- Jazz Festival, San Jose: One of the biggest outdoor jazz fests of the summer
- Old Spanish Days, Santa Barbara: Celebrating the city's Spanish heritage
- Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco: Held in Golden Gate Park, it's a two-day celebration of food, music, wine and art
- Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach: Hard to forget if you've seen it and even harder to describe to someone who hasn't.
- Perseid Meteor Showers: The best places to see them are far away from city lights and where there are few trees: Benton Hot Springs, Joshua Tree or Lake Shasta
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