California Corner : Festivals, Feasts & Fairs

SAN DIEGO--The Bar Room Buzzards, Professor Plum’s Jazz and the Golden Gate Rhythm Machine are among the 32 bands scheduled to play at the 13th annual San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival, Nov. 26-29. Jazz is played continuously in 10 ballrooms and cabarets at the Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle North. Showtimes: 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Nov. 26; noon-1 a.m. Nov. 27; 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Nov. 28, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 29. $15-$60 for different packages. A Thanksgiving champagne buffet is served 2-7 p.m. Nov. 26 ($18.95). (619) 297-5277 or (619) 297-5280.

SONORA--Kick off the holidays in the Sierra foothills at the 18th annual Sonora Christmas Craft and Music Festival, Nov. 27-29 at Sonora’s Mother Lode Fairgrounds. Featured are more than 250 crafts and graphic artists, gourmet food vendors, storytellers and an international array of musicians. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 27-28; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 29. $4, general; $3, seniors; $1, kids 6-12; free for kids under 6. A downtown Christmas parade is 6 p.m. Nov. 27. California 99 north, then east on California 120 to California 49. (209) 533-3473.

SAN FRANCISCO--From the abstract and decorative to the earthy and functional, works by some 90 artists are featured at the 25th annual Holiday Clay and Glass Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 28-29. The fair, sponsored by the Assn. of California Ceramic Artists, is at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park, Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way. $2, general; $1, seniors and children. (510) 524-0402.

SAN JOSE--Crafts, folk music, dancing and fine arts are showcased at the seventh annual Latin/Indigenous American Christmas Art Fair, Nov. 27-29 at the Machu Picchu Galleries in El Paseo Court, 42 S. First St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 27-28; noon-5 p.m. Nov. 29. Free. Art exhibits remain on display through Dec. 31. U.S. 101 north to the First Street exit, follow First Street into downtown. (408) 280-1860.

LA QUINTA--Fine Crafts, Wine and All That Jazz is the name of the event, and that’s exactly what you’ll get from 10 a.m. to dusk, Nov. 27-28 in La Quinta Community Park. Featured are 125 craftspeople, a variety of jazz musicians including guitarist Herb Ellis, and wines from the Temecula Valley. $5, general; free for kids under 12. Interstate 10 east to the Washington Street exit; go right on Washington Street, then right on Eisenhower Street. (619) 564-1244.