On Location: Vista Viking Festival

Join Darkroomers for a day of photography, history, and spectacle at the Vista Viking Festival, held at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista.

The festival features Viking reenactments, costumes, demonstrations, vendors, food, and plenty of interesting subjects for candid and environmental photography.

We’ll plan to meet when the gates open at 10:00 AM. The festival runs until 8:00 PM, so stay for as much or as little of the day as you like.

Tickets and parking

Presale adult admission is $23. Tickets are available at vistavikingfestival.com/tickets.

There is no onsite parking at the festival. Parking is $10, cash only, and includes shuttle service to the festival grounds.

Parking is available at:

Vista High School
1 Panther Way
Vista, CA 92084

Mission Vista High School
1306 Melrose Drive
Oceanside, CA 92057

What to bring:

• Camera and your favorite walkaround lens or lenses
• Extra batteries and memory cards
• Water
• Sunscreen

Leave the tripod at home. This will be a busy festival environment, so traveling light will make it easier to move around and react quickly to photo opportunities.

Costumes, reenactments, and festival activity should make this a fun day for portraits, details, action shots, and documentary-style photography.