San Diego Cabrillo National Monument
Whale Watching Whale-Watch Weekend-January
619/557-5450

San Diego Birch Aquarium's WhaleFest
January - February
858/534-FISH (3474)

West Marin's Whales, Wildlife and Wildflowers Festival
January - April
415/499-5000

Oxnard's Celebration of the Whales
January - March
800/269-6273

Morro Bay Jazz Festival
Morro Bay, CA,
January 11 - January 13, 2002

Solvang Blues Festival
Solvang, CA, USA
January 11 - January 12, 2002

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade & Game
818/449-4100

Long Beach Whale Watching
Blythe mid-month Country Bluegrass, Fiddlers Music Festival
760/922-8166

Monterey National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
800/541-9091

Indio Desert Circuit Horse Show
800/44-INDIO

Porterville Gem-boree, Gem & Mineral Show
559/592-2912

Napa Mustard Festival
707/938-1133

Ventura Harbor Village
Annual Whale Celebration
805/648-2075 or 644-0169

Dana Point's Annual Festival of the Whales-February-March
888)/440-4309

Indio Southwest Arts Festival
800/44-INDIO

Los Angeles Date Festival

Indio Golden Dragon Parade
Chinatown
213/617-0396

Westminster Vietnamese Tet Festival
714/839-2257

SanLuisObispo Mardi Gras
805/543-1323

Indio mid month National Date Festival
760/347-0676

Kernville mid month Whiskey Flat Days-carnival&rodeo
760/376-2629

Visalia Mardi Gras parade creative center
559/733-9329

Davis California Duck Days

Chester Winterfest

Fresno Blossom Trail February-March

Perris Orange Empire Railway Museum Spring Swap Meet
March 2, 2002 9am - 2pm

Lodi Grape and Harvest Festival
March 23 & 24, 2002

Santa Barbara 7th Annual Whale Festival
805/897-3187

Fort Bragg and Mendocino's Annual Whale Festival
800/726-2780

Los Angeles Marathon
714/444-5544

Monterey Dixieland Jazz Festival
831/649-3200

Tahoe City Snowfest Winter Carnival
916/583-7625

Calico Hullabaloo -ghost town
760/254-2122

Monterey CalicoWine Festival
800/525-3378

Indio Pow-Wow's
800/44-INDIO

Visalia Sequoia Cycling Classic Road Race
800/524-0303

Tahoe City Snowfest

Ranunculus Flower Field Season Carlsbad - March-April

San Francisco Tulipmania Festival

Sutter Creek Northern California Daffodil Festival
March-April

Los Angeles Azalea Festival South Gate March
323/563-5444

Imperial California Mid Winter Fair & Fiesta March
760/355-1181

Perris Orange Empire Railway Museum Spring Rail Festival

Newport/Ensenada Yacht Race
714/435-9553 Newport Beach

Rosarito Baja Bike Ride -Rosarito to Ensenada

San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival -Japanese Traditional
415/391-2000

Blythe Colorado River Country Fair
760/922-9183

Sacramento mid month Strawberry Festival
916/781-7066

Long Beach Toyota Grand Prix -street race
310/437-0341

San Bernadino National Orange Show -citrus festival
714/383-5444

Ontario Worldfest -International festival-winery
714/984-2458

Porterville Iris Festival- Main St downtwn
559/784-7502

Lindsay Orange Blossom Fest
559/562-4929

Riverside Orange Blossom Festival

Chowchilla Ostrich Festival

Visalia California Antique Farm Equpiment Show
800/999-9186

Visalia Tulare Renaissance Festival
559/688-0540

Monterey Good Old Days Celebration
408/373-3304

Borrego Springs Grapefruit Festival

Fallbrook Avocado Festiva

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Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival

