Festivals, Feasts & Fairs

SANTA YNEZ--Order forms are available for the 14th annual Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Festival, April 20-21. Tickets are sold through a random drawing of orders received by Jan. 31. Remaining tickets are then sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The festival is 1-4 p.m. both days at Firestone Meadow. Tickets are $60. For an order form, call (800) 218-0881.

SANTA CRUZ--Observe migrating gray whales in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary aboard the 70-foot Chardonnay II. Cruises are offered Jan. 6-March at 10 a.m. Saturdays, and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sundays. Cruises depart from the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. $37.50, plus tax, per person. Tel. (408) 423-1213.

SAN DIEGO--The gentle giants can also be observed on trips offered by the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Three-hour trips leaving from the San Diego Bay are today and Jan. 6, 7, 13 and 14. Call H & M Sportfishing at (619) 222-0427. Two-hour trips departing from Mission Bay are Jan. 20, 21, 27, 28 and Feb. 3, 4, 10 and 11. Call Seaforth Sportfishing at (619) 224-7767. Prices and times vary.

BAKERSFIELD--The Great American Train Show is Jan. 6-7. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days in Building 2 at the Kern County Fairgrounds, 1142 South P St. $5, general; free for those under 12. Tel. (708) 834-0652.

SANTA BARBARA--Start the new year with classical music at the Midwinter Music Festival Jan. 13-18 at the Arlington and Lobero theaters. Concerts include the Santa Barbara Symphony and Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. Tickets: $15-$53. Tel. (805) 898-9626.

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