California Events
Friday, September 5, 2025
AUBURN: Gold Country Fair "We've Got a Good Thing Growing", September 4-7, 2025 at Gold Country Fairgrounds. Carnival and Midway, concerts, contests, livestock, reptiles, food, food, food! Location: 1273 High Street, Auburn, CA. $12-14 approx., goldcountryfair.com
BANNING Stagecoach Days September 5-7, 2025 at A.C. Dysart Park. The Stagecoach Days Association is an annual celebration featuring three days of rodeo, rodeo queens, a parade and more. Location: 2107 W. Victory Banning CA $10-25 or $100 VIP, stagecoachdays.org
CLOVIS: Sugar Pine band with guitar, vocals, ubass & banjo, 6 p.m. to dusk at Bluegrass in the Park. Location: Clovis Veterans Memorial Park (Liberty Park), 901 Fifth St., Clovis, CA. Free concert, great music!
FALLBROOK: Wine & a Bite Art Walk September 5, 2025, 5-8 p.m. Evening full of Viticulture, art and unique culinary "bites"! $35, fallbrookchamberofcommerce.org
FONTANA: Midnight Ride, rock fusion, Latin, 6-9 p.m. at Fontana Car Show Concerts on Spring Street in Downtown Fontana. First Fridays, March-September 2025, Spring Street Fontana, CA Free, fontanaca.gov
FOUNTAIN VALLEY: The Original Lobster Festival September 5-7, 2025 at Fountain Valley Sports Complex. Music, entertainment and delicious, fresh, flown-in-daily lobster that's steamed, not boiled! $5-70, originallobsterfestival.com
FRESNO: The Molly Ringwald Project, 80s covers, pop, 7-10 p.m. Engelmann Cellars Friday Night Wine Concerts Location: 3275 North Rolinda, Fresno, CA. $24.78 general admission online - concerts 21+ only, engelmanncellars.com
FRIANT: Table Mountain Rancheria Pow Wow September 5-7, 2025 at Table Mountain Pow Wow Grounds. Honoring Beverly J. Hunter, public invited to free event which includes arts & crafts, dance contests, drums and more. Location: 8184 Table Mountain Road, Friant, CA. Free admission, bring lawn chairs, tmcasino.com/powwow/ | pow wow
HOLLYWOOD: Josh Groban with the LA Phil September 5, 2025, 8 p.m. at Hollywood Bowl Summer Concert Season. Location: 2301 N Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA. $, hollywoodbowl.com
JUNE LAKE: June Lake Loop Jam Fest September 5-7, 2025 at Gull Lake Park. Line up: Bencentrics, Alligators, Derek Frank Band, GrooveSession, DJ Williams Band at Liberty, Love Mischief, Achilles Wheel, Wolf Jett, Shaky Feelin, Cubensis, w/Stu Allen, Joe Marcinek Band at Liberty, MHS Jazz Ensemble & Choir, Bella & Friends, DJ Williams Band, Dead Funk Summit, Dogs in a Pile, All Star Jam at T-Bar. Location: June Lake Loop, 47 Granite Ave., June Lake, CA. $86.86-788.96, junelakejamfest.org or facebook.com/ JuneLakeJamFest
HUNTINGTON BEACH: Oktoberfest September 7-November 9, 2025 at Old World Village. German Beers & Bands, Brats & Kraut, Shot Girls, and the Chicken Dance at every event! Hosting SoCal's biggest party since 1978, the indoor/outdoor Bavarian Biergarten features free admission nights Wed & Thu; adult nights Fri-Sat; and daytime family Sundays. oldworldhb.com
LAKEWOOD: Imaginarium's Zenthara August 28-November 9, 2025 at Lakewood Center Mall. Over 5 million lights create a fantastical landscape of larger-than-life Creatures and Dragons. Location: 326 Lakewood Center Mall, Lakewood, CA. $23-up, imaginarium360.com
LITTLE RIVER: Winesong Grand Tasting September 5-6, 2025 at Little River Inn. Regional wines, local restaurants and chefs, coastal artists and musicians, come together to support health and wellness on the Mendocino Coast. Location: 7901 California 1, Little River, CA. $75 up, winesong.org
LOS ANGELES: Late Summer Bash with DJs Jeremy Sole and Tyler Boudreaux, 7 p.m. at KCRW Dance Party. Location: The Autry Museum of American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA. Free, kcrw.com
MADERA: Madera District Fair September 4-7, 2025. Free entertainment and free concerts: Sept.4 Blue Oyster Cult; Sept.5 Sugar Ray; Sept.6 Joe Nichols plus Spazmatics and tribute bands. Drone Show nights, Pig Races, Clown, Magician. Contests: Whiskerino, Cosplay. Location: 1850 West Cleveland Ave., Madera, CA. $10-15, maderafair.com | Sept. Fairs
