California Pears - Gift of the Gods

MORAGA Pear Harvest 
Wear sturdy shoes. Pear picking tools provided.
moragaparks.org/pears.html

MORAGA: Pear & Wine Festival September 28, 2024
Moraga Commons Park
The Annual Moraga Pear & Wine Festival is a family friendly event with activities for all ages celebrating Moraga Pear history! Join your friends and neighbors for: entertainment with DJ RyanO, wine tasting with the Lamorinda Wine Growers Association, pear pies, jumpies, food trucks, community booths, and more! moragaparks.org/pears.html

KELSEYVILLE Kelseyville 30th annual Pear Festival September 28, 2024
pearfestival.com
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

2024 Festival Highlights

September 27, 2024 Main Street Farm to Fork Dinner. Dinner & Street Dance Kickoff  features a family-style meal served down the middle of Main Street, enjoying nothing but the freshest local produce followed by dancing bands!

• September 28, 2024 Pear Festival Parade kicks off the day with tractors, horse drawn wagons, antique cars, floats, Grand Marshall, Prince and Princess of the Festival, kids, bands and more.
• Pear Prince & Princess Contest - 4th & 5th grade students from the Kelseyville elementary schools participate in a pear-themed essay contest. Winners receive a $100 Savings Bond from WestAmerica Bank, retain their crowns, and have a featured spot in the Parade! ​
• Pear Dessert Contest winners receive gift certificates to local restaurants and have a featured spot in the Parade!
• Street Dance!
• Wine Pop-Up featuring Lake County's finest wines! ​ ​
• Children's Activities - Visit Kids' Town for fun and games! \
• Fine Arts Show - The lobby of WestAmerica Bank is transformed into a fine arts show by the Konocti Art Society and the Konocti Art Club will be holding their art sale and show at the Kelseyville Senior Center.
• Music -   hot jazz, solid gold rock, blazing fiddlers, and classic acoustical guitar.
• Food from delicious pear pies, smooth cool pear shakes, and bowls of creamy pear ice cream to a variety of other delicious street vendor treats!
• Antique Tractor & Vintage Engine Exhibit - Antique tractors of all shapes, sizes, colors are the stately legendary farming workhorses. A collection of unique engines that do all sorts of things and some that do just nothing. Look for this collection on Main Street by the Kelsey Creek Bridge.
• Vendors and Arts & Crafts Booths line streets is an amazing array of fine quality hand crafted items with a focus on pear inspired creations.

COURTLAND: Pear Fair July 28, 2024
180 Primasing Avenue
Courtland, CA 95615
pearfair.org‎

What do Moraga and Kelseyville, Calif. have in common? They're 118 miles apart, several counties distance and a world of difference in many aspects of life. Moraga is part of the San Francisco East Bay, which makes it a popular commuter community (one of the wealthiest in the nation for 10,000 population), while Kelseyville is located in Lake County in the North Coast region–not so close to the big city jobs. What the two towns do share is a love of pears. And they also celebrate the sweet, juicy fruit on the same day!

Come one and all to the Pear Festival where you can taste the cream of the crop of fall harvest pears. Bartletts, Boscs, Golden Boscs and Red Sensations are the talk of the town at the free one day events where you can enter contests with your prized pear dishes, listen to the music and dance. For more information, see Kelseyville Pear Festival at , or Moraga Pear Festival at moragaparks.org/pears.html.

Other fruit festivals coming up this fall include the annual Madera Pomegranate Festival and the Auburn Mandarin Festival.

Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.