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| + | '''Yosemite Birding Festival - May 5 - 7, 2006''' | ||
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| + | Various locations | ||
| + | Yosemite Valley and El Portal, CA | ||
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| + | Schedule: Check Web site for full schedule | ||
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| + | Cost: $130 | ||
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| + | Primary Phone: (209) 379-2321 | ||
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| + | Web site: [http://www.yosemite.org/seminars/birdfestival.htm www.yosemite.org/seminars/birdfestival.htm] | ||
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| + | Programs on natural history and photography, lectures on raptors, and plenty of ranger-led walks focus on Yosemite's avian life. | ||
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| '''May 6 - 7, 2006 - Art & Wine Festival Old Clayton Main St. Clayton, CA''' | '''May 6 - 7, 2006 - Art & Wine Festival Old Clayton Main St. Clayton, CA''' | ||
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Yosemite Birding Festival - May 5 - 7, 2006
Various locations Yosemite Valley and El Portal, CA
Schedule: Check Web site for full schedule
Cost: $130
Primary Phone: (209) 379-2321
Web site: www.yosemite.org/seminars/birdfestival.htm
Programs on natural history and photography, lectures on raptors, and plenty of ranger-led walks focus on Yosemite's avian life.
May 6 - 7, 2006 - Art & Wine Festival Old Clayton Main St. Clayton, CA
Schedule: Sat. 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: Free
Primary Phone: (925) 672-2272
Clayton hosts a weekend of art and wine, with displays by about 125 artists, tasting booths, food sellers, arts & crafts, and live music.
Feather Fiesta Days - May 6 - 13, 2006
Various locations Oroville, CA
Schedule: Event times vary
Cost: Most events are free
Primary Phone: (800) 655-4653
Secondary Phone: (530) 534-7690
Web site: www.orovillechamber.net
Fiesta Days culminates on May 13 with the Grand Parade, a pancake breakfast, a craft fair and flea market, the big Gold Rush Car Show, a firefighters' chili cookoff, an art show, tours of the Oroville Dam, and a triathlon. Events on prior days include pony rides, museum open houses, guided hikes, a kiddies' parade, Bidwell Bar Day where children can learn Gold Rush-era crafts, a Chinese temple tea, and a disc golf tournament.
Whole Earth Festival - May 12 - 14, 2006
UC Davis Quad Davis, CA
Schedule: Event times vary
Cost: Free
Primary Phone: (530) 752-2569
Web site: www.wef.ucdavis.edu
Nearly 30,000 visitors descend on U.C. Davis for this solar-powered festival. You'll find four stages of musicians, dancers, and speakers. Also handmade craft and vegetarian food vendors—all with environmetally friendly merchandise—educational booths, children's activities, and more.
Celebrate the River - May 13, 2006
Sacramento River Discovery Center 1000 Sale Lane Red Bluff, CA
Schedule: 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Primary Phone: (530) 527-1196
This festival, focused on the Sacramento River, features guided tours, interactive demonstrations, a native plant garden, crafters and artists, food, and music.
Shasta Art Festival and Old Time Fiddler Jamboree - May 13 - 14, 2006
Various locations Shasta, CA
Schedule: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: $5 adults, free for children under 8
Primary Phone: (530) 244-5959
Celebrate the Gold Rush era in an historic town with fiddle and other music, arts and crafts booths, food, a vintage fashion show, living history exhibits, working blacksmiths, and a hands-on quilting experience.
Reno/Tahoe Wine & Food Festival - May 19 - 20, 2006
Reno Hilton Reno, NV
Schedule: Times vary; call or check Web site
Cost: Prices vary; call or check Web site
Primary Phone: (800) 648-3568 (tickets)
Secondary Phone: (916) 985-6890 (info)
Web site: www.rtshows.com
Sample vintages from Cakebread Cellars, Joseph Phelps, and more than 100 other wineries. Plus, live music, and culinary demos and dishes cooked up by restaurants.
Strawberry Festival - May 20 - 21, 2006
Downtown Galt, CA
Schedule: Sat. 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cost: Admission $7, $5 seniors and kids 6–12
Primary Phone: (209) 745-2529
Web site: www.galtchamber.com
Nearly 150 arts and crafts booths, live tunes, a kids' carnival, and strawberries galore in every imaginable form.
Spring Peddler's Faire - May 27 - 28, 2006
Downtown Highway 4 Arnold, CA
Schedule: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Cost: Free admission
Primary Phone: (925) 372-8961
Seventy vendors gather in downtown Arnold to sell antiques, collectables, crafts, homemade foods, and much more. Also on the schedule are pancake breakfasts each morning, and local beers and wines for sale throughout the day.
