{"id":26333,"date":"2019-10-22T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26333"},"modified":"2019-10-22T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T20:36:50","slug":"flying-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/flying-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"High Flying Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/clvo.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Up and away&#8230; in Clovis, California at the annual Hot Air Balloon Fun Fly, part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/clovisfest.html\">Clovis Fest<\/a>. Balloon pilots begin inflating around 6:15 a.m. and liftoff around 7, weather permitting. Visitors enjoy delicious breakfast items. Unfortunately, balloon rides are not available to the public. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/california-events.html\">California Calendar of Events<\/a> includes some really great celebrations that have little or nothing to do with the October holiday.<\/p>\n<h2>Weekend Festivals<\/h2>\n<p>BIG BEAR LAKE: Big Bear Lake <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/oktoberfest-big-bear-lake.html\"> Oktoberfest<\/a>\u00a0through Nov.2, 2019 at the Convention Center includes Log Sawing &amp; Stein Holding Contests, Bavarian costumes, and the pine-scented, crisp autumn air.<\/p>\n<p>CHERRY VALLEY: Olive Festival Oct.25-27, 2019 offers down-home fun on the farm. Olive fans can&#8217;t get enough.<\/p>\n<p>HUNTINGTON BEACH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/huntington-beach-moto.html\">Moto Beach Classic<\/a> at Bolsa Chica State Beach Oct.26 transforms into a wave-shredding, fuel burning, hard-rocking extravaganza in the first of its kind intersection of surf, skate and motorcycle culture with live performances.<\/p>\n<p>KERNVILLE: Fall Festival Oct.26-27 offers Dachshund Races, Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest, Chili Cook-Off, Sack Races, petting farm and much more!<\/p>\n<p>KINGSBURG: Selma Marching Band Festival Oct.26 takes place this year at Kingsburg High School. Marching bands offer much pizzazz!<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES: L.A. Jazz Institute&#8217;s Out of this World Series Oct.24-27 celebrates big band jazz from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>PALM DESERT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/palm-desert-golfcart-parade.html\"> Golf Cart Parade<\/a>\u00a0Oct.27 is amazing!<\/p>\n<p>PASO ROBLES: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/halloween\/paso-robles.html\"> Golden Honey Festival<\/a>\u00a0is another delightful downtown celebration.<\/p>\n<p>REDWOOD CITY: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/zoppe-family-circus.html\">ZOPPE Italian Family Circus<\/a> through Nov.3.<\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO: Fiesta on the Hill Oct.27 attracts thousands of people over 7 blocks to share the rich fabric of Bernal Heights and its surrounding neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>SOUTH EL MONTE: LA Fall Fair Oct.25-Nov.3 at Whittier Narrows Recreational Area includes Unlimited Carnival Rides, \u00a0FREE with admission.<\/p>\n<p>VISTA: Fall Tractor Show Oct.26-27 at Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum features Tractor Parade, Threshing Demo, Grist Mill, and Weaving &amp; Spinning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up and away&#8230; in Clovis, California at the annual Hot Air Balloon Fun Fly, part of Clovis Fest. Balloon pilots begin inflating around 6:15 a.m. and liftoff around 7, weather permitting. Visitors enjoy delicious breakfast items. Unfortunately, balloon rides are not available to the public. California Calendar of Events includes some really great celebrations that [&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\/26333"}],"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=26333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26334,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26333\/revisions\/26334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}