Fillmore Orange Festival

Monterey Wine Festival
831/656-9463

Upland Lemon Festival

Temecula last weekend. Balloon & Wine Festival
714/676-5090

Stockton Asparagus Festival 4th weekend
209/943-1987

Ridgecrest Petroglyphs Canyon Tours - April-June

Kernville Kern River Festival

Arcata Godwit Bird Festival

Redding Shasta Jazz Festival April 4 - April 6, 2002

Kingsburg's Swedish Festival

Angels Camp Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubliee May16-19, 2002

Newport Bch State Chili Cook-Off
714/729-1234

Garden Grv. Strawberry Festival
714/729-1234

Oxnard mid month Strawberry Festival
888/288-9242

Los Angeles Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
213/628-7833

El Monte Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
818/580-2200

Sacramento Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
916/442-5542

San Diego Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
619/232-3101

San Fernando Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
818/361-1184

San Jose Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
408/295-9600

Visalia Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
559/732-5030

Porterville Cinco de Mayo -Mexican holiday
559/784-8645

Campbell Prune Festival

Castroville mid month Artichoke Festival

Big Sur Marathon

Great Monterey Squid Festival
831/649-6547

Chino Air Show
714/597-3722

Visalia Motorsports Festival
559/651-5025

Porterville Fair
559/781-6582

Visalia Art & Craft Festival
559/561-0410

Three Rivers Spring Round Up - Mooney Grove Pk.
559/627-0287

Woodlake Rodeo - Woodlake Lions
559/564-8084

Castroville Artichoke Festival
08/633-2465

Cloverdale Citrus Fair
707/ 894-3992

Bishop Mule Days Celebration
760/872-4263

Lk.Arrowhead last wk.- June Spring Jamboree, Big Bands & Dixieland

Julian Wildflower Show

San Juan Capistrano KSBR-FM All-Star Birthday Bash May 26, 2002

Los Angeles Summer Lunchtime Concerts Series May 15 - September 16, 2002

Aptos Santa Cruz Blues Festival May 25 - May 26, 2002

Sacramento Jazz Festival
916/372-5277

Monterey Red, Whjite & A Little Blues Festival -Old Monterey

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium's Whale Fiesta, June 3
310/548-7562

Corona Corona del Mar Baroque Music Festival
714/760-7887

Lompoc Valley Flower Festival
805/736-4567

Victorville Huck Finn Jubilee/Mark Twain celebration
714/780-8810

Monterey U.S. Open Golf Tournament

Del Mar Fair San Diego's annual coastalfair

Fallbrook Gourd Festival

San Leandro Cherry Festival
510/577-3462

Beaumont Cherry Festival

San Francisco Fillmore Street Jazz Festival June 29 - June 30, 2002

Angels Camp Sierra Nevada World Music Festival June 21 - June 23, 2002

Palmdale Thursday Night on the Square June 1 - August 1, 2002

Guerneville Russian River Blues Festival June 29 - June 30, 2002

Monterey Bay Blues Festival June 21 - June 23, 2002

Atascadero Wine and Golf Festival -June 28-29

Newport Bch 4th Independence Day
714/729-3863 Firework Show

Lk.Arrowhead 4th Independence Day Firework Show

Big Bear Lake 4th Independence Day &BBQ Firework Show

San Diego 4th Mission Bay & Seaport Village Firework Show

Mammoth Lakes Mountain Bike Adventure Week

Mendocino Music Festival
707/937-2044 Concerts from Operas, Piano Quartets to Children's Musicals

Costa Mesa Orange County Fair
714/708-FAIR

Newport Bch Summer Music Festival
714/721-2000

Gilroy Garlic Festival

Laguna Beach Sawdust Festival of Arts & Pageant Masters
714/494-3030

Monterey Feast of Lanterns
831/646-0741

San Diego weekend closest to 16th The Festival of the Bells
619/283-7319 Marks the anniversary of the founding of the Mission. Includes entertainment, blessing of the bells & animals,ethnic food & games.

