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Harvest of Colors Quilt Show
Date: October 4-5, 2008 Times: Sat and Sun 10 am to 5 pm
Address: Earl Warren Showgrounds
Highway 101 at the Las Positas Rd. exit
Santa Barbara, CA
Email address: katrose@cox.net
Phone: (805) 964-0611
URL: www.coastalquilters.org
Description: Over 200 members’ quilts on display.
Special Exhibit: Quilts by Robbi Joy Eklow
- Merchant mall
- Antique quilts
- Wearable art
- Specialty supplies
- Hand-dyed fabrics
- Books
- Gift boutique
- Opportunity Quilt
- Refreshments
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Arts & Olive Festival
Date: October 5, 2008
Times: 10am to 6pm
Address: Cañada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd Redwood City, CA
Email Address: olivefest@smccd.edu
Phone: (650) 306-3292
URL: Arts & Olive Festival
Description from their web site: "Back with the original flavor and better than ever! Spend Sunday outdoors with the whole family on the Peninsula: the Arts & Olive Festival will offer a fabulous showcase of olive products, art works, olive pressing demonstrations, and live entertainment. This year for the first time, there will be an opportunity to meet representatives of the Bay Area's diverse arts community at the first Cañada College Arts Resource Fair. Parents will be invited to bring their children to the Kid's Corner where they can play games and take part in craft activities."
Directions:
Vendors:(650) 306 - 3428
Vendor Links: Art&Olive Fest Vendors
Download Vendor PDF Here
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Annual San Carlos Fine Arts & Crafts Festival
Date: October 11-12, 2008
Times: starts at 10 am
Address: Downtown San Carlos
600 to 700 blocks of Laurel Street in San Carlos, CA
Email address: helena@marcommpr.com
Phone/Fax Number: 209.296.1195
Description from the publicists: "Downtown San Carlos gets artsy as it presents the 8th annual Sidewalk Festival June 17-19 beginning at 10 a.m. The free events, sponsored by the San Carlos Chamber of Commerce takes places along the 600 and 700 blocks of Laurel Street. More than 70 award-winning artists will be displaying their watercolors, handcrafted jewelry, photographs, sculptures, reversible dolls and much more. For the kids, doll maker Beth Kappas will be telling stories and using her dolls as props. This is going to be a family-affair, so don’t miss out. "
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Tustin Tiller Days
Date: October 3-5, 2008
Times: F 4-11pm; Sa 10am-11pm;
Sun 11am-8pm
Address: Prospect and Irvine Blvd. Tustin, CA
Email address: dale@virtualretail.com
Phone: 714-573-3326
URL: Tustin Tiller Days
Description from their web site: Tustin Tiller Days
has been a regular event in Tustin since 1957. The
event provides an opportunity for Tustin to
celebrate Orange County's agricultural heritage.
Vendor Phone: (714) 573-3326
Vendor Email: David Wilson
Vendor Link Here Non-profit Food PDF; Vendor non-profit PDF; Vendor (profit) PDF
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Kidsfaire--Orange County Fairgrounds
Date: October 4-5, 2008
Times: 10am to 5pm
Address: Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton
Email address: exhibiting@thekidsfaire.com
Phone/Fax: 866-283-8600 URL: Kidsfaire--Orange County Fairgrounds
Description from their web site: "Kidsfaire was created to provide California families a weekend of giggles and fun, far from the hassles of everyday life. Ah, to be a kid again. Kidsfaire celebrates the imagination, and the sparkle that all children have as they grow. Follow the Kidsfaire rainbow, to a place not too far away, that we have transformed into a kids dream land; a place designed especially for children of all ages and their families."
Vendor Information: exhibiting@thekidsfaire.com
Directions:
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California Avocado Festival
Date: October 3-5, 2008
Times: Fri 4-9pm; Sat 10am-9pm;
Sun 10am-6pm
Address: Carpinteria & Linden Ave
Carpinteria, CA
Email address: info@avofest.com
Phone: 805-684-0038
URL: California Avocado Festival
Description from their web site: "The Avocado
Festival has evolved into one of the largest
festivals in California with three days of
fabulous food, terrific music, and great safe family fun."
Vendors Information Here; 2005 Arts and Crafts Vendor PDF; Food Venue Application; Commercial Exhibitor PDF
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Scarecrow Competition--Cloverdale
Date: October 6, 2007
Times: 10am to 5pm
Address: Cloverdale Plaza
(2 blocks N of Citrus Fair Dr. and Cloverdale Bl.)
Cloverdale, CA
Email address: info@dairyvillefestival.bizland.com
Phone/Fax: (707) 894-1778
URL: Scarecrow Competition--
Description from their web site: "Cloverdale's zany annual "population explosion" happens every mid October as the Cloverdale downtown Plaza (E. Second St. & Cloverdale Blvd.) is invaded by a band of scarecrows. Each one handcrafted with artistry by local residents and visitors of all ages. Many family activities are planned in addition to the display of scarecrows and scarecrow building."
Directions:
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Johnny Appleseed Days
Date: October 4-5, 2008
Times: Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 9am-4pm
Address: Terry Ashe Recreation Center and Park Skyway and Elliot Rd.
Paradise, CA
Phone: (530) 877-9356
URL: Johnny Appleseed Days
Description from their web site: "The annual Johnny Appleseed Days festival, recognizing the early 19th Century American folk (known as John Chapman) hero who traveled for decades across the Midwest planting apple seeds and encouraging settlers to plant apple orchards. The 2001 festival will be two days, October 6th & 7th. Celebrating everything apple; lots of food and entertainment, and vendors selling their arts and crafts."
