{"id":21369,"date":"2015-10-16T01:43:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T08:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=21369"},"modified":"2015-10-16T01:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T08:45:28","slug":"california-key-word-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/california-key-word-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"California Key Word: FEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/keywo.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to <strong>zest<\/strong>, this\u00a0weekend is filled with the key word:<strong> FEST<\/strong>. \u00a0The festivals are so varied and colorful that you are in for not one, but many, many treats!\u00a0We&#8217;ve unearthed\u00a0more than\u00a0100 festival events to see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>California Festivals &amp; Events <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2015oc17.html\">Oct. 17<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2015oc18.html\">Oct.\u00a018<\/a>, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HALLOWEEN <\/strong>&#8211; 30+themed celebrations\u00a0include\u00a0Pumpkins in Pools, Scarecrows in Parks, Pumpkin Festivals, Haunted Ships, Flashlight Tours, Haunted Houses, Theme Park Mazes, and Costume Parades (including pets).<\/li>\n<li><strong>TASTE<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; California continues to be the #1 grower\u00a0of foods in the\u00a0US.\u00a0TASTE\u00a0events this weekend include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/october-food.html\">TASTE OF<\/a>:\u00a0North Park (San Diego), The Valley (Selma), of Mexico (Los Angeles), of Soul (Los Angeles), of\u00a0Coronado.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HARVEST<\/strong> &#8211; Focused on farm fresh experiences, guests interact with farmers, view working farms and \/ or dine on locally sourced\u00a0foods and meet the chefs\u00a0at Harvest Festivals in Forest City (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-apple-festivals.html\">apples<\/a>), Capay (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-pumpkin-festivals.html\">pumpkins<\/a>), McCloud (apples), Paso Robles (wine), San Diego (pumpkins), Springville (apples), Cherry Valley (olives &amp; wine), San Benitor (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-olive-festivals.html\">olives<\/a>), Quincy (mountain harvest), Greenfield (harvest), and Newcastle (harvest).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DRINK<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/october-wine.html\">Wine<\/a> &amp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/october-beer.html\"> Beer<\/a> are the two most popular beverages this season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CELEBRATE<\/strong>! \u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/october-festivals.html\">October festivals<\/a> are diverse, celebrating Diwali (Cupertino), Roses (Healdsburg), Antique Tractors (Vista), Film (Mill Valley, Stanford, Hollywood),\u00a0Cars (Anaheim, Buena Park and Sacramento), Music (Oakland, Stockton, Berkeley, San Francisco and Fullerton).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to zest, this\u00a0weekend is filled with the key word: FEST. \u00a0The festivals are so varied and colorful that you are in for not one, but many, many treats!\u00a0We&#8217;ve unearthed\u00a0more than\u00a0100 festival events to see. 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