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Come discover a thriving wine region in Suisun Valley, locally crafted brews, olive oil tastings, beautiful outdoor parks, championship golf courses, and so much more. Fairfield is truly a destination full of surprises.
Lighted Boat Parade - December
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Stockton Brew Fest - August
St. Basil’s Greek Festival - September
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San Joaquin Asparagus Festival - April
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Located in the heart of Northern California, less than an hour from both San Francisco and Sacramento and just 15 minutes from Napa Valley, Fairfield is best known for being home to the world-famous Jelly Belly Factory.
Experience the famous Yolo County sunflower bloom, unique bat migration on the Pacific Flyway, one-of-a-kind farm to fork experiences and authentic small-town Americana vibes. Request your free vacation guide on our website today!
Narrated Steam Train Ride Gold Panning • Thornberry Museum Kids Depot Toy Store • Gift Shop Jenny Railcar • Sandwich Shop • Picnic Area
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DON’T MISS THESE TOP 6 ANNUAL EVENTS! Dining • Shopping • Family Fun • Farms • Arts and Entertainment • Sports • And more!
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Spring Train Rides – April Western Railway Museum WRM.org
Jelly Belly Candy Company
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FAIRFIELD 1 Jelly Belly Ln. • 707.428.2838 JellyBelly.com
Vezer Family Vineyard
2522 Mankas Corner Rd. • 707.429.3935 Vezer.com
Suisun Valley Passport – April
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YOLO COUNTY Downtown Winters
Tomato & Vine Festival – August
Corner of 3rd St. & C St. • 530.756.1695
Suisun Valley Wine Region SuisunValley.com
Wooden Valley Winery
800.446.5353
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Main St. & Railroad Ave. • 530.795.2329 DiscoverWinters.com
400 N. Harbor Blvd., West Sacramento, CA 800.866.1690 SacramentoRiverTrain.com
Downtown Fairfield FairfieldMainstreet.com
4756 Suisun Valley Rd. • 707.864.0730 WoodenValley.com
Heretic Brewing Company
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Davis Farmers Market
Corner of 1st St. & Main St. • 530.668.8839 VisitWoodland.com
Suisun Valley Harvest Celebration – August
1052 Horizon Dr. • 707.389.4573 HereticBrewing.com
IL Fiorello Olive Oil Company
2625 Mankas Corner Rd. • 707.864.1529 ILFiorello.com
YosemiteThisYear.com
559.683.4636
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Suisun Valley Wine Region SuisunValley.com
Jelly Belly Candy Palooza – September
Jelly Belly Candy Company JellyBelly.com
Sacramento RiverTrain
Historic Downtown Woodland Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
45211 County Rd. 32B, Davis, CA 530.757.2461 YoloBasin.org
TOP 5 EVENTS Lavender Festival – May CapayValleyLavender.com California Honey Festival – May CaliforniaHoneyFestival.com
Hoes Down Harvest Festival – October
FullBellyFarm.com
Yolo Brewfest – September
Fiesta Days – May Saturdays May – October DowntownVacaville.com
Rockin Blues & Brews Fest – July Visit Vacaville Farm
Salsa, Rib & Chili Cookoff – August DowntownVacaville.com
TOP 5 EVENTS San Joaquin Asparagus Festival Held Each April AsparagusFest.com
1201 N. Pershing Ave. • 209.940.6300 HagginMuseum.org
Held Each April VisitStockton.us/cambodianNY
Stockton Pride Festival
Held Each August VisitStockton.us/stocktonpride
Greek Food Festival
Held Each September VisitStockton.us/greekfestival
Stockton Restaurant Week
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2201 Blue Gum Ave. • 209.575.6169 mjc.edu/instruction/sme/gvm
The Fruit Yard Basi/Nationwide Amphitheater Concerts and Events TheFruitYardEvents.com
Modesto Nuts Minor League Baseball – Seasonal
March – November ModestoCFM.com
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May ModestoPorchFest.com
Oakdale History Museum
PRCA Rodeo – April Oakdale Rodeo Grounds OakdaleRodeo.com
10040 State Hwy. 120 • 209.848.3139 OakdaleCheese.com
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OAKDALE Oakdale Cheese Factory
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21st and North St. • 209.723.2401 MercedMuseum.org
Applegate Park and Zoo
1045 West 25th St. • 209.725.3337 MercedZoo.org 9001 N. Lander Ave. • 800.577.5772 HilmarCheese.com
YoloBrewfest.com
June – 1,500+ Cars! AmericanGraffitiFestival.com March ModestoMarathon.com
Modesto Almond Blossom Cruise February – March VisitModesto.com
Modesto Certified Farmers Market PorchFest Music Festival
McHenry Mansion & Museum 209.652.7190 McHenryMuseum.org
Chocolate Festival – May
212 West F St. • 209.844.5161 OakdaleMuseum.org
Oakdale Cowboy Museum 355 East F St. • 209.847.7049 OakdaleCowboyMuseum.org
OakdaleChamber.com
Salmon Festival – November Knights Ferry EastStanRCD.org/salmon-festival
Bloomingcamp Ranch
10528 State Hwy. 120 • 209.847.7437 BloomingcampRanch.com
5050 Santa Fe Dr. • 209.732.2182 CastleAirMuseum.org
FRESNO COUNTY Fresno Chaffee Zoo
894 W. Belmont Ave. FresnoChaffeeZoo.org
Forestiere Underground Gardens 5021 W. Shaw Ave. UndergroundGardens.com
Old Town Clovis
456 Clovis Ave. OldTownClovis.org
