{"id":11022,"date":"2015-07-21T08:05:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T08:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2016-09-06T20:44:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T20:44:40","slug":"30th-annual-kite-festival-berkeley-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/11022\/30th-annual-kite-festival-berkeley-marina\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Fly a Kite: The 30th Annual Kite Festival at the Berkeley Marina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel your inner Mary Poppins at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highlinekites.com\/pages\/BERKELEY-KITE-FEST.html\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Kite Festival<\/a> on July 25-26 at Cesar E. Chavez Park. Over the past 30 years, the festival has developed a soaring reputation as one of the premier free family festivals on the West Coast. Join hundreds of kite flyers, old and young, with free kite making and kite lessons, a Rokkaku battle, delicious cuisine, live Taiko drummers, and more.<\/p>\n<p>To make a weekend of it, stay at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doubletree3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/california\/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-berkeley-marina-JBKCADT\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Berkeley Marina<\/a>\u00a0(use the promo code KIT for a discount), and finish off two\u00a0great days of kite flying with a Sunday evening dinner cruise on the Empress Hornblower Dining Yacht. The magical evening will feature an awards banquet and silent auction on the San Francisco Bay, all for a discounted $65.95 per person.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel your inner Mary Poppins at the Berkeley Kite Festival on July 25-26 at Cesar E. Chavez Park. 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