Sun, Oct 11
Day of the Dog — San Diego
Voltaire Street shuts down to cars and opens up to something better — a four-block pedestrian stretch in Ocean Beach where the dogs outnumber the humans and nobody minds.
Day of the Dog is the kind of event that could only exist in a neighborhood where the sidewalk regulars already know each other's dogs by name. From Cable to Bacon, the street fills with French bulldog races (serious to the owners, hilarious to everyone else), Corgi sprints, wiener dog dashes, a Dogue Fashion Show that should be absurd but somehow isn't, and a Best In Show showcase where the treat prizes matter more than anyone will admit. There's a 100-foot art installation down the middle of the block, a foam party zone where the dogs lose their minds, and dog blessings for the ones who need a little extra grace.
The humans get food trucks, local vendors, and the particular pleasure of watching a neighborhood that already loves its dogs spend an afternoon proving it. No pretense that this is anything other than what it is: a community that built a festival around the thing it was already doing every morning on every corner.
October 11, noon–4 PM. Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach. Free.
Voltaire Street shuts down to cars and opens up to something better — a four-block pedestrian stretch in Ocean Beach where the dogs outnumber the humans and nobody minds.
Day of the Dog is the kind of event that could only exist in a neighborhood where the sidewalk regulars already know each other's dogs by name. From Cable to Bacon, the street fills with French bulldog races (serious to the owners, hilarious to everyone else), Corgi sprints, wiener dog dashes, a Dogue Fashion Show that should be absurd but somehow isn't, and a Best In Show showcase where the treat prizes matter more than anyone will admit. There's a 100-foot art installation down the middle of the block, a foam party zone where the dogs lose their minds, and dog blessings for the ones who need a little extra grace.
The humans get food trucks, local vendors, and the particular pleasure of watching a neighborhood that already loves its dogs spend an afternoon proving it. No pretense that this is anything other than what it is: a community that built a festival around the thing it was already doing every morning on every corner.
October 11, noon–4 PM. Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach. Free.
Day of the Dog is the kind of event that could only exist in a neighborhood where the sidewalk regulars already know each other's dogs by name. From Cable to Bacon, the street fills with French bulldog races (serious to the owners, hilarious to everyone else), Corgi sprints, wiener dog dashes, a Dogue Fashion Show that should be absurd but somehow isn't, and a Best In Show showcase where the treat prizes matter more than anyone will admit. There's a 100-foot art installation down the middle of the block, a foam party zone where the dogs lose their minds, and dog blessings for the ones who need a little extra grace.
The humans get food trucks, local vendors, and the particular pleasure of watching a neighborhood that already loves its dogs spend an afternoon proving it. No pretense that this is anything other than what it is: a community that built a festival around the thing it was already doing every morning on every corner.
October 11, noon–4 PM. Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach. Free.
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Voltaire Street shuts down to cars and opens up to something better — a four-block pedestrian stretch in Ocean Beach where the dogs outnumber the humans and nobody minds.
Day of the Dog is the kind of event that could only exist in a neighborhood where the sidewalk regulars already know each other's dogs by name. From Cable to Bacon, the street fills with French bulldog races (serious to the owners, hilarious to everyone else), Corgi sprints, wiener dog dashes, a Dogue Fashion Show that should be absurd but somehow isn't, and a Best In Show showcase where the treat prizes matter more than anyone will admit. There's a 100-foot art installation down the middle of the block, a foam party zone where the dogs lose their minds, and dog blessings for the ones who need a little extra grace.
The humans get food trucks, local vendors, and the particular pleasure of watching a neighborhood that already loves its dogs spend an afternoon proving it. No pretense that this is anything other than what it is: a community that built a festival around the thing it was already doing every morning on every corner.
October 11, noon–4 PM. Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach. Free.
Day of the Dog is the kind of event that could only exist in a neighborhood where the sidewalk regulars already know each other's dogs by name. From Cable to Bacon, the street fills with French bulldog races (serious to the owners, hilarious to everyone else), Corgi sprints, wiener dog dashes, a Dogue Fashion Show that should be absurd but somehow isn't, and a Best In Show showcase where the treat prizes matter more than anyone will admit. There's a 100-foot art installation down the middle of the block, a foam party zone where the dogs lose their minds, and dog blessings for the ones who need a little extra grace.
The humans get food trucks, local vendors, and the particular pleasure of watching a neighborhood that already loves its dogs spend an afternoon proving it. No pretense that this is anything other than what it is: a community that built a festival around the thing it was already doing every morning on every corner.
October 11, noon–4 PM. Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach. Free.
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