Fete Fetish: A Sonic Celebration With A French Flavor This Saturday

It's one of the coolest public events of the year in Laguna Beach—but you'll need to move fast. It doesn't last long.

It's the annual Fete de la Musique live music fest, going off at myriad spots and streetcorners all over downtown Laguna this Saturday, for a scant three-hour window, from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m.

Sure, it'd be nice if one of these years (this is the fifth Fete) this aural extravaganza could extend into something a little more generous, like a whole weekend, or maybe six hours over a single day. Still, we'll take what we can get in a city that doesn't celebrate live tuneage nearly enough as it does other art forms. That's just our grouchy POV, though ...

The annual Fete is a product of the Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association, a celebration of the town's bond with sister city Menton, France—expect an acknowledgement of this during the opening ceremony when it kicks off at 1 p.m. From there, you can wander around downtown Laguna Beach, where mostly local musicians and performers will be playing music for several hours, as far north as the , as far south as the , and everywhere in between from the to to assorted places along Forest and Ocean. Maps will be available at Main Beach, or you can click the Sister Cities site here.

A grand time is guaranteed—just don't forget the sunblock.

For a video, story and photos from last year's Fete, , or click the video in the box on the right on this page ...