Festivals, Feasts & Fairs

SAN BERNARDINO--Next weekend’s Harvest Fair is an Old West wingding. A boomtown is re-created, including a saloon with swinging doors, a wooden corral and an 1880s chuck wagon. Visitors are encouraged to don Old West duds. There will be live country music, an antique-car show, craft vendors and a chili cook-off (10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday; $1 per tasting ticket). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at CID building, 8088 Palm Lane. $2, $1 for ages 8-12, 7 and under free. (909) 384-5426.

SHOSHONE--Circle the wagons. The western theme continues at Death Valley Fall Festival, next Saturday and Sunday. A parade along California 127 at 9 a.m. Saturday will kick off the street festival. There will be mock shootouts and a hanging, covered-wagon rides ($2 per person), and arts, crafts and food vendors. Entertainment will include a bluegrass band, Native American dancers and a magician. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at California Highways 127 and 178. Free admission. (760) 852-4524.

CARLSBAD--Next Sunday’s Fall Village Faire is billed as the largest one-day street fair in the U.S., with 859 vendors on 24 city blocks. Items for sale will include ceramics, jewelry, clothing, glassware and plants. Mexican, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian and other types of fare will be for sale. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Grand Avenue and Jefferson Street.Free admission. (760) 931-8400.

BRAWLEY--The annual Cattle Call, Nov. 7-9, will feature a bluegrass festival, with bands playing 6-10 p.m. Nov. 7 at Plaza Park on Main Street (free admission); rodeos (2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 8, 2 p.m. Nov. 9, at Cattle Call Arena, on Cattle Call Drive; $5 general admission); and a two-hour parade, with equestrians, bands, floats and more (9:45 a.m. Nov. 8 at Western and Main streets). (760) 344-3160.

GRASS VALLEY--The 3,600-square-foot “cottage” at Empire Mine State Historic Park will be decked out in holiday finery for tours Nov. 28 and 29. Volunteers in 1905-vintage garb will show visitors around the place, which served as the mine owners’ summer home at the turn of the century. $3, $1 ages 6-12, 5 and under free. Noon-4 p.m. both days at 10791 E. Empire St. (916) 273-8522.

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