Welcome to the September festivals page of California County Fairs and Festivals. This page contains the festivals that take place during September in the Golden State of California. This is a free website. It is free for those seeking a fair or festival and it is free for those that list their event. If someone is trying to charge you a fee to visit this site or list your event with this site, they are trying to rip-you-off! Please do not pay to use this site.
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Gold
Rush Days
Date: August 29 to September 1, 2008
Times: Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat/Sun 11am to 7pm;
Mon 11am to 4pm
Address: Old Town Sacramento, CA
Email address: access through web site
Phone: (916) 808-7777
Vendor information: Mike Testa (916) 808-7479
URL: Gold Rush Days
Press URL: http://www.discovergold.org/tertiary/whatsnew/whats_new_detail.cfm?press=26
Description from their press release: “ More than 200 tons of dirt will be dumped on the streets of Old Sacramento as the annual Gold Rush Days festival will “turn back the clock,” transforming Sacramento’s historic district into a scene straight out of the 1850s. Costumed re-enactors, Wild West gun fights, musicians playing period instruments, and many aspects of life during the Gold Rush will be highlighted during the four-day event."
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Sausalito
Art Festival
Date: August 29 to September 1, 2008
Times: Friday: opens 6pm; Saturday and Sunday 9am to 6pm;
Monday 9am to 5pm
Address: Marinship Park on the Sausalito Waterfront
Email address: artfest@sausalitoartfestival.org
Phone/Fax: 415-332-3555/415-331-1340
URL: http://www.sausalitoartfestival.org/contacts.html
Description from their web site: “More than 20,000 original
works of art, top name entertainment on two stages, a magnificent sculpture
garden, art and activities for children, gourmet food, premium beers, and
fine wine from some 50 California wineries — all in an idyllic waterfront
setting”.
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Belmont Greek Festival
Date: September 1-3, 2008
Time: Sat&Sun noon to 10pm; Mon noon to 8pm
Address: Church of the Holy Cross
900 Alameda at Ralston Ave
Email Address: office@holycross.org
URL: http://www.goholycross.org/festival97/festival97_content.html
Phone: 650-591-4447
Description from their web site: "Bay Area residents can don
their dancing shoes and sample wonderful Greek culture at the 34th annual
Belmont Greek Festival on Labor Day Weekend at the Greek Orthodox Church
of the Holy Cross in Belmont.
The three-day Belmont Greek Festival will feature delicious Greek meals and desserts, continuous music and dancing, exciting exhibition folk dancing, choral folk singing, a captivating mythology play and a fun children’s amusement area. Admission is $5 for adults and $2.50 for seniors and youth ages 13-17. Children 12 and under are admitted free, accompanied by a parent or guardian."
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King'
Mountain Art Fair
Date: August 30 to September 1, 2008
Time: 10am to 5pm
Address: Kings Mountain Community Center
13889 Skyline Blvd. (Highway 35)
Woodside, California.
Email: kmafsecty@aol.com
Phone: 650-851-2710
URL: King'
Mountain Art Fair
Description from their web site: The Kings Mountain Art
Fair is an annual event, held every Labor Day weekend. The Art Fair benefits
the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade and other community activities,
including the Kings Mountain Elementary School, and is staffed completely
by volunteers from the local community.
Known for its stunning
location among the redwoods and for its unique and varied artists (selected
by jury), the Kings Mountain Art Fair celebrates over 40 years of art and
ambiance. Come visit! Fair admission and parking are free.
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L.A. Greek Festival
Date: September 5-7, 2008
Times: Fri 5-11pm; Sat 1pm-11pm;
Sun 1pm to 10 pm
Address: Corner of Normandie Avenue and Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90006
Email address: tjpastras@flash.net
Phone: 323-737-2424
URL: LA Greek Festival
Description from their festival director: "This annual event brings to you Athentic Greek Food and Pastries...Greek Wines and Beers....Live Greek Music and Folk Dancing...Kid's Arcade with special Kid's Menu, Rides, Games and Arts and Crafts...Raffle with Fabulous Prizes....and more!"
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Cajun Zydeco Festival-Sebastopol
Date: September 6, 2008
Time: 11am to 7pm
Address: Sebastopol Community Center
Email Address: jimg@sonic.net,bullmarket03@yahoo.com
Phone: 707-823-1991
URL: http://www.rotarycajun.com/index.shtml
Description: Music, dancing, food, and fun.
