23 | Sat. August 23, 2014

BEER FESTIVALS

BODEGA Seafood Festival Aug. 23-24

CHERRY VALLEY Beer & Sausage Aug. 23-24

DUNSMUIR: State of Jefferson Brewfest

FORTUNA: Hops in Humboldt

GRASS VALLEY: The Sierra BrewFest

HUNTINGTON BEACH Rockstar Beer Festival

NAPA: Brews, Blues & BBQ

SAN DIEGO BeerCon

SAN DIEGO: Mira Mesa Festival of Beers

WINE FESTIVALS

BODEGA Seafood Festival Aug. 23-24

ESCONDIDO Orfila Grape Stomp Aug. 23

LOS ANGELES Food & Wine Aug. 21-24

NAPA Valley Harvest STOMP

FOOD FESTIVALS

BODEGA Seafood Art & Wine Festival Aug 23- 24

CARMEL Jewish Food Festival Aug. 24

CARMICHAEL American Lebanese Music and Food Festival Aug. 23- 24

CASTRO VALLEY Greek Festival Aug. 22-24

CORNING Olive Festival Aug. 22-23

HUNTINGTON BEACH Plum Festival Aug. 24

LONG BEACH BBQ Festival Aug 22- 24

LOS ANGELES Food & Wine Festival Aug. 21-24

PETALUMA Taste of Petaluma

SAN JOSE Assyrian Food Festival Aug. 23-24

SANTA CRUZ Tequila and Tacos

SAN JOSE Italian Family Festa Aug. 23 - 24

UNION CITY Adobo Festival Aug. 23-24

MUSIC FESTIVALS

GROVER BEACH Stone Soup Aug. 23-24

LOS ANGELES: FYF Aug. 23-24

MAMMOTH LAKES: Mammoth Rocks Aug. 22-24

MODESTO: XClamation Festival Aug. 23

MONTEREY: First City Festival Aug. 23-24

OAKDALE: Sierra Music Fest Aug. 23

OAKLAND: Music Festival Port of Oakland Aug. 23

OJAI: Bluegrass in the Bowl Aug. 23

SAND CITY: West End Celebration Aug. 22-24

SAN GERONIMO: Summer Rock Festival Aug. 24

SANTA CRUZ: Tequila & Taco Music Aug. 23

UPPER LAKE: Luscious Queer Music Aug. 22-24

VENICE BEACH Music Fest

ANAHEIM: Anaheim Home & Garden Show, August 22 - 24, 2014. Stellar Expos. Anaheim Convention Center - Anaheim, CA. stellarexpos

BURBANK: Burbank Comedy Festival, Aug. 17-23. 200 Emerging Comedians make Comedy history at the first live comedy festival in Los Angeles. Location: Main Room, Yoo Hoo Room and Bar at Flappers Comedy Club, 102 E Magnolia Boulevard in Downtown Burbank, CA. burbankcomedyfestival

CAMARILLO: Wings Over Camarillo, August 23-24, 2014. August 23 & 24, 2014 – Wings Over Camarillo Airshow and Antique Cars, from 12 Noon - 4:30 p.m. Gates open at 9:00 am. Camarillo Airport. wingsovercamarillo

CORNING: Corning Olive Festival, August 22-23, 2014. Fantastic Parade, Bed Races, all kinds of incredible events. corningcachamber

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COSTA MESA: Gem Faire, August 22 - 24, 2014. OC Fair & Event Center, Bldg. 10 - Costa Mesa, CA

GROVER BEACH: Stone Soup Music Faire August 23-24, 2014. grover

HOMEWOOD: Homewood Fine Art & Craft Festival, August 22 - 24, 2014. Lake Tahoe Homewood, CA

LANCASTER: Antelope Valley Fair. August 15 - 24, 2014. Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, avfair

LOMPOC: Village Days and Mountain Men. The Tule Village comes to life as visitors experience the blending of traditional Chumash and Colonial Spanish life ways. Demonstrators help visitors learn a variety of skills such as grinding acorns, basket weaving, building a tule house, making soapstone beads or tule dolls, and playing Chumash games. Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Location: La Purisima Mission State Historic Park, 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, CA. lapurisimamission

LONG BEACH: Long Beach BBQ Festival, August 22-24, 2014.

LONG BEACH: Tiki Beach Festival August 23-24, 2014. Opens at Sunrise. alfredosbeachclub

LOS ANGELES: FYF Music Festival August 23-24, 2014. fyffest

MAMMOTH LAKES: Mammoth Rocks August 22-24, 2014. mammothrocks

MONTEREY: First City Music Festival, August 23-24, 2014. firstcityfestival

MT. SHASTA: Headwaters Ultra Race. Headwaters 50k and 10k are two scenic trail runs named after the headwaters of the Sacramento River. These runs are held in the Klamath Mountains west of Mount Shasta City. See: headwatersultra

NAPA: Blues, Brews & BBQ. August 23, 2014. Downtown - Napa, CA.

NORCO Mounted Posse Rodeo August 22-24, 2014 norcoposse

OAKDALE: Sierra Music Fest. sierraviewmusicfest

OAKLAND: Port of Oakland Music Festival, eventbrite

OJAI: Bluegrass in the Bowl With the Rocky Neck Bluegrass Band Saturday, August 23, 2014, 4 p.m.

Gates open 3 p.m. 5-60. libbeybowl

PALO ALTO: Festival of Arts August 23-24, 2014

PLEASANTON: Goodguys West Coast Nationals. August 22 - 24, 2014. Alameda County Fairgrounds - Pleasanton, CA

SAND CITY: West End Celebration, August 22 - 24, 2014. Sand City, CA. westendcelebration

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO: Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo, August 23-24, 2014, rmvrodeo

SANTA CRUZ: Tequila & Taco Music Festival, tequilaandtacomusicfestival

SOLVANG: Wheels and Windmills Car Show. Over 300 cars and 5 vintage boats on display on Copenhagen and First Street in downtown Solvang. Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. wheelsnwindmills

SANTA CRUZ: Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School August 22-30, 2014, valleyofthemoon

SONORA: Delta Gold Diggers Gold Show, August 23-24, 2014. At the Mother Lode Fairgrounds. (209) 863-8066. deltagolddiggers

TEMECULA: Thornton Jazz Series with Trombone Shorty

TRUCKEE: Truckee Championship Prorodeo, August 23-24, 2014, truckeerodeo

UPPER LAKE: Luscious Queer Music Festival August 22-24, 2014. lusciousqueermusicfestival

VACAVILLE: Vacaville Art, Wine and Brew Festival, August 22 - 24, 2014. Downtown Vacaville, CA

VENICE BEACH: Venice Beach Music Fest.

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