What a busy month April is in San Luis Obispo County! With more and more days of warm, crisp sunshine and with the flowers in bloom and the mountains green with new growth, the people of SLO re-discover the outdoors. Here’s what’s going on this month, and there are some events you will definitely not want to miss!

Wildflower Triathlon
This yearly event is a spectacle of human stamina; one of the largest outdoor triathlon
events in the state. Hundreds of competitors from all over the world get together at Lake San Antonio, north of Paso Robles. (see event website) On top of it being a great event to watch, the hundreds of college students that pledge their time to helping put on the event make it an awesome lake front party.

Cal Poly Open House
The busiest weekend in SLO, thousands of perspective and already accepted students descend on San Luis Obispo to discover what Poly is all about. Booths, events, workshops and the ever famous tractor pull (see photos) make the Open House a huge success every year.

The Arts
As always, the Performing Arts Center of San Luis Obispo has lots of great shows to offer (from Performing Arts Center Website):

April 7, 8pm: “Beaux Arts Trio” : For five decades, the name Beaux Arts has been synonymous with the highest expression of the piano trio form. Critics and peers alike laud the Trio for its impeccable taste, luminous musicianship, and remarkable synthesis.

April 23, 8pm: “Bill Charlap Trio”: t’s no surprise that jazz pianist Bill Charlap would find his inspiration in popular song: his father was a Broadway composer and his mother a singer with Benny Goodman’s band. Tony Bennet’s former accompanist, Charlap’s concerts feature his melodic interpretations of the great American songbook, championing the work of such notable composers as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, and Leonard Bernstein. Romantic, swinging, and eloquent, Bill Charlap is musical elegance personified.

April 30, 8pm: “PDQ Bach: The Vegas Years”: Peter Schickele - the intellectual guide and "Johann of All Trades" for this evening of musical mayhem - serves as composer, lecturer, and performer in PDQ BACH: The Vegas Years.