The 68th annual Ocean Beach Kiwanis Kite Festival, Off-Street Fair and Carnival will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14 at Dusty Rhodes Park, at Sunset Cliffs and Nimitz boulevards. There will be free parking and a shuttle from Robb Field.
There will be kite building and decorating, prizes, professional kite fliers and kite demonstrations, games, crafters, community organizations, gourmet food, carnival activities and a beer tent.
Youngsters are taught how to make and fly kites, and all materials are supplied. Prizes will be awarded for the best-decorated kites. Any handmade kite can be submitted, not just kites made at the festival.
This free family event is the oldest children’s kite festival in the United States. This is a third-generation event; people who attended as children are now bringing their children and grandchildren. 
The festival is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Ocean Beach and the Ocean Beach Recreation Center. For further information, call (619) 225-8705 or (619) 890-9397 or email [email protected].