MILL VALLEY: Marble Party, 5-7:30 p.m. at Mill Valley Creekside Fridays at The Cabin, 60 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley, CA. Free, tamscd.org
MONTEREY: Festa Italia September 5-7. 2025 at Custom House Plaza in downtown Monterey. Friday 3-9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Opening Ceremonies and Procession to Old Fisherman's Wharf for blessing of the fishing fleet followed by entertainment Italian born American Tenor Pasquale Esposito. Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Bocce tournament. Free admission, FestaItaliaMonterey.org
MOUNTAIN VIEW: The Peelers, latest hits, covers, mashups, 6-7:30 p.m. Concerts on the Plaza Location: Mountain View Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA. mountainview.gov
MURPHYS: The Blowbacks featuring a big horn section, dance, party, 5-8 p.m. Murphys Summer Concerts in Murphys Community Park. Location: 505 Algiers St., Murphys, CA. Free, murphyspark.com
OAKLEY: Maya, Latin band 5-9 p.m. Oakley Concerts in the Park in Civic Center Amphitheater. Location: 3231 Main St., Oakley, CA. Free, oakleyca.gov
ONTARIO: Imaginarium September 5-November 9, 2025 at Ontario Mills. Millions of lights in colorful displays just in time for the holidays at the Alice in Wonderland themed attraction! Location: Ontario Mills Mall, 4377 Mills Circle, Ontario, CA. $27-up, imaginarium360.com
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES: Portuguese Bend Horse Show September 5-7, 2025. A-rated Horse Show has two fully scheduled rings, variety of classes, and prestigious PCHA Horsemanship Medal Finals. Food booths, boutiques, puppet shows, pony rides, and face painting for kids (under age 12 years free admission!) Location: Ernie Howlett Park, 25851 Hawthorne Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates. $10, pcch.net (Children's Hospital Los Angeles benefit)
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Carbon City Lights, alternative, rock + Cate Armstrong, folk, 5-8 p.m. Concerts in the Plaza. Mission Plaza, 989 Chorro, San Luis Obispo, CA. Free, downtownslo.com
SANTA MARIA: Elementos Del Valle, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Downtown Fridays Concerts at Santa Maria Town Center West Parking Lot, S. Broadway & Cook St., Santa Maria, CA. Free, dtfsantamaria.com
SAUSALITO: Patton Leatha Band, R&B, 6:30-8 p.m. at Sausalito Jazz and Blues by the Bay Gabrielson Park Anchor St. & Humboldt Ave., Sausalito, CA. Table seating tix, Free grass seating, first come first serve, fills up quickly sausalitoca.gov
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE: New Wave Crave, 5:45-9:15 p.m. Heavenly Village Summer Concert Series Location: 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe, CA. Free, theshopsatheavenly.com
TEMECULA: DW3, jazz, Thornton Winery Friday Night Music Series. Location: Thornton Winery, 32575 Rancho California Rd., Temecula, CA. ticket, thorntonwine.com
TRACY: Reggae theme at Tracy Block Party Summer Concerts 6-9 p.m.
TULARE: Starship feat. Mickey Thomas Starship + A Flock of Seagulls, 7 p.m., Tulare Summer Concerts. $, spadeentertainment.com
TULELAKE: Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair September 4-7, 2025, 10 a.m. Parade on Saturday at Main & Modoc. Greased Pig Contest & Barnyard Kid’s Rodeo, Destruction Derby, concert and Gymkhana. Sep.6 Destruction Derby $20; Carnival Pass $35. New event - optional Diamond Gems Music Fest during fair is $33.85. Location: Tulelake Butte Valley Fairgrounds, 800 South Main St., Tulelake, CA. $ 5, tbvfair.com
UNIVERSAL CITY: Halloween Horror Nights September 4-November 2, 2025, at Universal Studios Hollywood is back. Legend has it you should never go alone to Southern California's scariest Halloween event with terrifying haunted houses, the Terror Tram, sinister scare zones, live entertainment and attractions.
WASCO:
Festival and Rose Parade September 4-6, 2025
Wasco, CA
WATSONVILLE: Banda, Banda, Banda, 6-8 p.m., Watsonville Music in the Plaza. Downtown City Plaza, Watsonville, CA. Free, watsonville.gov
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