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The 20 Greatest Ranchera Singers of All Time: The Complete List

See also:*The 20 Greatest Songs of Vicente Fernández: The Complete List*Antonio Aguilar, Ranchera Legend, Gets Giant Statue of Him Unveiled in Los Angeles; His 10 Greatest Songs!*The 10 Best Songs of Ramon Ayala, Conjunto Norteño Legend and Accordion HeroTrying to explain what música ranchera is ... More >>

Expo Comida Latina 2012: The Food Trade Show of the Reconquista

Latino this, Latino that, it seems like there's a new Latino spin-off of something every day. Expo Comida Latina is probably the coolest, though: "North America's only trade event focused on bringing authentic, specialty, gourmet and mainstream products from around the globe to retail and foodservic ... More >>

[VIDEO:] Hanging Out with Plushies, Twister Girls and YouTube Creepers at VidCon 2012

Among the sights from VidCon 2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center you'll see after the jump are: Wil Wheaton playing a board game; colorful people and plushies on the main convention floor (including those filling two long-ass lines for Charlie McDonnell); boys jousting; girls playing Twister; and ... More >>

BarCraft: The Video-Game Version of Ultimate Fighting

[Summer Guide 2012] Side bets, cash prizes, trash talking—welcome to video games played at bars

You'll Know the Occupiers by Their Bio-Hazard Suits at Natural Products Expo in Anaheim

​When more than 30,000 attendees arrive at the Anaheim Convention Center Friday for Expo West, North America's largest trade show for the natural products industry, many may tread lightly.How else is one supposed to act around folks creeping around in bio-hazmat suits?

Insomniac Introduces New White Wonderland Festival at Anaheim Convention Center

​Insomniac is kicking off 2012 by inviting fans to attend an all-new 21 music festival called White Wonderland. The two-day fest will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center on Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. Joining headliner no. 1 Kaskade on New Years Eve will be Benny Benassi, Paul Va ... More >>

BlizzCon 2011 Highlights

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​BlizzCon 2011 took place in the Anaheim Convention Center over the weekend. As a celebration of some of gaming's most popular franchises, Blizzard used this opportunity to make many announcements of release of new content for their WarCraft, StarCraft, and Diablo gam ... More >>

Monster Massive Cancels Two Weeks Before Event

[Mental Notes] Annual Halloween mega-rave had no venue, even as it was briskly selling tickets and advertising the event

Foo Fighters to Headline BlizzCon 2011

​So you thought Kanye West performing at the Call of Duty XP was a little off? Well, BlizzCon just pulled out their piece de resistance by announcing the Foo Fighters will be headlining the closing event of the two-day convention.Blizzcon, held Oct. 21 and 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center, is a ... More >>

No Irvine Stop for Kings of Leon

[Mental Notes] Band suffering from more than exhaustion, and WonderCon may leave SF

Rock, Rum and the OC Roller Girls

Brandon Ferguson​Some say the sport of roller derby is experiencing a resurgence--but it probably never really went away. Though its 1970s heydey has long since passed , the commitment to the sport demonstrated by the girls who don old-timey skates, fishnets and knee pads is impressive. 

'More Potent' Compound Discovered by Food Scientists to Mask Bitter Flavors

Flickr user bfhoyt​Something called the American Chemical Society is holding its annual expo right now at the Anaheim Convention Center, and wouldn't it have been cool to have covered it à la the Natural Products Expo? Who knows how much food news is percolating through the floor right now, but t ... More >>

TGIF: Agent Orange, Yo La Tengo, T-Pain and Gang of Four

Brian KasnyikAgents have diplomatic immunity?​Friday kicks off the weekend with Agent Orange ripping into things at Friar Tuck's Bar and Grille in Pomona. It may seem odd to have a now-veteran act be our Locals Only focus this week, but Mike Palm has always been about the area he grew up and start ... More >>

What You Missed: NAMM, Guitar Player's Ball, Fu Manchu

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyKerry King of Slayer at NAMM​What'd you miss this weekend? It was a music-filled one for us, starting with the music-industry extravaganza that is the NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center, continuing on to the Guitar Player's Ball at the Galaxy Concert Theatre and fin ... More >>

NAMM 2011, World's Largest Music Trade Show, Announced

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklySlash at last year's NAMM Show​Details to the 2011 NAMM Show, a four-day music trade show extravaganza, have finally been announced: It will take place again at the Anaheim Convention Center on January 13-16, 2011.The world's largest music trade show will highlight all of t ... More >>

Places to Avoid For Tomorrow's All-Star Game Traffic Nightmare

​The Disneyland Resort is supposed to be the "Happiest Place on Earth," right? Too bad the name doesn't really take into consideration the thousands of motorists trapped in the hellish traffic jams along Harbor Boulevard or the 5 Freeway that surround the park--nobody sings "Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah" on t ... More >>

Move Over Mickey--MLB All-Star FanFest Comes to Anaheim

Kevin Short​Swap out your Mickey ears for a baseball cap this weekend--the Disney Empire will forfeit its reign over Anaheim to the Major League.The 20th Annual MLB All-Star FanFest, "an interactive baseball theme park and the largest baseball fan event in the world," opens in the Anaheim Conventi ... More >>

