City Heights Family Carnival — Rides & Games

A four-day family carnival opens Thursday, April 23, at City Heights Recreation Center & Park, with rides, games and food running through Sunday night. (sandiego.gov) The City of San Diego lists the event at 4380 Landis St. in City Heights, with hours from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. (sandiego.gov) Admission is $2 for adults, and children under 12 get in free, according to the city’s event page. Thursday is also billed as a $2-per-ride opening night, while Friday through Sunday include $45 unlimited ride wristbands and family-pack ride coupons. (sandiego.gov) The city says the carnival footprint inside the park will include about 14 to 15 rides, seven games and two food concessions. The fenced event area is planned to cover about 103,000 square feet near the corner of Wightman Street and 44th Street. (sandiego.gov) The event lands at a recreation center that opened in 1998 as part of the City Heights Urban Village, a larger civic campus that also includes a library, performance space, Head Start program, elementary school, community college, gym and police station. (sandiego.gov) That setting helps explain why the carnival is staged as a neighborhood event rather than a downtown festival. The recreation center sits in the middle of City Heights and is served by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System bus routes 7, 10 and 13. (sandiego.gov) City event listings show the carnival is one of several spring gatherings on San Diego’s public calendar this week, alongside EarthFest in Balboa Park on Saturday, April 25. (sandiego.gov, sandiego.gov) For families in City Heights, the immediate window is short: gates open Thursday evening and close Sunday, April 26, after four days of rides and games at the neighborhood park. (sandiego.gov)