What a cool festival. The lights were so pretty and interactive at times. You walk through the path…read moreand go from pyramids to pandas. Great for all ages. I'm glad we got to experience this beautiful festival before it ends in June

Beautiful lights and extraordinary acrobatic stage show! The kids will love it (and adults, too).read more

2019 marks the 32nd year of the Annual Loomis Eggplant festival. I've been attending this small…read moretown celebration since its humble beginnings. Back in the early days it was really lacking in its namesake and was more of a craft fair than anything else. The crafts are still here, but you can now actually purchase many dishes made from eggplant. It's taken awhile to get this festival dialed-in but now eggplant lovers (and those that are eggplant-curious) can finally get their fill. Hopefully the eggplant based offerings will continue to grow each year! Not a fan of eggplant or the color purple? Well, there are still many reasons to attend: - It's a free festival with plenty of free parking (unlike those $$$ Expo events). - Bouncy stuff to keep little ones happy, free live music and entertainment, cute furry critters to pet, chalk art & a pancake breakfast (if you get there early enough). Fun facts about the Purple People Eats-it: - Eggplant make a great meat substitute and has the added benefit of being high in fiber. It does a great job of absorbing oils and flavors. Who needs that "Impossible" stuff when you've got eggplant! - No, it's not a vegetable...it's a fruit. It's also a member of the very cool (and sometimes deadly) Nightshade family!...so eating eggplant is like living on the edge (not really but tell yourself this if you want to). - The flowers and leaves of the Eggplant can be poisonous if consumed in large quantities...so don't. Just sayin' ;-)

Typical small town festival. Taylor Blvd dual rows of street vendors. ACE Hardware downtown selling…read morecloseouts on the street. Behind the town along the park is another row of food vendors, bands, chidrens water works fountains to play in and 2 jump houses.

it was a wonderful experience to be involved in. Such a great turnout, good food, great crowds of…read morevery enjoyable people! I can not wait to go back again next year!

What a fun annual events for all ages!…read more There is free parking in the nearby lot if you get their early or you can park in the neighborhoods and walk into the park. There is also paid parking ($13) that you have to pre-pay online. Follow the signs for "PRE-PAY" and scan the QR code with the person at the gate. Paying for parking was the way to go, it was a short walk into the event when some of my family members had to park far into the neighborhoods. There are some chicken themed vendors and a few chicken dishes can be found at the food trucks. We witnessed a chicken call contest on stage where the person with the best chicken cluck got a gift card for $25! There seemed to be some chicken themed activities for the kids as well. Country music and hay bales as seats. 2 Beer/Wine gardens to ease you from the heat. I bought a load of jalapeno cheese bread from the cutest bakery vendor. We brought our camp chairs and set up under the shade to hear the music and check out the vendors. Beer tickets were $7 and there was a pretty good variety. Fun time!

It's the first time that I've come here since me and my wife had our baby and we loved this! This…read moreis our 14-month old's first event in Downtown Roseville and he had a blast! We started by grabbing my wife an Apple Crisp Oatmilk Latte at Fig Tree Coffee. The owners were super friendly. After exploring the food vendors, we settled on Cousins Maine Lobster. Our little one loved the tots and dancing in Daddy's arms to that Bruno Mars cover band Uptown Funk. Next we visited the car show, where we were greeted by a bunch of amazingly well-kept classics. My favorite is still the Wild Bill Tattoo van that spewed flames from the exhaust. Lastly, we went back down the street and got to know some of the vendors. The gals at Delivery Day Bag gave our son 3 pairs of baby socks for free. Coming out to Downtown Roseville was a breath of fresh air from what we normally do. I especially love to support local businesses and events like this are a great opportunity to do just that. We'll be back for more!

During the summer on Tuesday nights, this is the place to be! Darn, can't recall how many years…read morewe've been coming here! I think we've been coming here for about seven years, mainly because hubby comes for the car show. My original review was under the name Johnny Five Productions. They've been the master mind who's put this event together for many years. It's an event held every Tuesday from late May til the end of August. Vernon Street is blocked off for cars, food trucks and vendors, wide array of your typical street vendors, kiddie section and live bands that put on a free performance. If you don't like eating from food vendors, you can always get a decent meal at one of many restaurants that are on Vernon Street. From the Monk's Cellar, The Place, Nela's Mexican, and Vernon Street Grill. It's a great place to hang out with friends and family. We usually come to hang out with the car club but enjoy all that this event has to offer.

