Festivals, fairs, and fiestas! Olé!
Come summer and fall, we can look forward to the various festivals, fairs, and fiestas that take place in Hollister and other parts of our county. These are just a few of the big ones.
Annual Old Mission San Juan Bautista Fiesta
About seven miles to the west of Hollister is San Juan Bautista, named after Mission San Juan Bautista, which was established in 1797. For many decades, the mission city has held an annual fiesta to celebrate St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of the Old Mission. This year, the event will take place on Sunday, June 28. Admission is free.
The celebration starts with a procession from the mission through
the city and back up to the olive grove next to the mission. For more
details, check out this
link.
Annual Downtown Hollister Street Festival, Car Show, and Swap Meet
On July 18, 2015, San Benito Street and the side streets, between Fourth and South Streets, close for the 29th annual Downtown Hollister Street Festival, Car Show, and Swap Meet. The free event is sponsored by the
Downtown Hollister Association. For more details about the free event, check out this
link.
San Benito County Fair
Cowboy Boots & Local Roots is the theme of this year's San Benito County Fair at Bolado Park, about eight miles south of Hollister. Livestock exhibits. Live music. Flower, food, art, and quilt competitions. Business and nonprofit group displays. Carnival rides. Truck pulls. And much more. If you've never experienced an old-fashioned county fair, ours is the one to check out.
This year, the fair will be four days long, from Thursday, October 1 to Sunday, October 4, 2015. For more information, visit the fair's
website.
San Benito Olive Festival
The third annual San Benito Olive Festival will take place on October 17, 2015. The location to be announced soon. This foodie fair celebrates the agricultural heritage and bounty, as well as the artisanal foodmakers, in our area. Some of the products from here are olive oils, chocolates, wines, Blenheim apricots, cherries, lettuce, asparagus, greens, free-range chickens and eggs, free-range grass-fed beef, and more.
The San Benito Olive Festival, a nonprofit group, donates all of its net proceeds from the annual event back to other nonprofit groups in the community. For more details, visit its
website.
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