Fountain Blues Festival: The 33rd annual Fountain Blues Festival will be held from noon to 8 p.m. July 20 at St. James Park, North First and St. John streets, in downtown San Jose. Advance tickets are $15 and available online at fountainbluesfestival.com, or $20 at the gate. Kids 12 and under are free with an adult.
Connoisseurs’ Marketplace
Menlo Park’s venerable festival of the arts marks its 26th year saluting the best of summer. Admission is free. Held July 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Santa Cruz Avenue between El Camino Real and Johnson Street in Menlo Park. Details: (650) 325-2818.
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
The Bay Area’s biggest Labor Day weekend event, huge crowds transform downtown Millbrae into the “Big Easy” with a Mardi Gras-style celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 on Broadway Avenue between Victoria and Meadow Glen in Millbrae. Details: www.miramarevents.com.
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
Silicon Valley’s World-Class Art & Music Festival is a vibrant multicultural celebration featuring 600 professional artists and music throughout downtown from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 7-8 on Castro Street between El Camino Real and Evelyn Avenue in Mountain View. Details: www.miramarevents.com.
Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Gourd-growing greats and their hard-to-believe, titanic orange orbs gather for the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay from 7 to 11 a.m. Oct. 14 at the IDES Grounds, 735 Main St., Half Moon Bay.
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