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Apple Harvest Festival
Date: October 6, 2007
Times: Various times, see schedule
Address: Rohner Park and Downtown Fortuna, CA
Email Address: chamber@sunnyfortuna.com
Phone: 707-725-3959 or 707-725-9261
URL: Apple Harvest Festival
Description from their web site: "The Apple Harvest Festival is held in October and is a city-wide combination farm event, historical celebration and family fun day. At the festival, apple tasting is augmented by other food tasting, free cider and balloons. The Apple Harvest Festival includes an old fashioned downtown fair with Main Street open only to walking traffic to accommodate the Farmers' Market, apple pie sales, a barbecue, live music and more. Free hayride transportation allows you and your family to be carried from one venue to the next while enjoying the wonderful October weather in Fortuna."
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Abalone Festival and Cook-off
Date:October 4, 2007
Times: 10am to 4pm
Address: Noyo Harbor Fort Bragg , CA
Phone: 707-937-4700
URL: Abalone Festival and Cook-off
email: mapa@mcn.org
Description : Cook for vacation prizes in this great coastal town
Vendors: http://www.mendoparks.org/Abalone/Vendors/vendors.html
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Port Hueneme Harbor Festival
Times: no more Harbor Festival : (
Address: Port Hueneme Harbor, CA
Email address: harbordays@windwizard.com
Phone/Fax: n/a
URL: Port Hueneme Harbor Festival
Description: The Golden Anniversary of this event will feature live entertainment, arts, crafts, food, extreme motor sports, and fun for kids of all ages.
Directions:
Vendor Information: Phone:Elaine (805) 483-8146 [Fax = 805-487-8766] or Penny (805) 487-4470; Food Vendors Application PDF; Craft & Commercial Vendors Application PDF;
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San Carlos Art & Wine Festival
Date:October11-12, 2008
Times: n/a
Address: San Carlos Ave between El Camino and Walnut and on Laurel Street in San Carlos, CA
Email address: staff@sancarloschamber.org
Phone/Fax: 650-593-1068/650-593-9108
URL: San Carlos Art & Wine Festival
Description: The San Carlos Art and Wine Festival also features entertainment, food, and family fun.
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Dairyville Orchard Festival
Date: October 18, 2008
Times: 10am to 4pm
Address: Lassen View School--Los Molinos, CA
Email address: info@dairyvillefestival.bizland.com
Phone/Fax: n/a
URL: Dairyville Orchard Festival
Description from their web site (2004) : "October 16th will mark our seventh annual event! Make plans now to attend this exciting community event filled with great food, music, children's activities, local produce and more!"
Directions:
Vendor Information: Emai: mailto:boothinfo@dairyvillefestival.bizland.com
Vendor Info URL:http://www.dairyvillefestival.org/id6.html
Application URL: http://www.dairyvillefestival.org/id8.htm
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California Lemon Festival
Date: October 18-19, 2008
Times: Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 10am-5pm
Address: Girsh Park Goleta, CA
Email address: n/a
Phone: 1-800-646-5382
URL: California Lemon Festival
Description from their web site: "The festival has something for everyone: Listen and dance to live bluegrass, country, folk and pop bands; Sample the world's best lemon meringue pie and other lemon treats; Shop the Arts & Crafts booths; Enter the Pie-eating or Lemon Cooking Contests....It's fun for the whole family."
Vendor Information: Vendors Web link here; Food Vendor Application; Arts/Crafts Application PDF; For-Profit Display PDF; Non-Profit PDF
Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival
Date: October 18-19, 2008
Times: 10am to 5pm
Address: Main Street between Miramontes and Monte Vista Streets Half Moon Bay, CA
Email address: access from web site
Phone: 650-726-9652
URL: Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival
Description from their web site: "More than 250,000 visitors are expected to come together to enjoy pumpkins that dwarf Volkswagens, enchanting events and contests for the whole family, the amazing Picasso of pumpkin carvers, harvest-inspired crafts, the tastiest pumpkin pie on the planet, three stages of smashing entertainment, the ultimate home-spun parade, and the never-ending search for the Great Pumpkin."
Vendor information: http://lemonfestival.com/vendor.asp
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HARVEST DAYS
Date: October 24-26, 2008Times: Vary
Address:Travis Credit Union Park, I-80 and E. Monte Vista Avenue, Vacaville, CA
(The site of the Old Nut Tree)
Email address: n/a
Phone: 1-888-VACA-132
URL: Harvest Days
Description: This nine-day festival will be anchored by two weekends filled with activities for the whole family – a Halloween Parade and Costume Contest, Haunted House, Harvest Ball, Hay Bale Maze, “Great” Pumpkin Cooking Contest, Chili Cook-Off, Oktoberfest, Pumpkin Carving Demonstrations, Vendors, Crafters and Exhibitors all under the harvest theme.
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Danville Fall Crafts Festival
Date: October 25-26, 2008
Times: 10am to 5pm
Address: Hartz Avenue Danville, CA
Email address: n/a
Phone: 925-837-4400
URL: Danville Fall Crafts Festival
Description: A parade, safe trick or treating, a scarecrow contest, arts, crafts, and more are waiting for you at this festival.
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Harvest Festival Original Arts and Crafts Show - Del Mar
Date: October 24-26, 2008
Time: Opens at 10am; closed at 7pm (ex. Sun 5pm)
Address: Del Mar Fairgrounds
2260 Jimmy Durante Dr.
Del Mar, CA
Email address: harvest@weshows.com
URL: Harvest Festival
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