Thursday, April 29, 2010

May Festivals

Those pages keep flying off the calendar. How did one third of the year already pass? As we enter the warmer month we are seeing more festivals, a fine time to get out there before the real heat of summer hits.

May 1-2
- 9th Annual Armenian Festival (Glendale - Click on Events for information)
- California State 37th Annual Chili Cookoff & 9th Annual Inland Empire Menudo Championship (San Bernardino, 1st only)
- Cinco de Mayo at Olvera Street (Los Angeles, 1st only)
- Fullerton Railroad Days (Brea)
- Lancaster Chili Showdown (2nd only)
- Mi Son Cubano Festival (Long Beach, 2nd only)
- Pasadena Doo Dah Parade (1st only)
- Renaissance Pleasure Faire (Irwindale, Apr. 10th - May 23rd)
- Santa Barbara Cinco de Mayo Festival
- Santa Barbara Fair & Expo (Apr. 28th - May 2nd)
- Stampede Days Rodeo (Bakersfield, 1st only)
- Viva el Cinco! (Los Angeles, 2nd only)

May 8-9
- Anatolian Cultures & Food Festival (Irvine, 6th-9th)
- Fiesta of the Spanish Horse (Burbank, 5th-9th)
- Koroneburg Old World Festival (Corona, May 8th - June 20th)
- National Train Day (Los Angeles, 8th only)
- Pan America Fiesta (Lakewood, 7th-9th)
- Renaissance Pleasure Faire (Irwindale, Apr. 10th - May 23rd)
- Santa Monica Festival (8th only)

May 15-16
- Aloha Expo (Santa Fe Springs)
- California Strawberry Festival (Oxnard)
- Koroneburg Old World Festival (Corona, May 8th - June 20th)
- Old Town Temecula Western Days
- Renaissance Pleasure Faire (Irwindale, Apr. 10th - May 23rd)
- Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Food Festival (16th only - link to infomation on the right side of the page)
- Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest and Fold Festival (16th only)
- Yucaipa Iris Festival (Irvine, 6th-9th)

May 22-23
- Armenian Food Fair & Fest (Montebello, 22nd only)
- Bakersfield’s Biggest, Baddest BBQ (21st-22nd)
- Battle of the Mariachis Festival (San Juan Capistrano, 22nd only)
- Koroneburg Old World Festival (Corona, May 8th - June 20th)
- Renaissance Pleasure Faire (Irwindale, Apr. 10th - May 23rd)

May 29-31
- Cajun Creole Festival (Simi Valley, 29th-30th)
- Cutthroats of Corona Pirate Festival (Theme Weekend of Koroneburg Old World Festival (Corona, 29th-30th)
- Fiesta Hermosa
- Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
- Grubstake Days (Yucca Valley)
- National Orange Show Festival (San Bernardino, 27th-31st)