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Eight Active Lightning Strike Fires In Yosemite
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Third Weekend In August Events
Events
Yosemite Free Entrance Day
Yosemite Big Oak Flat Entrance or the Arch Rock Entrance | 5:00 am - 11:00 pm
Dinner at San Andreas VFW
VFW Post 2600 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Yosemite Big Oak Flat Entrance or the Arch Rock Entrance | 5:00 am - 11:00 pm
Dinner at San Andreas VFW
VFW Post 2600 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Overdose Awareness Luncheon
Four Winds Ballroom at Black Oak Casino Resort | 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Bless Up Fire Fund Benefit
Davis Ranch | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Concerts in the Park 2026
Westside Memorial Park | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Four Winds Ballroom at Black Oak Casino Resort | 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Bless Up Fire Fund Benefit
Davis Ranch | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Concerts in the Park 2026
Westside Memorial Park | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Speaking Circle-The Artists' Process, "From Here to There" Art Show
Chakachi-no Learning Center | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Motherlode Brass and Reed Band Concert
Tuolumne Veterans Hall | 6:30 pm
Chakachi-no Learning Center | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Motherlode Brass and Reed Band Concert
Tuolumne Veterans Hall | 6:30 pm
Watershed Watch--Training and Orientation Day
White Pines Park | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free Concert In The Park With The Lack Fmaily
Mary Laveroni Park | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Open Mic Music Night, "From Here to There" Art Show
Chakachi-no Learning Center | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
White Pines Park | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free Concert In The Park With The Lack Fmaily
Mary Laveroni Park | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Open Mic Music Night, "From Here to There" Art Show
Chakachi-no Learning Center | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sonora 2026 Certified Farmers’ Market
Sonora Farmers Market | 7:30 am - 11:30 am
Keep Calaveras Clean Litter Clean-up Event #6
Neilsen Park | 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Twain Harte Area CERT Emergency Preparedness Training
Twain Harte Community Center | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Sonora Farmers Market | 7:30 am - 11:30 am
Keep Calaveras Clean Litter Clean-up Event #6
Neilsen Park | 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Twain Harte Area CERT Emergency Preparedness Training
Twain Harte Community Center | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm