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While hundreds of thousands in California are heading for the beach or a theme park, other great attractions, festivals and events offer exciting options for weekend entertainment. Here are just a few:

• LONG BEACH: Monster auditions for Dark Harbor Halloween attraction (pictured.) Bring your best groans & growls, plus specialty acts of juggling, singing, magic, fire dancing, poi, acrobat, cyr wheel, silks, contortion, blockhead and Sliders.
• FELTON: Thomas the Train is back at Roaring Camp Railroads (pictured.)
• EUREKA: Zootino at Sequoia Park Zoo features mixing and mingling with animals, along with martinis (pictured.)

More Weekend Events

• BELMONT SHORE: Belmont Pier Kids Fishing Derby welcomes boys and girls under age 16 years.
• BIG BEAR CITY: Big Bear City Renaissance Faire
• features fantasy entertainment for all ages.
• FOLSOM: Wacky Dash obstacle course with mud pits, hay bale climbing walls, tire run and human car wash!
• FORT BRAGG: Art in the Garden at Mendocino Coast Botanic Garden features music, food, and wine & beer tasting.
• FREMONT: Festival of the Arts held Downtown
• FRESNO: Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s Producers Ice Cream Zoofari
• LOS ANGELES: LA Zoo’s Brew at the Zoo features cold crafts and hot bands.
• MONTEREY: Scottish Games & Celtic Festival
• MORAGA: Pear Harvest, pitch in and pick fruit!
• RIO DELL: Wildwood Days with games and foods that epitomize small town living.
• RUNNING SPRINGS: Mountain Top Days
• SAN FRANCISCO: Nihonmachi Asian Street Fair, or Chantey Sing
• SAN JOSE: Silicon Valley Classic culminates with the face off of the best known faces in women’s tennis — or Ren Faire or County Fair
• STOCKTON: Taste of the Delta
• WATSONVILLE: Strawberry Festival