California Calendar of Events offers lists of things to do with music festivals, food fests, films, shows, celebrations and many great activities open to the public such as beach bonfires, camping, outdoor markets, drive-in events and zoos.
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ATASCADERO: Cruisin Weekend Hot El Camino Cruise Nite
CAMARILLO: Poker for the Parks
FOSTER CITY: Foster City Summer Days Carnival Aug.19-21
FOUNTAIN VALLEY:
BBQ Festival Aug.19-21
GLENDALE: Fused - A Celebration of Dance, Aug.19-20
GUALALA: Art in the Redwoods Festival Aug.18-21
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival, Pageant of the Masters
LAKE TAHOE: Shakespeare Festival
LOS ANGELES: K-Con K-Pop Concert
LOS ANGELES: Nisei Week Japanese Festival
LOS ANGELES: What Makes You Beautiful - Fangirl Comedy
MANHATTAN BEACH:
AVP Beach Volleyball
Open Aug.19-21
NAPA: Main Street Reunion 2022
SAN DIEGO: Industrious Women's Summit - Taking The Lead
TEHACHAPI:
Tehachapi Mountain Festival
Aug.19-21
TUOLUMNE: River Ranch Music Festival Aug.19-20
VISTA: Summergass Bluegrass Music Festival Aug.19-21
ATASCADERO: Cruisin Weekend Annual Dancing in the Streets
BAKERSFIELD: Ice Cream Zoofari at CALM Zoo
BRIDGEVILLE: Bridge Fest and Flying Saucer Contest
BURLINGAME: Burlingame on the Avenue August 20-21, 2022
CAMARILLO: Wings Over Camarillo Aug.20-21
CASTRO VALLEY: Bay Area Latin Jazz Festival
COTATI: Accordion Festival Aug.20-21
COVELO: Round Valley Blackberry Festival Aug.20-21
FOSTER CITY: Foster City Summer Days Aug.19-21
FOUNTAIN VALLEY: BBQ Festival, August 19-21
FREMONT: Festival of India Mela & Parade Aug.20-21
GRAEAGLE: The Professional Artisan & Crafts Fair Aug.20-21
GUALALA: Art in the Redwoods Festival Aug.18-21
GUERNEVILLE: Come Together Festival - Rockin' the River
HAWAIIAN GARDENS: Friendship Pow Wow Aug.20-21
JULIAN: Julian Natural Wonderfest
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival June 24-August 28
LAKEPORT: Taste of Lake County, Library Park
LA MIRADA: Neff Historical Estate Tours
LINCOLN: Soul Fest at Thunder Valley Casino Resort
LOS ANGELES: Nisei Week Festival in Little Tokyo
LOS ANGELES: K-Con Concert for the K-Pop crowd Aug.19-21
MANHATTAN BEACH: AVP Beach Volleyball Open Aug.19-21
NAPA: Main Street Reunion car show
RESEDA: Comedy Gives Back with the Brody Stevens
SACRAMENTO: Banana Festival Aug.20-21, William Land Park
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream
SAN JOSE: San Jose Italian Family Festa Aug.20-21, History Park
SANTA ANA: Santa Ana Zoo Zoofari
SCOTTS VALLEY: Wine & Art Festival Aug.20-21
TEHACHAPI: Tehachapi Mountain Festival
& Rodeo Aug.19-21
TUOLUMNE: River Ranch Music Festival Aug.19-20
VALLEY CENTER: Summer Food Festival, Bates Nut Farm
VENTURA: Boots & Brews Music and Beer Festival
VISTA: Summergass Bluegrass Music Festival August 19-21
California Summer Concerts: Agoura Hills, Arroyo Grande, Cayucos, Coronado, Encinitas, Eureka, Grover Beach, Hayward, Hollywood, Huntington Beach, La Canada-Flintridge, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Pleasant Hill, Redwood City, Sonoma, Ventura, West Hollywood, Woodland Hills, Yorba Linda
CLAREMONT: Free Summer Concert in the Park
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival, Pageant of the Masters
SAN DIEGO: Free, Outdoor Summer Concert
DEL MAR: Del Mar Summer Concerts features Folklorick
HEALDSBURG: Healdsburg Concerts
HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood Bowl Concerts
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival, sawdustartfestival.org
LONG BEACH: Summer Concerts at 2nd & PCH
OAKDALE: Taste of Oakdale, oakdalechamber.com
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival Midsummer Night's Dream
SAN DIEGO: San Diego Outdoor Summer Concerts
YUCAIPA: Concert with Woodie & the Longboards
CAPITOLA: Capitola by the Sea Summer Concerts
HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood Bowl Concerts
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival sawdustartfestival.org
LODI: Lodi Summer Concerts
LONG BEACH: Long Beach Peninsula Summer Concerts
REDWOOD CITY: Redwood City Summer Concert Series
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival, theoldglobe.org
SAN DIEGO: San Diego Outdoor Summer Concerts
SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Free Summer Concerts
SAN JACINTO: San Jacinto Concerts in the Park
SANTA ROSA: Santa Rosa Summer Concerts
SCOTTS VALLEY: Scotts Valley Summer Concerts
