Here are some mainstream events as well as off the wall events all around California for the first few weeks in August 2015:
Oakland Art + Soul August 1-2
Chula Vista Lemon Festival August 2
Monterey Scottish Festival August 1-2
Stanford Bank of The West Classic Tennis August 3-9
Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Festival August 5-9
Costa Mesa Orange County Fair July 17-August 16
Taft Car Cruise on Center Street August 7
Lassen Dark Sky Festival August 7-9
Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Festival August 8-9
Pleasant Hill American Iron Car Show August 9
Huntington Beach Surf City Nights August 11.
Los Olivos Quick Draw Festival August 14
Staycations California 