Greek festivals in California 2021

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Start date May 22, 2021

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dpappas87

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Here's a list of Greek festivals happening this summer in California for all of my west coast Greeks

Novato
San Jose
Long Beach
South Bay
Monterey

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Thanks for sharing this great list of Greek festivals happening in different parts of California!

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