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- Alameda County Fair
- Pleasanton
Held annually in June and July. Includes shows and events calendar, annual fair, facility rentals, and reservation information.
www.alamedacountyfair.com
- Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire
- Alameda
Indoor and outdoor show featuring items that are twenty years or older and not reproductions. Held on the first Sunday of every month.
www.antiquesbybay.com
- Art At The Source
- Sonoma County
Weekend event in the Spring featuring 92 artists in all media exhibiting their artwork in studios throughout Western Sonoma County.
www.artatthesource.org
- ARTrails
- Sonoma County
Annual visual art event when artists throughout Sonoma County open their studios to the public.
www.artrails.org
- Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival
- Oakland
Features performer listing, dates, cost, and more.
www.blackcomedycompetition.com
- Baycon
- San Francisco
www.baycon.org
- Black and White Ball
- San Francisco
Fun, food, romance, music and dancing. Held each Spring at Civic Center.
www.bwball.com
- Cal Performances
Performances of dance, world music, recital, classical, jazz, and more. Includes information regarding the Greek Theatre at Berkeley.
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
- Chickens' Ball
- San Carlos
Local clubs and organizations are invited to perform an original skit or act in friendly competition for a small poke of gold. Proceeds provide funds for local schools.
www.chickensball.com
- Chinatown Night Market Fair
- San Francisco
Every Saturday night from May to November with lion dancing, martial arts, Chinese operas, and vendor booths.
www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/events/nightmarket.html
- Chinese New Year's Treasure Hunt
- San Francisco
Search dark alleyways, forgotten landmarks, and obscure dead-end streets for clues in this annual mystery-game.
www.sftreasurehunt.com/hunts/chinese_new_year
- Christmas in the Park
- San Jose
Annual holiday tradition in Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park offering musical and animated exhibits, glittering lights, and the 55-foot city Christmas tree.
www.christmasinthepark.com
- City Arts & Lectures
- San Francisco
Seasonal series hosting leading figures in the world of arts and ideas.
www.cityarts.net
- Connoisseur's Marketplace
- Menlo Park
Annual festival of visual, performing, and culinary arts, held each July.
www.miramarevents.com/marketplace
- ConQuest
- Millbrae
Features miniatures, role playing (RPGs), board, collectible card, and live action role playing (LARPs)games. It is held on Labor Day in Northern California.
www.con-quest.com
- Contra Costa County Fair
- Antioch
Annual event as well as managed programs held to provide educational and recreational opportunities to the participants of the County.
www.ccfair.org
- Contra Costa Times: This Week's Top Events
- Contra Costa County
Entertainment guide for the East Bay, including Walnut Creek and Concord. Find local events, concerts, nightlife, restaurants, and movie showtimes. From the Contra Costa Times.
events.contracostatimes.com
- Cornerstone Gardens
- Sonoma
Ever-changing series of walk-through gardens that showcase new and innovative designs from the world's finest landscape architects and designers.
www.cornerstonegardens.com
- Dixon May Fair
- Dixon
Featuring entertainment and family activities. Takes place annually in May.
www.dixonmayfairparade.org
- Exotic Erotic Ball@ - San Francisco
dir.yahoo.com/.../Events/Exotic_Erotic_Ball
- Fanime Con
- Los Altos Hills
Includes highlights from past conventions.
www.fanime.com
- Fleet Week
- San Francisco
Calendar of events for Fleet Week in San Francisco.
www.fleetweek.us
- Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Pickwick Comic Annual
- San Francisco
Held over four weekends in November and December at the Cow Palace. A Victorian Christmas card come to life with shops, costumed entertainers, food and drink, and more.
www.dickensfair.com
- Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival
- San Francisco
Competition organized by the youth ministry of the Diocese of San Francisco.
www.greece.org/FDF
- Haight Ashbury Street Fair@ - San Francisco
dir.yahoo.com/.../Events/Haight_Ashbury_Street_Fair
- Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire
- Novato
Return to the 16th century in a glorious reenactment of Elizabethan England with events in Santa Barbara, Lake Tahoe, and Novato, CA.
www.forestfaire.com
- How Berkeley Can You Be?
