry Landing on Coronado 7:30 p.m.

For more information and parade details, visit sdparadeoflights.org.

Elegancia Doble Holiday Concert
2022-12-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Winn Room, Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Enjoy classic holiday tunes from Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Piazzolla and more in this four hands piano concert by Yumiko Oya & Naomi Hobbs with Ephraim Raitman on percussion.

Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her music degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she also taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College district for 10 years. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015.
Yumiko Oya grew up in Tokyo, Japan. She began playing piano at the age of three. After moving to the US in 1990, she began studying music theory at Orange Coast College. She was invited to play as a soloist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with its orchestra at their annual concert. Further study earned Yumiko her Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the California Institute of the Art. Since then Yumiko has been actively performing as a soloist and with various ensembles.
Elegancia Doble: As a duo, they won the first prize of the 17th Japanese Musician’s Association of California Piano competition in 2016.

San Diego Bay Parade of Lights
2022-12-18 17:30 - 20:00 | Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
The San Diego Bay Parade of Lights holiday boat parade, “FantaSEA,” held on San Diego Bay, will take place December 11th and 18th, 2022.
The San Diego Bay Parade of Lights brings more than 100,000 San Diego residents and visitors together on the San Diego Bay waterfront each year. The procession of about 80 lavishly decorated boats has become one of the region’s most iconic holiday events and has brought the community together for over half a century now.
The parade route starts at Shelter Island and travels east past Harbor Island, then south along the Embarcadero, Seaport Village, and Cesar Chavez Park before turning parallel with the Coronado Bridge to the west side of the bay. The parade then proceeds past the Coronado Ferry Landing to the finish line. It takes about two hours to complete the procession and there are many comfortable waterfront viewpoints along the route.
Viewing areas span across multiple areas of the San Diego Bay. Prepare for traffic and parking ahead of time.
The parade takes approximately one hour to one and a half hours to pass any given point along the parade route. The approximate arrival time of the parade at various locations are:

Shelter Island (start of parade) 5:30 p.m.
Harbor Island 6:00 p.m.
The Embarcadero 6:30 p.m.
Seaport Village 7:00 p.m.
The Pier at Cesar Chavez Park 7:15 p.m.
Ferry Landing on Coronado 7:30 p.m.

For more information and parade details, visit sdparadeoflights.org.

Parade of Lights Viewing from Marriott Poolside Lawn
2022-12-18 17:30 - 20:30 | Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa, 2000 2nd St, Coronado, CA, 92118, United States
Come experience the dazzling display of boats decked out in their holiday best from the Coronado Marriott Resort & Spa Poolside Lawn. It’s sure to be a festive and fun event for the whole family.
Enjoy light bites, holiday cookies, candied apples and our signature coffee cart. Don’t miss a special holiday appearance from Fiona the Flamingo.
Entry is complimentary. Food and beverage will be available for purchase.
