List of festivals in California

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Festivals

FestivalLocationYear started
Ahwahnee Heritage Days Yosemite Valley, in Yosemite National Park
Bay Area Science Festival 2011
Big Sur Jade Festival
BeachLife Festival 2019
Bishop Mule Days 1969
California Dried Plum Festival
California Festival of Beers
California Strawberry Festival Oxnard, California1984
Castroville Artichoke Festival
Conucopia
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California)
D23 Expo
Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival
Disneyana Fan Club
Gilroy Garlic Festival
Human Be-In
Japan Expo USA
Lompoc Valley Flower Festival
Madonnari Chalk Festival (Santa Barbara) [1]
Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival (Morgan Hill) [2]
National Orange Show
Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival
Pasadena Chalk Festival
Paso Robles Wine Festival
Picnic Day (UC Davis)
Pioneer Days (Chico, California)
Quail Motorcycle Gathering
Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California
Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival
Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival
Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Parade
Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival [3]
Sea Otter Classic
Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival
Wasteland Weekend
Whole Earth Festival
World Ag Expo International Agri-Center in Tulare, California,1968
World's Largest Salmon BBQ [4] Fort Bragg, California

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References

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  2. Hansen, Louis (May 27, 2018). "Mushroom Mardi Gras draws families, fun to Morgan Hill". The Mercury News . Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  3. Staff, Indy (12 October 2023). "20th Annual Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. "2023 Salmon BBQ event was a perfect day". Fort Bragg Advocate-News. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.