Fog Fest and Fandango, 2014

San Mateo County Times/Carolyn Livengood, Columnist.  "29th annual Pacific Coast Fog Fest planned."

Traffic, parking, and fun

"The 29th annual Pacific Coast Fog Fest, which celebrates the city of Pacifica's community and the local nonprofit organizations that benefit from the two-day festival, will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 27-28 along Palmetto Avenue in Pacifica. The festival will include: three stages of  live music, more than 200 arts and crafts booths, great food, family fun, and a kid's fun zone, parade, fog jog, photo contest display, and sand-sculpting contest." Activities from September 19th, for schedule  Read article. 

Related - Pacifica Tribune, 9/9/14. "Get set for Fog Fest Fandango!" "Today, the Fog Fest Fandango is back in the hands of the Fog Fest Organizing Group and this year, in coordination with the Pacifica Moose Lodge, will host the event at the lodge. The date is set for Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. 

This year dance the night away to the live sounds of the Wall of Blues. Mazzetti's Bakery will provide a special Fog Fest dessert, plus lots of scrumptious hors d'oeuvres will be served. A "Pacification Basket," with items donated by local businesses worth over $800, will be raffled. Special to attendees, pre-sales of 2014 Fog Fest T-shirts and glassware!

Tickets are $20 and available at the Pacifica Moose Lodge, 776 Bradford Way or at the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce, 225 Rockaway Beach Ave. #1. For more information call 650-355-8200."  Read more.

Reference -  Pacific Coast Fog Fest, 9/27-9/28, 2014. "Ten in the morning to six pm along Palmetto Avenue in Pacifica.  Admission is free!"  Bring money though, you'll need it. There are wonderful slides of the event on this website. 

Pacifica Tribune/Shirlee Gibbs/Special, 9/9/14.  "History of the Fog Fest." ".... The Fog Fest began in the 1980's as a public relations mechanism. Terry Pimsleur, a professional event promoter, who helped create the concept of the Fog Fest, was hired in a partnership with the City.  Eventually this partnership was terminated and the City of Pacifica sponsored the festival through 1993. The City was losing money on the festival and decided to jettison the event as they ruled it was not a good way to spend tax revenues. John Fearing, publisher of the Pacifica Tribune, wished to see the Fog Fest survive, not to change the concept, but to enhance community identity, bring tourist dollars to local businesses, and to provide a venue for local nonprofit organizations to make money. He scheduled a meeting of community activists to determine if the event could be rescued. With seed money donated from the Pacific Lions Club, Rotary Club and Moose Lodge, John guided us through months of negotiations with the City." 

Note graphic - 29th Annual Pacific Coast Fog Fest 2014 from an announcement on Twitter.

Posted by Kathy Meeh