Fascinating Kites and Festivals
Kids & adults love spring and summer when the winds are just right for flying kites. For years SeeCalifornia.com has promoted fun kite festivals–many much older than our site. Kite flying actually has been around as early as 200 B.C. when it was used by the Chinese to make measurements over walls as plans for enemy attacks.
In the 21st century there are companies such as Kitenergy touting innovative renewable energy from high-altitude wind technology. They use the illustration of a high altitude kite to represent concepts.
Your attendance at a local kite festival or effort take the kids out for a play flying kites on a windy day seems whimsical. But kites actually have been employed through the centuries by adults for a variety of practical matters such as Ben Franklin’s kite experiment. In June 1752 he proved the electric nature of lightning by tying a key to a kite string, then flying a kite during a storm.
California Kite Festivals – Just for Fun
REDONDO BEACH: Festival of Kites March 8, 2020 at Redondo Beach Pier
HUNTINGTON BEACH: Kite Party March 13-14, 2020 at Huntington Beach Pier
CHICO: Chico Kite Day March 22, 2020 in the park
MORRO BAY: Morro Bay Kite Festival April 24-26, 2020 at Morro Rock Beach
MENLO PARK: Kite Day May 2, 2020 in the park
SANTA MARIA: Family Kite Festival May 3, 2020 in the park
SAN DIEGO: Ocean Beach Kite Festival May 9, 2020
FREMONT: Kids and Kites Festival May 16, 2020 in the park
SAN RAMON: Art & Wind Festival May 24-25, 2020 in the park
To be announced: more festivals may take place in Berkeley and elsewhere!
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