While visiting our "Art Festivals Source" take a few minutes to tour our
web site and view the many fine art works of our member artists and
local art galleries.
Here you will find a listing of Art
Festivals, the months referenced are normally when the festivals are held. We suggest you visit the Festivals
web site to obtain the current dates. If you would like to add an event to this
listing, please access the "Email Mail Box" and send us the detailed information
and we will add it.
January
Southwest Arts Festival
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Empire Polo
Grounds - Indio, CA -
February
Scottsdale Art and Chocolate Festival
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Scottsdale Arizona
March
Carefree Fine Art and Wine Festival
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Carefree, Arizona
Scottsdale Arts Festival
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La Quinta Arts Festival
- La Quinta Arts
Foundation presents the La Quinta Arts Festival
Annual Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival
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FairHope Alabama
Tempe Festival of the Arts
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Tempe, Arizona
Bayou City Art Festival - Houston Texas
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April
Austin Fine Arts
Festival - Austin Texas
Main St. Ft. Worth Art
Festival -
Lompoc Valley. The
Spring Arts Festival -
May
Arts Benecia
-
Benicia Artists - Open Studios -
Spring Open Studio Hunters
Point Shipyard - San Francisco
-
Annual Sausalito Spring
Faire - Fine Arts & Crafts over 100 artists
The Marin Arts Council -
MARIN OPEN STUDIOS
-
First two weekends in May
Silicon Valley Open
Studios -
Annual Clayton Art &
Wine Festival
- Main Street in oldtown Clayton
Alamo "Spring" Fine Art
& Fine Craft Show - Mother's Day Weekend Alamo/Danville , CA
Annual Berryessa Art and Wine Festival -
Penitencia Creek Park San Jose
ICB Building - Sausalito
-Normally
2cd weekend
Sausalito Spring Artists
Open Studios
Los Altos Rotary Art Show
-
Lincoln
Park, Downtown Los Altos
Bay Street
Emeryville Arts and Music Festival -
Bay Street Emeryville Arts & Music Festival
Boulder Creek Art Wine & Music -
Caledonia Street
Fair -
San
Ramon Art & Wind Festival -
San Ramon’s Central Park
ICB Building Winter Artists Open Studios
-
Normally the 1st two weekends in May Sausalito Artists - Sausalito Artist Studios
.
June
Point Reyes Plein Air - Paint Out
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Point Reyes Plein Air. Sponsored by the William Lester
Gallery
Call: 663-9365 or
www.WilliamLesterGallery.com.
Sunnyvale Chamber of
Commerce, Art & Wine Festival - Annual Art & Wine Festival
San Francisco - Union Street Art Fair
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Union Street between Steiner and Gough
Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival
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Yorba Linda Art Alliance Art Festival
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Hurless Barton Park &
the Thomas Lasorda Fieldhouse
Foster City Arts and
Wine Festival -
Leo Ryan Park, Foster City
Art at the Source Open Studios
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Sponsored by Sebastopol Center
For the Arts
La Jolla Festival of the Arts -
La Jolla Country Day - School at 9490
Genesee Avenue, La Jolla, CA
Haight Ashbury Street Fair -
Haight Street from
Masonic to Stanyan Streets in San Francisco, CA
Berkeley's
annual Live Oak Park Fair *
-
1301 Shattuck at Berryman, Berkeley.
The Annual Novato Festival of Art,
Wine & Music
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Burlingame Art In The Park -
Marin Art Festival
- Marin Center .
San Anselmo Art and
Design Festival -
San Anselmo Avenue Tamalpias to
Bolinas San Anselmo, CA
Cupertino Art, Wine and Cultural Festival
July
Marin/Scapes -
Escalle Winery, 771 Magnolia Avenue in Larkspur.
Filmore Street
Fair -
Largest
free Jazz festival on the West Coast,
Lake Tahoe Festival of
Fine Arts -
Park area in front of South
Lake Middle School 2940 Lake Tahoe Blvd. ,South Lake Tahoe, California
Redwood City 4Th of July -
Redwood City - Jefferson St..
Martinez 4th of July
Celebration A Great Day in the Park -
Martinez , CA Martinez Waterfront Park Art & Crafts,
Food, Music
Fourth of July Festival, Corte Madera/Larkspur
Sawdust Art Festival
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Summer Show of Fine Art and Crafts
Los Altos Arts and
Wine Festival -
Fremont Festival of The Arts
- On Paseo Padre
Sonoma's Annual Salute to the
Arts -
Sonoma Salute to the Arts, Northern
California's
August
Park City Arts Festival
- Park City Utah
Alameda Park Street
Art and Wine Festival -
Burlingame Art & Jazz Festival -
Bodega Bay Seafood
Art & Wine Festival -
local seafood, wine, beer,
art and crafts festival
Palo Alto Festival of the
Arts
-
University Ave Palo Alto, Ca
Los Gatos
Fiesta De Artes -
The Fiesta is a venue for artisans
from he Bay Area.
