{"id":25393,"date":"2018-09-04T15:22:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25393"},"modified":"2018-09-04T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T22:22:55","slug":"festivals-celebrate-harvests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/festivals-celebrate-harvests\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivals Celebrate Harvests and Food Bounty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/margavo.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MORRO BAY, CALIF. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/morro-bay-avocado-festival.html\">Avocado Margarita Street Festival<\/a> overlooking &#8220;The Rock&#8221; September 8, 2018<\/p>\n<p>When thoughts turn to Autumn, Californians celebrate things the state does best &#8212; grow food and produce wine &amp; beer! Fall-themed dinners, festivals and harvest celebrations go full swing in September, making it one of the best times to experience fine weather, great food and drinks, and kindred spirits who appreciate all that our state has to offer.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/september-food.html\">Feast at a Fest<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>SEAFOOD<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PITTSBURG: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/pittsburg-music-seafood.html\"> Pittsburg Seafood &amp; Music Festival<\/a>\u00a0Sept.8-9 at Pittsburg Marina<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/long-beach-lobster-festival.html\">Original Long Beach Lobster Festival <\/a>Sept.7-9. This is the only mega-lobster festival this year in Southern California. If you love lobster, head for Rainbow Lagoon park.<\/li>\n<li>WOODLAND: Crawfish &amp; Catfish Festival Sept.8-9 at Yolo County Fairgrounds. Louisiana Sue&#8217;s got an all star line up of food &#8212; boiled, fried or stewed crawfish, crawfish sushi, fried catfish, alligator fried and roasted, frog leg, turkey legs, sausages and tri tip&#8230; oh my!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/food-festivals-greek.html\"> GREEK FESTIVALS<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>STOCKTON: Saint Basil Greek Orthodox Sept.7-9<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CRUZ &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/santa-cruz-greek.html\">Santa Cruz Greek Festival<\/a> Sept.7-9,<\/li>\n<li>CARDIFF-BY-THE-SEA: Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Festival Sept.8-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>VARIETY, THE SPICE OF LIFE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AMERICAN CANYON: American Canyon Chili Cook-Off Sept.8<\/li>\n<li>CALISTOGA: Calistoga Harvest Table Sept.9 in the center of Downtown Calistoga<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: L.A. Loves Alex&#8217;s Lemonade Sept.8 at Royce Quad, UCLA Campus<\/li>\n<li>MODESTO: Edible Extravaganza Sept.6 at \u00a0Modesto Centre Plaza<\/li>\n<li>MONTEREY: Santa Rosalia Fisherman&#8217;s Festival Sept.7-9 at Custom House Plaza<\/li>\n<li>MORRO BAY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/morro-bay-avocado-festival.html\"> AvoMargfest<\/a> Sept.8<\/li>\n<li>PALO CEDRO: Honey Bee Festival Sept.8-9 at Bishop Quinn Community Center<\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: Taste of the Town Sept.9 at Riviera Park<\/li>\n<li>SANTA CRUZ: Mole &amp; Mariachi Sept.8 at Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park<\/li>\n<li>SANTA ROSA: National Heirloom Expo Sept.11-13 at Sonoma County Fairgrounds<\/li>\n<li>VACAVILLE: Art, Wine &amp; Brew Stroll with Food Bites Sept.7 at Town Square<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MORRO BAY, CALIF. &#8212; Avocado Margarita Street Festival overlooking &#8220;The Rock&#8221; September 8, 2018 When thoughts turn to Autumn, Californians celebrate things the state does best &#8212; grow food and produce wine &amp; beer! 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