California’s Old-fashioned Fall Fairs and Fests
In the midst of some of the most crowded urban spaces, congested freeways and biggest cities in the nation, California also retains old-fashioned charm with celebrations that roll back the clock to simpler times. Fall harvest festivals, old days parades, and other events this week remind many of us that there’s no need for high-tech innovations to have fun.
Just ask a kid who sees a trick roper, picks a pumpkin in a patch, and pets barnyard animals. Ask mom or dad if they have pride when their child marches down Main Street in the small town parade.
California Fests
AGOURA HILLS: Reyes Adobe Days with a hometown parade
AZUSA: Golden Days carnival rides, games
CHINO: Harvest Festival cow milking and seed planting
DEL MAR: Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show craft event at the fairgrounds
DUBLIN: Harvest Fair caramel apples and tractor-pulled hay wagon rides
EXETER: Fall Festival parade and scarecrows
HALF MOON BAY: Art & Pumpkin Festival
HOLLISTER: Northern California Renaissance Faire at Casa de Fruta
KELSEYVILLE: Harvest Festival grape stomping and pie eating contests
LAKEPORT: Harvest Festival Grape Stomp
McCLOUD: Apple Harvest Festival apple pie contest and fresh juice
MONTEREY PARK: Geranium Festival celebrates town heritage
OAKHURST: Oakhurst Fall Festival carnival
PASO ROBLES: Pioneer Day Parade & Festival parade, free bean feed, whiskerino contest and a hoosegow!
PERRIS: Southern California Fair
PORTERVILLE: Pioneer Days re-enactments with Jackass Mail Run Association’s Live Shoot Out in the Street
QUINCY: Mountain Harvest Festival celebrates the Fall colors of Plumas County
REEDLEY: Reedley Fiesta and Parade, Biggest, Small Town Celebration in the Valley
ROSEMEAD: Fall Fiesta
SAN MARTIN: Uesugi Farms pumpkin patch weigh-off
SANTA BARBARA: Celebration of Harvest Weekend
SANTA YNEZ: The Great Grape Stomp vineyard hay rides
SILVERADO: Country Fair & Folk Festival
SOLVANG: Celebration of Harvest Weekend
UKIAH: Ukiah Pumpkin Festival & Scarecrow City
VALLEY CENTER: Bates Nut Farm pumpkin patch, scarecrow contest
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