Riverside Dickens Festival

EVENTS

Marking the bicentennial Charles Dickens’ birth, the annual Riverside Dickens Festival returns with two days of costumed performers, musical entertainment, a Victorian marketplace, military pageantry, food and drink, and more. This year’s featured book is “A Christmas Carol.” Riverside Convention Center, 3443 Orange St., Riverside. 9:45 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Free. (951) 781-3168. https://www.dickensfest.com.