BUENA PARK, CA. – The Knott's Boysenberry Festival is our annual food-inspired event that celebrates the park's historic roots by highlighting the little berry that started it all, the boysenberry. Guests will have the opportunity to indulge in a tantalizing lineup of dishes ranging from savory foods with a boysenberry twist to one-of-a-kind specialty desserts and drinks that you can only find at Knott's Berry Farm during this time of the year. In addition to the numerous food and drink offerings, the Knott's Boysenberry Festival offers a wide selection of local crafters, live music, musical stage shows and fun activities for guests of all ages to enjoy. The Knott's Boysenberry Festival runs a full extra week this year starting March 18, operating daily through April 24, 2022. This year's event will introduce entirely new food offerings featuring a selection of more than two dozen food and drink items. A few new items to note include:

• Crab Sushi Roll with a Boysenberry Aioli                
• Chicken Dumplings with a Boysenberry Wonton and a Teriyaki Dipping Sauce
• Boysenberry Horchata
• Chicken Cordon Bleu with a Boysenberry Cheese Sauce
• Trio of Sausage with Peppers and Onions on Boysenberry Polenta
• Spring Fling Salad with Shrimp and a Boysenberry Vinaigrette
• Boysenberry Filled Donut Open Faced Chicken Sandwich with an Aioli Drizzle
• Deconstructed Lemonade with Blackberries, Loganberries, and Red Raspberries
• Boysenberry Rocky Road Brownie
• Boysenberry Pie Bars
• Boysenberry Slushy Mudslide (alcoholic)
• Boysenberry Seltzer
• Prosecco with Hibiscus and Boysenberry
• Boysenberry Sweet Tea with Vodka

A great way to indulge in the new boysenberry food items during the festival is by purchasing a tasting card priced at $50 (or $45 for season pass holders). The tasting card will offer six tastings from a selection of 25 boysenberry-inspired dishes and drinks. A variety of signature boysenberry items will also be available for purchase a la carte. Tasting cards are available at Knotts.com or at the theme park.

Guests can also create over 75 unique boysenberry-inspired creations with limited edition merchandise found throughout the park. This year's new merchandise includes a selection of packaged food items perfect for take-home souvenirs like the new boysenberry microbrew BBQ sauce, boysenberry crème brulé coffee, boysenberry brownie cookies, boysenberry pepper bacon spread and boysenberry balsamic grilling glaze. The Berry Market, located in the California Marketplace, also features signature boysenberry items like the refreshing boysenberry sarsaparilla and our classic jams and preserves. Unique boysenberry-inspired artisan products will also be available at the Boysenberry Festival Craft Fair returning with 30 local craft vendors. Each crafter features its own boysenberry-themed items.
 
Knott's Boysenberry Festival also offers endless entertainment throughout the park. From musical performances to fun interactive games, there is something for every member of the family to enjoy.

• Guests are invited to join Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts Gang in the musical stage show Snoopy's Boysenberry Jamboree! The show is sure to have families dancing and singing along at the Calico Mine Stage
• Knott's pays tribute to its past at the legendary Bird Cage Theatre with a special presentation of the brand-new comedy melodrama, Riverboat Revenge. All aboard for this boysenberry bon voyage!
• Get in on the fun with some of the craziest and messiest games in Calico. Try your berry best in our Boysenberry Fun and Games, including the wildly entertaining Boysenberry Pie Eating Contest.
• Young ones and young at heart are invited to cozy up to the cutest critters on the farm, including horses, sheep, goats and other furry friends. Old MacDonald's Barn pays tribute to one of the farm's original attractions.
• A classic returns! Travel back to the '80s as you dance the night away to the decade's best songs at Knott's Totally Tubular 80's Dance Party.
• Pull up a chair as our blues trio, the Boysenberry Blues, conjures up some of the smoothest tunes performing at the Boardwalk BBQ patio.
• You can also grab a seat (and a plate!) at Fireman's BBQ, where various musical duos take the stage with a selection of bluegrass and country tunes, they will have your toes a-tappin' and your hands a clappin'!
• Enjoy the sounds from South of the Border in Fiesta Village as the Mariachi Angelitas present a lively show filled with rich history and tradition.
• Grab a slice of history in our museum History of the Boysenberry dedicated to the berry that started it all!

The Boysenberry Festival is included with admission to Knott's Berry Farm or with a special Knott's Hotel Boysenberry Package that includes overnight accommodations steps from the park, a tasting card, parking and more. Additional costs apply for food tasting experiences within the event. Knott's will have extended hours on select days March 18 – April 24, allowing guests extra time to take advantage of the limited-time offerings.

​The best way to savor every day of the Knott's Boysenberry Festival and all of the other Seasons of Fun is with a 2022 Season Pass! Get unlimited visits, food and merchandise discounts, plus so much more! For more information about Knott's Berry Farm, please visit knotts.com or download the Knott's Berry Farm app for your smartphone. Join the conversation using the hashtag #BoysenberryFestival

The Ninth Annual San Diego Comic Fest (www.sdcomicfest.org), the friendly comic book convention with a casual atmosphere and an intimate scale, will be April 21-24, 2022, at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel on Aero Drive. This year our theme will celebrate the Centennial of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.

