{"id":4540,"date":"2012-04-06T16:20:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T16:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.california-tour.com\/blog\/?p=4540"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:02:18","slug":"los-angeles-spring-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.california-tour.com\/blog\/los-angeles-spring-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Spring Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Food, music, games, and dancing \u2013 festivals are great way to get out of your usual routine and have some fun. The clear skies and sea breezes of spring in Los Angeles are the perfect time for celebration as the \u201crainy season\u201d (though still mostly sunny) ends and before June Gloom sets in.\u00a0 Whether you\u2019re living in the L.A. area or just visiting, check out any of these cultural events.<\/p>\n

Renaissance Pleasure Faire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When: April 7 \u2013 May 20, Saturdays and Sundays<\/p>\n

Where: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Irwindale, CA<\/p>\n

What:\u00a0 A renaissance of the Renaissance, as artisans and performers show off their craft wearing elaborate period costumes. There will be rides and games, including a maze, darts, fencing, frog flipping, archery and crossbows. Events include Tea with the Queen, Easter Parade, costume contests, and pubcrawls. \u00a0Eat fish and chips, tri-tip sandwiches, and steak on a stake while enjoying jousting matches, wizardry, equestrian performances, comedy, and a performance of Hamlet.<\/p>\n

Santa Monica Festival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When: May 19, 2012<\/p>\n

Where: Clover Park<\/p>\n

What:\u00a0 A celebration including food carts, an environmentally-friendly marketplace, art workshops, an active stage to get a workout trying different activities, and performances by dance companies and music groups including Dustbowl Revival and La Santa Cecilia.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Arts Festival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When: May 20, 2012<\/p>\n

Where: Paramount Movie Ranch – Agoura Hills<\/p>\n

What: A bluegrass and folk festival including a contest, clogging and square dancing, singing and fiddle playoffs, Celtic music, children\u2019s crafts, and jamming all day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Garden Grove Strawberry Festival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When: May 25-28, 2012<\/p>\n

Where: Garden Grove<\/p>\n

What: A festival featuring games, rides, musical performances, contests, food booths, celebrities, and of course, strawberries.\u00a0 All proceeds go to charity.<\/p>\n

If you want to get away for a weekend, check out our blog post on spring festivals in San Francisco<\/a><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Need a vacation?\u00a0 Check out our website<\/a> for vacation package ideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Food, music, games, and dancing \u2013 festivals are great way to get out of your usual routine and have some fun. The clear skies and sea breezes of spring in Los Angeles are the perfect time for celebration as the \u201crainy season\u201d (though still mostly sunny) ends and before June Gloom sets in.\u00a0 Whether you\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_s2mail":"yes","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california","category-los-angeles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t