California Events Calendar with Upcoming, Annual, Special Event Listings

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California's exciting summer of festivals & events kicks off with Coachella & Stagecoach music. See county fairs, boat shows, home shows, garden tours & flower shows, & Concerts in the Park. Plus, wine festivals, beer fests, and food festivals (including strawberries, watermelon, nuts, olives, avocadoes, lemons, mandarins, cherries, peaches, pears, bananas, dates, raisins, grapes & more.)

25 | Saturday, April 25, 2026

AMADOR CITY: Ampola Festival April 25-26, Free
ARCATA: Arcata Plaza Summer Concerts & Farmers' Market
AZUSA: OneLegacy Donate Life Run/Walk at Azusa Pacific University
BAKERSFIELD: Western Street Rod Nationals April 24-26
CAMARILLO: Love Your Planet. Free, pvrpd.org
CARLSBAD: The Flower Fields, theflowerfields.com
CARSON: Black Writers On Tour, blackwritersontour.com
CATHEDRAL CITY: Garden Conservancy Open Days
CERRITOS: Cerritos Spring Fling & Fireworks Spectacular
CHICO: California State YoYo Championships Free to see, yoyocontest.com
CHICO: Wildflower Bike Ride & Festival / Street, Chico, CA.
CLAYTON: Clayton Art & Wine Festival April 25-26, claytoncbca.org
CLEMENTS: Clements Buckaroos NCJRA Junior Stampede Rodeo
CLOVIS: Clovis PRCA Rodeo April 22-26, at Clovis Rodeo Grounds
CUPERTINO: Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival April 25-26. cupertino.org
DANA POINT: California Wine Festival, April 24-25,   californiawinefestival.com
DAVIS: Yolo Basin California Duck Days. Free, yolobasin.org
DESERT HOT SPRINGS: Red Hot band concert, performs at Desert Nights
DIAMOND BAR: Earth Day Celebration meet LA County Beekeepers
DOMINGUEZ HILLS: Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival
ELK GROVE: Brew Fest at Elk Grove Park
ENCINITAS: Spring Street Fair, April 25-26, kennedyfaires.com
ESCONDIDO: Spring Renaissance Faire with a Pirate Flair
FAIRFIELD: Wings Over Solano April 25-26, at Travis AFB. Free
FAIR OAKS: Kids Art Festival at Fair Oaks Park. Free, forpd.org
FOLSOM: Folsom Garden Tour April 25-26, $, folsomgarden.org
FOLSOM: California Jazz Championships April 24-25, 2026, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. at Palladio. Location: 350 Palladio Parkway, Folsom, CA. Free, gopalladio.com Free, liveperformingartsacademy.com
FOLSOM: Folsom Historic District Sip AND Stroll
FRESNO: Tower Porch Fest, towerporchfest.org
GRASS VALLEY: Grass Valley Car Show, downtowngrassvalley.com
HEALDSBURG: Passport to Dry Creek Valley April 24-26, drycreekvalley.org
HEMET: Ramona Pageant at Ramona Bowl. ramonabowl.com
HERMOSA BEACH: Hermosa Beach Spyder Surf Fest Free Concert
HUGHSON: Hughson Fruit and Nut Festival April 25-26
HUNTINGTON BEACH: Concerts at the Beach with Fan Halen. Free
INDEPENDENCE: 57th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage
INDIO: Stagecoach Country Music Festival April 24-26, Empire Polo Club
IRWINDALE: The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire, renfair.com
JACKSON: Celebrate Our Children Festival, Free, amadorccc.org
LA JOLLA: La Jolla Concours d'Elegance April 24-26 LaJollaConcours.com
