California Events
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
COSTA MESA: Orange County Fair "Find Your Happy" July 18-August 17, 2025. Closed on Mondays & Tuesdays. A little bit 'o country in the heart of the city brings out the 'happy' in people who get to see piglets, smell a barn, fresh-baked aromas at cooking demos, hear screams on the wild rides and marvel at the latest inventions. $, ocfair.com
DIAMOND BAR: Diamond Bar Free Summer Concerts in the Park with Bumptown band performing at Summitridge Park 1425 Summitridge Dr., (adjacent to Diamond Bar Center, 1600 Grand Avenue) Diamond Bar, CA Free, cityofdiamondbar.com
Past events
CALIFORNIA: Grunion Run - must have a fishing license to catch these slippery silversides with your bare hands only!
HOLLYWOOD: Forever Summer Concert Season - Pinchas Zukerman + Mozart Under the Stars July 23, 2024, 8 p.m. at Hollywood Bowl. Location: 2301 N Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA. $, hollywoodbowl.com
LAGUNA BEACH: Sawdust Festival "Where Art Meets Magic" June 28-September 1, 2024, 11 a.m. daily at Sawdust Festival Grounds. Fine arts, entertainment and sawdust. Location: 935 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA. $12, sawdustartfestival.org
LAGUNA BEACH: Pageant of the Masters and Festival of the Arts, A La Mode: The Art of Fashion, through August 30, 2024. The Pageant in a star-lit amphitheater features tableaux vivants (living pictures) that are faithful re-creations of classical and contemporary works of art in which real people pose to look exactly like the subjects in original paintings and sculptures. Pageant $35-up, or Festival only $10-15, foapom.com
LAGUNA BEACH: Art A-Fair Festival through September 1, 2024. Features 115 known artists in a juried art show and sell, along with entertainment, concerts and food available for purchase. Location: 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna, Beach, CA. $10 or season pass $15, art-a-fair.com
PALO ALTO: Stanford Jazz Festival concert, Aldo Lopez-Gavilan July 23, 2024, $, stanfordjazz.org | lineup
PASO ROBLES: California Mid-State Fair July 17-28, 2024. Concerts with popular acts such as Jelly Roll (Jul.23), carnival rides and the midway, cowboy culture, xtreme car event, contests for all ages and food competitions. Location: 2198 Riverside Ave., Paso Robles, CA. $15, midstatefair.com
SACRAMENTO: California State Fair July 12-28, 2024, at Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $16, calexpostatefair.com
SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF) July 18-August 4, 2024 Presented by the Jewish Film Institute, the largest and longest-running festival of its kind exploring the complexities of Jewish life around the world. Locations for film viewing include San Francisco and Oakland. $ tickets, jfi.org | film
AZUSA: The Wise Guys, Big Band machine, 6-9 p.m. at Azusa Concerts in the Park, Memorial Park 320 N. Orange Place Azusa, CA 91702 Free, azusaca.gov
BASS LAKE: Lamar Leathers + Karey Nickel at Bass Lake Summer Concerts at Marina Tiki Bar & Grill 54406 Rd 432 Bass Lake, CA 93604 Usually free of charge, basslakeboatrentals.com
COSTA MESA: Tijuana Dogs, Opener: Howard Pattow 6 p.m. at Costa Mesa Concerts in the Park in Fairview Park. Location: 2501 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, CA. Free, costamesafoundation.org
DEL MAR: Sage Sam + Desperado bands perform at Del Mar Summer Concerts at Powerhouse Park. Location: 1658 Coast Blvd. Del Mar, CA Free, delmarfoundation.org
HEALDSBURG: Assembly of Dust Rock at Healdsburg Tuesdays in the Plaza, Matheson Street and Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg, CA Free, ci.healdsburg.ca.us
JURUPA: Sazon Tumbao performs in a Free Summer Concert Series at Rancho Mira Loma Park, 3206 Wysocki Lane, 91752
LIVERMORE: Audio Illusion, Classic Rock, Pop, Blues at Tuesday Tunes June-August, Tuesdays Shea Homes Stage Livermore Plaza 2400 First St. Livermore, CA Free, lcac.org
MONTCLAIR: Cold Duck, 70's, Top 40, Old School at Montclair Concerts in the Park at Alma Hofman Park Shark Park 5201 Benito St. Montclair, CA Free, cityofmontclair.org
REDLANDS: Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins 8 p.m. at Redlands Summer Music Festival Calendar Redland Bowl 25 Grant St. Redland, CA. Free, no ticket needed redlandsbowl.org
SAN BERNARDINO: Ashley Felton performs at San Bernardino Summer Concerts Mountain Grove at Citrus Plaza 27511 San Bernardino Ave. San Bernardino, CA Free
SANTA CRUZ: Amy Obenski performs at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Bandstand 400 Beach Street Santa Cruz, CA. Free, beachboardwalk.com $12 parking approx.
SONOMA: Sonoma Summer Concerts features Kerry Daly Band, Blues at Sonoma Plaza Downtown Free, sonomastuesdaynightmarket.com
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