Vampires, Steampunkers & Pirates, OH MY!…read more SITREP What a BLOODY good time at the 2013 Vampire-Pirate-Steampunker-(name your favorite costume category) BALL! Hosted at the Placer County Fairgrounds in Roseville, CA, it was an eclectic & eccentric event of magnificent proportions! Even though it IS a "Vampire Ball" ("per se", as kids in SouthPark chirp it), there was plenty of action for many different themes, and it all started on the Red Carpet experience complete with paparazzi photographers (including me!) THE SETUP Indeed - theme was "Dark Shadows" parody, starring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfieffer, et al, as well as an homage to the 60's TV show inspiring it. And this production featured promoter-hostess Shannon McCabe's uber-creative "Visionary Living Theme Sets", where guests at the event could interact with live actors playing the characters from the movie Dark Shadows who were in full costume. In some of the sets, you experienced the Collinswood Manor, the docks of Collinsport and the family's fish cannery. We even had PIRATE SHIPS cause there is that tie in with the Dark Shadows movie with one of the female vampire characters. VAMPIRE BALL TRADITION IN ROSEVILLE-SACRAMENTO AREA This has now become a great tradition in the Sacramento Valley, bringing both participants and guests from the Bay Area, L.A., Seattle and the East Coast. * Last year's 2012 Vampire Ball's theme was "Interview With A Vampire", complete with the Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt cast of characters, and which was also held at the Placer County Fairgrounds. * And the year before's 2011 Vampire Ball's theme was "Bram Stoker's DRACULA", complete with the Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves cast of characters, though this event was actually held at THE NECROPOLIS (the dungeon space that was below Cafe Americain) in Old Sacramento. [The Vampire Ball was moved to Roseville because too many people was causing the venue space to burst at the seams.] * I can't wait to see what next year's theme will be! [*crosses his fingers* Please let it be Buffy. Please NOT Twilight. Please let it be Buffy. Please NOT Twilight.] ;) COLLABORATION OF VILLAINS PROMOTING VILLAINY *& WENCHING) As alluded to above, the Vampire Ball joined forces with the dynamic teams of creative groups of people: * STEAMPUNKS! Such as: (1) the League of Proper Villains; and, (2) The Sacramento Steampunks Society. To that end, the Steampunks had a "WARNING: Point of No Return Area" - the danger being that you were welcomed into a visual vortex of all things Steampunk, but many festival goers found it addictive and were transformed into their new reality. * PIRATES! Did I mention there were PIRATES? Hell Yeah! The harbor of "Collinsport" played host to Pirates, the esteemed groups "The Rogues of the Golden Coast" and the "Pirates of Sacramento". Complete with live mini-cannons! [Look at those cute little buggers in my pictures!] It was a *BLAST!* MUSIC & DANCING Inside the large building playing host to our Vampire shenanigans, the MUSIC NEVER STOPPED! My DJ buddies DJs Bryan Hawk, David Vandyke and Duc get the beats pounding and the dance area filled with lights, lasers, and wall screens of color that melted reality into a fantasy of dance, sight and sound. THOR'S HORSE...ER UNICORN! Vlad the Giant Rocking Unicorn was again a special guest at the Vampire Ball, and boy did he get his back broken in by all sorts of Vampire & Pirate patrons wanting to ride that bucking equine! ME! A JUDGE! OH MY! This year, the ball put the "VAMP" back into "Vampire Pin Up". For some reason, the promoters thought I was qualified to be a JUDGE for the VAMP Pageant. I was all too happy to accept that responsibility (AND it meant a FRONT ROW SEAT which I made good use of to take LOTS of pictures. And I mean, LOTS - dam well uploaded 360!) In addition, it was awesome to see the return of the 2013 VAMP Pin Up Queen, JEZEBEL (aka Jennifer Mathews)! She was there to crown the new 2014 VAMP Pin Up Queen winner and it was an awesome time. LADY LUCK CAR CLUB Celebrity pin up model and founder of the Lady Luck Car Club, BETTY ANN, also returned as one of the pageant judges, along with her posse of beautiful women and their cars! SUCH FUN! OUTSIDE BAND STAND It was a treat to see friends Adam Jones & Ashley of the band Savi0r play the bandstand along with the featured headlining band Sacramento's own, New Pioneers with lead singer Bruce Kubel. FOOD & VENDORS There was a plethora of vendors sharing their wares. I must give a shout-out to my stalwart friend & compadre Nick Roberts for sharing his artistic talents and art pieces for people to enjoy. KUDOS Props to Shannon McCabe, Wendy Williams and staff & volunteers for their energetic hard work in putting on such an AMAZEBALLS event! THE LOWDOWN The 2013 Vampire Ball "Dark Shadows" by Shannon McCabe was indeed a Festival of Fun for Vampires, Pirates, Steampunkers & Devils like me!

The Vampire Ball is now at the California Automobile Museum and here is a clip of the event…read more Gregory James of James Media Presents Shannon McCabe's Vampire Ball 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DrZGNyJNk&feature=youtu.be Loved the 2017 Vampire Ball!