- Berkeley
Annual grand parade and festival celebrating the wide variety of cultural, political, and ethnic groups in Berkeley, CA.
www.howberkeleycanyoube.com
- Hunters Point Shipyard Spring Open Studio and Sale
- San Francisco
May 5 and 6, 2001, in San Francisco, CA.
www.springopenstudio.com
- Italian Street Painting Festival of San Rafael
- San Rafael
Hundreds of Madonnari (street painters) transform the streets of San Rafael into a color-splashed gallery for 60,000 visitors each year.
www.youthinarts.org/pages/italian.htm
- Kings Mountain Art Fair
- Woodside
Juried fair in Woodside, CA. Sept. 1-3, 2001.
www.kmaf.phc.net
- Lambtown USA
- Dixon
Annual celebration of the lamb industry.
www.lambtown.com
- Live Oak Park Fair
- Berkeley
Annual event showcases original crafts and fine art, live staged entertainment, and a diverse range of foods.
www.liveoakparkfair.com
- Marin Art Festival
- San Rafael
Artist showcase, music, drama, international cuisine, and more by the Marin Lagoon.
www.marinartfestival.com
- Marin County Fair
- San Rafael
Including the Multimedia Funhouse and lots more.
marinfair.org
- Mexico on the SF Bay
- San Francisco
Guide to San Francisco Bay Area events celebrating Latin culture, including Cinco de Mayo.
www.carnaval.com/sf/cinco_links.htm
- Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
- Mill Valley
Arts and crafts fair in the redwoods at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, in historic Old Mill Park.
www.mvfaf.org
- Millennium Festival of the Arts
- Fremont
Four walking miles featuring 700 artisans, 36 food booths, 16 fine wine and beer booths, and more.
www.fremontfestival.org
- Miss Asian America Pageant
- San Francisco
Showcase of beauty, elegance, talent, and culture.
www.missasianamerica.com
- Miss Vietnam Tet Pageant of Northern California@ - San Jose
dir.yahoo.com/.../Events/Miss_Vietnam_Tet_Pageant_of_Northern_California
- Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival
- San Francisco
Annual event promoting local musicians, artists, writers, designers, and filmmakers.
www.mcmf.org
- Monastery Project, The
- San Francisco
Sand Mandala & Sacred Arts Exhibit at Fort Mason. Proceeds go to support building a monastery for displaced Tibetan monks.
www.themonasteryproject.org
- Mountain View Art and Wine Festival
- Mountain View
Annual event held in September on Castro Street.
www.miramarevents.com/mountainview
- Mushroom Mardi Gras
- Morgan Hill
Held annually on Memorial Day Weekend.
www.mushroommardigras.com
- MySpace.com: San Francisco Urban Iditarod
- San Francisco
MySpace page for the annual urban iditarod held in San Francisco.
www.myspace.com/sfurbaniditarod
- Napa Valley Mustard Festival
- Napa County
Celebrates the rich, unique agricultural and cultural bounty of Napa Valley, from the end of January through March.
www.mustardfestival.com
- Newark Days
- Newark
Includes a parade, arts and crafts, activities for kids, photo contest, talent show, and bathtub race.
www.newarkdays.org
- Nihonmachi Street Fair
- San Francisco
Celebration of the many diverse Asian and Pacific American communities in the Bay Area. Arts and crafts, entertainment, music, food, and more. In Japantown.
www.nihonmachistreetfair.org
- Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program
- San Francisco
Japanese-American women come together to celebrate their heritage and represent their community.
www.sfcherryblossompageant.com
- Pacific Coast Dream Machines
- Half Moon Bay
Giant festival of machines: antique, vintage, classic, and custom cars, trucks, motorcycles, aircraft, steam tractors, gas engines, and boats.
www.miramarevents.com/dreammachines
- Pacific Coast Fog Fest
- Pacifica
Annual festival in September with arts and crafts, music, food, and fun.
www.pacificcoastfogfest.com
- Pescadero Arts & Fun Festival
- Pescadero
Old-fashioned country carnival promoting local artists and benefitting local youth programs and activities. Includes an art show, music and comedy performances, crafts, and food.
