California Travel Tips
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this Weekend
Published on: October 03, 2017
This weekend the annual La Jolla Art & Wine Festival takes to the streets of the beautiful beach oasis in San Diego. The free event October 7 & 8, 2017, isn’t the only beach festival in California’s 2nd largest city. Down the road south a few miles is Pacific Beachfest on Oct. 7, featuring volleyball, surfing, and the Best of Beach Fish Tacos contest.
Music Festivals
- San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Oct.6-8. This FREE music festival features some amazing talents in Golden Gate Park — like Emmy Lou Harris, Cheap Trick, Bela Fleck, Randy Newman and over 100 acts!
- Indio’s Desert Oasis Oct.7-8, is a music festival featuring reggae & roots
- Carson’s free Jazz Festival features headliner Kenny Lattimore, Jazz in Pink and many more on Oct.7
- More jazz at Angel City Jazz Festival Oct.1-15, celebrating Thelonious Monk’s Centennial in LA
Art Festivals
- San Jose celebrates Glass Pumpkin Patch at Santana Row Oct.6-8
- Turlock’s Holistic Expo features crystals, art & more on Oct.7
- Ventura’s Harvest Festival Arts & Crafts Oct.6-8
- Walnut Creek’s Contra Costa Crystal Faire Oct.7-8
- Pleasant Hill’s Art, Jazz & Wine Festival is Oct.7-8
- Oakdale Western Day is an all ages fun fest Oct.7
- Monrovia Arts and Chalkfest Oct.7- 8
- Arcata’s Pastels on the Plaza is Oct.7
- Cathedral City’s Desert Glo Fest at Town Square includes the Art Zone on Oct.7
- Lone Pine Film Festival Oct.6-8 showcases the art of the silver screen
- California Scarecrow Festivals: Benicia, Cambria, Santa Ynez Valley (Buellton, Solvang, etc.), Fallbrook Scarecrow Days, Sierra Madre
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