Touted as the best arts & crafts festival in the South Bay, this year's event will attract artists from all over California. There will be a remarkable mixture of painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists along with seriously creative fine crafters. This unique show will be the gem of outdoor events in the South Bay, focusing on fine arts and crafts, along with a classy wine garden, music appropriate for viewing art and a food court area filled with gastronomic delights.

Our summer festival will be an exciting and creative venue for children! Aside from the many rides and fun "little people" booths, there will be an expanded children's area with art and crafts activities for all ages to participate in. Children will delight in being able to make and take home lots of fun projects.

Musical inventory is vitally important to the ambiance of any event, and this festival is no exception. The range of sounds will please all ages and all tastes. Even if art isn't their cup of tea, many will come to listen to these top-name, award winning musicians from all over California.

Lomita Health/Business Expo & Craft Fair
24428 Eshelman Avenue
Lomita, CA
**Booth 28 **

Rides and attractions will be closing at 7pm with fireworks at 9pm.

More information to come...

For the past 36 years, the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce has produced Fiesta Hermosa, the ”largest arts & crafts fair in Southern California”. Over 270 artists and crafters are featured, including painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, sculptors, and handicrafters. The festival takes place every Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) in downtown Hermosa Beach, California. With the ocean as a backdrop, Hermosa Beach is an ideal place for a summer festival with temperatures of 80 degrees and balmy sea breezes.

People flock to Fiesta Hermosa each year for not only the art fair, but for the Music – which is always of the highest caliber. There are two stages featuring live music – one at the Main Stage on the Pier and another in the Charity Beer & Wine Garden. The Main Stage features the finest “tribute bands” performing the classic rock of bands such as Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Collins, Fleetwood Mac, and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, to name just a few. Rock n’ roll, zydeco, country western, and rhythm and blues are showcased in the Charity Beer & Wine Garden.

Fairgoers rave about our Food Court, which offers 18 different kinds of ethnic food choices. Everything is delicious – from roasted corn to Thai, Greek, and Mexican food, to tri-tip sandwiches and barbequed sausages, to the Hermosa Beach Lifeguards’ famous fish tacos. Handmade guacamole, crepes, and shaved ice creations are also popular with the crowd. And where else can you find cotton candy, caramel apples, fresh squeezed lemonaide, and funnel cakes?

Our popular Charity Beer & Wine Garden features microbrews from the Union Cattle Company, a local brewery and steak-house located in Hermosa Beach as well as in Pasadena. Five different beers, a selection of wines, and icy coolers are served by town “celebrities”, including the mayor, city councilmen, and non-profit organizations such as the Rotary, Kiwanis, HB Education Foundation, and other civic organizations. All proceeds are returned to the participating organizations for their good works in the community.

2008 Harbor Days
City of Oceanside, California

Don’t miss Oceanside’s biggest end-of-summer block party!  This fun two-day event,  boasts over 250 arts and crafts, gift and clothing booths, as well as a wide variety of delicious food. Musical entertainment is scheduled throughout the weekend along with an exciting children’s area filled with carnival-type rides, face painting, rock climbing, games and much more. The maritime festival also features the competitive Mayor’s and Sponsor’s Cup sailboat race, the hilarious "Nail ‘n’ Sail" boat construction and sailing competition, and our newest event, the Makana Ke Kai outrigger canoe races.

The fun begins each day with the Civitan pancake breakfast starting at 7:00 am on the beach. The event is then officially kicked off with welcoming ceremonies at 12:00 noon on Saturday at the main stage. Saturday’s events will feature a fishing derby for kids, the Makana Ke Kai outrigger canoe races, the "Harbor Cruise" Car Show, the Mayor’s and Sponsor’s Cup Regatta, as well as military and law enforcement displays on the beach. Sunday’s events include a beauty pageant and Harbor Day’s most popular event, the "Nail ‘n’ Sail". This event features 24 three-member teams that begin their boat building in the morning with some wood, nails and caulking. After three hours of construction and a judging period, the teams then face off in the water to see who wins (some are lucky just to make it across the finish line!).

More than 100,000 people will take in the beauty of our seaside city while browsing through unique booths, indulging in delectable eats and enjoying family entertainment when the largest one-day street faire in the nation returns next month.

The Carlsbad Village Street Faire will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 2. Each year, the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce hosts the faire in May and November. Now in its 34th year, the free event has grown to be so popular that it not only continually attracts people from all over Southern California, but also from other states. Some visitors even plan their vacations around the bi-annual event.
Just like at past faires, approximately 900 vendors will sell everything fathomable, including clothes, accessories, plants, household products, art, antiques and home decor. The international food court will once again feature more than 50 booths serving everything from Thai to Hawaiian cuisine. The children’s area will entertain youngsters with rides, games, a super slide, a bounce house, a rock climbing wall, face painting and arts and crafts.

The Rotary Club of Carlsbad’s beer and wine garden will entertain fairgoers with a large screen TV and live bands. The Kiwanis Club of Carlsbad will continue its more than 25-year tradition of hosting a pancake breakfast at the Carlsbad railroad depot. The meal, which includes pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice, will be served between 7 a.m. and noon.

Grand Avenue from Carlsbad Boulevard to Jefferson Street, and all of the cross streets in between, will be closed for the event. To make parking more convenient, complimentary shuttles will run to and from the faire. Shuttles will pick up and drop off passengers at the Poinsettia Coaster Station and the northwest corner of Sears at Westfield Plaza Camino Real.

Balmy days in the coastal city of Encinitas beckon you to join us on beautiful Coast Highway 101.

Browse among 400 unique booths featuring a little of everything: arts & crafts, antiques, clothing, items from around the world, and more. There are  children's rides, two stages of live entertainment at the annual Encinitas Fall Festival, ongoing since 1989.