The Annual St. Patrick's Day Dandelion Days Celebration is a family-oriented event, and it's lots of fun! It includes an outdoor bazaar and street fair featuring antiques, relics and collectibles, arts and crafts, and much more: 2 days of live music on 2 stages, a Beer & Wine Garden, lots of fun food, and kids' carnival rides. A pancake, ham and egg breakfast located at the Jackson Civic Center, kicks off both days activities at 7:00 am (or there about). But Dandelion Days is also known for its rich local community flavor, one thing that makes it so popular. In fact, a great many attendees come from outside the county to join the fun! Not least of all, Dandelion Days is one of the Jackson Lions Club's largest fund-raising events that benefits student scholarships and community events.
2026 - (Jackson, CA) Downtown Jackson will overflow with family-friendly fun -- antiques and crafts vendors, two days of live music, pancake breakfast, kids’ carnival, food booths, beer and wine garden – at the Jackson Lions Club’s annual Dandelion Days Street Fair, Saturday and Sunday, March 21 – 22, 2026, 8 am – 5 pm, rain or shine.
Dandelion Days is a major Lions Club fundraiser. It helps to support their Third of July Fireworks Display, Halloween Parade in Jackson, college scholarships for local students, and many other local projects.
- The Lions Club will hold a Pancake Breakfast, starting at 7 am both mornings at the Jackson Civic Center, 33 Broadway, $8/person, kids 12 & under, $5.
- Live music stages, sponsored by the National Hotel and Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort, will be in Petkovich Park and in the Logan’s Alley Beer & Wine Garden (by the creek next to the National Hotel). Music performances for all ages both days include Over The Edge, Sultan of Silly, Amador Sons, Tin Dears, Haywired, Kool Shifters, It’s All Good, Highway Vagabonds, The Blowbacks & The Babybacks, She Calls Him Wilson, and Triple Threat.
- Food booths and the kids’ carnival will be set up between Petkovich Park and the Ledger Dispatch office.
- Free parking with shuttle to Main Street is available in Jackson at the Amador County Administration Building (810 Court Street), St. Sava Mission (604 Mission Blvd.) and at the Amador Transit Center (115 Valley View Way, Sutter Creek). Free shuttle will be provided by Amador Transit. Paid parking will be available at Grocery Outlet, run by and benefitting the Argonaut Jr. Mustang Youth Football program (no shuttle or overnight parking there).
- People attending the event are encouraged to bring used eyeglasses and hearing aids to donate to the Lions Club and can also bring other items that support charitable causes such as pull tabs to the Lions Club Trailer.
- Jackson Main Street and portions of Water Street and Broadway near Petkovich Park will be closed to parking at noon, Friday, 3/20, and to through-traffic from 6 pm Friday until approximately 7 pm, Sunday, 3/22.
To apply for a booth space (below) or get more information about the event, go to jacksonlionsclub.org or call Byron Welch, 209-296-2275
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VENDOR SPACE IS SOLD OUT FOR THE 2026 EVENT
