California Events
Balboa Park Botanical Building and Lily Pond, San Diego, CA
Tuesday, July 20, 2027
Past Events
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: 80z All-Stars, music of the 1980s includes rock, pop and top 40 hits, 7-8:30 p.m. Concerts in the Park, Memorial Park. Location: 840 N. Indian Hill Boulevard, Claremont, CA. Free, claremontca.gov
COVINA: Past Action Heroes, 80s tribute, 90s classics, 7:30 p.m. at Summer Concerts in Covina Park. Location: 301 N. Fourth Avenue, Covina, CA. Free, covinaca.gov
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
PALO ALTO: Stanford Jazz Festival presents: Anisha Rush Quartet & Ben Flocks: Moonshades July 20, 2026, 7:30 p.m. on the campus of Stanford University. 25 jazz concerts from world class performers June 21-July 31, 2026. $12-20, stanfordjazz.org
PASO ROBLES: California Mid-State Fair July 15-26, 2026. Concerts, carnival rides and the midway, cowboy culture, xtreme car event, contests for all ages and food competitions. Open Mon-Thurs 4 p.m.-12 a.m. | Fri-Sun 12 p.m.-12 a.m. Location: 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles, CA. $14-15, midstatefair.com
SACRAMENTO: California State Fair July 17-August 2, 2026 at Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA. Open Monday-Thursday 4-10 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $, calexpostatefair.com
SAN DIEGO: Isabelle Demers, Organ, One of the most successful concert artists of our time performs selections from Holst's Jupiter, Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, Bach and Mozart, 7:30 p.m. at International Summer Organ Festival. Location: Balboa Park Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA. Free, spreckelsorgan.org
SONOMA: Valley of the Moon Music Festival July 5-27, 2026 specializes in Classical and Romantic chamber music on period instruments. Location: Hanna Boys Center Auditorium, 17000 Arnold Drive, Sonoma, CA. $, valleyofthemoonmusicfestival.org
WHITTIER: Upstream band plays reggae, 7 p.m. Concerts in the Park at Central Park. Location: 13212 Park St., Whittier, CA. Free, cityofwhittier.org
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