Editing Fullerton, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:MuckenthalerHouse01c (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Muckenthaler House|Muckenthaler Cultural Center]]]]
[[File:DewellaApartments01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The Dewella complex is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].]]
[[File:Fullerton fox theatre.JPG|thumb|[[Fox Theatre (Fullerton, California)|Fox Theatre]], built in 1925]]

===Registered historic places===
{{main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, California}}

===Culture===

Fullerton is home to a vibrant music scene. In the early 1990s, the Historic Ice House, built in 1902 and restored in 1989 featured several venues showcasing bands such as Room to Roam and Trip the Spring. It was a center for the [[Music of California#Orange County|Orange County hardcore punk music]] scene, producing acts such as [[The Adolescents]], [[Agent Orange (band)|Agent Orange]], [[Social Distortion]], [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]], the "fathers of hardcore punk" The Middle Class, [[Gwen Stefani]], lead vocalist of the [[alternative rock]] group [[No Doubt]], was a student at CSUF and the group performed there regularly. The Ice House was subsequently forced to close for special events. Years later, other popular groups and musicians from the area include [[Lit (band)|Lit]], 80s [[synthpop]] acts [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] and [[Stacey Q]], and [[Mike Ness]]. The popular singer-songwriter [[Jackson Browne]] attended Sunny Hills High School in the city. Singer-songwriter [[Tim Buckley]] also attended [[Fullerton College]] and dropped out after only a few weeks to focus on his music career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.fullcoll.edu/fc-pictorial-history/|title=FC Pictorial History &#124; Fullerton College Library|website=library.fullcoll.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.orangecoast.com/features/voice-twice-silenced/|title=A Voice Twice Silenced|first=Pat H.|last=Broeske|newspaper=Orange Coast Mag |date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> Fullerton is also home to one of the signature cities in the Make Music Day Alliance. Make Music Day is a global annual music celebration occurring on the summer solstice (June 21) each year in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries across the globe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.namm.org/news/press-releases/make-music-day-2019-returns-friday-june-21|title=Make Music Day 2019 Returns on Friday, June 21|website=NAMM.org|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> Starting in 2015, The Day of Music Fullerton<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedayofmusic.com/|title=Day of Music Fullerton - June 21st|language=en|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/thedayofmusic/|title=Day of Music Fullerton|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> began as a grass roots initiative by a team of volunteers to create a unique and free music festival in alliance with the internationally renowned ''Fête de la Musique.''{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} Each year on June 21 Fullerton comes alive from morning to night with musicians of all ages and musical persuasions performing in musical venues, shops, bars, restaurants, plazas, churches, parks and parking lots. From high school bands to established musicians/bands, Day of Music Fullerton is open to anyone who wants to perform and enjoyed by everyone who wants to attend for free. Since its inception, Day of Music Fullerton has grown into a popular and critical success,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ocweekly.com/best-of-2019/arts-entertainment/|title=Best of 2019 – Arts & Entertainment|website=OC Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2019/06/17/free-concerts-planned-around-fullerton-on-friday/|title=A Guide to Day of Music Fullerton 2019|last=Donofrio|first=Steve|date=June 19, 2019|website=OC Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/weekend/tn-wknd-et-0621-day-of-music-fullerton-20150620-story.html|title=Fullerton's streets will be alive with music Sunday to start off summer|date=June 20, 2015|website=Daily Pilot|language=en-US|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> hosting over 150 performances in more than 40 venues around the city, including the Museum Plaza, Historic Fox Theatre, Hillcrest Park, Villa del Sol, and The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ocweekly.com/a-guide-to-day-of-music-fullerton-2019/|title=A Guide to Day of Music Fullerton 2019|last=Donofrio|first=Steve|date=June 19, 2019|website=OC Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>

Contributing greatly to Fullerton's musical heritage was the [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender musical instrument company]], whose products such as the [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]] and [[Fender Telecaster|Telecaster]] [[electric guitar]]s, [[Fender Precision Bass|Precision Bass]] [[bass guitar]], and Twin Reverb [[instrument amplifier|guitar amplifier]] revolutionized the music business and contributed greatly to the development of [[rock and roll]]. [[Leo Fender]] sold the company to [[CBS]] in 1965; production continued in the Fullerton plant until 1985, when the company was sold to a group of private investors. In 1980, Leo Fender and his original partner [[George William Fullerton|George Fullerton]] (relation to the Fullerton founder of the same name unknown) reunited and started a new company, [[G&L]] (George and Leo) Guitars, which are built in what had been Leo Fender's CLF Research factory in Fullerton.<ref>Fullerton, George (1993). Guitar Legends, The evolution of the Guitar from Fender to G&L. Fullerton: CENTERSTREAM Publishing. pg. 88-98 {{ISBN|0-931759-69-2}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glguitars.com/contact/index2.asp |title=G&L Contact |publisher=Glguitars.com |access-date=May 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625053918/http://glguitars.com/contact/index2.asp |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Muckenthaler House|Muckenthaler Cultural Center]] on Malvern Avenue near Euclid Avenue houses art galleries and a theater group. The former estate of the Muckenthaler family, it was donated to the city by Harold Muckenthaler in 1965. [[Fullerton Friends of Music]], the oldest chamber music society in Orange County, perform five concerts a year at [[Sunny Hills Performing Arts Center]], a notable classical concert venue in the county.<ref name="Young2011">{{cite book|last=Young|first=Don|title=Southern California's Anaheim, Long Beach, Catalina Island, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, San Juan Capistrano & Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAnjQ6OUk9sC&pg=PT97|date=April 1, 2011|publisher=Hunter Publishing, Inc|isbn=978-1-55650-211-8|page=97}}</ref>

Fullerton is home to the [[Fullerton Public Library]]. The Main Library is located on Commonwealth Avenue in Downtown Fullerton and adjacent to the City Hall. Formerly there was a branch library, called the Hunt Branch on Basque Avenue. The Hunt Branch was closed in 2013<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jesse La Tour |title=Future Uses of the Hunt Branch Library |url=https://fullertonobserver.com/2019/02/19/future-uses-of-the-hunt-branch-library/ |website=Fullerton Observer |access-date=November 14, 2019 |date=February 19, 2019}}</ref>

There are several storefront theaters, including the Maverick Theater and Stages Theater. The Maverick Theatre is the host for the "World Famous Skipper Stand Up Show."  Held six times a year, The Skipper Stand Up Show has, since 2006, showcased former and current skippers from [[Disneyland]]'s famous attraction, the [[Jungle Cruise]].