Each week, Arts Orange County and Culture OC deliver you this look at the stories and events happening in our arts and cultural community.

Santa Ana Pride

Brain & Body Music Studio, Soul on Fire Dance, and the Frida Cinema collaborate to create a day-long celebration of Pride in the heart of DTSA - featuring an open mic, flash mob, mental and physical health resources, and so much more MORE

The Ultimate Guide to 4th of July Celebrations and Fireworks in Orange County (2024)

Orange County has a little bit of everything when it comes to Independence Day celebrations.

Starting June 28 and extending to July 6, you have your pick of parades, 5Ks, carnivals, slip and slides, harbor cruises, patriotic concerts, pub crawls, fancy meals, free picnics and yes, fireworks.

Culture OC has assembled a comprehensive list (with maps!) that includes it all.

OC Influencers Pierson Wodzynski and Liv Swearingen Join Charli and Dixie D'Amelio at VidCon This Week

The queens of TikTok Charli D’Amelio and her sister Dixie will descend upon Orange County this week, bringing their squealing Gen Z fans to Anaheim for a four-day digital media extravaganza.

Drawing about 55,000 visitors every year, VidCon 2024 will also feature O.C. local Liv Swearingen. The 25-year old singer auditioned for American Idol and had quite a strong following on social media before joining Amp World @ampwrld, a YouTube content studio started by Brent Rivera.

Based in Huntington Beach, Amp World, the self-proclaimed Disney Channel for the digital generation, also includes Pierson Wodzynski, an O.C. native who has 20 million followers and gained 9 million of them on TikTok in just one year. Wodzynzki is also a featured creator during VidCon.

How a Butterfly Garden in Laguna Beach Became the Home of the Fairies

Whether searching for pixies, writing them a note or attending a nature-themed event, the Laguna Beach Library Butterfly and Fairy Garden is a whimsical outdoor wonderland with much to offer.

Each week, we recommend a variety of events and experiences from the listings at SparkOC.com, our free website for Orange County's arts and cultural community.

Grand Opening of the Newport Beach Historical Society Museum

A civic ribbon cutting, DJ, and refreshments will all be part of the ceremony welcoming guests to this new institution for local history, located in the Balboa Fun Zone MORE

Muzeo Summer Concert

Fullerton-born blues rock legend Kid Ramos puts on a free evening concert in the Carnegie Plaza Courtyard at Anaheim's MUZEO MORE

Solar Car Derby

Kids can learn about STEM principles and the power of the sun in an exciting, hands-on exhibit at Irvine's Pretend City Children's Museum that will allow them to build and then race their own mini solar vehicle MORE

OC ShakesBeer Festival

Free admission to Sea Terrace Park in Dana Point for this new festival featuring tastes from local breweries and restaurants in the afternoon, followed by an evening performance of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" MORE