{"id":25450,"date":"2018-09-30T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25450"},"modified":"2018-09-30T15:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:35:19","slug":"big-free-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/big-free-events\/","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Big, Free Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/elkgpum.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Giants Are Coming! Elk Grove&#8217;s Cosumnes Community Services District Parks and Recreation Department is preparing a huge festival this week, and best of all, it&#8217;s FREE!<\/p>\n<p>The 24th annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/halloween\/elk-grove.html\">Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Festival<\/a>\u00a0Oct. 6-7, 2018 expects 50,000 big time guests to check out big things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World&#8217;s Largest Jack-o-Lantern &#8212; created by three world-renowned pumpkin carvers who have theirs eyes set on a Guinness World Record!<\/li>\n<li>Giant Pumpkin Regatta &#8212; 1,000-pound pumpkin shells are surprisingly seaworthy, but difficult to steer!<\/li>\n<li>Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Big, Free Admission California Events<\/h2>\n<p>Free admission events, no guarantees but from what we&#8217;ve read, you can get into these events free.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BIG BEAR LAKE: Big Bear Yoga Festival Oct.6, free<\/li>\n<li>CARPINTERIA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/carpinteria-avocado-festival.html\"> California Avocado Festival<\/a>\u00a0Oct.5-7, free<\/li>\n<li>CLAYTON: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oktoberfest-clayton.html\">Oktoberfest<\/a> Oct.6-7, free<\/li>\n<li>CORNING:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/corning-olive-festival.html\">Corning Olive Festival<\/a>\u00a0Oct.6, free<\/li>\n<li>FREMONT: Mission San Jose Olive Festival Oct.6-7, free<\/li>\n<li>GROVER BEACH: 5 Cities Oktoberfest Oct.7, free<\/li>\n<li>LAKE ARROWHEAD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oktoberfest-lake-arrowhead.html\">Oktoberfest<\/a> Oct.6-7, free<\/li>\n<li>LAKEPORT: Oktoberfest Oct.6, free<\/li>\n<li>LIVERMORE: Airport Open House &amp;\u00a0Air Show Oct.6, free<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES:\u00a0LA Korean Festival Oct.4-7, free<\/li>\n<li>MILLBRAE: Japanese Cultural Festival Oct.7, free<\/li>\n<li>MONTROSE: Montrose Oktoberfest Oct.6, free<\/li>\n<li>PITTSBURG:\u00a0City of Pittsburg Rib Cook-Off Oct.6, free<\/li>\n<li>SAN CARLOS:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-carlos-art-wine-festival.html\">Art &amp; Wine Faire<\/a> Oct.6-7, free<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-bluegrass.html\">Hardly Strictly Bluegrass<\/a> free music festival Oct.5-7. 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