LAKESIDE: Lakeside Rodeo April 23-26, lakesiderodeo.com
LA PALMA: Festival of Nations in Central Park with carnival rides
LEMOORE: Sarah A. Mooney's 183rd birthday Ice Cream Social
LINCOLN: Lincoln Wine Fest at Beermann Plaza. 20+ wineries
LODI: Lodi Beer Fest & State BBQ Championship, grapefestival.com
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles County Yarn Crawl April 23-26
LOS ANGELES: Pizza City Fest Los Angeles $, lalive.com
LOS GATOS: Los Gatos Spring Wine Walk $, losgatoschamber.com
MANHATTAN BEACH: Keep It Green, Keep It Clean Earth Day Celebration
MORGAN HILL: Morgan Hill Wine Stroll. $75
MORRO BAY: Morro Bay Kite Festival April 24-26
NORCO: Norco Horseweek April 17-26 at Ingalls Event Center Park
OAKLAND: Montclair Village Art Walk April 25-26
OJAI: Tennis Tournament April 22-26, $5-65, theojai.net
OROSI: Mountain Views Reggae Festival, 7 bands, Live Art, Yard Games
PALO ALTO: Gamble Garden Spring Garden Tour April 24-25
PARADISE: Gold Nugget Days Craft Faire April 25-26
PARLIER: Parlier Roundup April 23-26, at Earl Ruth Park. Parade on April 25
PASADENA: Jackalope Indie Artisan Fair April 25-26, S. Raymond Avenue
PISMO BEACH: Taste of Pismo at Dinosaur Caves
POINT REYES STATION: Point Reyes National Seashore Birding & Nature Festival
RANCHO MIRAGE: Garden Conservancy Open Days at Beton Brut Garden
RANCHO MIRAGE: Garden Conservancy Open Days at Desert Moraines
RANCHO MIRAGE: Garden Conservancy Open Days
RIVERSIDE: Riverside Community Garden Tour April 25-26
ROSEMEAD: Taste of Rosemead at Civic Plaza. Sample bites and drinks
SACRAMENTO: Beer Week April 24-May 3, sacramentobeerweek.com
SAN DIEGO: Adams Avenue Unplugged 20 stages and 70 musical acts
SAN DIEGO: Mission Federal ArtWalk April 25-26, Little Italy
SAN DIEGO: SDAFF Spring Showcase April 24-26, $, pacarts.org
SAN LUIS OBISPO: SLO International Film Festival
SAN RAFAEL: Garden Conservancy Open Days at Buscho Garden; Cottage Garden; La Fleur Lochinvar Garden & Tamarisk Modern Hacienda
SANTA ANA: Floral Park Home & Garden Tour April 25-26
SANTA BARBARA: Santa Barbara Fair & Expo "80s Flashback"
SANTA CRUZ: Ducky Derby in Harvey Wes Friendship Park
SANTA FE SPRINGS: Santa Fe Spring ArtFest. Free, sfsheritagearts.org
SANTA MARIA: Strawberry Festival April 24-26, $, santamariafairpark.com
SANTA ROSA: Gem Faire April 24-26, Sonoma County Fairgrounds
SEAL BEACH: Seal Beach Car Show on Main Street and Seal Beach Pier
SEBASTOPOL: Apple Blossom Festival Parade on Saturday
SIMI VALLEY: Junk in the Trunk at Rancho Santa Susana Community Center
SMARTSVILLE: Pioneer Day, Main Street, Gold rush living history
STOCKTON: San Joaquin Asparagus Festival April 24-26, Fairgrounds
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - STATELINE, NV: Tahoe Tattoo Show, tahoe.tattoo
SOUTH PASADENA: Art & Music Crawl + 30 musical acts
TEMECULA: Community Services Expo, Civic Center, temeculaca.gov
VISALIA: Tulare County Renaissance Festival, Plaza Park West
VISALIA: Woodies in the Valley April 24-26, valleywoodies.com | woodies
WEST COVINA: Cherry Blossom Festival at Plaza West Covina. esgvjcc.org
WESTLAKE VILLAGE: Earth Day, Westlake Village Community Park. wlv.org

