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CALIFORNIA
ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS OF HISTORIC EVENTS
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JANUARY

MONTEREY COUNTY

Monterey
First Night Monterey
9 hours of performers and activities
Since 1993
(831) 373 - 4778

FEBRUARY

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Long Beach
Scottish Festival
Since 1993
(562) 435 - 3511

Indio
Riverside County Fair and Date Festival
Area is known for the wonderful date palms and date products.
Many festivities including camel racing
(760) 863 - 8247
www.datefest.org

San Francisco
Chinese New Year Parade
Gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, exploding firecrackers
Under the lights, largest outside Asia
Started 1860’s
(415) 982 - 3000

SONOMA COUNTY

Cloverdale
Cloverdale Citrus Fair
Citrus fruit costumes, livestock
Since 1892
(707) 894 - 3992

ORANGE COUNTY

Dana Point
Festival of the whales.
Dpfestivalofwhales.com

RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Temecula
Old Town Bluegrass Festival
“Best in U.S.”
(951) - 678 - 0831

HUMBOLDT COUNTY

Arcata
Godwit Days Migratory Bird Festival
The godwit bird flies to New Zealand to her winter home nonstop a
distance of 4,365 to 7,256 miles without stopping for rest, food ot water.  
The church bells in Christchurch, New Zealand (South Island)
ring to announce their arrival.
Since 1995
(707) 826 - 7050

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