Although the Roseville Greek Food Festival is not a must-go event for me, it definitely is for the…read moreGreek community and St. Anna's Greek Orthodox Church members. I sat with a retired woman on the free shuttle bus from the parking lot who told me she has attended every year since she was a teenager! Apparently, there is a circuit of Greek festivals in the Sacramento area, including St. Katherine's in Elk Grove in late September and Sacramento Greek Festival (Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church) in early October. She cherishes the homemade food. She recommended the pastitsio (Greek lasagna) and spanakopita, but her absolute favorite is the LOUKOUMADES (Greek donut bites drizzled with honey, cinnamon, and optional walnuts). $5 admission. Cashless transactions. While in the main hall food line, I asked a church member food festival volunteer what she liked. She said the lamb and pastitsio were good. Because she doesn't like spinach, she said her favorite was the TYROPITA. I'm pretty sure I would have loved that given how much I enjoyed the Spanakopita. When I lucked out to find a seat under the shaded outdoor patio, one couple who had purchased nearly every food item told me their favorite was the pastitsio. I purchased lamb ($15 in September 2026), pastitsio ($13), spanakopita ($5), mizithra pasta ($8), loukoumades (small for $10), baklava ($4.25), melomakarona ($2.75), and almond crescent cookie ($2.75). I spent a lot more than I expected. My favorites were the SPANAKOPITA, ALMOND CRESCENT COOKIE, Mizithra Pasta, and Loukoumades. The Almond Crescent cookie reminded me of the chewy Italian amaretti cookies, so I was happily surprised and delighted by it. Spanakopita was warm and flaky. The Loukoumades was a long, slow line around 3:15 PM. I was in line for at least 40 minutes. Rice Pilaf was sold out when I was in main food line around 2 PM. More was getting prepared, but it would have been a 12 minute wait (I couldn't hold up the line that long), so I opted for the Mizithra Pasta. The main food line was inside the building with the fellowship room (the prior sanctuary). I think I waited about 20 minutes. The line then split into 2 cafeteria lines. You receive a plastic reusable tray, paper plate, plastic utensils, and napkins. Outside the main food hall, there is a patio with a long table with to-go boxes and plastic bags. You can return the trays there. I went on Sunday, Day 2 of the festival. Many of the desserts were already sold out before I arrived. One bakery staffer told me the Galaktoboureko, the custard phyllo pastry, was her favorite, but that was sold out. I didn't think the Pastitsio and Lamb (leg meat) were served hot enough. They were prepared in advance and kept in warming trays. You could see the volunteers grilling chicken and sausage, so those might be fresher and hotter. Great Greek Mediterranean Grill offered free samples of hummus with your choice of carrots or pita bread. The shuttle buses were actual buses, not vans. There were at least 2 in service. Parking is less than a mile away, so you could walk back on your own. Getting to the festival was much faster than waiting for a ride home at a popular departure time. I suspect I waited around 45 minutes for a ride back. First bus in front of me filled, so I had to wait for the next bus. If you're about 2/3 up the hill waiting for the bus, you probably won't make it on the bus. On-site parking is limited, so it's recommended to park in the nearby lot (1411 Secret Ravine Parkway, Roseville, CA 95661). I was focused on trying and buying the food, so I didn't spend time shopping or enjoying the music or Greek dancing. I probably would've enjoyed dancing. I did bump into or recognize people I knew from pickleball and line dancing, so it can be a fun and friendly gathering place. I did chat with people while in line for food. You can also go on a scheduled tour of the church. You can't bring food or drink into the sanctuary. There is a church store where you can buy Christian items and local honey from monasteries. Main activity is eating, so you'll probably spend 1.5 to 2 hours to stand in line and eat. Allocate time for the shuttle bus or walk back to your car. Here's the website for the Roseville Greek Food Festival held annually at St. Anna's Greek Orthodox Church: https://festival.saintanna.org/

Small Greek Festival on the Grounds of St. Anna (Mary's mother). Lots of good food and tons of…read morepastries for sale. Dancing starts at 2pm. $5 admission credit or debit only. Under 12, active military or first responders free. Free parking at 1 Adventist Way off Sunrise and Eureka. Free school bus ride. Very clean and quick.

Best place to sample Mandarin Oranges from several local growers... Get the freshest just pick…read morefruits just in time for the holidays. Our favorite growers are Miller Honey & Magnolia Farms... Also it is the best way to support our local small business growers.

So this is a pretty small event to be considered a festival but hey it was fun…read more Tickets were $10 pp and allowed you to peruse the displays and vendors. We parked next door in a church parking lot accepting donations fir parking so that made it easy to lug our 10lb bags of mandarins lol. My favorite display was a guy carving wood sculptures with a chain saw. Also had a Reeses's peanut butter mocha and cobbler which were yummy. Unfortunately the mandarins were more tart than sweet so ideally this should have been delayed to prolong the growing season. Overall this was still a nice little event and i would come back next year.

Hit up a quilt show here, ( yick!!!!) with my wife. The grounds were nice ( what I saw of them) and…read moreI was comfortable being there. We visited 4 small buildings that were well maintained. The climate was well controlled and there was minimal garbage noted inside or out. There was a nice little area that me and my two kids did sidewalk chalk while we waited and it was nice to have large grassy areas to run about in as well. Parking was sufficient for this event but I doubt it would be for many others. There was no charge to park though and that was nice. If there's another event there and I don't attend it will not be because of the fairgrounds. I have no idea about the types of events hosted here but I imagine they'll takeover from most people......

I've been to this location a few times. I do like how they offer parking, with a fee of course…read more Fast Fridays are fun here. I like when they hold events such as the aloha festival too. The staff who are at these events are friendly and kind. It's nice how they treat customers with respect and they are good at communicating. I would come back again for how they keep these grounds well maintained and the events held at this place.