California Festivals and Fairs in November include events with a culturally-rich and diverse mix of foods, festivities and fun. From tamales to mushrooms, you'll be jumping for joy at the variety of great activities in the parades, plays, fairs, festivals and holiday celebrations. 

Californians have turned Thanksgiving Day celebrations into something new. Not stuck to the tube watching football games, people like to get out and run in Turkey Trots, for instance.  Some of our favorite events include the Turkey Trot held at Doheny Beach in Dana Point, a no-turkey dinner at Carmel Valley Ranch, where turkeys sit outside the window and watch and the Queen Mary Thanksgiving Buffet, a feast. Thousands of festivals in November launch the Christmas holiday. Tree lightings, parades, Santa visits, town square open houses and countless wine country chefs dinners are a few of the events, fairs, festivals and celebrations that launch California into the winter season where it can be cold and snowy in the mountains, or warm and sunny at the beaches and deserts.