{"id":25295,"date":"2018-07-23T15:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25295"},"modified":"2018-07-23T15:10:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T22:10:18","slug":"volunteer-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/volunteer-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Make Festivals Go Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/strauwalz.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ELK GROVE, CALIF. &#8212; The free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/elk-grove-strauss-festival.html\">Strauss Festival<\/a> July 26-29, 2018 is produced annually with trained volunteers who dance to waltzes in a stage production at Elk Grove Regional Park.<\/p>\n<p>The last weekend in July features endless festivals to check out, and thousands of volunteers who make them go round. Here are a few events this week that exemplify volunteers in action:<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/july-festivals.html\">California Festivals<\/a> with Volunteers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ARCADIA: Plumeria Day at\u00a0 LA County Arboretum July 28, 2018<\/li>\n<li>BEAR VALLEY: Bear Valley Music Festival July 20-August 5<\/li>\n<li>BENICIA: Waterfront Festival July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>BERKELEY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/berkeley-kite-festival.html\"> Berkeley Kite Festival<\/a>\u00a0July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>BIG BEAR CITY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/fairs\/big-bear-city-renaissance-faire.html\">Renaissance Faire<\/a> July 21-August 12<\/li>\n<li>CAMARILLO: Wine Auction &amp; A Taste of Camarillo, July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>CARMEL: Bach Festival July 14-28<\/li>\n<li>COUTLAND:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/courtland-pear-fair.html\">Pear Fair<\/a>\u00a0July 29<\/li>\n<li>CUPERTINO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/shakespeare\/cupertino.html\">Shakespeare in the Park<\/a>\u00a0July 21-August 5<\/li>\n<li>CYPRESS: Community Festival July 28<\/li>\n<li>FORT ROSS: Fort Ross Festival July 28<\/li>\n<li>GILROY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/gilroy-garlic-festival.html\">Garlic Festival <\/a>July 27-29<\/li>\n<li>JUNE LAKE: Mountain Music Festival July 27-29<\/li>\n<li>LAGUNA BEACH:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/laguna-beach-pageant-masters.html\">Pageant of the Masters<\/a>\u00a0July-August<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/long-beach-dragon-boat-festival.html\">Dragon Boat Festival<\/a> July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>MAMMOTH LAKES: Villagefest July 27-29<\/li>\n<li>McCLOUD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/mccloud-lumberjack-fiesta.html\">Lumberjack Fiesta<\/a>\u00a0 July 27-29<\/li>\n<li>NAPA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/napa-festival-del-sole.html\"> Festival Napa Valley<\/a> July 20-29<\/li>\n<li>OXNARD:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oxnard-salsa-festival.html\">Salsa Festival<\/a> July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>PACIFIC GROVE: Feast of Lanterns July 24-28<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-diego-stagecoach-days.html\"> Stagecoach Days<\/a>\u00a0July 28<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: Up Your Alley Fair July 27-29<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: Greek Festival July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/shakespeare\/shakespeare-by-the-sea.html\"> Shakespeare by the Sea<\/a>\u00a0July-August<\/li>\n<li>TRINIDAD:\u00a0Blackberry Festival July 29<\/li>\n<li>VALLEJO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/shakespeare\/martinez.html\">Shakespeare in the Park<\/a>\u00a0July 28-29<\/li>\n<li>WEST LOS ANGELES: Obon Festival July 28-29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELK GROVE, CALIF. &#8212; The free\u00a0Strauss Festival July 26-29, 2018 is produced annually with trained volunteers who dance to waltzes in a stage production at Elk Grove Regional Park. The last weekend in July features endless festivals to check out, and thousands of volunteers who make them go round. 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