Billed as the "largest drive through light exhibition on the West Coast", the annual Holiday of Lights at the Del Mar Fairgrounds is a spectacular show...
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San Diego's annual December Nights in Balboa Park has all the festive ingredients needed to get visitors in the Christmas spirit. Most of the events take...
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Truly dedicated to the independent film scene, the FirstGlance Film Festival takes place in both Philadelphia and Hollywood and provides a great networking...
The La Jolla Christmas Parade attracts 20,000 people to the sidewalks of the village each year to watch the spectacle pass by. Some 1,200 people, from...
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An evening full of community spirit and firmly rooted in history, Holiday in the Park in San Diego's Old Town creates a festive spirit with the illumination...
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Since 1964 the Los Angeles County Arts Commission has produced a Holiday Celebration in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center on 24 December....
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The annual Buick Invitational is a popular golf tournament on the PGA Tour which each year attracts some of the best golfers from all over the world....
The annual Rose Parade is a procession followed by a college football game which has become a proud Pasadena tradition that dates back to 1890. Starting...
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Each New Year's Day, most of America focuses its attention on Pasadena, California, to follow broadcasts of its spectacular Tournament of Roses Parade....
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Each year the National Park Service hosts the annual Whale Watch Weekend and Intertidal Life Festival at Cabrillo National Monument. Visitors can learn...
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The Chinese New Year is one of the biggest celebrations in the Asian calendar and each year the city of Los Angeles celebrates the occasion with its Golden...
During the California International Antiquarian Book Fair in February each year around 200 members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America...
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Jazz lovers can enjoy a full programme of their favourite mainstream jazz musicians in the comfort of a fully serviced spa resort. The Newport Beach Jazz...
Hosted at various theatres in the Bay Area of the city, the annual San Francisco Indie Film Festival aims to bring a range of obscure independent films...
The San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show has been described as the best show in the city for the collector, connoiseur and the curator of ethnographic...
Every year thousands of revellers flock towards San Diego's vibrant Gaslamp Quarter for its sensational Mardi Gras parade. Held on Shrove Tuesday, the...
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Held at the San Diego State University, this annual event celebrates poetry in all its forms. Providing a stage for established poets as well as student...
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Founded in 1983 under the name of "Jazz in the City", SFJAZZ is a leading non-profit jazz organisation that has been entertaining audiences in San Francisco...
In a celebration of all things Irish, San Francisco adds a little Californian flavour to its annual St Patrick's Day Parade. The highlight of the day...
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San Francisco's sizeable Irish community turns out en masse to celebrate St Patrick's Day with an annual parade that heads down Market Street towards...
ArtWalk attracts over 70,000 people each year as hundreds of visual and performing fine artists head to the charming 'Little Italy' neighbourhood of San...
Attracting over 130,000 visitors each year, the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books brings together book lovers, authors, publishers and distributors...
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Each year around 75,000 runners take to the streets for the Bay to Breakers Race. Following a 12km (7.5 mile) route, participants make their way along...
California's Ramona Rodeo has taken place every year since 1985 and features all the classic rodeo favourites such as bareback riding, saddle bronc riding,...
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Entirely different to the bland beers of the big producers, the micro breweries of the USA turn out brews of character and variety. Many micro breweries...
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The turn-of-the-century river festival promises 30 hours of country and bluegrass music. Events of interest include hot air balloon rides as well as the...
This highly regarded art and food fair regularly brings crowds of more than 15,000 visitors to the University Campus. The attractions are almost 200 award-winning...
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The annual North Beach Festival is an urban street fair that each year attracts an estimated 150,000 visitors and is held over the Father's Day weekend....
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June is Jazz Month in the resort of Ocho Rios which spills over into the city of Kingston. This is reckoned to be Jamaica's complete jazz vacation for...
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