Fresno County Wine Journey More than a dozen locations. FresnoCountyWineJourney.com
Kings Canyon National Park
TOP 5 EVENTS Kiki Raina Tahiti – March
KikiRaina.com
Open Cockpit Day at Castle Air Museum – May CastleAirMuseum.org
Merced County Fair – June
MercedCountyFair.com
Annual Downtown Christmas Parade – December CityofMerced.org
Merced Hmong New Year Celebration – December MercedCountyFair.com
TOP 5 EVENTS Clovis Rodeo – April ClovisRodeo.com
Taco Truck Trowdown – August
VISALIA Sequoia National Park NPS.gov/SEKI
Mooney Grove Park / Tulare County Museum
27000 S. Mooney Blvd. • 559.624.7326 TulareCountyMuseum.org
Adventure Park
5600 W. Cypress Ave. • 559.635.7275 AdventurePark.com
TOP 6 EVENTS Visalia Craft Beer Festival – April Boots, Brews and Bacon – July Dark Sky Festival – September Oktoberfest – September Taste of Downtown – October Taste the Arts Festival – October
ImagineU Children’s Museum
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210 N. Tipton St. • 559.733.5975 ImagineUMuseum.org
Visalia Rawhide Baseball
300 N. Giddings St. • 559.732.4433 milb.com/visalia
BAKERSFIELD Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace
TOP 5 EVENTS Good Vibrations March Meet – March Society Gathering & Games – April KernScot.org/Highland-Games.html
Woolworth’s Lunch Counter
FamosoRaceway.com
2800 Buck Owens Blvd. • 661.328.7560 BuckOwens.com
River’s End Rafting
The Big Fresno Fair – October
1400 19th St. • 661.321.0061
FresnoGrizzlies.com FresnoFair.com
ClovisFest & Hot Air Balloon
Fun Fly – October ClovisChamber.com/events/clovis_fest/ Fall Harvest Wine Journey – TBA
FresnoCountyWineJourney.com
NPS.gov/seki
YOSEMITE Fossil Discovery Center
19450 Ave. 21 1/2 ,Chowchilla, CA 559.665.7107 • MaderaMammoths.org
Madera Wine Trail
Various locations in Madera, O’Neals, Friant & Oakhurst 800.316.0709 • MaderaWineTrail.com
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
56001 Hwy. 41, Fish Camp, CA 559.683.7273 YosemiteSteamTrains.com
Bass Lake
559.683.4636 BassLakeChamber.com
Knights Ferry Covered Bridge
17968 Covered Bridge Rd. • 209.881.3517 StanislausRiver.com/park
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Hilmar Cheese
Castle Air Museum
Capay Valley
Almond Festival – February EspartoRegionalChamber.com
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STOCKTON Haggin Museum
Stockton Cambodian New Year
Children’s Museum of Stockton 402 W. Weber Ave. • 209.465.4386 ChildrensMuseumStockton.org
Pixie Woods
3121 Monte Diablo Ave. • 209.937.8206 PixieWoods.org
Stockton Cambodian Buddhist Temple
3732 Carpenter Rd. • 877.778.6258 VisitStockton.us/BuddhistTemple
The Fruit Bowl
Held Each January StocktonRestaurantWeek.com
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The Vista Ranch and Cellars
7326 East Hwy. 140 • 209.722.8200 VistaCellars.com
American Graffiti Parade & Car Show
1000 I St. • 209.338.2100 GalloArts.org
FiestaDays.org
Nut Tree Plaza
Vacaville Premium Outlets
DowntownVacaville.com
321 Nut Tree Rd. • 707.447.2255 PremiumOutlets.com/Outlet/Vacaville
Center for Freedom & Flight
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800.524.0303
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Gallo Center For The Arts
Great Valley Museum & Planetarium Modesto Marathon
Vacaville Farmers Market
1661 East Monte Vista Ave. NutTreeVacaville.com
The Rock Shop
5115 Quinn Rd. • 707.448.5525
The Central Valley is as rich in adventures and experiences as it is in agriculture and history. It truly is the “Greatest Garden in the World.” So take your time and come visit soon – you will be glad you did!
to Table Dinner – July DowntownVacaville.com
Imagine That! Children’s Science Museum 848 Alamo Dr. • 707.474.5317 ImagineThatVacaville.org
H E L P F U L
300 County Airport Rd. • 707.449.3402 FreedomandFlight.org
866.425.7353
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8767 E. Waterloo Rd. • 209.931.1196 TheFruitBowl.com
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15701 Hwy. 178 • 661.326.7003 RiversEndRafting.com
Flight Fit n Fun Bakersfield
3200 Buck Owens Blvd. • 661.864.7874 FlightFitnFun.com
The Bakersfield Museum Trail
866.425.7353 VisitBakersfield.com/MuseumTrail
24th Annual Kern Scottish
River’s End Rafting – May-September
RiversEndRafting.com
Bakersfield Village Fest – September BakersfieldVillageFest.com
Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival – October ViaArteBakersfield.com
TOP 5 EVENTS Madera Wine Trail Weekend
Every February and November various locations in Madera, O’Neals, Fraint & Oakhurst MaderaWineTrail.com
Chowchilla Stampede
& Cattle Drive – March ChowchillaChamber.org
Bass Lake Fishing Derby – May
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Oakhurst Fall Festival – October
OakhurstChamber.com/fall-festival
Coarsegold Tarantula Festival – October bit.ly/TarantulaFestival
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Giant Sequoia National Monument From food to music, and craft beer to wine, Bakersfield is a city of festivals. Take in the thriving art scene and First Friday Art Walk. Indulge at one of the many Basque, Mexican or Mediterranean restaurants, and visit the local microbreweries to cap your unbeatable visit to Bakersfield!
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