Check back often for other events during this month.
Sept 6-7: Mountain View Art & Wine Festival. This multi-cultural celebration features arts and crafts, food, wines and microbrews, live music, and more. (Mountain View, Castro St.; 650/968-8378; www.miramarevents.com)
Sept 6-Oct 12: Northern California Renaissance Faire. Kings, queens, knights and maidens come together at this annual affair. This lively recreation of a Renaissance-era harvest fair offers arts, crafts, foods, wines and frothy ales, while costumed singers, dancers, jugglers and actors perform on stage and throughout the grounds. Fair-goers are invited to wear their own period costumes and participate in activities such as archery, axe throwing and tomato tossing. (Hollister: Casa de Fruta Country Park; 408/847-FAIR; www.norcalrenfaire.org)
Sept 23-28: San Jose International Mariachi Festival. Romantic and lively Mexican ballads play center stage at this five-day celebration of music, film, art and dance. Workshops led by professional mariachis and a festive mariachi fair with entertainment stages, food booths, crafts, games and activities for children are all part of the festival. (San Jose: Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave.; 800/MHC-VIVA; www.mhcviva.org)
