{"id":24560,"date":"2017-09-11T17:22:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T00:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24560"},"modified":"2017-09-11T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T00:22:25","slug":"odd-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/odd-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Get Your Knickers in a Twist at These Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/oddunu.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Expect the unexpected, and don&#8217;t get your knickers in a twist over irreverent California events catering to crowds with a sense of humor (sometimes twisted), but always with a twist &#8212; and an eye on fun!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-unusual-festivals.html\">California&#8217;s Unusual Festivals &amp; Events<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>TARANTULAS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/coarsegold-tarantula-festival.html\">Coarsegold Tarantula Festival <\/a>\u00a0Oct.28, 2017 Coarsegold<\/li>\n<li>POISON OAK: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/columbia-poison-oak-show.html\">Poison Oak Show and Fiddle &amp; Bango Festival<\/a> Sept.30,\u00a0 Columbia (top left photo)<\/li>\n<li>COYOTE HOWLS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/coulterville-coyote-fest.html\">Coulterville CoyoteFest<\/a> Sept.23, Coulterville (2nd left photo)<\/li>\n<li>FOG: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/pacifica-fog-festival.html\">Pacific Coast Fog Fest<\/a> Sept.23-24, 2017 in Pacifica<\/li>\n<li>FRINGE: San Francisco Fringe Festival Sept.8-23<\/li>\n<li>NAILS: Nail &amp; Sail Kinetic Boat Race Sept.17 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oceanside-harbor-days.html\"> Oceanside Harbor Days<\/a><\/li>\n<li>GOLF CARTS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/palm-desert-golfcart-parade.html\">Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade<\/a> Oct.29, Palm Desert (2nd photo from right)<\/li>\n<li>RUBBER DUCKIES: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-duck-races-derbies.html\">Rubber Ducky Derby<\/a> Oct.14 in Santa Clarita<\/li>\n<li>DOO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/pasadena-doodah-parade.html\">Doo Dah Parade<\/a> Nov.19, Pasadena<\/li>\n<li>PINECONES: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-pine-cone-festival.html\">Pine Cone Festival<\/a> Oct.14,\u00a0 Running Springs<\/li>\n<li>FASHION: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/santa-cruz-fashion-art.html\">Santa Cruz Fashion Art<\/a> Sept.23, Santa Cruz\u00a0 (right photo)<\/li>\n<li>FIRE\/LIGHT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/santa-cruz-glow.html\">Glow, A Festival of Fire and Light<\/a>, Oct.21, Santa Cruz\u00a0 (center picture)<\/li>\n<li>FLOATING HOMES: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/sausalito-floating-homes.html\">Sausalito Floating Homes Tour<\/a> Sept.30, Sausalito<\/li>\n<li>BURROS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/calico-days.html\">Calico Days Annual Burro Run<\/a> Oct.1,\u00a0 at Calico Ghost Town, Yermo<\/li>\n<li>WEEDS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/29palms-weed-show.html\">Weed Show<\/a> Nov.4-5, in 29 Palms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unusual festivals in California: Undie Runs, Liar&#8217;s Contest, Earthquake Festival, Bigfoot Days, Flying Saucer Contest, Squirrel Roundup, Cockroach Races, Bathtub Races, Duct Tape Races, Glass Pumpkin Patches, Testicle Festival, Bed Races, Outhouse Races<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expect the unexpected, and don&#8217;t get your knickers in a twist over irreverent California events catering to crowds with a sense of humor (sometimes twisted), but always with a twist &#8212; and an eye on fun! California&#8217;s Unusual Festivals &amp; Events TARANTULAS: Coarsegold Tarantula Festival \u00a0Oct.28, 2017 Coarsegold POISON OAK: Poison Oak Show and Fiddle [&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\/24560"}],"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=24560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}