California Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on the festivals, fairs and celebrations of California. We've got a ton of info on California festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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Californian Festivals

Aab Film Festival - San Francisco (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Multicultural
Month: October

Aab Film Festival - San Francisco Website

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Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival Snippet

Academy Awards - Oscars (Hollywood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Party
Month: February

AFI Fest (Hollywood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

American Fancy Rat and Mouse Annual Show (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Animal
Month: January

American Fancy Rat and Mouse Annual Show Snippet

APE - Alternative Press Expo (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Comics, Collectors, Convention
Month: October

ArtCar Fest (Bay Area, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Automobile, Bizarre
Month: October

Artichoke Festival (Castroville, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Fair, Family
Month: May

Audiotistic Festival (San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Music - Hip Hop
Month: July

Avocado Festival (Carpinteria, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Bizarre
Month: October

Badwater Ultramarathon (Badwater, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Extreme, Sport - Endurance, Sport - Marathon
Month: July

Beverly Hills Wine Festival (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine
Month: February

Visit Beverly Hills Wine Festival on Twitter

Blues for the Zoo (Big Bear Lake, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Animal, Family
Month: August

Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee (Angels Camp, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Animal, Sport - Bizarre
Month: May

Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee Snippet

Chalk La Strada - Chalking Festival (San Diego, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Chalk La Strada - Chalking Festival Website

Christmas Boat Parade (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Christmas, Maritime
Month: December

Cinequest - San Jose Film Festival (San Jose, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film
Month: February

Cinequest - San Jose Film Festival Website

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Electronic, Art
Month: April

Coachella Wine Festival (Palm Springs, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine
Month: April

Visit Coachella Wine Festival on Twitter

Comic-Con (San Diego, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Comics, Convention, Fan Convention
Month: July

Cypress Hill Smokeout (San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Hip Hop, Music - Rock, Adult
Month: October

Dana Point Festival of Whales (Dana Point, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Animal, Environmental
Month: March

Doo Dah Parade (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Bizarre
Month: November

Exotic Erotic Ball (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Adult, Nude, Halloween
Month: October

Fiesta de las Golondrinas (Swallow's Day Parade) (San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Food and Drink, Community
Month: March

Fiesta de las Golondrinas (Swallow's Day Parade) Website

Gilroy Garlic Festival (Gilroy, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Family
Month: July

Golden Globe Awards (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary
Month: January

Healdsburg Jazz Festival (Healdsburg, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: June

Hollywood Film Festival (Hollywood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film
Month: October

International Imitation Hemingway Competition (Century City, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Impersonators, Fan Convention, Bizarre
Month: March

International Imitation Hemingway Competition Snippet

Irvine Global Village Festival (Irvine, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Music - World, Family
Month: October

Left Coast Live (San Jose, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Alternative
Month: June

Lobster Fest (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Music - Varied, Family
Month: September

Long Beach Crawfish Festival (Long Beach, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Family
Month: August

Loose Goose Wine Festival (Santa Clarita, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine
Month: October

Los Angeles Marathon (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport -Marathon, Sport - Endurance
Month: March

Los Angeles Pride (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Pride, Gay and Lesbian, Street Parade
Month: June

Monterey Bay Blues Festival (Monterey, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Music - Jazz
Month: June

Monterey Beer Festival (Monterey, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Beer, Food and Drink, Film
Month: June

Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: September

Monterey Wine Festival (Monterey, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine
Month: April

Moon Amtrak (Laguna Niguel, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre
Month: July

National Yo-Yo Contest (Chico, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Bizarre
Month: October

No Pants Subway Ride - San Francisco (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre
Month: January

Oktoberfest - Campbell (Campbell, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Beer, Multicultural, Food and Drink
Month: October

Oktoberfest - Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Beer, Party
Month: October

Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Alternative, Music - Electronic
Month: August

Pasadena Chalk Festival (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Community, Family
Month: June

Pasadena Tournament of Roses (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Sport - Football, Floral
Month: January

Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Adult, Nude, Convention
Month: October

Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo Photos

Pillow Fighting World Championships (Kenwood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre
Month: July

Pillow Fighting World Championships Video

Poison Oak Show (Columbia, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Agricultural
Month: September

Reggae on the River (Piercy, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Reggae, Music - Creole, Party
Month: August

Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival (Indio, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Fair, Food, Music - Varied
Month: February

Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival Website

Robogames (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Inventors, Innovation, Convention
Month: April

Rock the Bells (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Hip Hop
Month: August

Rollersoccer (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Sport - Football
Month: Varies

San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival (San Diego, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food and Wine, Food, Wine
Month: November

San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival Video

San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival Website

San Francisco Blues Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Music - Jazz, Party
Month: September

San Francisco International Beer Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Beer
Month: April

San Francisco International Beer Festival Website

San Francisco International Wine Competition (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine
Month: June

San Francisco International Wine Competition Website

San Francisco LovEvolution (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Dance, Music - Electronic, Party
Month: October

San Francisco Pride (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Pride, Gay and Lesbian, Party
Month: January

San Francisco Soapbox Derby (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre, Family
Month: October

San Francisco Zoo Valentine's Day Sex Tours (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Animal
Month: February

San Francisco Zoo Valentine's Day Sex Tours Snippet

Santa Cruz Blues Festival (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Blues
Month: May

Sausalito Art Festival (Sausalito, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Fair
Month: September

Sawdust Art Festival (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Family
Month: November

Shriekfest (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Bizarre
Month: October

Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival (San Jose, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary
Month: October

Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival Website

Sonora Celtic Faire (Sonora, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Fair
Month: March

St. Stupid's Day Parade (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Street Parade
Month: April

Tet Festival - USA (Garden Grove, CA, USA)
Festival Types: New Year, National, Multicultural
Month: February

Treasure Island Music Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic
Month: October

Visit Treasure Island Music Festival on Twitter

U.S. National Handcar Races (Truckee, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre
Month: September

Victoria Skimboards World Championship of Skimboarding (Laguna Beach, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Surfing, Sport - Water
Month: June

Victoria Skimboards World Championship of Skimboarding Article

Victoria Skimboards World Championship of Skimboarding Photos

West Hollywood Halloween Parade (Hollywood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Halloween, Street Parade, Party
Month: October

WonderCon (San Diego, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Comics, Convention, Fan Convention
Month: February

World Championship Cribbage Tournament (Quincy, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Board Game
Month: May

World Championship Cribbage Tournament Snippet

World Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race (Ferndale, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre
Month: May

World Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race Article

World Championships of Skimboarding (Laguna Beach, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Surfing, Sport - Water
Month: June

World Championships of Skimboarding Website

World Pillow Fighting Championships (Kenwood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre
Month: July

World Pillow Fighting Championships Article

World Wristwrestling Championships (Petaluma, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Sport - Strength, Bizarre
Month: October

World Wristwrestling Championships Snippet

X Games - Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Street, Sport - Extreme, Sport - Cycling
Month: August

Zydeco, Blues and Crawfish Music and Food Festival (San Diego, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Food and Drink, Food
Month: May

Zydeco, Blues and Crawfish Music and Food Festival Website

California Festivals By City

San Juan Capistrano, CA

American Festivals by State

Finished with California Festivals? There's 49 states to go! Below is a breakdown of festivals in America by state. Click on any of the following US states to get a listing of local festivals and events.