www.pescaderoartsandfunfestival.com
- Photo Fair
- San Jose
Dealers from around the world, buy/sell new and used cameras and camera equipment of all types.
www.photofair.com
- POPULUS Presents: Downtown San Jose
- San Jose
Features calendar of events and maps. POPULUS is a public space programming collective striving to enliven San Jose's downtown core community activity.
www.populuspresents.com
- Prisoners Of Age
- San Francisco
Book and photographic exhibition take you behind barbed wire security fences at American and Canadian prisons that specialize in geriatric care.
www.prisonersofage.com
- Recession Camp
Features events for the unemployed.
www.recessioncamp.com
- Running Of The Bullshitters
- San Francisco
Parody of Pamplona.
www.runningofthebullshitters.com
- Russian River Events
- Guerneville
Dedicated to sharing the events and resources in the Russian River area of West Sonoma County.
www.russianriverevents.com
- Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off
- Half Moon Bay
World's largest gathering of titanic pumpkins and their fanatical growers butt gourds in this annual event.
www.miramarevents.com/weighoff/facts.html
- San Francisco Fashion Week@ - San Francisco
dir.yahoo.com/.../Events/San_Francisco_Fashion_Week
- San Francisco LoveFest
- San Francisco
Official site for the SF Lovefest, an annual dance music festival and parade in San Francisco.
www.sflovefest.org
- San José Holiday Parade
- San Jose
Official site of the San Jose Holiday Parade, an annual event held in downtown San Jose, CA. Site includes info about its history, the route, and directions.
www.sanjoseholidayparade.com
- San Jose International Beer Festival
- San Jose
Annual beer festival in the South Bay.
www.sjbeerfest.com
- San Mateo County Fair
- San Mateo
Annual event with entertainment, contests, and exhibits.
www.sanmateocountyfair.com
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
- San Jose
County event facility that hosts the Santa Clara County Fair every summer in August.
www.thefair.org
- Sausalito Art Festival
- Sausalito
September 1-3, 2001. Featuring California and international paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, glass, wood, mixed media, photography, and computer arts.
www.sausalitoartfest.org
- SF Gate: Events
- San Francisco
Guide to current and upcoming events around the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.sfgate.com/eguide/events
- SF Open Studios
- San Francisco
A month-long event that allows the public to visit the work spaces of over 750 artists around San Francisco during the four weekends of October.
www.sfopenstudios.com
- Shark Byte Art
- San Jose
Downtown San Jose is invaded by a school of fiberglass sharks transformed into works of art.
www.sharkbyteart.com
- Silicon Valley Open Studios
Annual visual art event where artists open their studios to the public in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.svopenstudios.org
- Social Domain
- San Francisco
A listing of social, philanthropic, Internet, and business events.
www.socialdomain.com
- Solano County Fairgrounds and Fair
- Vallejo
Annual event held in July for family entertainment. Includes live performances, fireworks, horse racing, and exhibitions.
www.scfair.com
- Sonoma County Fair
- Santa Rosa
Hosts the annual Sonoma County Fair, Harvest Fair, and numerous other family and professional events.
www.sonomacountyfair.com
- Stanford Lively Arts
- Palo Alto
Features current calendar of events, ticket information, venues, jobs, and more.
livelyarts.stanford.edu
- Stanford University Viennese Ball
- Palo Alto
Annual dance started by the Students-in-Austria program. Info on location, lessons, sponsors and tickets.
www.stanford.edu/group/viennese
- Tease-O-Rama
- San Francisco
Weekend-long convention dedicated to the foxy, fabulous, and all-round over-the-top world of burlesque.
www.teaseorama.com
- Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch
- Morgan Hill
Located near Gilroy in Morgan Hill, CA, Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Park features two trains to ride, a corn field maze for the kids and a haunted maze for "older kids," as well as live music, food, and lots of pumpkins.
www.uesugifarms.com
- Vintage Affaire
- Atherton
Picnic and auction of fine wines for the benefit of the Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in the Bay Area.
www.vintageaffaire.org
- WonderCon
- San Francisco
Annual convention of comic book arts held in the San Francisco Bay Area.
www.comic-con.org/wc
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