Redwood City Events

Annual Events

Address: Santa Cruz Ave, at El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Category: Fair / Festival - Arts / Crafts Dates: April 17 - April 19, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

For more than two decades, this festival has brought together over 100 artists and craftspeople to exhibit their wares in downtown Menlo Park. Live music and crowds complete the scene, which is bustling, fun, and family-oriented. You can find very reasonably priced works as well as unique art pieces that would not be...

Address: Middlefield Rd and Marshall St, Redwood City, CA 94063 Category: Holiday / Seasonal Event - Independence Day Dates: July 4, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Northern California does the Fourth up right at this event-packed celebration of our nation's independence. Early on, a pancake breakfast benefits local firefighters, and then, a fun run gets the blood pumping. Mid-morning, a spectacular parade shows off patriotic spirit, complete with floats and bands. Great food is...

Address: Santa Cruz Ave, at El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dates: July 18 - July 19, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Sponsored by the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce, this festival of fine arts has 100-plus artisans displaying works along Santa Cruz Avenue. Watercolors, oils, photographs, and etchings are sold at very good prices, and artists from all over the state come to exhibit.

Address: Santa Cruz Ave, between El Camino Real & Johnson St, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Category: Fair / Festival - Art Dates: July 18 - July 19, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

With 80,000 visitors, 200 exhibitors (in a juried art show), 20-plus gourmet food vendors, and multiple bands, it's no wonder that this Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event is considered one of California's top festivals. For two days in July, Santa Cruz Avenue closes to automobile traffic and becomes one huge party....

Address: 2495 S Delaware St, San Mateo County Event Center, San Mateo, CA 94403 Category: Fair / Festival - State / County Dates: August 15 - August 23, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

For many decades, this fair has been a mainstay in the community, and approximately 140,000 people attend it annually. Agriculture has traditionally been its focus, complete with exhibits highlighting farm animals and pets, gardens, food preservation, and more. These days, you'll also find carnival rides, concerts,...

Address: 1400 Roosevelt Ave, Community Activities Building, Redwood City, CA 94061 Category: Convention / Conference - Rocks / Minerals / Gems Dates: September 19 - September 20, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

If you're mesmerized by the beauty that geological forces produce, don't miss this annual event. It brings together rock hounds from all over the area, who compare notes on their finds, their searches, and their knowledge. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are on show, and folks can buy beautiful crystals,...

Address: 800 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dates: September 19 - September 20, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Friends of the Menlo Park Library have sponsored this annual book fair for over 40 years. Each year, for one weekend in September, more than 50,000 used books are put up for sale, and the selection ranges from children's books to videos and CDs. All proceeds go toward library programs, and items are reasonably priced.

Address: 4200 Farm Hill Blvd, Caņada College, Redwood City, CA 94061 Category: Fair / Festival - Arts / Crafts Dates: October 4, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Benefiting scholarship funds at Caņada College, this popular festival also pays tribute to a stand of long-lived olive trees that distinguish the campus. The event was instituted in 1998 and now includes food stands, arts and crafts vendors, and sellers of olives and olive oil. Live music is also part of the...

Address: 86 Caņada Rd, Filoli, Woodside, CA 94062 Category: Fair / Festival - Holiday / Seasonal Dates: November 27 - December 5, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

There's no better way to kick off the holiday season than at this engaging event. Beginning right after Thanksgiving and lasting eight days, its activities include evening galas, dinners, dancing, holiday teas, and children's programs. The "At Home Shopping" event is ideal for finding unique holiday gifts with a...