Travel Reference
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Monterey Jazz Festival
Cool trad-jazz cats, fusion inventors and world-beat drummers all line up to play at one of
the world's longest-running
jazz festivals
, held on the Central Coast over a long weekend
in mid-September.
Fleet Week & Miramar Air Show
San Diego's military pride is on display during this
week
(or actually, more like a month)
of land, air and sea events, including parades, concerts, ship-board tours and the USA's
largest air show in late September or early October.
October
Even with beautifully sunny and balmy weather, things quiet down during
the shoulder season. Travel deals abound along the coast and in cities, the
mountains and the deserts, as temperatures begin cooling off.
Vineyard Festivals
All month long under sunny skies, California's wine countries celebrate bringing in the
vineyard harvest with gourmet food-and-wine shindigs, grape-stomping 'crush' parties and
barrel tastings. Some events start earlier in September.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Over half a million people come together for
free outdoor concerts
in Golden Gate Park
during the first weekend in October. Big-name stars like Emmylou Harris and Gillian
Welch share multiple stages with folk, blues and jazz musicians.
Halloween
Hundreds of thousands of revelers come out to play in LA's West Hollywood LGBTQ
neighborhood for all-day partying and live entertainment. Over-the-top, often X-rated cos-
tumes must be seen to be believed.
