CASTROVILLE ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL ONE OF THE EARLIEST, FEATURED MARILYN MONROE AS ‘ARTICHOKE QUEEN’ FIRST YEAR, 1948

Giant artichoke greets you as you come into town. Get your fried artichoke arts or just about anything else artichoke.

Still one of the smaller festivals, it has moved to the Monterey Fairgrounds, this year featuring name entertaiment including

the Surf City All Stars, who also  back the Jan and Dean Show