{"id":14027,"date":"2013-10-16T03:46:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T10:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14027"},"modified":"2013-10-16T03:51:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T10:51:35","slug":"variety-is-the-spice-of-life-this-weekend-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/variety-is-the-spice-of-life-this-weekend-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety is the Spice of Life This Weekend in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pictured above: Salmon Festival, Chalk Art Festival, Ragfest, Grand National Rodeo and an excellent photo by Jan Scott of Fallbrook Scarecrow Festival.<\/p>\n

If variety is the spice of life, this weekend there will be plenty of spice throughout California. In addition to Oktoberfest and Halloween celebrations, there are harvest & art festivals, food fests, dancing, swaying, chalk drawing and steer roping. Here’s the short list:<\/p>\n

HALLOWEEN EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haunted attractions are open<\/a>
\nHalloween events\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0— over a dozen<\/p>\n

SCARECROWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

AUBURN Community Festival Scarecrow Contest October 19, 2013
\nFALLBROOK Scarecrow Festival through October 2013
\nWINDSOR Pumpkin Festival Scarecrow Building Sunday October 20<\/p>\n

MORE<\/a>! <\/strong><\/p>\n

ANDERSON: Return of the Salmon Festival
\nAPPLE VALLEY: Happy Trails Chili Cook-off
\nBUENA PARK – Silverado Days, October 18-20, 2013, silveradodays.com
\nBELMONT SHORE: Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
\nBUENA PARK – Silverado Days, October 18-20, 2013
\nCARDIFF BY THE SEA: Not-So-Scary Estuary Family Discovery Days, October 19-20
\nDEL MAR: Chili and Quackers, \u00a0chiliandquackers.com
\nFOLSOM – Folsom Renaissance Faire October 19-20, 2013
\nFULLERTON: Ragfest, Oct. 19-20,2013
\nHALF MOON BAY: Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival Oct. 19-20, 2013
\nHOLLYWOOD: Screamfest Film Festival
\nHUNTINGTON BEACH: AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Finals
\nLOS ANGELES: Dragon Boat Races at Whittier Narrows
\nMORRO BAY: Oyster Festival
\nPASO ROBLES: Harvest Wine Weekend
\nPISMO BEACH: Clam Festival Oct. 18-20
\nPLACERVILLE: Free stagecoach rides, placerville-downtown.org
\nSAN FRANCISCO: Grand National Rodeo Oct. 18-19, cowpalace.com
\nSPRINGVILLE: Apple Days Festival
\nVISTA: Antique Engine & Tractor Show, October 19-20, agsem.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictured above: Salmon Festival, Chalk Art Festival, Ragfest, Grand National Rodeo and an excellent photo by Jan Scott of Fallbrook Scarecrow Festival. If variety is the spice of life, this weekend there will be plenty of spice throughout California. In addition to Oktoberfest and Halloween celebrations, there are harvest & art festivals, food fests, dancing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}