Summer Concerts and Movies Blue Oyster Cult Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk August 10
The long days of summer are here, and with them a comes a welcome return to fun, outdoor offerings. After a couple of years with minimal celebration in community, a cavalcade of county fairs and outdoor festivals are set to make their comeback around the Bay Area.
So put on your summer layers, pull out the beach blankets and prepare for live music and art a la carte, carnival fun and fair food galore at some of the many in-person offerings on the agenda for the summer months ahead:
County fairs
Alameda County Fair
Four weekends of fair-time fun featuring a lineup of live concerts, including performances from Neon Trees, Ginuwine, 38 Special, Mustache Harbor, ConFunkShun, Blue Oyster Cult, Great White and others; a nightly drone show; motocross and medieval jousting competitions; outdoor screenings of family-friendly films; carnival rides and midway; fair foods livestock and home arts competitive exhibitions and more.
11 a.m.-11 p.m. June 22-26, June 29-July 3 and July 6-10; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. July 4. Through July 10. $14-$17, reservations encouraged. Alameda County Fairgrounds, Gates 8 and 12 off of Valley Ave., Pleasanton . 925-426-7600. alamedacounty fair.com
Sonoma-Marin Fair: Everybody's Fair
This county fair has a little extra in the form of classic car shows, the world's ugliest dog contest and horse racing on the schedule, along with tried-and-true carnival rides and midway; fair food and craft vendors; livestock and home arts competitive exhibitions; and more.
June 22-26. $13-$26, reservations encouraged. Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, 175 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma. 707 283-3247. sonoma-marinfair.org
Marin County Fair: So Happy Together
The Marin County Fair celebrates in-person again, with a focus on outdoor entertainment that includes roaming jugglers, unicyclists, stilt walkers and interactive art experiences. The popular competitive exhibits program will take place online again this year. Live, nightly mainstage performers include Pablo Cruise, Sheila E., Sons of Champlin, Digable Planets, George Porter Jr. and Dumpstaphunk. There will be a nightly firework shows, carnival rides and midway, livestock exhibitions, a global marketplace, a hip-hop dance competition and more.
11 am.-11 p.m. June 30-July 4. $20-$25, reservations encouraged, under 4 free. Marin County Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 415-473-6400. marinfair.org
California State Fair
The state fair will feature competitive home arts and livestock exhibitions; live nightly performances including Chaka Khan, Neon Trees, Night Ranger, KC and the Sunshine Band, Los Lonely Boys, TLC and Smash Mouth; a California Kitchen stage with demos and workshops; corn dog and pie eating contests; a Brewfest; cannabis exhibit; horse show; a "Candy Selfie Experience" area and more.
10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Sunday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday. July 15-31. $8-$14, reservations encouraged, under 4 free. Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento. 916-263-3247. calexpostatefair.com
Amador County Fair: Around the World in Four Days
Featuring live music; livestock and home-arts competitive exhibitions; rodeo; demolition derby; hot rod truck pull contest; carnival rides and midway; fair food; vendor marketplace; wine tasting and more.
Noon-11 p.m. July 28-31. $7-$45, reservations encouraged, under 6 free. Amador County Fairgrounds, 18621 Sherwood St., Plymouth. 209-245-6921. amadorcountyfair.com
Sonoma County Fair: Tropical Fairadise
The Sonoma County Fair is set to include the NorCal Brew Fest and competition; live musical performances and entertainment on four stages; horse races; rodeo; monster truck rally; carnival rides and midway; fair foods; vendors; Hall of Flowers and more.
Noon-midnight Aug. 4-7 and Aug. 9-14. $10-$18, reservations encouraged, under 6 free . Sonoma County Event Center and Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. 707-545-4200. sonomacountyfair.com
Other local fairs and festivals
Stern Grove Festival
The free, outdoor series in San Francisco will include performances from Tower of Power, Old Crow Medicine Show, LeAnn Rimes, the S.F. Symphony, Taj Mahal, Phil Lesh and others.
