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Come out and play at the Alameda County Fair, 100 years in the making!  The fair is held in Pleasanton at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, and is one of the state's largest county fairs with nearly a half million families visiting each year.  

Large commercial buildings feature vendors selling everything from hot tubs and ladders to feather hair extensions and blenders powerful enough to chop up metal.  Festival Square features a...

Columbia State Historic Park — once a bustling, brawling gold rush town — sits at an elevation of 2,100 feet amongst the oaks of the Sierra Nevada foothills.  In the mid 1800's, the town of Columbia was one of the largest cities in California, attracting people from other US states as well as other countries with promises of gold.  In fact, between 1850 and the early 1900s, as much as $150 million in gold was mined in Columbia.

As dep...

Summetime is fairtime!  

The Stanislaus County Fair kicks off on Friday, July 13 with all of the quintessential fair activities we love: carnivals, concerts, rodeo, motorcross, agricultural exhibits, horse shows and more

Specifically for children, the fair's fun includes the Rainforest Adventure, the 4-H Farmyard Experience, Lowes Playhouse and Kids Make-and-Take Project Zone, and the kid's Midway with pint-sized carnival rides.

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Held annually on the third weekend in May, the Calaveras County Fair & Frog Jumping Jubilee is steeped in rich history.  During the area's gold mining heyday, Calaveras County was prosperous and attracted many visitors including Samuel Clemens, or as he is commonly known, Mark Twain.  A trip to Angels Camp inspired Twain to pen "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and since, the Calaveras County Fair has included frog j...

Chocolate and candy fans of ALL ages descend upon Wood Park in Oakdale on the third weekend in May each year.  Come with an empty stomach and enjoy the chocolatey treats the whole day long!  Stroll down Chocolate Avenue where fudge, truffles, chocolate ice cream and chocolate cheesecakes are only the tip of the cocoa nib.

Local bands and variety show talent will keep you entertained while you allow the first course of chocolate foods ...

The San Joaquin Valley is synonymous with California's finest stone fruit growers, and the small, historic town of Ripon celebrates that with its annual Almond Blossom Festival.  The festival, which takes place during the last weekend of February, is a four-day family affair and is a classic country fair type event. 

The annual spaghetti feed and the pancake breakfasts benefit the local community's charity clubs and associations; the...

The annual All Hallows Fantasy Faire — with its history deeply rooted in Celtic culture — will be held at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora, October 20 and 21.

Expect a lot of costumed performers, jugglers and antics in the walkways, a medieval midway, haunted houses and graveyards, and more. The afternoons and evenings will be full of physical battles of good versus evil, costume and pumpkin carving contests, live music, and tons...

2012 Dates

• June 8th, 7pm parade
• June 9th, 9am-5pm
• June 10th, 9am-3pm

The North Modesto Kiwanis Club presents the 14th Annual Graffiti Weekend.  The fun begins Friday night at 7pm with the Classic Car Parade in downtown Modesto.  If you miss the cars Friday night, you can still check them out all day Saturday and Sunday at MJC West Campus.  While you are at the festival check out the unique craft booths, live music, vendor booths and gre...

June 16th, 2012

The Fruit Yard in East Modesto hosts the 18th annual Back to Graffiti event.  The classic car show begins at 9am.  Throughout the day there will be a 50/50 raffle, music, vendors, kids events and food booths.

Columbia State Historic Park — once a bustling, brawling gold rush town — is an authentic, living mid-nineteenth century history lesson for visitors.

Celebrate the day California became a state at Columbia's California Admission Day Parade.  The Native Sons of the Golden West, Parlor #258, hosts the parade which will run down Main Street.  Other family-friendly events will be taking place during the day, too!

The parade is held annual...