What You Missed: Coachella, Coachella Parties, America's Family Pet Expo, Anaheim Comic Con

Andrew YoussefClockwise from top left: Alison Mossheart of the Dead Weather, Jay-Z, Zooey Deschanel of She & Him, Matt Bellamy of Muse.​It's all over! Three long days of music, crowds, tents that smell like armpit and more--Coachella 2010! We hope you kept up with us throughout our up-to-date ... More >>

Anaheim Comic Con adds a Special Guest

www.williamshatner.comBottom left: is that you, Captain? ​The San Diego Convention Center is expanding, and it doesn't appear Anaheim is going to get the Comic-Con after all.And what does Anaheim have to say to that? William "Screw Your San Diego Comic-Con" Shatner, that's what.

Craft Supershow

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More U2 Info

​We all know U2 sucks. The songs are boring, Bono's a pompous ass and the rhythm section might be the worst in the history of rock 'n' roll. They've sold a bazillion records, yet no one I know has ever bought one of them, probably because my friends and I have good taste. But lame-os who own four ... More >>

What You Missed: BlizzCon, Epicenter, Musicians Swap Meet

​Oh, hello there. So what'd you miss this weekend this time?Well, first off: It was the annual nuuuurd pilgrimage to Anaheim Convention Center on Friday through Saturday--that's right, BlizzCon!The official gathering for all things Blizzard (you know, that giant video game company based in Irvine ... More >>

Our Deep Thoughts On BlizzCon

Chris Victorio​Whew, that was interesting. We're back from two days at BlizzCon 2009, and are only a little geekily ashamed to admit that it was a good time. You wanna see pictures? Here's our slideshow, and here's our post with many, many overflow pictures.This just in (two days ago) from Twitter ... More >>

Programming Note: We Goin' To BlizzCon!!

Yep, I'm OC Weekly's man at BlizzCon, the annual two-day convention for Irvine-based computer gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment. It's at the Anaheim Convention Center. I've got some lovely memories of Blizzard's real-time strategy games, but you'll hear more of that with the coverage. For now, I ... More >>

Ozzy Osbourne to Close BlizzCon '09

Apparently Ozzy Osbourne really liked doing this World of Warcraft commercial. He's going to be closing out this year's massively sold out BlizzCon '09, with a concert in Anaheim on August 22.

Laguna Art Museum Raffling Tickets to Sold-Out BlizzCon

​This year's BlizzCon is August 21 and 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center, where every installment of the Blizzard Entertainment hullabaloo has been held. It's a celebration of the Irvine-based computer game company's three major, incredibly popular franchises--Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo--and ... More >>

Slideshow: The NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center

If you were not one of the very few to attend the NAMM Show this past weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center--and, well, odds are you were not--you can get a better idea of what the heck goes on over there thanks to this slideshow from Andrew Youssef. Also, don't forget about Ryan Ritchie's report ... More >>

Ongoing: NAMM Show in Anaheim!

The annual NAMM--National Association of Music Merchants--show is currently ongoing at the Anaheim Convention Center, through this Sunday.Now, before I moved here, I had no idea what a NAMM show was. Apparently it's a pretty big deal, though! If you're a music merchant, at least. Looks like lots of ... More >>

Endless Warcraft

BlizzCon 2008

To Do Tonight 7/21

2008 WORLD TAEKWONDO HANMADANG, 8 p.m. Witness the first time the World Taekwondo Hanmadang is held outside of Korea. You'll get to see people fighting each other and breaking things with their fists. Anaheim Convention Center 800 W. Katella Ave. Anaheim CA 92802 (714) 765-8950 KARAOKE, 9 p.m. On a ... More >>

Demolition, Man

The bulldozers write the history

All Do Crazy Things

Get Out! Nightlife and more: Nov. 23 - Nov. 30

Do As I Say and As I Do

Break Simon at the Anaheim Heritage Forum

Geeks Ahoy!

Dekes Guitar Geek Fest 3 comes to the Jolly Roger

Diary of a Mad County

Why We Fall

Getting healed with Jee-sus and Gospel Duck at the Anaheim Convention Center

Turning Japanese

Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination

The Big Beat-Off

Set Life-Force Buttons to Level 20

GenCon uses the force to unite gamers, elves, Vin Diesel

Cartoon geekboys are go!

Anime Expo 2004 descends into the heart of Disney

Diary of a Mad County

Numb at NAMM 2004

The Music Industry Descends on Anaheim and Gives it a Hickey

Junior High School Cheerleaders Ready to Horck?!

Ready? okay!

Cleaning House!

Arnold & Arianna, happy at last

The Future Is Loud

Facing the music at NAMM

Our Little Secret

The ABAs and Anaheim Surf attempt to do what few OC teams can: Survive

If I Had a Hammer!

Good times at the NAMM show

The Layoff Planet

Best of OC, 2001

Timmy The Lonely Satellite Looks Down Upon This Ever-Changing, Rootless Thing

Clear-Cutting Sherwood Forest

Angry hippies haunt our past