July is a festive month in California and throughout the U.S., thanks to the annual Independence Day Celebration with fireworks, parades, bands, picnics, and summer outdoor fun for all ages.  While 4th of July steals the show with its spectacular festivities, there are also rodeos, blues festivals, fishing derbies and more. Want food? July Food Festivals include Gilroy Garlic Festival, French Festival in Santa Barbara, and Salsa Festival in Oxnard. Want to sand? Check out the Ocean Festival Sand Sculpture Contest in San Clemente or the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The beach is a blast, but the fun never stops from the mountains to the sea in California. July is the right time to get out and see California festivals.

2012 July California Fairs and Festivals

PETALUMA-11th Annual Art & Garden Festival
July 8
petalumadowntown.com/artandgardenpetaluma.aspx

SANTA BARBARA-California Wine Festival
July 19 - 21
californiawinefestival.com

FORT BRAGG-Animal Celebration 2012
July 21
mendocinohumane.orgcelebration

SAN FRANCISCO-Treasure Island Flea Market
July 28 - 29
TreasureIslandFlea.com

Central Coast
Carmel Bach Festival
The Carmel Bach Festival serves a community of classical music lovers and performers. The power of
music to nurture the soul is profound, and this classical music festival
carmel.com/bach-festival

Music Academy of the West
Since 1947, the Music Academy of the West has fostered a uniquely joyful engagement with music. Each
June, 140 gifted young classical singers and instrumentalists
musicacademy.org

Camarillo Fiesta and Street Fair
This event takes place in Old Town Camarillo and is the premier summer event, drawing visitors from
all over Ventura County.  This year's fiesta will feature arts and crafts v... 1
camarillofiesta.orgvendor.html

Channel Islands Harbor Art Fest
If art is your thing, then you're in for a treat! Some of Southern California's finest artists will
participate in the Annual Fine Arts & Crafts Show Series in Channel Islands ... 4
channelislandsharbor.org

Bargetto Fine Arts Festival
Located in Bargetto Winery's creekside courtyard and parking lot. Enjoy great art, live music and
wine. Wine tasting included with purchase of festival glass. Food available for pu... 6
bargetto.com
Monterey Bay TheatreFest Arts & Crafts Faire
This festival features 50-75 arts, crafts and food vendors displaying and selling their original
work and serves as a benefit for Pacific Repertory Theater, the only professional t... 
pacrep.org

Central Coast Rennaisance Festival
The public is invited to travel back in time to a thriving English village from over 400 years ago,
complete with a marketplace, fine arts and crafts, delicious food, entertainment... 1255
ccrenfaire.com

Monterey Scottish Games and Celtic Festival
The Monterey Scottish Games and Celtic Festival features athletic events pertinent to Highland Games such as caber tossing, throwing a weight for distance and height
montereyscotgames.com

Kiwanis Citrus Festival
Known as the 'Citrus Capital of the World' because of its expansive lemon and orange orchards, the
City of Santa Paula celebrates the fruit of California every year
santapaulafestival.org

California Turkish Festival
The California Turkish Festival is free to the public and features live music entertainment, folk dancing, belly dancing, art exhibits, food and drink, 
turkfestca.org


Santa Barbara County Fair
Santa Barbara County Fair is attended by over 110,000 people annually. The Fair creates important
venues for education, recreation, and entertainment and  is responsible for p... 1698
santamariafairpark.com

Festival Mozaic
Festival Mozaic is a celebration of five centuries of music held each summer in spectacular venues
on California's picturesque Central Coast. From Bach and beyond to Mozart and mor... 1982
festivalmozaic.com/events/summer-festival/

Capistrano Shakespeare Festival (CapoShakes)
Shakespeare in San Juan Capistrano has never been more fun! Be sure to mark your calendars for our summer Shakespeare festival performances for one timeless classic and one modern 
capistranocenter.com/capistranoshakespeare.htm

California Mid State Fair
The California Mid State Fair in beautiful San Luis Obispo county is an excellent destination for those seeking entertainment and thrills during the month of July.

