City Heights Family Carnival — Rides & Games
- Four-day family carnival with rides, games, and classic fair food. - Runs Apr 23–26 at City Heights Recreation Center & Park (4380 Landis St.). - Official city event page: sandiego.gov.
A four-day family carnival opens Thursday, April 23, at City Heights Recreation Center & Park and runs through Sunday, April 26. (sandiego.gov) The City of San Diego lists the event site as 4380 Landis St. in City Heights and describes it as a carnival with rides, games and food. The city’s events calendar shows daily hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. from April 23 through April 26. (sandiego.gov 1) (sandiego.gov 2) City records for the special event permit say the setup started Monday, April 20, and dismantling is scheduled for Monday, April 27. The same filing says the event footprint covers about 103,000 square feet and includes generators, fencing, portable restrooms, trash and recycling containers, food trucks and onsite food preparation. (sandiego.gov 1) (sandiego.gov 2) The carnival is being staged at a recreation center that the city says opened in 1998 as part of the City Heights Urban Village. The complex sits alongside the City Heights/Weingart Branch Library, the City Heights Performance Annex and IDEA Lab, Mid-City Gym and the Mid-City Division Police Station. (sandiego.gov) That location helps explain why the event is framed as a neighborhood family outing instead of a standalone fairground attraction. City parks officials say recreation centers are part of a system of 60 centers and 15 pools used for community programs and seasonal events across San Diego. (sandiego.gov) (sandiego.gov) The City Heights site has hosted similar carnivals before. A City of San Diego event page shows a “Spring Carnival” at the same Landis Street address from April 4 to April 7, 2024, also billed with rides, games and carnival food. (sandiego.gov) For this year’s edition, the permit notice says event-related noise can extend beyond the public dates because crews were authorized to work from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. during setup and teardown. The public-facing event itself runs those same hours from Thursday through Sunday. (sandiego.gov) (sandiego.gov) By Sunday night, the rides and food booths are scheduled to close at 11 p.m., ending four days of carnival traffic at one of City Heights’ busiest civic hubs. (sandiego.gov)
