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tures, crafts, amid a large variety of artistic media. Art lovers can also sample a wide variety of local flavors in the food and beverage area.
Baja 500 (June 5-8) The 46th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 starts
and finishes in Ensenada and encompasses 500 miles of forbidding terrain including rocky and sandy mountains and deserts. Over 250 mo- torcycles, ATVs, cars and trucks are expected to compete. It’s quite a spectacle in Ensenada.
Baja 1,000 (Nov. 12-16) The “Granddaddy” of all desert racing, the
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Tecate SCORE Baja 1,000, this year features a purist’s one-way, 1,130 mile point-to-point grueling race from Ensenada to La Paz in Baja California Sur. More than 300 vehicles are slated this year to “beat the Baja” in the 47th annual version of this classic race. The Baja 1,000 was featured in the full-length documen- tary “Dust to Glory.” See
www.score-international.com, or call (775) 852-8900 for info on the SCORE races. Both will be featured on CBS TV.
Fiesta de la Vendimia, Ensenada (August 1-17) The fast-growing Guadalupe Valley wine
region north of Ensenada has really come into its own and its wines are Mexico’s finest. USA Today recently called it the world’s third best wine destination. The two week Grape Harvest Festival (Fi- esta de la Vendimia) has almost 50 culinary and
cultural events at the wineries, vineyards and restaurants throughout the Guadalupe Valley and in Ensenada. For further details, contact the winer- ies themselves, the Baja California Winemakers Association, or check with travel agents and ho- tels.
Rosarito Seafood Fair (August 18) The Rosarito Beach
Hotel will host that city’s 25th Annual Fish and Seafood Festival on Sun- day, Aug. 18. Held in the hotel’s oceanfront gar- dens, the free admission event offers live music, local singers, and folk dancers along with offer- ings from the sea from Baja’s finest seafood restaurants. 12noon-7pm reservation@rosari- tobeachhotel.
Ensenada Seafood Festival, Ensenada (September 21) For seafood from Ensenada’s finest restau-
rants, check out the 36th Annual Ensenada Seafood Festival on September 21. Along with samples, there’s competition, live entertain- ment, music and fun. Free admission. Food,
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wine and beer for purchase. Held at the Playa Hermosa municipal beach area on Blvd. Cos- tero (Lázaro Cárdenas) 1-8pm.
Puerto Nuevo Lobster Festival Not to be trumped by Ensenada and
Rosarito, the “lobster village” of Puerto Nuevo (about 10 miles south of Rosarito) has its own festival, with music, dancing and its trademark crustacean, the spiny lobster. The village’s 22nd annual event will be held in October.
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San Felipe Shrimp Festival (Nov. 7-9) One of San Felipe’s most popular events is
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