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.

This year was amazing, live relaxing music, cute petting zoo, kids activities, fun…read moreface-in-hocutouts(see pic), Chalk Artists and plenty of food vendors offering Eggplant dishes to go along with the festival at decent prices! They also had lots of vendors selling gift related items, to get you started on your holiday shopping, and offered complimentary samples as well! I tried some deliciously flavorful Mandarin Olive Oil, Balsamic and sweet Orange Blossom Honey from the Colwell Thundering Herd Ranch booth and purchased some cards made by a local artist from the Cloudy Art Studio booth! As well as entered into their raffle to win some beautiful hand towels and cards! For lunch I ordered some deliciously flavorful and perfectly sauced Eggplant Lasagna from Rubinos Ristorante Booth and will definitely be checking out their restaurant in Rocklin now! I would highly recommend attending the festival and don't forget to pick up your free Eggplant before you leave, I cannot wait to try mine and see what next year has in store!

The event took place at the Artisan Building and outside The Greens Hotel/ The Greens Cafe. I'm…read moreglad it took place during the daytime because I would not want to walk those two blocks between them at night. There were a lot of vendors selling products. Luckily, I didn't bring a lot of cash with me or I would've bought too much. I did come away with a container of cashew cheese from The Cultured Kitchen though. I tasted a variety of samples, which were mostly good. Other than that there wasn't much to do or see.

Great location! The Red Lion hotel had ample parking and room for all of the vendors and guests…read more The stage was excellent for watching and hearing the presentations as the audio was clear and they had large screens on either side that showed close ups of what was happening on stage for those in the back of the audience to see. There was a good amount of food and snacks available across the 7 or so setups from different restaurants and they were still serving by the time we left at around 2:30. I hadn't noticed any to have run out of food. I decided it was a good day to be a cow and ended up with a big kale salad, freshly whacked open coconut as a beverage which I took home so I could put the meat to use later, a bowl of amazing chili, a sampler dish of some Indian food (chickpeas and lentils), sampled some Nacheez and chocolate and got some kombucha from the tap. I did a silent cheer to myself for preparing this morning by not having breakfast. I guess I was sorta hoping for a little bit more to look through and learn about or at least to find a vendor with good cookbooks or something. Aside from some teas, jams and a couple other vendors, there wasn't a whole lot else to see or be involved with. As the veggie lifestyle continues to gain more interest, I hope this gathering continues to grow and have more to offer in the future. I certainly had a pretty GOOD experience and I will return next year!

A fairly well organized event at a beautiful location for a worthy cause. I think I discovered more…read moreamazing and up-and-coming microbreweries in one hour here than I did in the last year, and that says a lot since I'm quite the beer enthusiast. The venue of choice, the California Aerospace Museum, has a lot of advantages because of its space, open and airy feel and beautiful aircraft to admire. On this particular night they would not allow us to go outside to view the rest of the planes, which is something I distinctly remember I was allowed to do at other festivals here. Each vendor was friendly and some of the pours were more than generous. The atmosphere was lively and became crowded in the final hours, but it was easy to slip upstairs and people watch from the second floor if the crowds weren't your thing. My biggest criticism is reserved for the "VIP Rare Beer Hour." For a significantly higher cost of $100 per ticket, you got to get in an hour early and supposedly taste rare beers - many of which are not even available off the factory floor. Half of that first hour was wasted standing in a long line, there was no private section for rare beer tasting and many of the vendors didn't even have a rare beer option. I'd probably be more disappointed in this if the event as a whole didn't turn out to be such a thirst quenching success.

Cheers!! A fest…read morededicated to all things brewed, with delicious tastes of sausages, pastas, cheeses and stews to fortify the soul. Hopefully other Yelpers will fill in the details on this lager-than-life event! So many breweries we didn't get to them all. The pluses: bathrooms upstairs and downstairs. Large event space. Brewers sociable and generous with their explanations, and their pours. Delicious food. The lines were short so we didn't have to spend all her time waiting around for food or drinkl The minuses: a 15-minute line at the beginning - but that irritation quickly wore off as we sipped and slurped our way to beer nirvana!! Solid 4 star event!!

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!

