STOPS TO MAKE FOR FESTIVAL FUN DURING SUMMER TRAVELS.Byline: Susanne Hopkins Daily News Travel EditorWherever you're driving this summer, getting there is half the fun. Especially if you've planned some stops along the way that coincide with California's numerous festivals. California towns and organizations are cooking up a vast menu of summer fairs and festivals with themes ranging from concerts and cowboys to planets and plein-air (that's French for painting outdoors) painting. So check out the dates you'll be traveling and see if there's a fest or a fair on your route: June Now through Sept. 1: Shell-A-Bration of Summer, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is the oldest museum in Santa Barbara, California, founded in 1916. The museum is located in Mission Canyon, immediately behind the Santa Barbara Mission. , 2559 Puesta del Sol, and Sea Center, 211 Stearns Wharf Stearns Wharf is a pier in the harbor at Santa Barbara, California. When completed In 1872, it became the longest deep-water pier between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Named for its builder, local lumberman John P. , Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . Treasure hunts, films, hands-on science and art activities, stories, puppets and lectures about shells and sea life at both sites. Hours: Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays and holidays; Sea Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: museum, $5 adults, $4 teens and seniors, $3 children 12 and under; Sea Center, $2 adults, $1.50 teens and seniors and $1 children 12 and under. Information: museum, (805) 682-4711; (805) 962-0885. Saturday: Days of Wine & Lavender, Matanzas Creek Matanzas Creek is a stream in Sonoma County, California that is tributary to Santa Rosa Creek. Matanzas Creek rises on the northern slope of Sonoma Mountain and is a year round stream. Winery, 6097 Bennett Valley Bennett Valley is a northwest- to southeast-trending valley in Sonoma County, California, USA approximately one mile wide in its northwestern portion, where the southeast extremity of Santa Rosa, California is located. Road, Santa Rosa. Live jazz, guided tour of the winery's gardens, lessons on cooking with lavender, lavender-craft-making demonstrations and gifts, wine tasting and food offered amid the winery's lavender fields. Hours: 1 to 5 p.m. Admission: $50. Information: (800) 590-6464. Saturday and June 29: Monterey Bay Blues Festival, Monterey Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , 2004 Fairgrounds Road, Monterey. Concerts, food and arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. . Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. June 29. Admission: $15 per day adults, $12 per day active military and seniors (does not include Main Stage shows). Package, including Main Stage shows, $63 per person. Information: (408) 394-2652. June 29-July 6: Summer Art Celebration, French Park, 10th and French streets, and the Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana. Jazz festival from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 29 at the park. Free. Artists will give plein-air painting demonstrations daily in neighborhoods throughout Santa Ana, culminating in a viewing and painting sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 6 at the museum. Free. Information: (714) 647-6989. July July 3-5: A Star-Spangled Event Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. celebration, Crescent City. Art show, demolition derby, melodrama, parade, barbecue, drag races and fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to display are among the activities to be held throughout the city. Hours, prices vary. Information: (800) 343-8300. July 4: Kenwood Fourth of July Celebration. A pillow-fighting contest, footrace, parade and chili cook-off are planned throughout town. Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Information: (707) 833-2440. July 4: Sonoma Fourth of July Parade and Old-Fashioned Celebration, Sonoma Plaza. Music, poetry and drama readings, arts and crafts, fireworks. Hours: 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Free. Information: (707) 938-4626. July 4-6: Planetfest '97, Pasadena Convention Center The Pasadena Convention Center is a 2,850-seat multi-purpose arena in Pasadena, Texas, USA. It hosts locals sporting events and concerts and will host the Houston Wild Riders of the National Indoor Football League starting in 2007. , 300 E. Green St. Landing of the Pathfinder spacecraft on Mars will be shown on July 4; updates and real-time images of the latest planetary missions will be featured throughout the festival. Events include a parade of floats, robotics, astronauts and celebrities, hands-on workshops for children, space art exhibition from NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , science and science-fiction videos and science-related entertainment. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission $25 adults, $13 seniors and $11 children. Discounts for three-day pass. Information: (818) 793-5100. July 5-6: Tellers & Tales storytelling festival, Tenaya Lodge, 1122 Highway 41, Fish Camp (outside Yosemite). Four storytellers - Diane Ferlatte, Patrick Bal, Linda Johnson and J.J. Reneaux - will tell stories and there will be a July 5 barbecue a6nd July 6 picnic. Hours: 7 to 10 p.m. July 5, 1 to 4 p.m. July 6. Admission: $68 adults, $46 children 12 and under for both days' activities. Admission to July 5 events only: $37.50 adults, $26.50 children; July 6, $30.50 adults, $19.50 children. Storytelling only is $12 adults, $10 children on July 5, $10 adults, $8 children July 6. Information: (800) 635-5807. July 12: Idyllwild Cowboy Jubilee, downtown Idyllwild. Celebration of American Indian and Western heritage, including cowboy poetry contest, music, recreation of American Indian village, country dancing, kids' country fair and musical headliners from 6 to 8 p.m. Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; jamming with the cowboys begins at 8:30 p.m. Admission: $12 per person for day and evening shows, $8 (with purchase of all-day ticket) for jamming with the cowboys. Information: (800) 649-6463. August Aug. 15-17: Tehachapi Mountain Festival and Rodeo, City Park, 311 E. D St., Tehachapi. Classic car cruise, 5K and 10K runs, parade, rodeo, dance, concert, arts and crafts, food, games and theatrical performances. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Free. Information: (805) 822-4180. Aug. 29-31: Kern River Valley-Fall Festival, Circle Park, Kernville. Arts and crafts. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Information: (619) 376-3705. Aug. 30-Sept. 1: Sausalito Art Festival, Marinship Park adjacent to Marina Office Plaza, 2330 Marinship Way. Fine arts festival The Fine Arts Festival ( Turkish: Güzel Sanatlar Festivali) is a yearly festival held at Robert College of Istanbul. It is the largest secondary school festival in Turkey. It has been held annually since 1982 by the Robert College Student Council. with music and food. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $10 adults, $5 seniors and children 6 to 12. Information: (415) 332-3555. Aug. 30-Sept 1: Hot Air Balloon This article is about hot air balloons themselves. For the associated activity, see Hot air ballooning. The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology, dating back to its invention by the Montgolfier brothers in Annonay, Festival, Prado Regional Park Prado Regional Park is a 2000-acre park in Chino, California within the jurisdiction of San Bernardino County. It offers fishing, a shooting range (site of the 1984 Olympic shooting events), archery, camping, and a golf course. External links
Aug. 30-Sept.1: Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Au6ction. Picnic, wine auction, barbecue, winery open houses throughout the Sonoma Valley. Prices, locations, hours vary. Information: (707) 935-0803. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) The Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival, with hundreds of artists using chalk as their medium and concrete as their canvas, runs 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 28 and 29 at Universal CityWalk. (2) Diane Ferlatte is featured at the Tellers & Tales Storytelling Festival July 5 and 6 in Yosemite. |
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