2 p.m . Sundays. Through Aug. 14. Free, reservations required. Stern Grove, 19 th Ave. and Sloat Blvd., S.F . 415-252-6252. sterngrove.org
Evenings on the Colonnade at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Enjoy classic boardwalk amusements, then rock out to live music on the seashore as Bay Area bands — including Extra Large, San Matiz, the Deadlies, Brass Magic and others — perform Thursday evenings through the summer.
Settle in with fresh saltwater taffy, corn dogs and other boardwalk snacks for a different family-friendly flick each week on the big screen outside in front of the colonnade. Bring a beach blanket or low-back chair for seating.
Live music 8:30-10 p.m. Thursdays; Movies 8:30 p.m. Fridays. June 16-Aug. 12. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. 831-423-5590. beachboardwalk.com
Lakefest Oakland
A summer festival celebration of community and culture is scheduled to take place along the 3-mile shoreline of Lake Merritt in Oakland. The family-friendly event will feature live music and kids entertainment; an artisan marketplace with food; retail and nonprofit vendors; a kids fun zone; tech pavilion and outdoor beer garden.
Noon-8 p.m. June 25. Free admission, registration encouraged. Lake Merritt, 555 Bellevue, Oakland. lakefestoakland.com
The Freshtival
The Bay Area Brewers Guild, Somo Arts Village and Fat Dogg Productions present a fresh beer festival in which all of the more than 150 beers poured at the event are less than 1 week old. There are also plans for a live music stage hosted by Trixxie Carr; an art exhibition;' food vendors; an artisanal community marketplace and brewery-fresh beer. The nonprofit event will benefit the brewers guild, with proceeds benefiting their work advocating for independent, local, beer manufacturing.
1-6 p.m. June 25. $25-$72, 21 and older; reservations encouraged. SOMO Village, 1100 Valley House Dr., Rohnert Park. henhousebrewing.com
Mosswood Meltdown
John Waters is once again set to host the live punk and rock music festival this year, featuring a heavyweight lineup including Kim Gordon, Pansy Division, Bikini Kill, Shannon Shaw, the Linda Lindas, Rubinoos, the Dirtbombs, Hunx and His Punx, Bleached, Flipper, Carbonas, the Fevers, Brontez Purnell, Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries, Snooper and Podium; as well as food and drinks vendors and a marketplace.
Noon-10 p.m. July 2-3. $21-$249, vaccination proof and reservations required. Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster St., Oakland. mosswoodmeltdown.com
2022 Bizerkeley Food Festival
Sample vegan food and more at a festival set to feature food vendors and samples; wine and hard kombucha tasting; live entertainment; speakers; a silent auction with proceeds benefiting the Friends of Animal Care Services; and more.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 3. $12-$25, registration encouraged, under 13 free. Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St., Berkeley. thebizerkeleyvegan.com
11th Annual Blues and Brews Festival
On Friday night, there will be a family-friendly party featuring a kid's zone, live music from Landbirds and the Big Jangle with room to dance. The Saturday main stage is set to include live music from Santana tribute band Zebop, Beaufunk, Sonny & the Black Pack and Frankie G & the Conviction; a craft brew tasting tent (tickets needed and 21+ area); food, drinks and artisan vendors.
6-9 p.m. July 15; 3-9 p.m. July 16. Free admission. Beer tasting tickets available online. Pleasant Hill Park, 147 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill. bluesandbrewsfestival.com
Festival Napa Valley
A variety of chamber and solo music concerts; luncheons with music; an Arts for All gala including a performance by Grammy Award-winning country music vocalist Trisha Yearwood; a Manetti Shrem Opera Program production of Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" featuring soprano Andriana Chuchman with Gemma New conducting the Festival Orchestra Napa; and their Novack Concerts for Kids series, presented at venues throughout Napa Valley.
July 15-24. See the full schedule online. Various ticket options and locations. 707-346-5052. festivalnapavalley.org
Golden Gate Jazz Festival
A three-day celebration of live jazz is set to include performances from Tony Saunders, Count Basie Orchestra, the Escovedo Brothers, Marion Meadows, Najee and others.