This show takes place at the Roseville @theGrounds for two weekend days in March…read more They call it the "big show" because it's bigger than the Gem Faire that takes place at the same location for 3 days. Yes, while it's bigger than that show, it's definitely not half as big as the International Gem and Jewelry Show that takes place in San Mateo. I guess I was expecting it to be something like that. Instead, this show seems to be more based on rocks. There was a handful of vendors selling some jewelry and some beads but it seemed like the vast majority was polished rocks. Definitely pretty and interesting to look at, but I've probably been too spoiled with the International Gem and Jewelry Show and all they have there. They have an hourly drawing but make sure you're present to win. They also have raffle prizes but nothing really stood out to me. (Though I saw a lot of people buying strips of raffle tickets!). There is a sitting area with food available for purchase. In the back building, there seemed to be lots of activities geared for kids. It's basically two buildings and a bunch of outdoor vendors. Parking is $5 and tickets are about $6 for adults and $5 for seniors. They usually have a postcard or online coupon that you can show them for $1 off admission. So we ended up paying $9 for admission and $5 for parking. We were able to go out and come back again (in and out privileges) by showing them our parking receipt and stamp on our hand. We didn't really find anything to buy until we went to this one vendor outside named Stephanie. She makes these adorable pendant and earring sets for only $11 each! They were very pretty so my mom bought 8 boxed sets. Stephanie was so wonderful and super friendly. We then headed home and as we were driving, we talked about how cute these pendants were and what a great price they were. So believe it or not, we U-turned and went BACK to Stephanie and bought another 10 boxes. So this particular vendor made our visit to the show worth it. Otherwise, it would probably not have been worth the $14 to get in, IMO. But if you're into rocks and minerals, this is the show for you!

Second year in a row going to this festival. This was the first year at this venue. I can't say…read moreenough good things about the festival, they work hard to have the best bands and arrange the set times and stages where you can see the most music possible. Many of the problems with last years festival were fixed with the change in venue. Last year security was a little overzealous when checking at entry with hands on searches and questioning camera lenses, this year it was about as smooth as it gets. Last year the festival took place in September in prime CA heat surrounded by dirt; this year it was in late October, perfect weather and plenty of green grass and shade. Some tips to make this festival more enjoyable: 1. Purchase tickets around August, early bird tickets are much more reasonable. 2. Purchase parking passes ahead of time from the festival (I saved ten dollars like this) 3. Arrive at concert as early as you can (I arrived around 11:30 Saturday and 12:30 Sunday and still required a little time to get through traffic and was long walk from parking to venue (bands start at 11 and there was plenty of food carts and seating. 4. Go to the sides of stages, plenty of room and opportunity to get close (most shoving and pits start in the middle) 5. Don't drink too much Love this festival and will sure to be back next year, really appreciate all the hard work the promoters, venue and security put into making the festival happen

I live about 4 miles away from the festival so I figured lots of traffic I would get dropped off…read more Well that did not work out so well. It took 2 hours to get from my house to inside the festival. There were definitely some logistics problems even with being dropped off. 3 mile walk to get in but hey now I know I can do a 5k race right? Once inside the venue was great. Lots of grass and trees. There was probably enough room for twice as many people. I was in the VIP zone which had lots of seating and a big bar plus many food vendors with short lines. Great line up of talent was on the stage. Seether, Breaking Benjamin, Marilyn Manson, Shinedown and Slipknot all rocked the house. Good show. Will definitely be there again next year if it happens.

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

We attended the 22nd Annual Polish Festival at this hall and we had a lot of fun. The event is…read morefree to the public, and is filled with various vendors selling food, drink, crafts, and jewelry. The entertainment consisted of traditional folk music and dancing, a raffle, a kids area, and more. The hall itself is a two-room venue (upstairs and downstairs) in Old Roseville with 'okay' parking. Unfortunately, the lack of air conditioning made the muggy early September afternoon even more taxing. We were completely sapped of all of our energy in just a few hours. Good times, though! Here's hoping the were able to raise a good amount of funds for their elevator. Check out the event the next time it rolls around (and be sure to bring cash)!

Got to the festival after 4 and unfortunately they had ran out of one of our favorites...the potato…read morepancakes! Hubby got the keilbasa- always SO good...I tried a vegetarian plate from the indoor kitchen, but I wouldn't get that again...the potato and cheese pirogi were the best part out of everything we got. Get here early and you will have first dibs on the best foods they have to offer...bring cash as there is no credit cards accepted. Overall a good time...its always a bit hot and stuffy, lots of people, but that just shows you how unique and special a Polish festival is :)