Festivals, Feasts & Fairs

BREA--Check out the food and local talent at Brea Fest: A Taste of the Arts, 7-10:30 p.m. Aug. 22. The fund-raiser for Brea cultural arts programs will include presentations by local theater and dance troupes, an art exhibit, artists’ demonstrations and live music. Local restaurants will offer food samples. Free admission; $10 for five tasting tickets. At the Civic and Cultural Center Plaza, Birch and Randolph streets. (714) 990-7771.

SAN JOSE--About 400 artists and craftspeople will display their wares at Tapestry in Talent, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The event, in its 22nd year, also will feature about 60 food vendors and continuous live music on five stages. Free. Along Almaden Boulevard from San Carlos to Santa Clara avenues. (408) 293-9727.

YUCAIPA--At Parrish Pioneer Ranch’s Old West wingding, Western Days ‘97, costumed cowboys will reenact shootouts, a storyteller, with seeds in hand, will recount tales of Johnny Appleseed, and American Indians will dance, drum and sing. Free admission. A barbecue dinner will be $8.95 adults, $3.95 for children 9 and younger. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 17 at 38561 Oak Glen Road. (909) 797-1753.

SEBASTOPOL--There will be apples--prepared as fritters, dipped in caramel, baked in pies and turnovers, frozen as slush, brewed into cider and by the bag--at the 23rd Annual Gravenstein Apple Fair. Apple pressing, sheep shearing, goat milking, blacksmithing and spinning will be demonstrated, and single-cylinder steam engines will be on display. $5, $4 for those 60 and over, $1 children 6-16, under 6 free. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 17 at Ragle Ranch Park, at Ragle Road and California 12. (707) 824-2060.

SAUSALITO--This city’s 45th annual Art Festival will showcase more than 14,000 original works, from fiber art to photography, wearable art to woodwork. Bands will perform, and food for sale will include barbecue, fresh fruit and oysters. $10, $5 children 6-12, children under 6 free. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 30-31, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 1 at the waterfront Marinship Park, on Marinship Way. (415) 332-3555.

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