{"id":24433,"date":"2017-07-19T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T18:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24433"},"modified":"2017-07-19T02:05:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T09:05:53","slug":"midsummer-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/midsummer-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Midsummer Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/salinrode.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured is the perfect salute to National Day of the Cowboy on July 22, 2017. California Rodeo July 20-23 in Salinas is the biggest rodeo in California and among the Top 20 in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the middle of summer and there&#8217;s no room for summertime blues, except when it comes to Redwood City&#8217;s PAL Blues Festival. In addition to the long list of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/concerts\/california-summer-concerts.html\">free summer concerts in parks<\/a>, there are over a dozen music fests this week ranging from reggae to rock.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/california-rodeos.html\">Rodeos &amp; More<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>McCLOUD: \u00a0Roping<\/li>\n<li>NORCO: \u00a0Day of the Cowboy<br \/>\nPLACERVILLE: Buckles &amp; BBQ<br \/>\nSALINAS: California Rodeo<br \/>\nTURLOCK: Rodeo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-beer.html\">Beer Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ALAMEDA<\/li>\n<li>REDWOOD CITY<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO<\/li>\n<li>SILICON VALLEY<\/li>\n<li>TUOLUMNE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-comedy-festivals.html\">Comedy<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PALMDALE<\/li>\n<li>ROCKLIN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-festivals.html\">Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ARCADIA: 626 Night Market<\/li>\n<li>BENICIA: Holy Ghost Festa &amp; Parade<\/li>\n<li>CAPITOLA: Wharf to Wharf Race<\/li>\n<li>CYPRESS: Community Festival<\/li>\n<li>GLENDALE: Vartavar Celebration<\/li>\n<li>KELSEYVILLE: Sadie Hawkins Sailboat Race<\/li>\n<li>LAGUNA BEACH: Pageant of the Masters<\/li>\n<li>LOMPOC: Open Streets | Mission Life Days<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: Tafesilafa&#8217;i Cultural Festival<\/li>\n<li>LOS ALAMITOS: Wiener Dog Nationals<\/li>\n<li>NEVADA CITY: Storytelling Festival<\/li>\n<li>OAKLAND: Annual Bay Area Black Expo<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: South Park Summer Walkabout<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Marathon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-music.html\">Music Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BEAR VALLEY: Variety<\/li>\n<li>BISHOP: Blues<\/li>\n<li>CARMEL: Bach<\/li>\n<li>HALF MOON BAY: Flutes<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: Gospel<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: Rock<\/li>\n<li>MAMMOTH LAKES: Reggae<\/li>\n<li>NAPA: Classical, contemporary<\/li>\n<li>PICO RIVERA: Colombian<\/li>\n<li>REDWOOD CITY: Blues<\/li>\n<li>SAN LUIS OBISPO: Variety<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CRUZ: Rock<\/li>\n<li>SQUAW VALLEY: Indie<\/li>\n<li>TOPANGA: Reggae<\/li>\n<li>VENTURA: Rock<\/li>\n<li>WEAVERVILLE: Jazz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-food.html\">Food Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CAPAY: Tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: Japanese<\/li>\n<li>VENTURA: Tacos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/fairs\/california-fairs-by-date.html\">County Fairs<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>COSTA MESA<\/li>\n<li>PASO ROBLES<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO<\/li>\n<li>TURLOCK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/shakespeare\/california-festivals.html\">Shakespeare in the Park<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CUPERTINO<\/li>\n<li>INCLINE VILLAGE<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES<\/li>\n<li>ROSSMOOR<\/li>\n<li>SAN PEDRO<\/li>\n<li>SAN RAFAEL<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CLARITA<\/li>\n<li>TEMECULA<\/li>\n<li>THOUSAND OAKS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-wine.html\">Wine Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>LIVERMORE VALLEY<\/li>\n<li>NAPA<\/li>\n<li>TWAIN HARTE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured is the perfect salute to National Day of the Cowboy on July 22, 2017. California Rodeo July 20-23 in Salinas is the biggest rodeo in California and among the Top 20 in the U.S. It&#8217;s the middle of summer and there&#8217;s no room for summertime blues, except when it comes to Redwood City&#8217;s PAL [&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\/24433"}],"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=24433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}