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Valley Arts Festival\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Valley Arts Festival (VAF) 2025 is an annual celebration of Oceanside and its first peoples, today known as the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, one of the seven tribes of the Luise\u00f1o nation. The Luise\u00f1o are an indigenous people of California who inhabited the coastal area of Southern California.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s free family-friendly festival, themed \u201cK\u00edicha Nights, Coyote Dreams\u00a9 \u201c, expands upon the success of the last three years, and will feature even more activities and vendors.<\/p>\n

Previous festivals included:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Interactive basket weaving with the Paa’ila Basket Weavers led by Diania Caudell<\/p>\n

\u2022 Live Native American flute music with Spiritual Storm<\/p>\n

\u2022 Live Native American blues music with Tracy Lee Nelson<\/p>\n

\u2022 Live Native American storytelling<\/p>\n

\u2022 Interactive community murals for youth and adults<\/p>\n

\u2022 Native American artists and vendors, including flutes, drums, clothing, and jewelry<\/p>\n

\u2022 Multiple participatory activities for all ages including rock and gourd painting and jewelry making \u2022 Indian Fry Bread for purchase<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s festival will also include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Live Native American drumming with Dancing Cloud Drumming Circle<\/p>\n

\u2022 Live interactive dancing demonstrations for youth and adults<\/p>\n

\u2022 Enhanced educational area including a three-quarter size K\u00edicha (traditional home of the Luise\u00f1o people, a dome shaped structure made of tule reeds and\/or willow branches)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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VAF is made possible in part by Prebys Foundation and Title Sponsorship by Visit Oceanside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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