Gold Rush Days - Sacramento Aug 29-Sep 1

Here's another festival that might be a lot of fun for families. Sacramento’s heritage celebration-is scheduled for Labor Day Weekend. More than 200 tons of dirt will be dumped on the streets of Old Sacramento as the annual festival “turns back the clock,” transforming Sacramento’s historic district into a scene straight out of the 1850s. Costumed re-enactors, Wild West gun fights, musicians playing period instruments, and many aspects of life during the Gold Rush will be highlighted during the four-day event.

In 2008, the event will see the expansion of the number of ethnic and cultural components. Featured will be period artifacts, storytelling, food preparation and more. Dancers and musicians will perform according to long-held traditions. There will be a variety of ethnicities represented that could include European, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, African American and California Indian.

The event also features a lecture series focusing on how the Gold Rush experience unfolded for various cultures and ethnicities.
Admission is FREE; and event hours are as follows: Friday, August 29, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Saturday, August 30, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, August 31, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; and Monday, September 1, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, call (916) 808-7777.

Brews on the Bay - Sep 13-14

Here's an interesting event for all you beer drinkers out there. This is for your information only; no retail vendors here. Hours for the festival are 12:00-4:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday on Pier 45.

The San Francisco Brewers Guild is excited to present its fifth annual Brews on the Bay beer festival. All seven of San Francisco's artisan breweries will serve their finest & freshest beers on Saturday, September 13th and Sunday, September 14th from noon to 4:30pm. This fun filled event takes place aboard the Jeremiah O'Brien at Pier 45 and is a benefit for this historic WWII Liberty Ship. So come enjoy over 50 remarkable beers, live music and delicious food. To purchase tickets online and find out more about the festival visit http://www.sfbrewersguild.org/

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Read my reviews and daily logs of the events we just completed in Oregon. Coos County Fair in Myrtle Point, Winchester Bay Oceanfest, Deschutes County Fair in Redmond and the Douglas County Fair in Roseburg.

Additionally, I have include some shows that were real doozies or disastrous in one way or another; Chandler Ostrich Festival, Tucson 4th Avenue Street Fair (Dingwell's sandy and muddy lot)

On Tuesday, you can check out the review of our most recent show, The Hayward Zucchini Festival.

You can also read about Newark Days in California and you can read about out terrible experiences at the Quartz Hill Almond Blossom Festival, just south of Lancaster, CA
I have a number of stories about problems we have had with the wind and you can read about them on the following page: Year of the Wind - Watch out for flying canopies along with stories about the pitiful Vacaville Harvest Days. I have write-ups about The Good Ol Days in Pacific Grove. and the Manteca Street Fair. I have written about problems at the Ripon - Almond Blossom Festival and also tell about the weather at the Ripon Almond Blossom Festival. There were high winds at Harvest Days in Vacaville, winds in picturesque Pacific Grove, Oceanfest in Winchester Bay, OR.

I have created a 'Mini-Review' page on this website which consists of smaller reviews of other shows we have done this year. I have reviews of such shows as the Chabot College Flea Market in Hayward; Cambria Arts & Crafts Show; Hercules Cultural Festival; the Apricot Fiesta in Patterson; the Millers-Y Craft Show in South Lake Tahoe; International Festival of the Winds in Marina; the Ceres Street Fair; Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival; Los Banos Street Fair; Clovis Big Hat Days and The Craft Fair at Casa de Fruta in Hollister, CA