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SATURDAY

Piecemakers Festival

The Piecemakers Country Store, at 1720 Adams Ave. in Costa Mesa, continues with its Christmas Festival, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, visit https://www.piecemakers.com or call (714) 641-3112.

Holiday Fun at SOCO

The South Coast Collection will be the place for a variety of family friendly holiday activities, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Activities include music, carolers, cookie decorating, a toy drive and the opportunity to meet top-ranked climber Sasha DiGiulian at the Gear Co-Op shop. SOCO Collection is at 3303-3323 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa.

Half-Priced Tickets to OCMA

In celebration of the “Pacific Standard Time” regional art collaboration among Southern California museums, the Orange County Museum of Art will offer half-priced admission. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets to OCMA normally cost $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Saturday’s program will include some special activities, such as a curatorial tour of the “State of Mind” exhibition at noon and a curatorial tour of the “Two Schools of Cool” exhibition at 3 p.m. OCMA is at 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach. Go to https://www.ocma.net for more information.

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Back Bay Bistro Brunch

Santa Claus will be available for photo opportunities during Saturday brunch at the Newport Dunes’ Back Bay Bistro, 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. Brunch will go from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To make a reservation, call (949) 729-1144.

Pet Photo Shoot

The Newport Beach Plaza Retirement Community presents the second annual Santa Claus and Pet Photo Shoot benefiting Stella’s Hope, an all breed K-9 rescue. The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors with doggy attire, jewelry, bandannas will be present. Admission is a suggested $20 donation. To make a reservation or for more information, call (949) 645-6833.

Tree Lighting

The Balboa Village Business Improvement District will host its Holiday Tree lighting ceremony. The program is from 2 to 6 p.m. at Balboa Village, at Balboa Boulevard and Palm Street on the Balboa Peninsula. The event is free and open to the public.

Soiree Tickets on Sale

Tickets are available for the upcoming third annual Holiday Soiree & Benefit being hosted by Newport-Mesa Unified school board Trustee Katrina Foley, in partnership with Mesa Restaurant, the Costa Mesa High School Cheerleaders. Members of the police and fire departments plan to attend but the departments are not sponsoring the event. The event’s organizers are seeking canned food and coat donations. Donated cans will go to the Second Harvest Food Bank and coats will go to the Boys & Girls Club and the OC Interfaith Shelter. People who cannot attend the event can drop off coats in the lobby of the police department, at 99 Fair Drive, or the Cheer Room at CMHS, 2650 Fairview Road. Cans of food can be left at Fire Station No. 4 on Placentia Avenue, across from Estancia High School. Tickets to the benefit event, which is from 7 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 8 at Mesa Restaurant inside The Camp at 725 Baker St., Costa Mesa, cost $25. For more information, go to https://www.katrinafoley.com.

Hollywood Blonde

Hollywood Blonde, a band that plays 1980s classics and current pop, will perform a free concert from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Celtic Bar at Muldoon’s Irish Pub, 202 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Crystal Cove Tree Lighting

Crystal Cove Alliance hosts its 15th annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony starting at 3 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Crystal Cove Historic District. Admission to the tree lighting is free. This year will also feature a weekend Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 5 p..m. Dec. 3 and Dec. 4. Proceeds from the bazaar will benefit restoration and education efforts for Crystal Cove State Park and the Historic District. For more information, visit https://www.crystalcovealliance.org.

SUNDAY

Scan-a-Thon at Great Park

Orange County Great Park artist-in-residence Deborah Aschheim invites people to bring personal and family photos from the 1960s and ‘70s so she can scan them for a project she’s working on. The Scan-a-Thon is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the park’s Artists Studios building. Contributed images will remain anonymous and uncredited. For more information, go to https://www.ocgp.org.

CdM Christmas Walk

The 33rd annual Corona del Mar Christmas Walk, presented by the CdM Chamber of Commerce, is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meanwhile, the Corona del Mar branch of the Newport Beach Public Library, 420 Marigold Ave., hosts a magic show and other activities during an open house that will run during the same hours as the Christmas Walk. Both events will be free and open to the public.

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