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<\/a><\/p>\nAmong the crafts, the fair has many gourmet food booth as well. Sonora Christmas Festival continues to be one of California’s finest arts festivals. Santa will be there all three days, as well as bounce houses and the Knights Express train! Don’t forget the face painter! Located to the right of the Main Stage, next to Santa. <\/p>\n
The popular Doggie Stockings by Tuolumne County Humane Society are back, next to Main Stage.
\nSonora Cat Rescue will be seeking homes for rescued kitties.<\/p>\n
Live Entertainment (so far) :<\/p>\n
All Weekend:
\nJoe Craven (www.joecraven.com)
\nMirth & Glee Singers\/Carolers
\nCaptain Jack Spareribs (www.pirate4hire.com)<\/p>\n
Friday Only:
\nSourdough Slim with Robert Armstrong
\nLittle Fuller Band
\nKatrina & Scotty Comedy Jugglers (www.ComedyIndustries.com)
\nHattie & Joe Craven <\/p>\n
Saturday Only:
\nSourdough Slim & The Saddle Pals
\nFun Strummers Ukelele Orchestra (www.funstrummers.com)
\nWheeler Cole Juggler
\nJoe Craven & the Sometimers
\nJungle Joe Variety Act<\/p>\n
Sunday Only:
\nSourdough Slim
\nThe Brothers Strong & Co.
\nCoyote Hill
\nHattie & Joe Craven<\/p>\n
Just past the second building, nestled among artists of all kinds, are artists of their own, designing foods to nourish not only our bodies, but our souls as well. We have hand picked vendors from all over the state, and strive to provide our clientele with quality food and drinks. <\/p>\n
Road Dog Cafe – Sandwiches – Tri-Tip, Chicken, Pork, Sausage – Seafood Chowder, Hot Dogs
\nOld Skool Wood Fired Pizza Pie – Local favorites, these pizzas take the cake… or pie!
\nS&B First Cook – Chinese – Rice, Chicken & Beef sticks, Egg Rolls, etc…
\nPeppe’s Mexican Meals – Tacos, Burritos, Nachos, etc…
\nThe Chocolate Factory – Serving Chocolate Dipped Goodies – Bacon, Cheesecake, Fruit, Ice Cream, etc…
\nSierra Waldorf School – Serving Beer, Wine, and Drinks of the Season. Come get your Hot Toddy!
\nRomaine Enterprises – Kettlecorn, Lemonade
\nLe Petite Donut – Mini donuts with your choice of toppings!<\/p>\n
Festival Dates, Times, Locations
\nThe 42nd Anniversary of the Sonora Christmas Festival 2016 will begin on Friday, Nov 25 10am to 5pm, Saturday, Nov 26, 10am to 5pm, & Sunday, Nov 27, 10am to 4pm.
\nLocation is Mother Lode Fairgrounds, downtown Sonora, Hwy 49 exit off the bypass.
\nAddress: 220 Southgate Dr, Sonora CA 95370.
\nAdmission: Friday thru Sunday is $8 Adults, $5 Seniors & Students, $2 kids 6 to 12 yrs, under 6 yrs old kids are Free w\/ Adult Admission. Parking at the fairgrounds property is $5 Per vehicle.
\n$1.00 off one admission discount cards are located in most downtown Sonora businesses, county wide motels & restaurants, and are downloadable from our website www.fireonthemountain.com.
\nSenior admission is already discounted.
\nShuttle Bus service, compliments of the Black Oak casino are planned, details will be announced on website www.fireonthemountain.com<\/p>\n
Info phone during show hours only on Nov 25-27 is 209-743-4202.<\/p>\n
Canned Food Drive:
\nOn Sunday only – An Extra Special $1 Discount off Adult & Senior Admission will be given for a canned food donation (still edible & in good condition) to the Christmas Can Tree & other organizations. <\/p>\n
The 36th Winter Wonderland Christmas Parade, in historic downtown Sonora, will be ready to roll at 5:30pm Friday (Parade details 209-532-7725, www.sonoraca.com\/visitsonora\/events.htm).<\/p>\n
News Editors, Thank you so much for your help!
\nFor more info, please phone 209-533-3473 or email corinne@fireonthemountain.com
\nPO Box 148, Soulsbyville, CA, 95372<\/p>\n
~~ Some Websites for bios & pics ~~
\nwww.pirate4hire.com (Captain Jack Spareribs)
\nwww.comedyindustries.com (Jugglers)
\nwww.goldenboughmusic.com
\nwww.jeeba.com
\nwww.sourdoughslim.com
\n www.littlefullerband.com
\nwww.joecraven.com<\/p>\n
Special thanks to Black Oak Casino, KXJZ\/KUOP, KVMR, Good Day Sacramento TV are among our gracious festival sponsors and helpers. MIP Musical Productions.<\/p>\n
Our Twain Harte Summer Arts & Wine Festival will be held July 22-23, 2017, a fun “Street Fair” in downtown Twain Harte<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sonora, CA…Eat, Shop, and Be Merry, As Christmas Is Near! A plethora of Craft & Graphic designers will be featured at this “top rated” West Coast festival ~ a definite Christmas shopping destination for thousands of thoughtful shoppers since 1975. This popular event draws over 10,000 quality craft purchasers and music lovers. As you enter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":26375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19,20,4,1,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-life-style","category-news","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/elves.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}