On the third weekend in June, Burlington will explode into a delicious and exciting place to be.
Fresh local strawberry shortcake, spectacular fireworks show, fabulous parade, Kiwanis Salmon BBQ, entertainment stage with live music, nostalgic Berry Cool Car Show and more!
(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.burlington-chamber.com/events/berry-dairy-days/ )
Summer Solstice Celebration is the largest arts event in Santa Barbara, a 3‑day festival and Parade. Saturday’s Parade on State Street draws crowds of 100,000 spectators. It is a creative, multicultural experience with human‑pushed floats, giant puppets, whimsical costumes and masks, drumming, dancing. It makes its way to the festival grounds at Alameda Park, where the Festivities continue.
(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.solsticeparade.com/ )
The 51st Annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts is a major regional arts event, presenting the creative endeavors of artists from all disciplines of the art world. Located 8 miles south of Portland, Lake Oswego is an arts conscious community with the highest per capita income in the state. Event features Juried Art in the Park with over 120 booths, food booths, wine & beer tent, musical entertainment, kids activities, and art demos.
(Taken from the event’s website: https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/festival-of-the-arts)
Weekend events will include a carnival, craft and commercial exhibitors, good food, Twilight 5K run, GameTime fun zone, Festival of Cars, youth soccer tournament, rib and corn eating contest, Rogue beer and of course morning hot air balloon launches (5:45am – 6:15am – weather pending) and Night Glow (weather pending)!
(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.tigardballoon.org/ )
17 bands playing music from all over the world & admission is FREE. A fantastic main stage line up of Afrofunk Experience original funk and afrobeats, Manzo Rally with new Latin rock music featuring Gaberiel Manzo lead guitarist from Malo with an all star line up, and the legendary motown review Pride and Joy. Music in 13 various stores & restuarants around Telegraph Ave. area. After party at Askenaz.
(Taken from the event’s website: http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.org/ )
Please join us in the beautiful Red Rock Country of Sedona for a day of fun at Oak Creek Arts and Crafts Shows. The shows are located on scenic Hwy 179 “The Gateway to Sedona” Take home your own personal piece of the Southwest. Sedona is one of the Nations top art destinations. Our shows host top local as well as native artist. This event takes place on June 6‑8 and 27‑29.
(Taken from the event’s website: http://oakcreekartsandcraftsshows.com/index-1.html )
Also called the Moon Cake Festival, China’s harvest festival is an occasion to scoff these sweet treats. The cakes, made of a thin dough shell containing fillings such as jelly, dates and nuts or red bean paste, start appearing everywhere a month before the celebration. If they’re not sick of the snacks by the time of the event, celebrants eat them within view of the real star of the festival: the moon. Held on the September full moon, during the autumn equinox, the tradition is about observing the transition of the seasons. In Japan, one of the other Asian countries where faces turn to the night sky, people even climb onto rooftops to get closer to the moon.
The longest-running series of benefit concerts in America, Farm Aid grew out of a comment made by the Bob Dylan at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia. Suggesting it would be great if the musical community could help America’s struggling family farms as well, Dylan inspired Neil Young, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to organise an event. The first Farm Aid took place two months later in Champaign, Illinois and raised $7 million. Two decades later, the concerts have raised more than $30 million and featured great American axe wielders such as Tom Petty, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Grateful Dead (by satellite in 1987) and, of course, the organizers.
World Water Monitoring Day was established in 2003 by America’s Clean Water Foundation as a global educational outreach program that aims to build public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by empowering citizens to carry out basic monitoring of their local water bodies. Participate in your home and community this year!