CHICO: Nature Center Ice Cream Social 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Nature Center. Say goodbye to summer with a sweet treat at the Chico Creek Nature Center! Meet the animals, bask in the park, enjoy fun activities, and grab your free scoop before you head out. Location: Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E 8th St, Chico, CA 95928. chicorec.gov
GALT: Car Show August 17, 2024, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at McFarland Living History Ranch 8899 Orr Road Galt, CA 95632 galthistory.com
Past events
ARNOLD: Calaveras Big Trees State Park Astronomy Nights, 8 p.m. at Scenic Overlook. Come look at the stars! Docents will be sharing information and telling stories as everyone gazes at the night sky. Two telescopes and astronomical binoculars will give you a closer look at the moon, planets and deep sky objects. Location: 1170 East Highway 4, Arnold, CA $10 parking approx., parks.ca.gov
BALDWIN PARK: Jovanny Cadena - Regional Mexicano; 80 Ladies - Go Gos & 80 Ladies tribute performance at Baldwin Park Summer Concerts. Location: Downtown Street Market Concerts Main Avenue Ramona Blvd. & Clark Street, Baldwin Park, CA. Free, baldwinpark.com
BANNING: Strange Days The Doors tribute performance at Banning Summer Concerts at the Bowl. Location: Laura May Stewart Playhouse Bowl Repplier Park 749 N. San Gorgonio, Banning, CA Free, playhousebowl.com
BELLFLOWER: 80z All-Stars 80s hits, pop, rock performance at Bellflower Street Fest. Location: Downtown Bellflower Between Bellflower Boulevard between Flower St. and Oak St. Bellflower, CA. Free
BEVERLY HILLS: The Tokens performance at Beverly Hills Summer Concerts in the Canon. Location: Beverly Canon Gardens 241 N. Canon Drive Beverly Hills, CA. Free, beverlyhills.org
CALIFORNIA: Grunion Run - must have a fishing license to catch these slippery silversides with your bare hands only!
CALISTOGA: Maya Latin tributes performance at Calistoga Concerts. Location: Pioneer Park, 1320 Cedar Street, Calistoga, CA. 94515 Free, CA.listogavisitors.com Calistoga Concerts in the Park Thursday Nights 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Bring your blankets, chairs and picnic dinner to enjoy this summer celebration. Concerts proudly presented by Calistoga Chamber of Commerce! This is the final concert of the summer series.
CERRITOS: Let It Be Beatles Tribute performance at Cerritos Summer Concerts. Location: Heritage Park, 18600 Bloomfield Ave. Cerritos, CA. Free
COLUSA: Clementine Was Right performance at Colusa Summer Concerts. Location: Veterans Memorial Park, 217 9th Street, Colusa, CA. Free
CONCORD: Local Music Night: Americana, Rock 'N Roll performance at Concord Summer Concerts. Location: Todos Santos Plaza 2175 Willow Pass Willow Pass & Grant St. Concord, CA. Free Radiokeys
CUPERTINO: Big Blu Soul Revue 60s, 70s, Soul Funk, Jazz performance at Cupertino Summer Concert. Location: Memorial Park, Amphitheater 21121 Stevens Creek Boulevard Stevens Creek Blvd and Mary Ave Cupertino, CA. Free
DANA POINT: Queen Nation, Queen tribute band, with opener Dylan Galvin perform at Orange County Parks Summer Concerts at Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach. Bring your blankets and chairs and enjoy live music under the summer sky at the OC Parks Summer Concert Series. Event and parking are free, and food and beverage available for purchase, ocparks.com/events
EL DORADO HILLS: Petty Theft Tom Petty tribute performance at El Dorado Hills Live On The Boulevard Concerts. Location: El Dorado Hills Town Center Steven Young Amphitheater Live on the Boulevard Program Free, edhtowncenter.com
ENCINITAS BY THE SEA: performance at Encinitas Concerts by the Sea. Location: Summer Night Concerts, San Diego Botanic Garden San Diego Botanic Garden 300 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas, CA. sdbgarden.org Wine in the Garden, Ticketed Special Presentation Conservatory Amphitheater