Passport Day
For Passport Day, the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association invites you to enjoy the wineries of this extraordinary appellation! 
scmwa.com

Central Valley
Twain Harte Summer Arts and Wine Festival
The Twain Harte Summer Arts and Wine Festival presents the works of many talented craft and graphic
artists & continuous live entertainment. Starting at the Twain Harte Arch 
fireonthemountain.com

Merced County Fair
The Merced County Fair takes place over five days, and features agriculture, live music, tours and
educational outreach for children, carnival rides and more.... 1306
mercedcountyfair.com

Stanislaus County Fair
Stanislaus County Fair provides a family- and community-oriented experience promoting agriculture,
entertainment and technology
stancofair.com

Downtown Merced Summerfest
June - August in downtown event's success and continue to bring residents to the heart of Merced for entertainment and artisan goods. 
summerfestmerced.com

CSU Summer Arts Festival
CSU Summer Arts Festival offers 40+ events in the month of July featuring guest artists from the US
and abroad. The Summer Arts Festival includes music, dance, theatre  csusummerarts.org

Kings County Fair
The Kings Fair is dedicated to continue showcasing agricultural and related industry, commerce,
customs and cultures of Kings County while sustaining and developing family entertai... 1696
kingsfair.com/

CSU Summer Arts Festival
The CSU Summer Arts Festival offers a performance festival in the visual, performing and literary
arts, plus new media. Public events and presentations feature world-renowned guest... 1754
csusummerarts.org

DeltaFusion
Giant puppets come to life in DeltaFusion, a cultural celebration at Victory Park, Stockton. The
basic idea behind the festival is to celebrate of the cultural heritage of the popu... 1839
http://deltafusion.wordpress.com/

Greater Sacramento
Sacramento Film and Music Festival
The Sacramento Film and Music Festival is now open for film and video submissions. The festival,
which has showcased over 500 films along with 30 live music performances, will take... 1623
sacfilm.com

Bear Valley Music Festival
The Bear Valley Music Festival offers a full symphony orchestra, international soloists, legendary
entertainers, and renowned opera stars in a unique mountain setting. The Festival... 1051
bearvalleymusic.org

Tahoe Art League Artist Studio Tour
The Tahoe Art League Artist Studio Tour is the premier event for the League! Many artists
share their studio space with other artists for the tour. Participating artists show... 1983
talart.org

Courtland Pear Fair
Always the last Sunday in July, the annual Pear Fair is held in the Sacramento River Delta town of
Courtland, located just 20 minutes south of Sacramento off Hwy 160. The Pear  pearfair.com

Sierra Storytelling Festival
Tellers and special guests regale listeners with memories both poignant and hilarious--stories from African, Asian, Jewish, and Native American traditions 
sierrastorytellingfestival.org

Music in the Mountains
For three weeks in June and July, Music in the Mountains offers plenty of great music set in the
charming gold rush towns of Nevada City and Grass Valley
musicinthemountains.org

Wine Cheese & Bread Faire
The Old Sugar Mill just south of Sacramento is proud to present the Wine Cheese and Bread Faire.
Along with wineries from across the Clarksburg area, more than 30 local vendors wil... 1805
oldsugarmill.hosting-advantage.com

Squaw Valley Fine Arts and Crafts Festival
The Squaw Valley Fine Arts and Crafts Festival is a two-day event that has become a summer
time favorite for locals and visitors alike. Squaw Valley's base village will burst... 1972
squaw.com

Northstar Beerfest & Blue Grass
The name says it all! Anyone who loves beer, bluegrass music and having fun should not miss the
Beerfest & Bluegrass Festival at Northstar Resort. ... 1862
northstarattahoe.com

Art, Wine, and Music Festival
Squaw Valley's base village will burst with color, taste, and sound as fine artists, crafts makers,
performers and musicians come to participate in this fun, two-day annual event. ... 1974
squaw.com

Hot Summer Nights
Located in Old Town Temecula, this is a family event that won't break the bank and can be taken any Friday starting in July and going through Septembe
cityoftemecula.org

Shakespeare in the Vines
Shakespeare in the Vines (SITV) presents live Shakespearean theatre in the midst of the beautiful Temecula Valley Wine Country, under the moon and stars. 
shakespeareinthevines.org

Los Angeles
Come Out & Dance!
Join us at Come Out & Dance! for nine amazing nights of great music and dancing under the stars on the AMC Walkway (at Palm Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard) 
downtown-burbank.orgevents.php

Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber Art Walks
The Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce has a rich population of fine artists within its jurisdiction. 
montrosechamber.org

Glendale Open Studio Tour
Once again, Glendale artists and art organizations will open up their studios to the public. This free, self-guided tour is a rare opportunity to peek into the studios 
glendaleartsandculture.org

