California Holiday Calendar
Annual calendar holidays & night skies for 2023
- cabin rentals
- holiday destinations
- meteor showers
- sledding areas
- snowboard, ski & cross country
- wildflower blooms
This list below is published by Total Escape, so you can easily plan your weekends away and your outdoor vacations, your fishing trips, your stargazing nights, your valuable three day weekends
holiday dates for 2023
JANUARY
- Sunday, January 1 New Year’s Day
- Friday, January 6 (full moon)
- Quadrantid Meteor Shower
- Monday, January 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
FEBRUARY
- Thursday, February 2 Groundhog Day
- Sunday, February 5 (full moon)
- Friday, February 14 Valentine’s Day (full moon)
- Monday, February 20 President’s Day Weekend
- Tuesday, February 21 Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday
- Wednesday, February 22 Ash Wednesday
MARCH
- Tuesday, March 7 (full moon)
- Sunday, March 12 Daylight Savings Time starts
- Friday, March 17 Saint Patrick’s Day
- Monday, March 20 Vernal Equinox (Spring)
- Tuesday, March 21 (new moon)
APRIL
- Saturday, April 1 April Fools Day
- Sunday, April 2 Palm Sunday
- Wednesday, April 5 (full moon)
- Thursday, April 6 Passover
- Friday, April 7 Good Friday
- Sunday, April 9 Easter Sunday
- Lyrid Meteor Shower
- Wednesday, April 19 (new moon)
- Saturday, April 22 Earth Day
- Friday, April 21 Arbor Day
MAY
- Thursday, May 5 Cinco de Mayo (full moon)
- Sunday, May 14 Mother’s Day
- Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
- Friday, May 19 (new moon)
- Monday, May 29 Memorial Day
JUNE
- Saturday, June 3 (full moon)
- Wednesday, June 14 Flag Day
- Saturday, June 17 (new moon)
- Sunday, June 18 Father’s Day
- Wednesday, June 21 Summer Solstice
JULY
- Monday, July 3 (full moon)
- Tuesday, July 4 Independence Day
- Monday, July 17 (new moon)
- Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
AUGUST
- Tuesday, August 1 (full moon)
- Perseid Meteor Shower
- Wednesday, August 16 (new moon)
- Thursday, August 31 (blue moon)
SEPTEMBER
- Monday, September 4 Labor Day
- Saturday, September 9 Native American Day
- Saturday, September 23 Autumnal Fall Equinox
- Thursday, September 14 (new moon)
- Friday, September 29 (full moon)
OCTOBER
- Monday, October 9 Columbus Day
- Orionid Meteor Shower
- Saturday, October 14 (new moon)
- Saturday, October 28 (full moon)
- Tuesday, October 31 Halloween
NOVEMBER
- Sunday, November 5 Daylight Savings Time ends
- Tuesday, November 7 Election Day
- Saturday, November 11 Veterans Day
- Leonid Meteor Shower
- Monday, November 13 (new moon)
- Thursday, November 23 Thanksgiving Day
- Monday, November 27 (full moon)
DECEMBER
- Tuesday, December 12 (new moon)
- Geminid Meteor Shower
- Thursday, December 21 Winter Solstice
- Sunday, December 24 Christmas Eve
- Monday, December 25 Christmas Day
- Tuesday, December 26 (full moon)
- Sunday, December 31 New Years Eve
Laguna Canyon Saw Dust festival grounds will be transformed into a winter wonderland where artists create, display and sell original creations over the course of five weekends. The Winter Fantasy is offers the most unique holiday shopping in all of Southern California. Art media includes jewelry, clothing, fused and blown glass, ceramics, woodwork, forged metals, painting, photography, sculpture, clothing and textiles.
Listed on this page are California cities and towns that are well known for their shopping – downtown villages, boutiques, art galleries, gift shops, antique stores, shopping plazas, factory outlets, malls and restaurants.
On rare occasions the local National Forest may be letting the general public cut their own Christmas trees in the nearby forests. There is usually a small fee & a list of rules. They do this for thinning of the forest, where pine trees are too close together. Free labor for the government & you are paying them for the privilege of cutting your own perfect pine tree. American traditions such as this still exist.