ENCINITAS: Classic 3rd Thursday Car Cruise Nights, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Enjoy live music on F Street, the E101 Office, and the Lumberyard Courtyard. Coast Highway 101 and adjacent streets. No admission fee. encinitas101.com
EUREKA: The Under Covers Mash up, cover Band performance at Eureka Summer Concerts. Location: This is the last concert of the summer series. Madaket Plaza Foot of C Street, Eureka, CA. Free
FERNDALE: Humboldt County Fair "Ribbons, Rides and Racing" August 17-27, 2023 (closed Monday) Ferndale, CA. $12 approx. humboldtcountyfair.org | fairs
FOLSOM: APPLE Z performance at Folsom Concerts. Location: Zittel Family Amphitheatre 200 Wool Street, 905 Leidersdorrf (parking) Folsom, CA. historicfolsom.com
FULLERTON: The Answer Classic Rock performance at Fullerton Summer Concerts. Location: Downtown Fullerton Plaza 125 E. Wilshire Avenue Fullerton, CA. Free
HANFORD: Motel Drive Rockabilly performance at Hanford Summer Concerts. Location: Downtown Hanford Between Doughty & Irwin St. Hanford, CA. Free, mainstreethanford.com
HOLLYWOOD: Sterling Elliott | Shostakovich and Dvorak performance at Hollywood Bowl Summer Concerts. Location: Hollywood Bowl 2301 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles, CA. Tickets: hollywoodbowl.com
IDYLLWILD: Free Summer Concerts features Marin Division Concert Band performing Patriotic, Broadway & show tunes with opening act, the locally famous, funny comedian, Fritz Coleman at Butterfield Amphitheatre. Location: 26184 Highway 243, Idyllwild, CA. Free
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival June 30-September 3, 2023. Location: 935 Laguna Canyon Rd. Laguna Beach, CA. $10, sawdustartfestival.org
LAGUNA BEACH: Art A-Fair Art Festival through September 3, 2023. Location: 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna, Beach, CA. $10, art-a-fair.com
LAGUNA BEACH: Pageant of the Masters and Festival of the Arts through September 1, 2023. Pageant presents 90 minutes of tableaux vivants or living pictures that are faithful re-creations of classical and contemporary works of art with real people posing to look exactly like the subjects in original pieces. Festival $10-15; Pageant $35-up, foapom.com
LA MIRADA: Live From Earth Pat Benatar & Female Rock Tribute performance at La Mirada Summer Concerts Under the Stars. Location: Thursdays June-August La Mirada Regional Park, 13795 Adelfa Dr. La Mirada, CA. Free
LANCASTER: Emulators Rock, Blues performance at Lancaster Summer Concerts. Location: The Bandstand Stage 706 W Lancaster Blvd Erlich Ave. and the BLVD, Lancaster, CA. 93534 Free, cityoflancasterca.org
LOMPOC:
Lompoc Wine and Fire
August 17-20, 2023 at
Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance. Events include The Barn Party
festival kickoff at Kessler-Haak Vineyard, 1700 Gypsy Canyon, Lompoc on
Aug,17, 5-8 p.m. $125; the Friday and Saturday morning seminars; the La
Paulee Dinner on Friday night; Grand Tasting at La Purisima Mission
Aug.19, 2023, 5-8 p.m. for $150; plus $40 Passports to visit tasting
rooms. $35-495, staritahills.com
LOS ANGELES: Nisei Week Festival in Little Tokyo at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) and Plaza August 12-20, 2023. niseiweek.org
LOS ANGELES: Ian Sweet, Indie rocker performs unique pop electronica at free Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center N. Sepulveda Blvd. off the 405 Freeway Los Angeles, CA skirball.org
MENLO PARK: Summer Puppetry Festival: Luce Puppet Company Live music and giant puppets make for a spectacularly original, educational performance performance at Menlo Park Music with Soul 4Kidz. Location: Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park, CA. 94025 Free, menlopark.gov