Malibu Arts Festival
This year's Malibu Arts Festival promises to offer something for everyone. The two-day weekend event will take place outside the Malibu Civic Center.
malibu.org

Renegade Craft Fair - Los Angeles
The Renegade Craft Fair takes place at the California Market Center and takes over the entire 13th floor penthouse of the Center  
renegadecraft.com

Summer Festival at the Huntington
Our summer festival continues our popular blending of favorites with important musical diversity. The four-concert series includes concert works  
swmusic.orgs

Tafesilafa'i Pacific Islander Festival
Tafesilafa'i started in 1997 as a conversation about meaning making in an ethnic community, and it
has grown into an inquiry into ways of being in the Urban Pacific Islander commun... 1225
tafesilafai.org

Jazz Fest West
This event will feature a handful of the world's finest smooth jazz and R&B performers, a vendor
village with numerous artisans, sponsors and vendor exhibits, an ethnic interna... 1256
omegaevents.com/jazzfestwest


Venice Beach Summer Fest
Come to Venice for the beach, fun, sun, shopping, and entertainment. Venice Beach Summer Fest has
all that and more. Over 15,000 come to this beach for this event and we invite   

Greater Los Angeles Fine Jewelry and Antiques Fair
The Greater Los Angeles Fine Jewelry and Antiques Fair offers furniture, textiles, art glass,
silver, sculpture, paintings, prints and rare books. There is an admission fee.... 1418
theosatco.com

Celebrate Downtown Lancaster
Join us for a FREE fun-filled celebration of fine food, music and community. Celebrate Downtown
Lancaster was launched in 2005 as a way to celebrate Lancaster's historic  cityoflancasterca.org

Pershing Square Summer Concert Series
The Pershing Square Downtown Stage will offer six weeks of free entertainment five days a week.
Wednesdays through Sundays a variety of live music, films, events and youth  laparks.orgpershingsquare

LA Shorts Festival
This is the largest short film festival in the world.  The festival screens over 400 short
films with informational panel discussions, workshops, and a development market.... 1600
lashortsfest.com

California International Theatre Festival
The California International Theatre Festival's mission is to produce an annual theatre
festival in California, offering a distinguished array of international presentations,  citfestival.org

Old Town Monrovia Summer Art Walk
Come to the Old Town Monrovia Summer Art Walk on the last Saturdays of June, July and August! From
7:00-10:00pm, see artists along Myrtle Ave. in historical Old Town Monrovia.  monroviafinearts.orgpages

Armenian Identity Festival
Armenian Identity Harvest (AIH) holds its annual Armenian Identity Festival in Victory Park.
This is the only Armenian festival open to the public in Pasadena. As in past year... 1992
Acc-us.org

Healdsburg First Fridays Art Walk
With over 15 galleries in the intimate downtown plaza, Healdsburg has the highest concentration
of art galleries north of San Francisco. On the first Friday of every month fro...  healdsburg.com

Cotati Kids Day Parade and Festival
Join the Annual Cotati Kids Parade & Festival in downtown Cotati.
ci.cotati.ca.us

Festival del Sole
Festival del Sole takes place every summer in California's beautiful Napa Valley. The Festival features concerts by some of the world's most celebrated classical music artists,
festivaldelsole.com

Sonoma County Fair
The Sonoma County Fair has grown to become one of the most popular in the state, famous for its
top-quality Wine Country Horse Racing, Hall of Flowers exhibit, and constant  sonomacountyfair.com

Napa Porchfest
At the Napa Porchfest, local musicians perform on porches in historic neighborhoods. The event is free and occurs on the last Sunday of July from 2:00 to 5:00pm. Pedestrians and bi... 1994
napaporchfest.org

Napa County Fair & Fireworks
Celebrating the arts, wine, food, and culture of the Napa Valley! Always over the 4th of July
weekend, visitors to the Napa County Fair & Fireworks will enjoy a variety of  NapaCountyFair.org

North Coast
Mendocino Music Festival
Each year the festival puts up a 16,000 square foot tent and builds a performance hall literally
"from the ground up" overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It established a year-round pre... 1016
mendocinomusic.com

Humboldt Folklife Festival
Humboldt Folklife Festival is a celebration of local musicians that takes place generally over an entire week. It includes bluegrass, old-timey, country, jazz humboldtfolklife.org

Mendocino Summer Arts and Crafts Fair
In what has become a Mendocino summer tradition, the Mendocino Art Center hosts the annual Summer Arts & Crafts Fair in its beautiful outdoor garden setting. mendocinoartcenter.org

Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
The Mendocino Coast Writers Conference consists of three days of literary craft overlooking the spectacular Mendocino Coast.
mcwc.org

Northern/Sierra
High Sierra Music Festival
High Sierra Music has been producing world-class music festivals since 1991. An independent production company based in Berkeley, CA
highsierramusic.com

Lake Tahoe Music Festival
Founded in 1982 by Edgar Braun, conductor of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Festival has grown in scope yearly with the dedication and  tahoemusic.org

Mammoth Lakes Jazz Jubilee
Experience the spectacular Sierra to the sounds of some of the world's finest musicians! 
mammothjazz.org

Summer Nights Nevada City
During Summer Nights, the town's landmark downtown historic district is closed to motorized traffic and filled with music, arts, crafts, classic cars, food, drink and ncgold.com

Art Around the Lake
The Lake Almanor Community Foundation presents the annual Art Around the Lake in partnership with the Plumas Arts Council and the Feather River Fine Arts frfaa.com

McCloud Lumberjack Fiesta
Join in old-fashioned fun in the sun all weekend!  Main Street Parade, vendors' booths, nightly
dance with live music, baseball tournament, children's events, horseshoe tourna...  mccloudchamber.com

Lassen County Fair
Each year more than 48,000 patrons attend the Lassen County Fair, which is held the third week of
July.  The Fair is the longest-running community event in Lassen County. ... 1251
lassencountyfair.org

Greenville Gold Digger Days
Greenville Gold Digger Days is a celebration of gold mining heritage featuring a parade, arts &
crafts, street dance, horseshoe pitching, softball tournament, gold panning, fir...  indianvalley.net

Yuba-Sutter Fair
The fair is a five-day event providing the community a variety of recreational, agricultural and
educational experiences.  The community has opportunities to participate in va...  yubasutterfair.com

South Lake Tahoe American Legion Show
The South Lake Tahoe American Legion Show is an outdoor summer event at the American Legion where
members of the Tahoe Art League participate. The Tahoe Art League is a nonprofit  talart.org

Amador County Fair
This Amador County Fair lasts through July and August and features a horse show, scholarship and
singing competitions, live music entertainment, beer and wine tasting, and  amadorcountyfair.com


Mother Lode Fair
The Mother Lode Fair is located in the beautiful foothill town of Sonora on historic State Route 49.
The Fair began in 1889 as the Tuolumne County Fair & Horse Show, then reinv...  motherlodefair.org

Orange County
Art-A-Fair
The Art-A-Fair Festival is the ultimate destination for lovers of art to visit this summer! Nestled
in a colorful garden setting in romantic Laguna Canyon, the Festival is an enjoy...  art-a-fair.com

Sawdust Art Festival
Designed to both entertain and educate, the Sawdust Art Festival draws more than 200,000 visitors
from across the country each year. Visitors are invited to shop along sawdust-cove... 1015
sawdustartfestival.org

Laguna Festival of Arts
California's finest summer art event is staged in a six-acre canyon park near the ocean in Laguna
Beach. The stars of this summertime tradition, which began here in 1932, are over  lagunafestivalofarts.org

Cypress Community Festival
The Cypress Community Festival is held on the fourth Saturday of July each year from 9am until 5pm at Oak Knoll Park near the intersection of Orange and Valley View in Cypress. 
cypressfestival.com

Orange County Fair
The Orange County Fair is beloved by those who find the beach lifestyle is not all that bad. Sure,
you don't get many opportunities to raise cattle in the OC, but that doesn't mean...  ocfair.com

Woodstock Weekend
A celebration of music, art and Woodstock '69, the Woodstock Weekend features an assortment of tie dye artisans, crafters, hippie stilt-walkers 
ocmarketplace.com

San Diego
Village Vibes Concert Series
Visit our Chula Vista Memorial Park Bowl this summer, where you will enjoy six free open-air concerts varying from blues to salsa rhythms.  
thirdavenuevillage.com

Ramona Country Fair
The Ramona Country Fair is an annual event held in Ramona featuring crafts, carnival rides, vendors,
live entertainment, great food and lots of animals. Admission is free! Bri... 1288
ramonafair.com

Del Mar Fair
The San Diego County Fair features many entertaining events and special days, most happening just
one or a few days only. There are always lots of musical performances. Its annual  sdfair.com