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Date: September 6-7 , 2008
Times:
Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 10am to 6pm
Address: Central Avenue and 10th Street Tracy, CA
Email address: info@tracychamber.org
Phone: 209-835-2131
URL: California
Dry Bean Festival
Description: The Tracy Dry Bean Festival
features arts, crafts, food, and beans. This event is free!
VENDOR Information click here for
contract PDF
Vendor email: info@tracychamber.org
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Mountain
View’s Annual Art & Wine Festival
Date: September 6-7, 2008
Times: 10am to 6pm
Address: Castro Street Mountain View, CA
Phone: 650-968-8378
URL: Mountain
View’s Annual Art & Wine Festival
Description: Check web site for update of events.
Past years festivals have provided a fun-filled
event for the entire family with plenty of
activities for kids of all ages. Free Admission.
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Ghirardelli
Square Chocolate Festival
Date: September 6-7, 2008
Times: noon to 5pm
Address: Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, CA
Email address: N/A
Phone/Fax: N/A
URL: Ghirardelli
Square Chocolate Festival
Description: Chocolate lovers need no prompting
for this legendary event.
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The Autumn Moon Festival/ Mid-Autumn Festival
Date: September 6-7, 2008
Times: Sat 11am to 5pm; Sun 12pm to 5pm
Address: 667 Grant Avenue San Francisco, CA 94108
Email address: info@moonfestival.org
Phone/Fax: 415-982-6306/415-982-6306
URL: Autumn Moon Festival
Description from the website: “Holding a Moon Festival was the way to bring back visitors and attract new ones. The Moon Festival showcases the community's many cultural assets. It is held on or around the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, when the moon is full”.
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Constitution Day Parade & Celebration
Date: Sept 13-14, 2008
Address: Nevada City, CA
Email address: info@nevadacitychamber.com
Phone: 530-265-2692 or 1-800-655-6569
URL: Constitution Day Parade & Celebration
Description from their web site: "For the past 37 years this colorful Sierra Gold Rush town has hosted a parade to celebrate the U.S. Constitution. The parade is believed to be the oldest and largest Constitution Day observance in Western America."
Vendor information: (530) 265-2692 or 1-800-655-NJOY
or info@nevadacitychamber.com
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The Bark Festival
Date: Sept 14th, 2008
Time: 10am to 6pm
Address: The Village at Squaw (Lake Tahoe)
Email: info@tailsbythelake.com
Phone: 1-877-464-3364
URL: The Bark Festival
Description from their web site: "Over 50 booths with pet related artwork, crafts and food! Events will include a Pet Fashion Show, Dog Lake Jumping Contest & much much more! Whether you live in Reno, Tahoe or the Bay Area, this event will be worth the travels. All proceeds will benefit Tahoe-Truckee Humane Society & Pet Network!"
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Newark Days
Date: September 18-21, 2008
Times: Wed 1:30pm-4:30pm;Thur 6pm-10pm;
Fri 4pm-10:30pm;Sat 7:30am-10:30pm;Sun noon-9pm
Address: Newark, CA (various locations)
Email address: access from web page form
Phone/Fax: 510-793-5683/510-793-5358
URL: Newark
Days
Description from their web site (2004) : “This year's
theme is ‘Exploring
the West’. This is our annual 5-day event
celebrating the Birthday of the City of Newark.
Newark Days is a family oriented weekend of fun.
The weekend is made up of many events. Here is
a partial list: Carnival, Food & Game Booths,
Arts & Crafts Faire, Parade, and more”.
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West Beach Music and Art Festival
Date: September 18-20, 2009
Address: Cabrillo Blvd. and State Street in Santa Barbara
Email address: visit website
Phone/Fax: 805.845.6658
URL: http://www.westbeachfestival.com/
Description from their web site: More than fifty arts and crafts vendors and a musical lineup that includes Ziggy Marley to Big Head Todd and the Monsters
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Date: September 18-21, 2008
Times: Performance times varies, check their web site
Address: 11228 McCourtney Rd. Grass Valley, CA 95949
Email address: norme@direcway.com
Phone/Fax: 530-273-6217/530-273-1146
URL: Draft
Horse Classic
Description: Draft horses are cool! If you never
seen these gentle giants up close, this is a great
opportunity. This event is held at one of the state’s
nicest fair sites, the Nevada County Fairgrounds in
Grass Valley.
