BAKERSFIELD: Lightning in a Bottle May 25-30, 2022 Lightning In A Bottle Is A Celebration Of Art, Music, Performance, Sustainability And Life. Location: Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, CA Tickets, libfestival.org
BEVERLY HILLS: 35th Israel Film Festival, May 5-26, 2022 at Lumiere Cinema Music Hall Theater and Laemmle Town Center 5 in Encino. The festival premiers Israeli features, documentaries and television dramas, and features conversations with visiting Israeli filmmakers. Tickets: israelfilmfestival.com
BISHOP: Mule Days May 24-29, 2022, Tri-County Fairgrounds Sierra St. & Fair Drive Bishop, CA Tickets muledays.org
BAKERSFIELD: Lightning in a Bottle May 25-30, 2022. Lightning In A Bottle Is A Celebration Of Art, Music, Performance, Sustainability And Life. Location: Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, CA Tickets, lightninginabottle.org Line up: Glass Animals Kaytranada Griz | Chet Faker Sg Lewis Purity Ring | Little Simz Monolink Chika Empress Of | Rexx Life Raj Blu Detiger Elder Island Lastlings | Austin Millz Gone Gone Beyond Moontricks | Hermanos Gutierrez Muzi | Thunder Stage | Big Wild Clozee Ekali G Jones B2b Eprom Goldlink | Koffee Opiuo Mr. Carmack Lsdream Big Freedia | Dirtwire Ivy Lab Edit Memba Elephant Heart | Of The Trees Rome In Silver The Librarian Megan Hamilton | Zebbler Encanti Experience A Hundred Drums Jon Casey | Khiva Player Dave Kilamanzego | Woogie Stage | Black Coffee Four Tet Seth Troxler | Maya Jane Coles John Hopkins | Hernan Cattaneo Yotto Eli & Fur Kyle Watson Whomadewho | Max Cooper Vnssa Innellea Live Dj Minx Lubelski | Mira Sama' Abdulhadi Marques Wyatt Sohmi Carlita | Honeyluv Jeremy Sole & Nickodemus Calessi & Sarah Kreis | Paraleven Liam Fitzgerald J.Gill
ENCINITAS: Encinitas Summer Concerts
ESCONDIDO: American Heritage Car Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Grape Day Park. Features pre-1974 cars, domestic and imports. Pancake breakfast, food and merchandise vendors, a raffle, DJ, celebrity honoree, and awards. Location: 321 N. Broadway, Escondido, CA. Free to see, escondidohistory.org
GRASS VALLEY: Strawberry Music Festival May 25-30, 2022 Location: Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley, California strawberrymusic.com
HEALDSBURG: Healdsburg California Concerts in the Park
LODI: Lodi California Summer Concerts in the Park
LOS ANGELES: The Tree, from the Mesopotamian Opera Company, May 25-28, 2022 at Highland Park Ebell Club. Ancient Japanese myth meets story of contemporary struggles to build great cities, provide adequate housing and save the environment with words and music by Peter Wing Healey. Location: 131 S. Ave. 57, Los Angeles, CA 90042. Tickets: $25-30, mesopotamianopera.org
NEWPORT BEACH: Newport Beach Field of Honor May 20-31, 2022. Location: Castaways Park 900 Dover Drive at 16th Street Newport Beach, CA Free, exchangeclubofnewportharbor.com
SAN BERNARDINO: San Bernardino Summer Concerts
SANTA ROSA: Santa Rosa Summer Concerts
SANTEE: Santee Summer Concerts
WEST SACRAMENTO: River Walk Free Summer Concerts