The San Clemente Fiesta Music Festival ran the gamut of modern popular music, from David Cassidy and Bob Seger tributes to the high-energy and highly original local bands Tunnel Vision and Raw Blak…
The San Clemente Fiesta Music Festival ran the gamut of modern popular music, from David Cassidy and Bob Seger tributes to the high-energy and highly original local bands Tunnel Vision and Raw Blake.
Attendees of the Sunday, Aug. 13 event could dance in the street, take the Marine Corps’ challenge on a pull-up bar, careen down a water slide or buy a “San Clemente Summer of Sharks” t-shirt.
At the Salsa Challenge, a judging panel and the People’s Choice vote agreed on all four of the top-placing restaurant salsas. La Siesta took the top two prizes for its pico de gallo and its salsa picante salsas. Café Mimosa’s salsa was third and Rose’s Sugar Shack’s salsa fourth.
Among non-restaurant salsas, the People’s Choice was “Do I Make you Randy Salsa, ” while the judges liked Caliber Collision’s “Salsa Ritmo.” Judges’ runners-up were two varieties of Hanson’s Market au-natural salsas and Big Kahuna Salsa Company. People’s Choice runners-up were Czech-Mex Salsa Mango, one of Hanson’s Market au-natural salsas and Patriot Point Salsa.
Best décor awards went to Café Mimosa (restaurants) and “Got Salsa” (non-restaurant) .
Whether or not you missed the music festival and its 17 bands, check out these other shows filling out the summer calendar through the end of August:
The Hula Girls, a hulabilly band that blends rockabilly with tiki, performs at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, tickets $25 at casaromantica.org .
“Elvis and Friends” is the theme for an evening of tribute artists emulating music icons including Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Doris Day at Cabrillo Playhouse, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 18-19 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20. Tickets are $20 at cabrilloplayhouse.org .
“Broadway Yesterday and Today” is the following weekend’s offering at Cabrillo, a musical revue featuring Orange County vocalists, 8 p.m. Aug. 25-26 and 2 p.m. Aug. 27. Tickets $20 at cabrilloplayouse.org .
Josh Nelson and his band perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 as part of the landmark Casino San Clemente’s Summer Nights Jazz Series, tickets $10 and $25 at brownpapertickets.com .
