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  Santa Cruz Art and Music Festival

  Downtown Santa Cruz
  SANTA CRUZ, CA

  Jul 18

  An Art and music festival in the middle of Downtown Santa Cruz. The festival will feature handcrafted artisans, local food trucks,and musicians on all the streets. This will be held on a Summer Saturday in downtown Santa Cruz and is sure to attract thousands of tourists and locals alike .There will be no admission fee for attendees.

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  Twain Harte Summer Fest

  Downtown Murphys
  MURPHYS, CA

  Jul 25–26

  Twain Harte is a charming town in the central Sierra Nevada mountains. Festivals in this area have a tradition of attracting locals and many visitors from the bay area for over 40 years. This Festival will feature musicians, a classic car show, and high-quality hand-crafted artisans that will make this a favorite event in this area for many years to come. There will be a beer garden, two stages of music, “kids’ zone”, and demonstrations by local fire fighters. This is going to be a weekend of fun in the “heart of the Sierras”. “Wines in the Pines”, a Sonora Chamber hosted event for 40 years, will be part of this festival. This event alone has a big following.

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  Watsonville Strawberry Festival

  Downtown Watsonville
  WATSONVILLE, CA

  Aug 1–2

  The Watsonville Strawberry Festival traces its roots to the Watsonville Strawberry Dessert Festival that was founded in 1995 to help downtown Watsonville recover from the Loma Prieta earthquake. The Festival now exists to: Provide a safe, family-friendly experience in downtown Watsonville; Recognize the largest and most valuable crop in the Pajaro Valley; and Provide non-profit organizations the opportunity to raise funds and public awareness of their work and how their work makes Watsonville a better place for everyone. The Watsonville Strawberry Festival is the premier strawberry event in the United States. Join us for a weekend of family fun, food, crafts and entertainment!

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  Manteca Pumpkin Fair

  City of Manteca
  CALIFORNIA

  Oct 3–4

  Enjoy the finest in pumpkin-flavored foods, music, crafts and more. When the leaves start to fall and the weather gets a little nippy, it can only mean one thing, you guessed it, it’s PUMPKIN FAIR time in Manteca. The Manteca Sunrise Kiwanis will once again be hosting this annual fall celebration in beautiful downtown Manteca. We are able to do this due to the wonderful support of our business community and the City of Manteca. This year we expect to attract over 40,000 people to downtown Manteca! Admission is free!

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  Lodi Street Faire

  Downtown Lodi
  LODI, CA

  Oct 4

  The Lodi Street Faire is one of the premier events in the State, attracting vendors from throughout California. The Street Faire takes up a 14-square block area of Lodi. More than 500 vendors participate in this biannual event, selling antiques, arts & crafts and commercial items. While shopping, visitors can satisfy their appetite with their choice from 25 food vendors offering everything from hamburgers to hot dogs, sausages to pizza. Mexican, Chinese and Filipino dishes are also available for those craving a more international fare. And, no Faire is complete without sweet treats and cold drinks. Bring the whole family for a day of shopping and fun!

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  The Eldorado Great Italian Festival

  Eldorado Resort Casino
  345 N Virginia St
  RENO, NV

  Oct 10–11

  For the 39th year, The Eldorado Great Italian Festival transforms downtown Reno into Little Italy with a grape stomp, wine walk, an Italian farmers market, over a hundred vendors selling unique products, food booths and incredible free, live entertainment all weekend long. Held each year during Columbus Day weekend, the festival is a celebration of Italian culture and traditions. A crowd favorite year after year continues to be the Great Italian Festival Sauce Cook-off. Italian families from across the West Coast bring their recipes to life right on the street for guests to taste. People’s Choice ballots for favorite sauce will be given with the purchase of pasta. No Italian Festival would be complete without plenty of homemade Italian food. Spectators are invited to “finire di mangia” – or “eat up” as the Italians say with plenty of delicious foods.

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  Sonora Victorian Christmas Festival

  Mother Lode Fairgrounds
  220 Southgate Dr
  SONORA, CA

  Nov 27–29

  The tradition of a Sonora Christmas Festival, over Thanksgiving weekend, has gone on for over 40 years. Brothers Promotion is continuing the tradition with the Sonora Victorian Christmas Festival. The Festival will be again be held over the Thanksgiving weekend at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds, Sonora. When you walk into the festival you will feel like you have stepped back into Victorian times with the Victorian theme throughout the Festival. The 2020 Sonora Victorian Christmas Festival will feature over 100 hand crafted artisans dressed in Victorian outfits with unique one of a kind gifts, musical entertainment, door prizes and shopping dollars given every hour and more! With over 100 exhibitors, the Festival will provide shoppers with one-of-a-kind gifts that cannot be found anywhere else. Featuring art, crafts, jewelry, clothing, woodcraft, music, photography, toys, Christmas décor, and much more makes this a gift buyer’s delight.