San Francisco Bay Area
Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival
The highly-rated Arts and Wine Festival showcases the distinctive works of artists and crafts people from over a dozen states. 
downtownlosaltos.org

Fremont Festival of the Arts
The Fremont Festival celebrates this August with 700 arts and crafts vendors, live entertainment, food, wine, and activities for kids and families.
fremontfestival.net

SF Jazz SummerFest
SFJAZZ is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. SFJAZZ explores the full spectrum of jazz,
sfjazz.org

Brentwood CornFest
Brentwood CornFest increases public awareness of Brentwood and East Contra Costa County and supports local charities. 
brentwoodchamber.com

Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival
The Annual Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival welcomes thousands of festival goers to a fabulous, fun-filled two-day celebration of Clay and Glass Art.
acga.net

Connoisseur's Marketplace
For a sun-splashed weekend featuring world-class art by 250 of America's top artists, two days of
great music, fabulous food and drink, tons of fun for kids, artisan specialty food... 2
miramarevents.com

Alameda Art and Wine Faire
The Alameda Art and Wine Faire provides fun for the whole family with art, crafts, food, beer, wine
and mimosas, two music stages, kids' area pony rides, petting zoo, and shuttle t... 7
shopparkstreet.com/artwine.html

Marin/Scapes
Marin/Scapes, an art show and sale of Marin County landscape art, offers fine art by more than 60 prominent artists.  Join us also to partake in the delicious 
buckelew.orgmarinscapes

Sausalito Art Walk
Bay Area artists, talents, flavors and colorful characters. Over 20 participating local merchants
getting together, with artists from every discipline imaginable. Art Walk is a non.
sausalitoartwalk.org

Stern Grove Festival
Stern Grove Festival Association is a non-profit organization committed to providing the people of the Bay Area with admission-free access to diverse performing arts.  
sterngrove.org

Hayward/Russell City Blues Festival
The Bay Area Blues Society brings the Blues of Russell City back to the public in the form of a festival, lectures and archival musical showings. 
bayareabluessociety.net

Marin County Fair
The award-winning Marin County Fair, known for its innovation and pioneering spirit, is also known as the "greenest county fair on earth." 
marinfair.org

Post Street Summertime Blues
Cafe seating, wine by the glass, local microbrews and some of the Bay Area's best blues artists converge for three relaxing after-work events
sjdowntown.com

Renegade Craft Fair - San Francisco
The Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco takes place at the Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion.  
renegadecraft.com

Benicia Fine Art & Jazz Festival
With the Carquinez Straits as the picturesque backdrop, the festival is located in Historic Downtown Benicia along the beautiful waterfront promenade at the First Street Green.
beniciamainstreet.org

Scottish Highland Games
The sounds of bagpipes and drums will fill the air at the Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate. The days are filled with Highland games, craft booths, vendors, food, whisky tasting
dunsmuir.org

San Francisco International Poetry Festival
The San Francisco International Poetry Festival (SFIPF) honors the City's great legacy of hosting
and encouraging cross-cultural dialogue. In 2007, the first ever SFIPF, a four-day... 1358
sfipf.org

Fire Arts Festival
Each July, The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art, 
thecrucible.orgevents

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Between May and October, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents nearly 100 programs in Yerba
Buena Gardens, all FREE and open to the public. The Festival presents music, theater... 1918
ybgfestival.org

Alameda County Fair
Alameda County Fair's Festival Square is a destination within a destination. Each weekend theme
highlights a grabbing of culture whether it is from a region near by or across the s... 1692
alamedacountyfair.com

Stanford Jazz Festival
For nearly four decades, Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW) has been bringing the best jazz performers and educators together with students of all ages, abilities, 
stanfordjazz.org

Salsa Festival on the Fillmore
Salsa Festival on The Fillmore transforms San Francisco's Fillmore District into a large dance party. The event spans eleven venues, with live performances
salsaonfillmore.com

Fillmore Jazz Festival
Blending art and soul of one of the country's most unique neighborhoods, the Fillmore Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival on the West Coast, 
fillmorejazzfestival.com

Art Under the Oaks
For Art Under the Oaks, which takes place in the middle of July each year, Alden Lane is transformed into a busy artists market with music, food, wine and art
aldenlane.com

Bay Street Arts and Music Festival
The Bay Street Arts and Music Festival hosts live performers on multiple stages--music including jazz, international, rhythm & blues, world beat and DJs. 
baystreetemeryville.com