Visalia Parade - Main Street
559/627-0703

Exetor Crafts & Fireworks
559/592-2919

Porterville Fireworks - Jamison
559/784-7502

Old Town San Diego Latin American Festival
619/296-3266 Food booths, art & crafts, & entertainment.

Murphys Homecoming 3rd weekend
800/225-3765 209/728-1335 Murphys A parade on Saturday. Food & music in Murphy Park on Sunday.

Santa Barbara French Festival July 13 & 14 2002
805/564-PARIS Food & music both days, at the Oak Park, with a Poodle Parade on Sun.

Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fair 4th weekend
707/545-4200 Horse racing; craft, flower & home arts exibits; carnival rides & entertainment.

Susanville Lassen County Fair 4th weekend - "Cowboys and Clowns"
530/252-1035 Carnival rides. home arts exhibits, livestock shows and entertainment.

Oxnard Salsa Festival
800/269-6273 Music, food & activities

Benicia Boat Races, The Waterfront Festival
707/745-9791 entertainment, beer & wine tasting, children's rides, arts & crafts.

San Jose Santa Clara County Fair
408/494-3247 408/494-3247 Food, rides, entertainment, junior livestock competitions.

Old Pasadena JazzFest July 13 - July 14, 2002

Grass Valley California World Music Festival CA, July 18 - July 21, 2002

Quincy High Sierra Music Festival , CA, July 4 - July 7, 2002

Palmdale Starlight Concert Series July 1 - September 1, 2002

Eureka Blues By The Bay July 13 - July 14, 2002

Sonora Fire On the Mountain Blues Festival -Mother Lode

Fairgrounds

Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival

Cresent City Del Norte County Fair first weekend
800/350-955 Includes: carnival, livestock competition, entertainment and fine arts.

Salinas Annual Steinbeck Festival
831/796-3833 National Steinbeck Center has speakers, workshops entertainment and walking tours of sites from John Steinbeck's novels.

Vacaville Onion Festival

Tracy Bean Festival
209/835-2131 Chili cook off, bean tasting pavilion, car show, children's activities, arts, crafts and entertainment.

Fairfield Tomato Festival
707/422-0103 Salsa tasting, farmer's market, chilicook off, arts, crafts and entertainment.

Petaluma Rare Fruits Festival

Big Flat Downriver Blackberry Festival
530/623-6101 Music, blackberry jams and pies. Civil War reenactments. Country Dance Friday night feast on Saturday.

Lower Lake Blackberry Festival
800/525-3743 Living history demonstrations, blackberry foods, nature walks and historical tours at the Anderson Marsh State Historical Park.

Gilroy Antique Street Fair and Brewfest
408/842-6436 Micro brewing exhibits, 5 stages with music, Post Office displays.

Ventura Pride by the Sea San Buenaventura State Beach Tehachapi Mountain Festival
805/822-4180 Saturday breakfast, entertainment, rodeo, arts, crafts. At the rodeo grounds and the City Park.

Sacramento Festa Italiana
916/482-5900 Italian food, wine, dancers, marketplace, car show.

Santa Barbara Summer Kite Festival
805/879-8300 Kite Contests, stunt flying , tail-chasing events for kids.

Encinitas Taste of Main Street
760/943-1950 Sample foods from local restaurants, entertainment.

McCloud Heritage Days
530/964-3113 Live performance, arts, crafts and train rides.

Sacramento California State Fair
916/263-FAIR 877/CALEXPO Lumberjack show, wildlife expo carnival rides.

Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Fair
800/207-9464 At Ragle Ranch Park. Food including apple crisps, apple pie contest, farm equipment demonstration.

Lompoc Brushes and Blues
800/240-0999 Art and music

National City Taste of National City
619/477-9339 Sample local restaurants' cuisine in the historic Heritage Square.

Hayfork Trinity County Fair
530/628-5223

Cotati Accordion Festival
707/664-0444 Accordion workshop, polka and cajun dancing.

