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41st Annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival 2024

41st Annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival

May, 2024

Downtown Morgan Hill Amphitheater, Morgan Hill, California

La Quinta Arts Festival 2024

La Quinta Arts Festival

March, 2024

La Quinta, California

Art Festival 2024

Art Festival

March, 2024

La Quinta, California

Lego Spring Lantern Festival 2024

Lego Spring Lantern Festival

March, 2024

Carlsbad, California

Cherry Blossom Festival Los Angeles 2024

Cherry Blossom Festival Los Angeles

March, 2024

Los Angeles, California

Knott's Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival 2024

Knott's Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival

March, 2024

Buena Park, California

Boysenberry Festival 2024

Boysenberry Festival

March, 2024

Buena Park, California

West Cliff Food Truck Series 2022. Lighthouse Parking Lot. 4-8pm 2024

West Cliff Food Truck Series 2022. Lighthouse Parking Lot. 4-8pm

March, 2024

Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz, California

Cherry Blossom Festival San Diego 2024

Cherry Blossom Festival San Diego

March, 2024

San Diego, California

Cherry Blossom Festival San Francisco 2024

Cherry Blossom Festival San Francisco

March, 2024

San Francisco, California

Disneyland Food and Wine Festival 2024

Disneyland Food and Wine Festival

March, 2024

Anaheim, California

Lodi Wine Festival 2024

Lodi Wine Festival

March, 2024

Lodi, California

St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl - San Francisco 2024

St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl - San Francisco

March, 2024

Mayes Oyster House, San Francisco, California

Disneyland Food and Wine Festival 2024

Disneyland Food and Wine Festival

March, 2024

Anaheim, California

Oakland Running Festival 2024

Oakland Running Festival

March, 2024

Oakland, California

Capitol Beer Fest 2024

Capitol Beer Fest

March, 2024

Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California

La Quinta Arts Festival 2024

La Quinta Arts Festival

March, 2024

La Quinta Civic Center Park, 78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, La Quinta, California

Beyond Wonderland Southern California 2024

Beyond Wonderland Southern California

March, 2024

San Bernardino, California

Brea Farmers' Market 2024

Brea Farmers' Market

March, 2024

Brea Farmers' Market, Brea, California

Bakersfield Fiesta 2024

Bakersfield Fiesta

March, 2024

Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 S P St Bakersfield, CA, Bakersfield, California

Bob McMillen Memorial Fishing Tournament 2024

Bob McMillen Memorial Fishing Tournament

March, 2024

Oak Grove Regional Park, 4520W Eight Mile Rd Stockton, CA, Stockton, California

Women in Tech Festival 2024

Women in Tech Festival

March, 2024

Sunnyvale, California

Oakland Art Murmur 2024

Oakland Art Murmur

March, 2024

Multiple Locations in Oakland, Oakland, California

CAAMFest 2024

CAAMFest

March, 2024

Multiple Locations in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, California

Rock Star Beer & Music Festival 2024

Rock Star Beer & Music Festival

March, 2024

Silo in Makers Quarters, San Diego, California

About Festivals, Craft Shows and Fairs in California

California is an iconic land of snowy peaks, glistening beaches, road trips, soaring cliffs and hip, happening people. But that’s not all – it’s also the home of a whole range of exciting, innovative and unique festivals. Whether you fancy slurping on some wine, spotting some celebs, boogying away to some booming tunes, admiring some art or something else entirely, California has a fun and frenetic festival to tempt your taste buds. Californian festivals are ripe with variety, with events dedicated to food, wine, art, jazz, pop, rock, sports, fashion, craft beer, cinema, arts, award shows and plenty more.

Perhaps the most famous Californian festival is Coachella, a quintessential and historic music and arts event hosted annually in the heart of the golden desert since 1999. Previous performers have included massive names like Kanye West, Daft Punk, Madonna and Prince, with performances each year across the genres of pop, rock, electronica, hip hop, indie and more. Each festival also plays host to many amazing arts installations and events, so it’s not all about raving and misbehaving.

Among those who prefer a tipple or two, Festival Napa Valley is massively popular. The event holds a diverse range of arts and performances, but the main focus is wine, wine and… wine. The festival typically stretches over many days and features up to 100 wineries. So if you fancy slurping yourself silly with other wine buffs, food fans and art aficionados, this is the place to do it. Napa Valley, a hugely famous and important wine region in itself, also has plenty of other delectable and delicious events throughout the year.

For movers and groovers, there’s Monterey Jazz Fest, the longest-running jazz festival on the planet. More than 500 top jazz artists play each year and previous attendees have included legendary names like Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. The event also features lots of jazz-based conversations, panels, exhibitions and workshops.

Other festivals, like Pageant of the Masters, are particularly unique. In this quirky event, actors pose in an amphitheatre to recreate images from famous paintings. With the additional use of movement, narration, intricate sets and professional orchestras, these images are then brought to life in order to create unusual theatrical mirages of moving, living pictures.