{"id":24467,"date":"2017-08-03T11:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24467"},"modified":"2017-08-02T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T23:35:50","slug":"festival-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/festival-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sip, Swirl, Celebrate Weekend Festivals in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/ospand.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Santa Barbara&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/santa-barbara-spanish-days.html\">Old Spanish Days Fiesta<\/a>\u00a0Aug.2-6, 2017, featured on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/calendar\/2017ag5.html\">first weekend of August 2017.<\/a>\u00a0Below are events loosely organized into regions &#8211;please \u00a0forgive us if we are slightly &#8220;off&#8221; on city placement into regions!<\/p>\n<h2>North<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CHESTER: Almanor Art Show<\/li>\n<li>CRESCENT CITY: Del Norte County Fair, Rodeo<\/li>\n<li>DUNSMUIR: State of Jefferson Brewfest<\/li>\n<li>EUREKA:\u00a0 Zootini<\/li>\n<li>FORT BRAGG: Art in the Garden<\/li>\n<li>SUSANVILLE: Blues &amp; Brews<\/li>\n<li>UKIAH: Redwood Empire Fair<\/li>\n<li>YUBA CITY: Yuba-Sutter Fair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sac, Sierras<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AUBURN: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/auburn-tevis-cup.html\">Tevis Cup<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FOLSOM: Wacky Dash<\/li>\n<li>INCLINE VILLAGE: Lake Tahoe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/shakespeare\/lake-tahoe.html\"> Shakespeare <\/a><\/li>\n<li>IONE: Preston Castle Wine Tasting Tour<\/li>\n<li>MAMMOTH LAKES: Bluesapalooza<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Festa Italiana<\/li>\n<li>VACAVILLE: Salsa, Rib &amp; Chili Challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bay Area<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CUPERTINO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/shakespeare\/cupertino.html\">Shakespeare<\/a> Hamlet<\/li>\n<li>FREMONT: Art, Wine &amp; Music<\/li>\n<li>MARTINEZ: Beaver Festival<\/li>\n<li>NOVATO: Space Festival<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: Nihonmachi Street Fair<\/li>\n<li>SAN JOSE: Renaissance Faire | Santa Clara County Fair<\/li>\n<li>SAN MATEO: Bay Area Aloha Festival<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CRUZ: Church Street Fair<\/li>\n<li>SANTA ROSA: Sonoma County Fair, Rodeo<\/li>\n<li>STANFORD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/stanford-tennis.html\">Bank of The West Tennis Classic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VALLEJO: Solano County Fair<\/li>\n<li>WALNUT CREEK: Contra Costa Crystal Fair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Central<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>FRESNO: Ice Cream Zoofari<\/li>\n<li>LOS OLIVOS: In the Vineyard<\/li>\n<li>MONTEREY: Scottish Games, Celtic Festival<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/santa-barbara-spanish-days.html\">Old Spanish Days Fiesta<\/a> | Mariachi Festival<\/li>\n<li>SAN LUIS OBISPO: Taste of the Central Coast<\/li>\n<li>STOCKTON: Taste Of the Delta<\/li>\n<li>VALLEY SPRINGS: Wine, Cheese, &amp; Olive<\/li>\n<li>WATSONVILLE: Strawberry Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Southern<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BALBOA ISLAND: Sand Castle Contest<\/li>\n<li>BIG BEAR CITY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/fairs\/big-bear-city-renaissance-faire.html\"> Renaissance Faire <\/a><\/li>\n<li>BURBANK: Car Classic<\/li>\n<li>CHULA VISTA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/chula-vista-lemon-festival.html\"> Lemon Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>COSTA MESA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/fairs\/orange-county-fair.html\"> Orange County Fair<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HERMOSA BEACH:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/hermosa-manhattan-surf-festival.html\">Surf Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HUNTINGTON BEACH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/huntington-beach-usopen-surfing-festival.html\">US Open of Surfing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>JULIAN: Sip of Julian<\/li>\n<li>LA HABRA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/la-habra-corn-festival.html\"> Corn Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: DancerPalooza | Summer Sun &amp; Art Fest<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: Dragonfest | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/los-angeles-ecuadorian-festival.html\"> Ecuadorian Festival &amp; Parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ONTARIO: Jerk Food Fest<\/li>\n<li>RUNNING SPRINGS: Mountain Top Days<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: Pottery Market | Tahiti Dance<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIMAS: Food Fest<\/li>\n<li>VENICE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/venice-chariots-festival.html\">Festival of Chariots <\/a><\/li>\n<li>VENTURA: County Fair August<\/li>\n<li>YUCAIPA: Old West Days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Santa Barbara&#8217;s\u00a0Old Spanish Days Fiesta\u00a0Aug.2-6, 2017, featured on this first weekend of August 2017.\u00a0Below are events loosely organized into regions &#8211;please \u00a0forgive us if we are slightly &#8220;off&#8221; on city placement into regions! North CHESTER: Almanor Art Show CRESCENT CITY: Del Norte County Fair, Rodeo DUNSMUIR: State of Jefferson Brewfest EUREKA:\u00a0 Zootini FORT BRAGG: [&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\/24467"}],"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=24467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}