Big Bear Lake Peddler's Market & Antique Fair
800/4BIG-BEAR Buy and sell at the Elk's Lodge

Vacaville Renaissance Pleasure Faire
800/52-FAIRE Crafts and entertainment

Hermosa Beach Labor Day Festival & Street Fair .
Crafts and entertainment

Big Bear Lake Labor Day Annual Rodeo
909/866-6190

Huntington Bch Summer Classic - Equestrian Event
714/536-5258

Brea Fest
714/529-4938

Three Rivers Pow Wow - Indian Show
559/734-3070

Black Rock Desert No.Calif. / Nevada Border area Burning Man

Long Beach Blues Festival August 31 - September 2, 2002

Mendocino Lark in the Morning August 2 - August 10, 2002

Hollywood Film Festival®, Hollywood Discovery Awards® and Hollywood Movie Awards® August 1 to 5 310.288.1882

Capitola Begonia Festival

Camino Apple Hill

Auburn Gold Country Fair
800/ 427-6463

Newport Bch Annual Newport Seafest
714/729-4400

Newport Bch Wooden Boat Festival
714/729-4400

Pomona Los Angeles County Fair
909/623-3111

Monterey Jazz Festival
831/373-3366

Lk.Arrowhead mid mo.-Oct.27 Fall Fling Celebration/Oktoberfest
909/336-1547

Big Bear Lake Labor Day -Oct. Annual Oktoberfest
909/866-6190

Sebastopol late in month Celtic Music Festival

Arroyo Grande last weekend Harvest Festival
805/489-1488

Tulare County Fair
559/686-4707

Oakley Almond Festival

Loomis Eggplant Festival
916/652-7304

Lodi Grape Festival

Folsom Gourd Festival- Zittel Farms
916/989-2633

Los Angeles Tofu-Fest

Carmel Tomato Festival

Upper Lake Walnut

Angels Camp Zucchini Festival

Burlingame Art and Jazz Festival September 14 - September 15, 2002

Monterey World Music Festival September 13 - September 15, 2002

San Diego Street Scene San Diego, CA, September 6 - September 8
619-557-8490 Street Scene is the biggest music festival in California, with 100-plus artists performing on 15 stages during the three days of the festival -- featuring the best in rock, reggae, blues, gospel, alternative, jazz, funk, zydeco, Cajun, African, gospel, and more

Santa Rosa Sonoma County Harvest Festival

Cypress Monrovia Oktoberfest
714/229-6780

Torrance Oktoberfest - Alpine Village
310/327-4384

Sausalito Big Bear Classic Car Show & Octoberfest
415/ 389-9805

San Diego Chalk La Strada - Little Italy
310/327-4384

Port Hueneme Harbor Days Festival
805/ 487-4470

Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Festival

Redondo Bch Lobster Festival
310/376-6911

Carpinteria California Avocado Festival

Big Sur 10K River Run

Manhattan Bch 1st wkend Old Hometown Fair

Avalon Catalina Island 1st&2nd wkends Jazz Trax Festival
310/510-2848

Winters Dried Fruit & Nut Festival

Calabasas mid month Pumpkin Festival
818/ 224-3671

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival

Springville Apple Days in Springville

Coarsegold Taranchula Festival

Rancho Cordova Lake Natoma State Park - American River Salmon Festival October 12 - 15 10am-4pm

Indio Pow-Wow's
800/44-INDIO

Lk.Arrowhead Dickens Christmas Celebration
909/336-1547

Carmel Valley Annual Harvest Celebration
(831) 659-4000

Indio International Tamale Festival
800/44-INDIO

Auburn middle mo. Country Christmas Festival
800/ 427-6463

Monterey La Posada candlelight parade
831/649-7111

Newport Beach Christmas Light Boat Parade

San Diego Christmas Light Boat Parade

Avalon New Year Eve Celebration -Catalina
310/510-2848

Silverlake Silver Lining Silverlake Festival

Los Angeles Music Week