Here is a list of festivals and events still going on for summer:
| tival | city | web / contact |
| All Food Festivals – August | California | seecalifornia.com |
| Accordion Festival | Cotati | cotatifest.com |
| Arts, Crafts & Music Festival | Gilroy | casadefruta.com |
| Art on the Lake | Big Bear Lake | bigbeararts council.org |
| Big Bear Cowboy Gathering | Big Bear Lake | bigbearcowboy gathering.net |
| Burning Man | Black Rock Desert | burningman.com |
| Burlingame Art Festival | Burlingame | burlingame chamber.org |
| Bodega Seafood Art & Wine Festival | Bodega Bay | winecountry festivals.com |
| Casparfest | Caspar | casparfest.org |
| Corn Festival (1st Friday in Aug) | La Habra | lahabracorn festival.com |
| Corning Olive Festival | Corning | corning chamber.org |
| Summer Festival | Culver City | culvercity music.org |
| Fairfield Tomato Festival | Fairfield | fairfield downtown.com |
| Huck Finn Fishing Derby | Huntington Beach | surfcity-hb.org |
| Lake in the Sky Air Show | South Lake Tahoe | lakeinthesky airshow.com |
| Lemon Festival | Chula Vista | thirdavenue village.com |
| Olive Festival | Paso Robles | pasorobles downtown.org |
| Festival of the Arts | Palo Alto | mla productions.com |
| Sawdust Festival | Laguna Beach | sawdustart festival.org |
| Scottish Games & Celtic Festival | Salinas | monterey scotgames.com |
| Tomato Festival & West Coast BBQ Championship | Fairfield | fairfield downtown.com |
| Monterey | Turkish Arts & Culture Festival | turkfestca.org |
| Brushes and Blues | Lompoc | |
| Taste of National City | National City | |
| Heritage Days | McCloud | |
| Mountain Top Days | Running Springs | runningsprings chamber.com |
| Festa Italiana | Sacramento | italiancenter.net |
| San Jose Jazz Festival | San Jose | sanjosejazz.org |
| Steinbeck Festival | Salinas | steinbeck.org |
| Summer Kite Festival | Santa Barbara | |
| Westend Celebration | Sand City | westend celebration.com |
| Scotts Valley Art Under the Oaks& Wine Festival | Scotts Valley | svchamber.org |
| Seal Beach/Los Alamitos Rotary Fishing Derby | Seal Beach | losalrotary.org |
| Tomato Festival | Woodland | woodlandtomato festival.com |
| IRL Grand Prix of Sonoma | Sonoma | infineon raceway.com |
| Mountain Festival | Tehachapi | tehachapimountain festival.com |
| Pow Wow – Indian Show | Three Rivers | |
| Scottish Games & Celtic Festival | Toro | |
| Pride by the Sea | Ventura | glccventura.com |
| Whitey Harrison Classic Outrigger Race | Doheny | dohenystate beach.org |
Staycations California 