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EL DORADO COUNTY'S GOT IT GOING ON
January
Crab Dinner
Flea Market
Gold Discovery Day
Sierra-At-Tahoe
Theatre El Dorado
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
May
Art Auction & Wine Tasting
Farmers Market
Flea Market
Garden Tour
Hangtown Classic Car Show
Placerville Founder’s Day Street Fair
Placerville Speedway
Renaissance May Faire
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
September
Antique Street Faire
Apple Hill Growers Open
Art In the Orchard
Butterfly Concert
Backroads
Farmers Market
Flea Market
Jazz & Blues in the Plaza
Lest We Forget Memorial
Placerville Speedway
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
February
A Chocolate Affair
Crab Dinner
Flea Market
Lumpenball
Sierra-At-Tahoe
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
June
4th of July Celebration, Cameron Park
Coloma Blues Live
El Dorado County Fair
Fair Play Wine Festival
Farmers Market
Flea Market
Founder’s Day & Wagon Train
Celebration
Placerville Bell Tower Brewfest
Placerville Speedway
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
Art on Parade
October
‘49er Family Festival
Apple Hill Growers Open
Art & Wine Festival
Farmers Market
Flea Market
Hangtown Jazz Jubilee
Harvest Party
Jazz & Blues in the Plaza
Rock & Gem Show
Show & Shine Fly-in
Trick or Treat on Main Street
March
Business Expo & Job Fair
Flea Market
New Morning Jamboree
Placerville Rotary Bon Voyage Ball
Placerville Speedway Opens
Sierra-At-Tahoe
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
July
4th of July Family Blast & Fireworks
Apple Hill Wine Fest
Farmers Market
Flea Market
Great Race
Jazz & Blues in the Plaza
Jeepers Jamboree
July Family Blast
Placerville Speedway
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
Whitewater Wednesday
Art on Parade
November
Apple Hill Growers Open
Apple Hill Harvest Run
Christmas Tree Growers Open
El Dorado Custom Cycle Toy Run
Festival of Lights
Flea Market
Merchant’s Open House
April
American River Festival
Flea Market
Home & Garden Show
Kid’s Expo
Orchards In Bloom
Passport Weekends
Placerville Speedway
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
August
Craft Fair
Farmers Market
Flea Market
Jazz & Blues in the Plaza
National Kid’s Day
Placerville Speedway
Saturday in the Park
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
Art on Parade
December
Christmas in Coloma
Flea Market
Hangtown Christmas Parade
Historic Country Inn Holiday Tour
Third Saturday Nightlife Art Walk
HISTORIC SITES AND MUSEUMS

El Dorado County Historical Museum
104 Placerville Drive • Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 621-5865
co.el-dorado.ca.us/generalservices/Museum.html

Gold Bug Park - 1888
2635 Gold Bug Lane • Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 642-5207
goldbugpark.org

Lake Tahoe Museum
3058 Lake Tahoe Boulevard • So. Lake Tahoe, CA
(530) 541-5458

Marshall Gold Discovery State Park
Gold Discovery - January 24, 1848
P.O. Box 265 • Coloma, CA 95613
(530) 622-3470
parks.ca.gov

Fountain-Tallman Soda Factory Museum
524 Main Street • Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 626-0773


FARMERS MARKETS

Placerville
Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., May – Oct.
Ivy House parking lot at the corner of
Main St. and Cedar Ravine.

South Lake Tahoe
Tuesdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., June – Oct.
American Legion parking lot, 2732 Lake Tahoe Blvd.

El Dorado Hills
Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., June – Oct.
Community Service District Parking lot between Harvard
and St. Andrews on El Dorado Hills Blvd.
Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June – Oct.
Town Center off Latrobe Rd.

Folsom (Old Town-Sutter St.)
Sundays, 8 a.m. 12 p.m., mid-May – Nov.

 

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