MILLBRAE: Native Elements, Reggae dance party performance at Millbrae Summer Concerts. Location: Millbrae Beats, Brews & Vines Downtown Millbrae Broadway, 300 block between Hillcrest & La Cruz Millbrae, CA. Free
ONTARIO: Kelly Boyz Band, Country Music performance at Ontario Concerts. Location: Celebration Park North, 4980 S. Celebration Avenue, Ontario, CA. Free
ORANGEVALE: Todd Morgan & the Emblems performance at Orangevale Summer Concerts. Location: Orangevale Farmers Market Summer Concerts 6826 Hazel Ave. Orangevale, CA. Free admission
PASO ROBLES: Dirty Cello, Rock n' roll performance at Paso Robles Summer Concerts. Location: Downtown Paso Robles City Park Bandstand 11th & Park Streets- 12th and Spring Street, Paso Robles, CA. Free, prcity.com
PLACENTIA: Taste of Placentia and concert is ticketed event performance at Placentia Summer Concerts. Location: Tri-City Park, 2301 N. Kraemer Blvd. Placentia, CA. Free, placentia.org
POMONA: Bandology Wind band selections Overture for Winds, Bandology, Golden Jubilee, The Falls and Fantasy on Jerusalem Directed by Linda Taylor and the MC for evening will be Sir Edmund Fry performance at Pomona Concert Band Summer Concerts. Location: Ganesha Park - G Stanton Shelby Bandshell behind Palomares Park Community Center 1575 N. White Ave. Pomona, CA. Free, pomonaconcertband.com
PORTOLA VALLEY: Fleetwood Macrame Fleetwood Mac tribute performance at Portola Valley Summer Concerts. Location: Performance Lawn by the Library, Portola Valley, CA. Free, portolavalley.net
REDONDO BEACH: Bear Supply Yacht Rock Tribute performance at Redondo Beach Summer Concerts. Location: Redondo Beach Pier 100 Fisherman's Wharf Concerts take place mostly behind Tony's Redondo Beach, CA. 90277 Free, redondopier.com
REDWOOD CITY: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG) 6 p.m. | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (PG-13) 8:30 p.m. performance at Movies on the Square.RIVERSIDE: Good Cop Bad Cop and Phazze One bands perform at Breezing Through the Summer Concerts on Main at City Hall Breezeway. The two bands performing are a Variety band and the other does R&B, Top 40, Funk, Old School. Location: 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA. Free, riversideca.gov
SAN CLEMENTE: Tunnel Vision San Clemente Pier performance at San Clemente Summer Concerts. Location: Concerts on the Meadows Vista Hermosa Sports Park, 987 Avenida Vista Hermosa San Clemente, CA. Free, san-clemente.org
SAN FRANCISCO: Brazil In The Gardens: Alessandro Penezzi & Fabiana Cozza + Bululu performance at San Francisco Summer Concerts. Location: Yerba Buena Gardens Music Festival Yerba Buena Gardens Mission Street between 3rd & 4th Streets, San Francisco, CA. Free, ybgfestival.org
SANTEE: Country Nation, Modern Country Hits performance at Santee Summer Concerts. Location: Town Center Community Park, East 550 Park Center Drive Santee, CA. Free, cityofsanteeca.gov
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival at the outdoor Old Globe Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. $ tickets, theoldglobe.org
WALNUT CREEK: Fleetwood Mask, Fleetwood Mac tribute performance at Walnut Creek Broadway Plaza Summer Concerts. Location: Event Plaza 1275 Broadway Plaza Walnut Creek, CA. Free, broadwayplaza.com
WESTMINSTER: Adelaide Pilar Selena tribute performance at Westminster Concerts. Location: Civic Center Sunken Gardens, 8200 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA. Free, westminster-ca.gov
WINDSOR: Sol Horizon, Reggae, Rock, Funk 7-piece reggae band from Sonoma County performance at Windsor Summer Concerts. Location: Windsor Town Green 701 McClelland Dr., Windsor, CA. Free, townofwindsor.com
WOODLAND: Yolo County Fair "It Gets Better Every Year" August 16-20, 2023. Location: 1250 Gum Ave., Woodland, CA Free admission, yolocountyfair.net | fairs
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