San Diego Comic Fest has sometimes been called “Comic-Con Unplugged.” It offers all the things that make comic book conventions unique, emphasizing comics, science fiction, movies, animation, and artwork, but without lines or crowding. Tickets are available in advance online and at the door during event registration hours.

Guest of Honor, Peter David, is a prolific author whose career, and continued popularity, spans nearly three decades. He has worked in every conceivable media: Television, film, books (fiction, non-fiction and audio), short stories, and comic books, and acquired followings in all of them. Some of his most notable works include the Star Trek: New Frontier Novels, The Incredible Hulk, Young Justice, Spider-Man 2099, Aquaman and Supergirl.

Science Fiction Guest of Honor Gregory Benford is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, winner of the Lord Prize in science, and the UN Medal in Literature. His fiction and nonfiction have won many awards; he has published 32 novels, over 200 short stories and several hundred scientific papers in several fields. His most recently-published works include Bowl of Heaven and Shipstar with Larry Niven, Mammoth Dawn with Kevin J. Anderson, The Best of
Gregory Benford, and The Berlin Project.

San Diego Comic Fest’s origins date to the first comic convention held in San Diego back in 1969. Teenage San Diego comic dealer Mike Towry was among the handful of fans who founded what became known as San Diego Comic-Con. As fans reminisced about the “old-school” cons during the 40th Comic-Con in 2009, he and other Con veterans agreed that San Diego needed a second convention – one with an atmosphere like the early years. Thus, San Diego Comic Fest was born. In 2021, Mike passed the torch to Little Fish Comic Book Studio Executive Director Alonso Nunez who now serves as the new President of Comic Fest.

​Among the confirmed Special Comic Fest guests and program highlights are:

• Jean Graham: Co-Fan Guest of Honor, Founder of S.T.A.R. San Diego, Committee Member of Westercon, Starcon, San Diego Comic-Con and ConDor.
• Pearl Stickler: Co-Fan Guest of Honor, President of California Association for the Advancement of Speculative Media, Chairperson of ConDor.
• Ralph Mathieu: Dealer Guest of Honor, Founder of Alternate Reality Comics Las Vegas, Diamond Comic Board of Directors.
• Ben Templesmith: Eisner Award-winning artist of 30 Days of Night, Fell, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Dead Space, Groom Lake and Singularity 7.
• Tom Ruegger: Fourteen-time Emmy Award-winning creator, producer, writer and showrunner of Animaniacs, Pinky & the Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid.
• Dustin Nguyen: Eisner Award-winning artist of Descender, The Authority, Detective Comics, Batman: Lil Gotham, Batman: Streets of Gotham, and Robin & Batman.
• Scott Shaw!: Cartoonist and Animator of Sonic The Hedgehog, The Flintstones, Camp Candy, Captain Carrot, Muppet Babies and the World Famous Oddball Comics Show.
• Joe Phillips: Inkpot Award-winning artist of Mister Miracle, The Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Fleer Ultra: X-Men and Marvel Masterpieces.
• William Stout: Multi-talented artist and designer of Jurassic Park, Conan the Barbarian, Pan’s Labyrinth, Masters of the Universe and The Myst.
• Jim Krueger: Eisner Award-winning Writer of the Earth X Trilogy, Justice, Project Superpowers, Footsoldiers and Marvels X.
• Michael Dooley: Designer, author, instructor, photographer, and contributing editor to Print, the graphic design magazine.
• Rob Salkowitz: Writer on pop culture for Forbes, ICv2, communications educator, and author of Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture.
• Chris Ryall: Publisher of Syzygy Publishing, Writer and Editor of Locke & Key, ROM, Onyx, Groom Lake and Zombies vs. Robots.
• Jackie Estrada: She runs the Eisner Awards, started Comic-Con’s Artists Alley, and is the editor and co-publisher of Exhibit A Press.
• Ricardo Delgado: Eisner Award-winning creator of Age of Reptiles, Storyboard artist of Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Incredibles and How to Train Your Dragon.
• Buzz Dixon: Writer of Animation Classics such as G.I. Joe, Transformers, Thundarr The Barbarian, Batman: The Animated Series and Tiny Toon Adventures.
• Jonathan Maberry: NY Times Bestseller, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, creator of V-Wars, the Joe Ledger thrillers, the Rot & Ruin series, and the Dead of Night series.
• Willie Ito: Animator for Disney (spaghetti-kissing scene in Lady and the Tramp), The Beany and Cecil Show, The Jetsons, The Flintstones and the Yogi Bear Show.

LINK to FULL GUESTLIST: http://www.sdcomicfest.org/special-guests/

Full-Weekend and One-Day tickets will be available for advance purchase online and sold at the door during registration hours. Full-Weekend passes, including the Thursday night reception on April 21st, are only available in advance online. Discounts for active military families and students are available. Children under age 12 are free if accompanied by a ticket holder. To buy tickets online, go to www.sdcomicfest.org/tickets