{"id":24203,"date":"2017-05-01T15:54:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24203"},"modified":"2017-05-01T15:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T22:54:11","slug":"small-town-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/small-town-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Town Festivals Filled With Hospitality and Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/smalevet.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured left to right: Selma Raisin Festival, Mariposa Butterfly Parade and Columbia Fireman&#8217;s Muster, all happening this week.<\/p>\n<h2>Population: Less than 25,000<\/h2>\n<p>Welcome to California&#8217;s charming cities and towns where residents\u00a0have found paradise and they&#8217;re glad to share it &#8212; for a while. Come spend your money, then head back home to Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and San Diego so locals can relax and get\u00a0their town back. Advice:\u00a0Lose your big city attitude &#8212; locals aren&#8217;t impressed.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017my6.html\">Festivals on May 6, 2017<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ARTESIA: Mariachi Festival<\/li>\n<li>AUBURN: Foothills Brewfest<\/li>\n<li>AVALON: Catalina Island Classic May 5-7, skateboard island invasion<\/li>\n<li>BUELLTON: Brew Fest<\/li>\n<li>CARMEL BY THE SEA: Winemakers&#8217; Celebration Weekend May 5-7<\/li>\n<li>CLEAR LAKE: Heron Festival<\/li>\n<li>COARSEGOLD: Coarsegold Rodeo May 5-7<\/li>\n<li>COLUMBIA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/columbia-firefighters-muster.html\"> Fireman&#8217;s Muster<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DINUBA: Cinco de Mayo May 5-6 Parade Saturday<\/li>\n<li>EL SEGUNDO: Home Town Fair &amp; Carnival<\/li>\n<li>HOPLAND: Hopland Passport May 6-7<\/li>\n<li>IRWINDALE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/irwindale-renaissance-faire.html\"> The Original Pleasure Renaissance Faire<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KERMAN: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/kerman-almond-festival.html\"> Kerman Almond Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MARIPOSA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/mariposa-butterfly-parade.html\"> Mariposa Butterfly Festival<\/a> May 5-7<\/li>\n<li>OJAI: Chautauqua<\/li>\n<li>PINE GROVE: Roaring Camp&#8217;s BBQ<\/li>\n<li>PLACERVILLE: Wakamatsu Open Farm Day<\/li>\n<li>PLYMOUTH: Amador Four Fires Festival<\/li>\n<li>PLYMOUTH: Main Street Flea Market &amp; Breakfast<\/li>\n<li>SELMA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/selma-raisin-festival.html\"> Selma Raisin Festival<\/a> May 3-7<\/li>\n<li>SHASTA LAKE: Shasta Damboree Pancake Breakfast, Parade, Day at The Park<\/li>\n<li>SIERRA MADRE: Sierra Madre Art Fair May 6-7<\/li>\n<li>YOUNTVILLE: Sense Yountville, wine tasting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured left to right: Selma Raisin Festival, Mariposa Butterfly Parade and Columbia Fireman&#8217;s Muster, all happening this week. Population: Less than 25,000 Welcome to California&#8217;s charming cities and towns where residents\u00a0have found paradise and they&#8217;re glad to share it &#8212; for a while. Come spend your money, then head back home to Silicon Valley, Los [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/24203"}],"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=24203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}