Vendor information: http://www.nevadacountyfair.com/pdf/08_DHC_vendorapp.pdf
Food Vendor information: http://www.nevadacountyfair.com/pdf/08_DHC_foodapp.pdf
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Glendi International Food Fair
Date: September 20-21, 2008
Times: Sat, 11am-6pm. Sun, Noon-6pm
Address: St. Seraphim Orthodox Church
90 Mountain View Avenue Santa Rosa, CA
Email address: glendifest@yahoo.com
Phone/Fax: 707.584.9491
URL: http://www.saintseraphim.com/
Description from the Event Director: "Glendi is the Greek word for ‘party’ and each year thousands of visitors attend to eat dance and relax. Voted “Best Way to Eat Around the World” by the Sonoma County Independent you can taste foods from Middle Eastern, Eritrean. Russian, Greek, Balkan, Romanian & American cultures. Also available are Ethnic Baked Goods Roast Lamb Gyros and various beverages including Greek Coffee Soda Wine & Micro-brewery Beer. After enjoying the diverse foods offered you can dance to live Balkan (on Saturday) and Greek (on Sunday) music.
Local folk dance clubs often join in the fun and Greek and Balkan line dancing is the order of the day. This year’s music will be provided by Edessa on Saturday and Mediterranean Soul on Sunday and there are free dance lessons offered throughout the weekend. There is also a supervised Children’s Craft & Play Area so that parents can have a chance to dance and chat with friends. Introductory lectures will be given in both of our churches hourly.
Admission is $10 for adults, $6 seniors. Children under 12 free admission."
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Wagon Wheel Country Music Festival
Date: September 20th, 2009
Time: varies: see website for schedule of events
Address: at the Elsinore Diamond Baseball Stadium
500 Diamond Drive, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
Email: event organizer
Phone: 951-656-0862
URL: Wagon Wheel Country Music Festival
Description from their web site: "Country Music, beer, and good times!"
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Handicraft & Fine
Arts Fair-Benicia
Date: September 20th, 2008
Time: 10am to 4pm
Address: First Street, Bencia
Email: beniciachamber@aol.com
Phone: 707-745-2120 or 800-559-7377
URL: Handicraft & Fine
Arts Fair-Benicia
Description from their web site: "Vendors come from across the nation
to participate in this exceptional one day annual event which promises
to offer something for everyone's taste and pocketbooks. An extensive selection
of fine arts and handcrafted treasures including items for the home and
garden, photography, jewelry, stoneware, leather goods, floral arrangements,
small furniture, children’s items, specialty clothing, holiday decorations,
water color paintings, and much, much more."
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Brazilian Street Carnaval
Date: September 21, 2008
Times: noon to 9pm
Address: 100 N. Promenade Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone/Fax: 562-438-3669/562-435-5744
URL: Brazilian
Street Carnaval
Description from their web site: “This year's
ninth annual Brazilian Street Carnaval will
prove that samba is for everyone. And to
do this, the 9th Annual event is bringing a
top Brazilian samba personality who lives
by the phrase "Samba Sem Fonteiras" (Samba without Borders):
Mestre Faiscca and his show. Join SambaLa', the Faiscca
Samba Show, and all of their friends for
one of the most entertaining and authentic
all-Brazilan events in the country!”
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ClovisFest-Celebrating the REAL California
Date: September 20-21, 2008
Times: 8am-5pm
Address: In Old Town Clovis
Clovis, CA
Email address: tammiv@clovischamber.com
Phone/Fax: (559) 299-7363
URL: Clovis
Chamber of Commerce
Description from the Event Director: "Each morning starts
off at 7 AM with a sky full of hot air balloons. Arts and crafts, All Valley
Car Show, BBQ Cook-Off, multi-cultural food, live entertainment, family carnival
and more! Drawing over 70,000 attendees, you don't want to miss out on one
of the last events of the year!"
