Take Your Kids to a Music Extravaganza

Each week, we'll give you the lowdown on five great upcoming family activities or events.

If you suffered through the rain the past two weekends, take heart, dear souls. The sun is back again from March 2-8, and there's more than enough to do outdoors to make up for lost time.

Your choices, near Poway and in San Diego, include a nearly week-long display of local student musical talent, a regatta on the bay and a big day in Ocean Beach, where a new fair is taking place alongside the tried-and-true Kite Festival.

Look for the kids planner each Wednesday, and help build it with your own suggestions and tips—just add them to the comment box. Even if you disagree with our picks, let us know. We want to hear from you!

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BEST BETS CLOSE TO HOME 

• Where/when: Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, Wednesday through Sunday.

• Why Go: To see Poway students of all ages show off their musical talents, culmulating in the Middle School Orchestra Festival on Sunday. The high school hosts two pre-festival concerts Wednesday and Thursday and the "Poway's Got Talent" show Friday. 

• Price: Range from free to $15, depending on the event.

• Where/when: Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, 4 p.m. Monday.

• Why Go: To give your theatrically inclined child a chance to show his or her stuff on stage, as the Missoula Children's Theatre holds auditions for a production of "The Wizard of Oz."

• Price: Free.

BEST BETS, A LITTLE FARTHER OUT

• Where/when: San Diego Bay, San Diego, 11 a.m., Wednesday through Sunday.

• Why Go: To see sailors from around the world, including America's Cup winners, join in the RC-44 Championship Tour, named for the type of sailboat in which they'll be competing.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 4 and 7 p.m., Wednesday.

• Why Go: To hear Highland Way, a local Celtic band, free, as part of the center's Free First Wednesdays series.

• Price: Free.

• Where/when: Balboa Park, along Sixth Avenue, San Diego, 7:30 a.m., Wednesday.

• Why Go: To salute former Poway resident Chelsea King, who was murdered during a run near Lake Hodges one year ago. "Finish Chelsea's Run," a 5K run/walk, will raise funds for Chelsea's Light, the foundation set up to honor her. 

• Price: $20 to $40 entry fee.

• Where/when: Ocean Beach, San Diego, Saturday.

• Why Go: Make it a day on the beach with two big street fairs . The venerable  hits the Ocean Beach Recreation Center, for kite making and a parade, at 9 a.m. Then the newbie,, starts off at 11 a.m. with bands, skateboarding demos and an art fair.

• Price: Free.