Laguna Beach Passport to the Arts

Sawdust, Art-A-Fair, and Festival of the Arts are part of this solid culture-loving deal.

SUMMERTIME IN ART CENTRAL: Laguna Beach, come the days of warmer weather, can be many things. It is bustling, for sure. It hums with action of both a tourist and local sort. It is the social center of the art festival scene along this stretch of the coast. It is rife with things to look at, of the painting and sculpture and textile and jewelry variety. And it is beautiful, which anyone who has ever set toe one in the town assuredly knows. But let us also add to all of this that the historic culture-smart burg can overwhelm with choices in the whole "what to take in and enjoy" department. Which translates to this: You need some support from people who understand. Meet...

THE PASSPORT TO THE ARTS: The quickity, what-is-this, tell-me-now upshot about the passport, which has been connecting people with culture for seven years, is this: It's a "triple-value, unique season pass" that "provides unlimited entry to the three premier art festivals in Laguna Beach throughout the summer festival season, which runs June 26 through August 31, 2015." Ah, you guessed it -- the trio of festivals that make up that top tier are indeed the Festival of the Arts, Art-A-Fair, and the Sawdust Art Festival. The cost? Twenty three bucks, which, seriously. Should we retype that, but in italics this time? Seriously. If you're planning on visiting all three of these festivals even once, you're saving. Multiple times and you're sitting pretty, summer-style.

BUT WAIT... there are more savings, including play discounts, whale watching discounts, free museum visits, savings on purchases at various galleries, yep. We were right to italicize that "seriously" earlier, though do note: The Pageant of the Masters is not part of the passport's roster, so make your separate plans for that ticket. All in all it is very good stuff, especially if your summer visitors love Laguna Beach and want you to drive them there. Have more than one or two groups of out-of-towners and your schedule is set (and money-saving, thanks to the Passport). For the whole caboodle of save-money-heres, and pre-festival anticipation, saunter on over to the Passport HQ (like you might saunter down to the beach along Forest Avenue). (Really, Forest Avenue is one of the prettiest of street names, though it is rivaled by its neighbors Ocean and Mermaid and Mystic Walk and Cliff.)

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