Photos: Oceanside's Fall Festival opens Autumn season

Weekend rain did not prevent the inaugural Oceanside Fall Festival from was a great success this past Saturday. Due to an inclement weather forecast during the weekend of Sept. 30, the festival was delayed from noon to 2 p.m. but that did not prevent nearly a thousand visitors from attending the first community fall festival.

The the new community organization Oceanside Unified, which comprises representatives of several Oceanside community groups, including the Kiwanis Club, the chamber of commerce and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, hosted the hamlet’s first Fall Festival at Parking Field 6, on Lawson Boulevard, between Weidner and Perkins avenues, ushering in a season of solidarity, harvest and entertainment.

The festival featured an afternoon of games for people of all ages to enjoy, several local vendors.

That included 10 food trucks and music from DJ Pace, Permission to Launch, the Damn Good Time Band and local talent from the community to entertain the crowds.