Saturday, March 17th is the San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering Kick-Off Saturday, featuring big events at San Diego State University, Balboa Park and California State University San Marcos, to name a few. The remainder of Festival Week activities include a total of 37 events throughout the rest of the week leading up to EXPO DAY, our grand-slam-science-and-engineering-finale at PETCO park all day on Saturday, March 24th. Many of the Festival Events are designed specifically for Class Field Trips. Free transportation is also provided by the Festival. Please see details under K-12 Transportation. Over 55,000 kids, families, scientists, engineers, educators, and other community members are expected to take part in this year's activities, with over 20,000 people attending on EXPO DAY, a free-to-the-community event! Details are being updated daily as we approach the Festival.