SEBASTOPOL: Sebastopol Summer Concerts
SOLVANG: Free Solvang Concerts in the Park
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE: South Lake Tahoe Summer Concerts
SUNNYVALE: Sunnyvale Summer Music Series
TEMPLETON: Templeton Summer Concerts
TRUCKEE: Truckee Summer Concerts
ARNOLD: Calaveras Big Trees State Park Astronomy Nights
BLUE JAY: Jazz Festival in San Bernardino Mountains
LAGUNA BEACH: Pageant of the Masters, Sawdust Festival
LOS ANGELES: Chinatown Summer Nights Festival
THOUSAND OAKS: Brewfest
ARCADIA: 626 Night Market Aug.26-28
BLUEJAY: Jazz Festival in San Bernardino Mountains
CARLSBAD: San Diego International Kids' Film Festival
LONG BEACH: Night Dive at
Aquarium of the Pacific
MAMMOTH LAKES: Mammoth Rocks Aug.26-27
PLEASANTON: Goodguys
West Coast Nationals
Aug.26-28
POMONA: Pinners Conference & Expo Aug.26-27
SANTA BARBARA: Zoofari Ball, Enchanted Forest
SANTA CRUZ: Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School
SAUSALITO: Lexus Culinary Classic Aug. 26-28, Cavallo Point
VENTURA: Spencer Makenzie's Corn Hole Tournament Aug.26-28
ALTADENA: Altadena Summer Concerts in Farnsworth Park
ANAHEIM: CHOC Adventure in the Park at Disneyland
ARCADIA: 626 Night Market August 26-28
BLUE JAY: Jazz Festival in San Bernardino Mountains Aug.25-27
BODEGA BAY: Seafood Festival Art & Wine Festival Aug.27-28
CARLSBAD: San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, Aug.26-28
CHULA VISTA: South Bay Arts in the Park
COBB: Blackberry COBBler Festival
DOWNIEVILLE: Native Daughter's Ice Cream Social
GROVER BEACH: Stone Soup Music Faire Aug.27-28
LOS ANGELES: InFocus International Animation
MAMMOTH LAKES: Mammoth Rocks, A Taste of the Sierra
PALO ALTO: Festival of the Arts August 27-28
PLEASANTON: Goodguys RaceDeck West Coast Nationals
POMONA: Pinners Conference & Expo August 26-27
PORT HUENEME: Hueneme
Beach Festival Aug.27-28
SACRAMENTO: A Taste of Soul Aug.27-28
SAMOA: Salmon, Oysters, Ales, & Rails
SAND CITY:
West End Celebration Aug.27-28
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream
SAN FRANCISCO: Autumn Moon Festival August 27-28
SAUSALITO: Lexus Culinary Classic Aug. 26-28
VENTURA: Spencer Makenzie's Corn Hole Tournament
WATSONVILLE: Testicle Festival
ANTIOCH: Nor-Cal Bus Fest
ARCADIA: 626 Night Market Aug.26-28
AROMAS: Aromas Day & Parade "A Day in the Country"
BODEGA BAY:
Seafood, Art & Wine Festival
CARLSBAD: San Diego International Kids' Film Festival
GROVER BEACH: Stone Soup Music Faire Aug.27-28
LONG BEACH: Happy Sundays Music Fest
LOS ANGELES: Coffee Fest August 28-30
LOS ANGELES: Petersen Automotive Museum Cars & Coffee Cruise-In
PALO ALTO: Festival of the Arts Aug.27-28
PLEASANTON: Goodguys 35th RaceDeck West Coast Nationals
PORT HUENEME: Hueneme
Beach Festival Aug.27-28
SACRAMENTO: A Taste of Soul Aug.27-28
SAND CITY: West End Celebration, westendcelebration.com
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream
SAN FRANCISCO: Autumn Moon Festival August 27-28
SAUSALITO: Lexus Culinary Classic Aug. 26-28
TOPANGA:
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
Shakespeare
VENTURA: Spencer Makenzie's Corn Hole Tournament
CLAREMONT: Free Summer Concert in the Park
LOS ANGELES: Coffee Fest
SAN DIEGO: Free Summer Concerts
HOLLYWOOD: Hollywood Bowl Concert, Beethoven's Ninth
Free Summer Concerts in Capitola, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Solvang, South Lake Tahoe and Truckee
California Summer Concerts: Baldwin Park, Banning, Concord, El Dorado Hills, Hanford, Hollywood, Lancaster, Stateline, South Lake Tahoe, Windsor
BISHOP: Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair Sept.1-4
LAKEPORT: Lake County Fair Sept.1-4
McARTHUR: Mountain Jubilee Sept.1-5
MONTEREY: Monterey County Fair Sept.1-5
SAN DIEGO: Shakespeare Festival, theoldglobe.org
California Summer Concerts: American Canyon, Auburn, Chico, Cloverdale, El Cajon, Fontana, Fresno, Lake Arrowhead, Los Angeles, Modesto, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Murphys, Newport Beach, North Lake Tahoe, Oakley, Orange County, Redwood City, Santa Rosa, South Lake Tahoe
LABOR DAY, Federal Holiday
BISHOP: Labor Day Arts & Crafts Show Sept.2-5 inyo.orgIt includes fireworks shows, festivals, fairs, concerts, parades, car shows, film festivals, cultural celebrations and food fests and fairs, to name a few. We accept event submissions, but cannot guarantee inclusion. Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going. For corrections, please include page link.