Santa Maria BBQ Festival

Sample the barbecue fare and vote for your favorite “cuers,” while you enjoy live music, games and a variety of beers from local brewery, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company. This event benefits Santa Maria’s Kiwanis for Kids “Back to School Shopping” event and is from 12 pm to 4 pm at Pioneer Park.

Art in the Park

Art in the Park is an annual tradition (recurring over Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day weekends) started by the Morro Bay art community to give artists and artisans a place to showcase and sell their work. As you enter the city on Morro Bay Boulevard, cast your eyes to City Park and […]

I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival

Madonnari, meaning “street painter” in Italian, celebrates art and artists of all ages as they decorate the streets of Old Mission Santa Barbara with beautiful images. Held over Memorial Day Weekend, this annual event is the first street painting festival of its kind in the Western Hemisphere and benefits fine art education in public schools […]

Gilroy Wine Stroll

The Gilroy Wine Stroll is BACK! Come out to enjoy the afternoon with friends and family. Local wineries will have pour stations set up in local businesses throughout Gilroy’s historic downtown district. Sip and stroll and enjoy the charming shops, restaurants, and live music. Ticket pricing includes Wine Stroll glass, snack bag, tasting notes, music, […]

SLO Greek Festival

SLO Greek Festival, June 4-5, 2022. 11 am to 7 pm, Saturday and Sunday. Madonna Expo Center, admission and parking are free! Be transported to Greece, authentic Greek food and pastry. Beer and local wine. Greek music and dancing. Performances by traditional Greek dance groups. Hellenic cultural booths, community booths, marketplace with unique gifts and […]

Vines & Vibes Summer Concert Series at Guglielmo Winery

Warm weather, great wines, fabulous music, and lots of fun – that’s the description of Guglielmo Winery’s “Vines & Vibes” Summer Concert Series. Relax in the shade of our large canopy, enjoy Guglielmo’s award-winning wine, bring a picnic dinner or purchase a great meal from a food vendor on-site, and listen or dance to the […]

Summer Whale Watching at Ventura Harbor Village

Summer Whale Watching at Ventura Harbor Village is ON! Locating these majestic mammals often requires a longer boat ride since concentrations of feeding whales tend to occur near the western end of the Channel. Many of the large whale such as Fin, Humpback and Blue Whales are attracted to the local area during periods of […]

Los Olivos Jazz & Olive Festival

Spend a Saturday afternoon in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, tasting wine from 30 local wineries, listening to world-class, professional jazz musicians, and sampling 30 different olive-themed dishes prepared by local chefs. An afternoon in Los Olivos featuring wines poured by thirty wineries, food tastings from thirty chefs, and great live jazz, for an all-inclusive […]

Annual Carmel Surfabout

The Surfabout is free to watch, or sign up to compete here: https://www.carmelsurfabout.com Since 1980, local Monterey County surfers and their families have gathered annually on the white sands of Carmel beach for a weekend of friendly surf competition. The weekend marks the only calendar dates throughout the year where our surf communities coming together […]

Live Music by Lavender Fields Band at Guglielmo Winery

Join us for our Wine Tasting Experience and enjoy the beautiful live music of the Lavender Fields Band.  They are a little Pop and Soul, a bit Country and Rock, and a touch of Folk and R&B.  Lavender Fields Band brings music that is pleasing to the ear and soothing to the soul.

Chumash Culture Day at La Purisima Mission

The Tule Village comes to life as visitors experience the blending of traditional Chumash Indian and Colonial Spanish culture. Visitors engage in activities and stories from a Chumash Native. 10am - 2pm

Juneteenth

Juneteenth Event in Solvang Park - The Solvang celebration was conceived of in 2020 by then 7-year-old Madi Wilson, creator of Madi’s Treasure Box, a nonprofit that produces "World Changer" products to promote literacy and inclusion in schools and libraries across America.