Vendor information: fran@clovischamber.com
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Annual Dive N’ Surf Redondo Beach Lobster Festival
Date: September 26-28, 2008
Times: varies
Address: Seaside Lagoon located at 200 Portofino Way in Redondo Beach, California
Phone: 800-282-0333
Email: customerservice@redondochamber.org
URL: LobsterFestival.com
Description from their site: “This “all new” event, which will appeal to the whole family, will highlight live bands including “Too Rude,” the “Couchois Brothers,” “Player” and the “John Brown Band.” Kids will delight in their own Children’s Area featuring a Jim Gamble Puppet Show, Pirate Ship Bounce House, Kids Arts & Crafts, Book Readings and the Wyland Mobile Learning Center. Professional Wakeboarding demonstrations and fashion shows spotlighting all the latest BodyGlove and Dive N’ Surf fashions will also be a part of the weekend festivities.
Participants can purchase delectable food such as fresh Maine lobster meals with roasted red potatoes, coleslaw, bread and butter. Two online lobster packages are available, including the Small Louie – a 1.25 pound lobster dinner with roasted red potatoes, coleslaw, bread and butter, an official Lobster Festival T-shirt and admission into the Festival for $30.00 per person and a Large Louie – a 2.25 pound lobster with roasted red potatoes, coleslaw, bread and butter, an official lobster festival T-shirt and admission into the Festival for $50.00 per person."
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Pacific Coast
Fog Fest
Date: September 27-28, 2008
Time: 9 am to 6 pm
Address: Palmetto Ave. Pacifica
Email address: fredhoward@pacificcoastfogfest.com
Phone: (650) 355-4122
URL: Pacific
Coast Fog Fest
Description from their web site: "The Fog Fest is
a two-day arts and crafts fair with over 190 arts and craft booths, live
entertainment, plenty of tasty food and drink to please any appetite, including
the Fog Cutter, a specialty drink created for Fog Fest."
All Vendor information: jeffcambra@earthlink.net
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Kelseyville
Pear Festival
Date: September 27, 2008
Times: 9am to 4pm
Address: Main Street Kelseyville, CA
Phone: (707) 279 9022
URL: Kelseyville
Pear Festival
Description from their site: “The free
outdoor Festival, 9 AM to 4 PM, offers
something for everyone, the young and
young at heart. A medley of continuous
music, a delicious variety of food choices,
interesting displays, 150 booths full of
hand crafted treasures, a Quilt Show,
an Antique Tractor and Engine Display
and a special play area for kids fill the
warm September day.”
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Oroville Salmon Festival
Date: September 27, 2008
Times: 10am to 4pm
Address: Feather River Fish Hatchery, Feather River Nature
Center and Riverbend ParkMain Street
Oroville, CA
Phone: 800-655-4653
Email: info@orovillechamber.net
URL: Oroville
Salmon Festival
Description from their site: “On Saturday, September 25, the stretch
of the Feather River between Historic Downtown Oroville and the Feather
River Fish Hatchery will burst with fish-flavored activities during the
10th Annual Salmon Festival, a day of fun, food, music and information.
From
10:00 am-4:00 PM, the fish hatchery will celebrate the thousands of spawning
salmon that annually make their way from the ocean back to Oroville. Environmental
education, music, salmon tasting, tours of the processing plant, and kid's
games and activities highlight this free event.
Also that day, Historical Downtown Oroville will come alive with a pancake
breakfast, a certified farmer's market, live music, a craft fair, and clowns
and rides for the kids. These events take place from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM. (Vendor
Applications are available by clicking here.)
Across from
the hatchery at the Feather River Nature Center, guests can enjoy a continuation
of the Maidu Salmon Ceremony with live dancing by local Native Americans
and free fish-tasting all day.
A free shuttle to transport
people between events will be available from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Other events that celebrate salmon are happening, too. On Sept. 25-28,
the Maidu Salmon Ceremony will offer Salmon Camp and demonstrations of
spear fishing. These events take place at Riverbend Park in Oroville.”
Vendor Information: Click Here or 1-800-655-GOLD(4653).
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Monterey Seafood & Music Festival
Date:Sept. 29/30, 2007
Times: Sat 11am to 6pm and Sun 11am to 5pm
Address: Alvarado Street and Custom House Plaza
Email address: omba@oldmonterey.org
Phone: 831-655-8070
URL: Monterey Seafood & Music Festival
Description: Seafood done to your liking: fresh, broiled, bbq, fried, chowdered. Entertainment, arts, crafts, and more.
Vendors Information: Phone-Ray Headley (831) 655-2607; Vendor Application PDF; Vendor Web link
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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: n/a
Phone:(805) 969-2817
URL: http://www.coastalquilters.org/quiltshow.html
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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