California Events
Monday, August 10, 2026
BISHOP: Bishop Community Band Concerts in the Park 8 p.m. at Bishop City Park Gazebo. Location: 690 N. Main Park Avenue and Highway 395, Bishop, CA. Free admission, ca-bishop.us
CLAREMONT: Acoustical Mystery Tour, tribute to The Beatles music, 7-8:30 p.m. Concerts in the Park, Memorial Park. Location: 840 N. Indian Hill Boulevard, Claremont, CA. Free, claremontca.gov
HOLLYWOOD: John Mellencamp, 8 p.m. Hollywood Bowl Summer Concert Season. Location: 2301 N Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA. $, hollywoodbowl.com
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival June 26-September 6, 2026, 11 a.m. daily. Outdoor, juried fine arts festival set among eucalyptus groves of Laguna Canyon, features sawdust on the grounds as carvers, painters, photographers, glass-blowers, jewelers and ceramic artists display their works while also creating new products. $, sawdustartfestival.org
LAGUNA BEACH: Art-A-Fair June 26-September 6, 2026. Next door to Sawdust Festival is an art festival comprised of a cooperative of independent artists from all over the world. Location: 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA. $, art-a-fair.com
LAGUNA BEACH: Pageant of the Masters and Festival of the Arts, The Greatest of All Time, July 9-September 4, 2026. The star-lit amphitheater's nightly production of tableaux vivant (living picture) re-creations of iconic works by Michelangelo, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Norman Rockwell, and more are the highlight to this festival also featuring a fine arts show daily. $10-175, foapom.com
SAN DIEGO: David Higgs, Organ Chair of the Organ Department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, 7:30 p.m. at International Summer Organ Festival. Location: Balboa Park Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA. Free, spreckelsorgan.org
SANTA ROSA: Sonoma County Fair August 7-16, 2026, at Fairgrounds. World Championship Grape Stomp, Horse Racing, Barrel Racing, PRCA Rodeo, Monster Trucks, Destruction Derby, concerts, Corgi Spring Racing, Barn Dance, Sheepdog Trials, Dirt Drags, Tractor Pull and more. Location: 1350 Bennett Valley Rd. Sonoma, CA. $, sonomacountyfair.com
WHITTIER: Hard Days Night band is a Beatles tribute group performing their great rock and pop hits, 7 p.m. Concerts in the Park at Central Park. Location: 13212 Park St., Whittier, CA. Free, cityofwhittier.org
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