Tiburon Art Festival - August 28-29 -
Tiburon's downtown Historic Ark Row
Septermber
Sausalito Art Festival
--
Normally held on the Labor Day Weekend
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
- Millbrae, CA
Kings Mountain Art Fair -
Woodside California -
Annual Art in
the Redwoods Festival -
The Art in the Redwoods
Mountain View Art & Wine
Festival - Mountain View, CA
Annual Newark Days -
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
- Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival magical redwoods at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, in historic Old Mill
Park
Lafayette Art & Wine Festival
- Lafeyette, Ca -
Palo Alto Festival Of The
Arts - Sponsored by the
Palo Alto Chamber of
Commerce
Santa
Clara Art and Wine Festival -
Capitola Art & Wine
Festival -
Almaden Valley Art & Wine Festival -
Nineteenth annual
Pacific Coast Fog Fest -
October
Lodi Street Fair
ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios and
Art for Inner City Youth -
Annual
Sacramento Arts Festival -
Sacramento Convention Center
Annual Art in the Park -
Boulder
City, Nevada
ICB Building Winter Artists Open Studios
-
Normally the 1st weekend in December
Sausalito Artists - Sausalito Artist Studios
The Plein Air
Scene
Your Source On California
Plein Air Painting
Major California Paint
Out / Show Events
January
Desert Plein Air: A Celebration of Plein Air Painting
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Sponsored by the La
Quinta Arts Foundation. Week-long paintout. Quick draw. Two-day
public exhibition. Contact: Kathleen Hughes. (760) 564-1244 or
www.lqaf.org
May
Sea to
Shining Sea — Sponsored by the Haggin Museum of Stockton
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Includes
paintings from top California plein air painters. (209) 940-6300.
Gold Country Plein Air
(Formerly Plein Air Painters in the Foothills -
Sponsored
by the Vault Gallery in Sonora. Twenty-five artists paintout and artists
reception and sale. Paintings will hangs in the gallery for two weeks after the
show. Call: (209) 533-1384 or
VaultArt@goldrush.com.
Carmel Art Festival.
Sponsored by the Carmel Gallery Association -
Week-long
paintout, exhibit and silent auction. $20,000 in cash prizes.
Invitational. Gallery events including demonstrations, special exhibits and
reception. Contact: Marie Wainscoat at (831) 883-1238.
MALT Show: Ranches and
Rolling Hills -
Sponsored by the Marin Agricultural Land Trust.
Two-day exhibit and sale in Nicasio. Preview Sale and Artists
Reception. Contact: Elizabeth Ptak. (415) 663-1158.
www.Malt.org
Sonoma
Plein Air. Week-long paintout. Two-day show and sale in
Sonoma Plaza. Plein Air Silent Auction and Dinner. Quick Draw
competition. Artists’ Choice Award. Contact: Keith Wicks (707)
933-9756 or www.sonomapleinair.com
June
PAPA: Ninteenth Annual Show and Sale -
(formerly on Catalina). Gala dinner
and reception. Caesar’s Tahoe. Show and sale. E-mail:
smcgarry@ix.netcom.com or
www.P-A-P-A.com.
Point Reyes Plein Air. Sponsored by the William Lester Gallery,
consists of week-long paintout. Quick Draw and gallery exhibition. Call:
663-9365 or
www.WilliamLesterGallery.com.
July
MarinScapes
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The annual landscape shows at the historic Escalle Winery. Top
Northern California painters. Opening night Gala at Escalle. Artists
Reception at Bank of Marin, Corte Madera, Call: (415) 457-6964.
Laguna Plein Air
Invitational Painting Competition.
Organized
by the Laguna Plein Air Painters and the Laguna Art Museum. Gala Dinner
and Sale. Quick draw. Cash prizes. Public sale. Contact: Stuart Byer at
(949) 494-8971 or www.lpapa.org.
August
Valona Paintout
Twenty-five artists painting out around Crockett. Cash prizes. Show. Reception.
Awards with cash prizes. Call: (510) 787-2925.
Scene
on the Strait.
Sponsored by Carquinez Regional Education Environmental
Center. Weekend paintout at Martinez Regional Shoreline. Show and
sale. Contact: Jennifer Kaiser (707) 747-0701.
September
Sites of Santa Ana Plein Air Painting Event
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Sponsored by the Plein
Air Council of the Bowers Museum of Cultural History with participation by the
California Art Club. Week-long paintout. Pre-Party Artists
Reception and Sale. Public show and sale Sept. 28. Cash prizes.
Contact: Ann Avery (714) 571-4272 or (714) 571-4229.
Third Annual San Luis
Obispo Plein Air Painting Festival.
Sponsored by the
SLO Art Center. Cash Awards. Week-long paintout. Opening
Reception and Sale. Public show and sale. Quick Draw and live auction.
Contact: (805) 543-8562.
Los
Gatos Art Fest. Sponsored by the Los Gatos Art Association and Los
Gatos Morning Rotary Club. An inagural, juried, plein air event in the town of
Los Gatos. All day paintout. Cash prizes. Awards ceremony, Silent
Auction, and Live Auction. E-mail:
valeriejohopkins@aol.com or
www.losgatosartfest.org
Alameda Point Antiques and Collectibles Faire
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Alameda - indoor and outdoor show featuring items that
are twenty years or older and not reproductions. Held on the first Sunday of
every month.
Art
Festivals