6:30 p.m. July 22-23; 5:30 p.m. July 24. $85-$135, reservations encouraged. Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center, 99 Moraga Ave., S.F . goldengatejazzfestival.com
Friends of the Petaluma River Presents: Rivertown Revival
Celebrate the Petaluma River and its watershed at a festival with two days of live music, art exhibits, riparian conservation and education booths, food and artisan vendors. The music lineup is set to include Sean Hayes, Royal Jelly Jive, Tamborazo Santo Domingo, Sebastian Saint James and the Highway Poets, Fog Holler, the Rivertown Revue with Josh Windmiller. In addition there will be a large family area with a quiet tent.
11 a.m.-8 p.m. July 23; noon-7 p.m. July 24. $5-$55, reservations encouraged. Steamer Landing Park, 100 East D St., Petaluma. rivertownrevival.com
West Edge Festival
The annual, live opera performance series is scheduled to include Handel's "Julius Caesar," Paul Dukas' "Ariane and Bluebeard," and "Coraline" by Mark Anthony Turnage.
8 p.m. Saturdays, July 23, 30 and Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 4-6; 3 p.m. Sundays, July 24, 31 and Aug. 7. July 23-Aug.7. $19-$378, reservations encouraged. Scottish Rite Center, Oakland . 510-841-1903. westedgeopera.org
K-Fest Bay Area
K-pop fans in the Bay Area can rejoice as a full-scale commemoration of K-pop culture is scheduled to feature performances from local dance teams; dance plays; merchandise vendors; workshops and special guests.
10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. July 23. $12-$16, reservations encouraged. Japantown, 1610 Geary Blvd., S.F. sfjapantown.org
Foodieland Night Festival
A foodie inspired, family-friendly multicultural event with more than 150 food vendors, as well as an arts and crafts marketplace, games and live entertainment.
3-11 p.m Fridays, Aug. 5 and 12; 1-11 p.m. Saturdays, Aug. 6 and 13; 1-10 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 7-14. $5-7, registration encouraged. Golden Gate Fields, 1100 Eastshore Hwy., Berkeley. foodielandnm.com
15 th Annual Petaluma Music Festival
Four stages of live music with performances by Jackie Greene, Anders Osborne, Dustbowl Revival, Rainbow Girls, Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra, Dirty Cello and others; Lagunitas Brewing and Two Rock Brewing Company beer; specialty food; merchandise and local business vendors; music artist booth for meet-and-greets, autographs and merchandise. Proceeds will benefit the music education programs of Petaluma public schools.
11 a.m .- 9:30 p.m . Aug. 6. $60-$169, reservations encouraged. Limited $25 teen tickets available at the gates. Kids under 12 free with ticketed adult. Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, 175 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma . petalumamusicfestival.org
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
The Silicon Valley based jazz music festival returns for its 32nd festival season, featuring live music on ten stages, food, drinks and craft vendors. Artists on schedule to perform include Ledisi, Stanley Clarke, Peter Bernstein/Bruce Forman Duo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Judith Hill, Javon Jackson with Gary Bartz, Charles McPherson and Donald Harrison, Cameron Graves, Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos, Bobby Watson, Cyrus Chestnut and Victor Jones, Jazz Organ Foundation Celebrates Dr. Lonnie Smith, Urban Renewal Project, Kim Nalley Quartet and Aki Kumar.
5 p.m.-2 a.m. Aug. 12-13; Noon-2 a.m. Aug. 13-14; 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 14. $10-$495, reservations encouraged. Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park, 170 S. Market St., San Jose. 408-288-7557. summerfest.sanjosejazz.org
Gravenstein Apple Fair
Two days of Sonoma County premium food vendors; local libations; a "Life on the Farm" exhibit with farm animals; farmer panels; demonstrations; a Kids' Corner; arts and crafts vendors; Gravenstein apples and apple products for sale; and live music on two stages, including performances from the Jenny Kerr Band, the Brothers Comatose, Tom Rigney & Flambeaux, La Gente, SonoMusette and others.
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 13-14. $10-$125, reservations encouraged, under 5 free. Ragle Ranch Park, 500 Ragle Road, Sebastopol . 707-837-8896 gravensteinapplefair.com
Source: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/guide/bay-area-county-fairs-and-festivals-are-back-in-full-force-for-summer-2022
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