26 | Sunday, April 26, 2026

AMADOR CITY: Ampola Festival in Downtown Amador City
ATHERTON: Earth Day Festival
BAKERSFIELD: Annual Western Street Rod Nationals
BIG SUR: Big Sur Marathon Race
CARLSBAD: The Flower Fields March 1-May 10, 2026. Location: 5704 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad, CA. $26 approx., theflowerfields.com
CLAYTON: Clayton Art & Wine Festival
CLEMENTS: Clements Buckaroos NCJRA Junior Stampede Rodeo
CLOVIS: Clovis PRCA Rodeo
CUPERTINO: Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival
EL DORADO HILLS: April Pool's Day, at EDH Community Pool
ENCINITAS: Spring Street Fair, six blocks of scenic South Coast Highway 101
ESCONDIDO: Spring Renaissance Faire with a Pirate Flair
EUREKA: Sequoia Park Zoo Party for the Planet
FAIRFIELD: Wings Over Solano at Travis AFB / USAF Thunderbirds
FOLSOM: Folsom Garden Tour
FORTUNA: Sips for Soroptomist Tea & Fashion Show
HALF MOON BAY: Pacific Coast Dream Machines
HEALDSBURG: Passport to Dry Creek Valley
HEMET: Ramona Pageant, ramonabowl.com
HUGHSON: Hughson Fruit and Nut Festival
HUNTINGTON BEACH: Taste of HB $, tastehb.com
IRWINDALE: The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire
JACKSON: Days of 49 Wagon Train
LA JOLLA: La Jolla Concours d'Elegance
LAKESIDE: Lakeside Rodeo A $, lakesiderodeo.com
LOMITA: Tea With Friends at Lomita Park
LONG BEACH: Long Beach Touch a Truck Free tickets: JustinRudd.com/truck
LONG BEACH: Holland Festival Celebrating Dutch King's Day
LOS ANGELES: Pizza City Fest Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles County Yarn Crawl
LOS ANGELES: CicLAvia West LA - Three Miles of Open Streets
MORRO BAY: Morro Bay Kite Festival April 24-26, 2026 at Morro Rock Beach. Location: 200 Coleman Drive, Morro Bay, CA. Free admission, free parking, morrobaykitefestival.com
NORCO: Norco Horseweek, norcohorseweek.com
OAKLAND: Montclair Village Art Walk
OJAI: Tennis Tournament in Libbey Park
PARADISE: Gold Nugget Days, paradiseprpd.com
PARLIER: Parlier Roundup, parlierroundup.com
PASADENA: Jackalope Indie Artisan Fair
PASKENTA: Paskenta Pioneer Day Parade and Horse Show
POINT REYES STATION: Point Reyes National Seashore Birding Festival
RIVERSIDE: Riverside Community Garden Tour
SACRAMENTO: Beer Week. sacramentobeerweek.com
STOCKTON: San Joaquin Asparagus Festival
SAN DIEGO: Mission Federal ArtWalk
SAN DIEGO: SDAFF Spring Showcase $, pacarts.org
SAN LUIS OBISPO: SLO International Film Festival
SANTA ANA: Floral Park Home & Garden Tour
SANTA BARBARA: Santa Barbara Fair & Expo
SANTA MARIA: Strawberry Festival
SANTA ROSA: Gem Faire
SEBASTOPOL: Apple Blossom Festival
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - STATELINE, NV: Tahoe Tattoo Show
SPRINGVILLE: Springville Sierra Rodeo
VISALIA: Tulare County Renaissance Festival
VISALIA: Woodies in the Valley
YOUNTVILLE: Taste of Yountville $150-225, yountville.com

About California Events Calendar

No matter what the weather or season, Californians have a reason to celebrate. Nutcracker ballets in every city, Christmas Tree Lightings, Holiday Parades, Lighted Boat Parades, Lantern Festivals, Illuminations and theme park attractions. Be advised that events are NOT guaranteed � it is your responsibility to confirm before going. For correction requests, please include page link:

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