SUMMER & FALL DOIN'S IN THE DELTA

See www.californiadelta.org for more on Delta events throughout the year. New events just added!

June 20-Aug. 29: Suisun City's Sunday Waterfront Jazz Series. Concerts from 3-6 p.m. every Sunday on the Harbor Plaza. Info, (707) 421-7309 or www.visitsuisuncity.com.

August 28: 19th Annual Breadfruit Tree Restaurant Reggae on the Delta, 3:00 -10:00 p. m. Featuring Pan Exstacy (Caribbean steel drum band) and Sabor Caliente (Salsa, Latin jazz and Cumbia). Caribbean food and drinks for sale. $20 at the door. Call (209) 952-7361 or (209) 951-6921.

August 28, Sept. 11: Delta Discovery Cruises Eco-Lunch Cruise with East Bay Regional Park. Call for reservations (925) 252-9300.

August 29 & Sept. 26: Delta Discovery Cruises Holistic Healing Waters Cruise aboard the Island Serenade. Qigong, Meditation, Healthy Diet, Dream Interpretation, and Motivational Talks, noon to 3:00 p.m. Pittsburg Marina. Heather Ingram, (925) 252-9300.

August 31: Delta Discovery Cruises to Windmill Cove Taco Tuesday. Departs Stockton Marina at 6:00 p.m. and leaves Windmill Cove at 9:00 p.m. $30 round trip cruise. Call (209) 462-9300.

Sept. 11-12: Pittsburg Seafood Festival. 40+ restaurants, arts & crafts, kids' playland, wine pavilion, margarita booth, sport pavilion, live entertainment. $8. Free shuttle from BART and Pittsburg Unified School District. Info, (925) 432-7301.

Crush Festival, Old Sugar Mill. 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., $15/$20. Commemorative wine glass, grape stomping competition, live music, winery and crush pad tours, barrel tasting, bottle your own wine event, and complementary wine tasting. Lunch available for purchase. (916) 744-1615

Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 7: Delta Discovery Cruises Wine Tasting Dinner Cruise. Heather Ingram, (925) 252-9300.

Sept. 16-19: Lodi Grape Festival & Harvest Fair. Celebrate everything grape as they've done since 1907. "A whole bunch of fun."

Sept. 18: Delta Blues Festival, noon to 7:30 p.m. on the Antioch waterfront, free. Great boat-in venue!

Orwood Resort 4th Annual Extreme Water & Air Show to Benefit Royal Family Kids Camps. 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. $5 admission (6 and under free). Featuring world's fastest femaie barefoot water skier, trick skiing, drag boats, extreme sky diving teams, extreme wake boarding, trick jet ski exhibition and Patriot Jet Team exibition. Bring your own lawn chair. Michael Temby, (925) 550-0796.

Sept. 18 & 30: Delta Discovery Cruises Mothball Fleet World War II History Cruise. Enjoy a 4-hour tour of the fleet with a historian and lunch. 11:00-3:00 p.m., $55.00. Heather Ingram, (925) 252-9300.

Sept. 19: Delta Discovery Cruises Champagne Brunch Cruise with Live Jazz. Departs Stockton, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., $49.00. Heather Ingram, (925) 252-9300.

Sept. 24-26: Steamboat Meet at B&W Resort Marina. Free gathering of steam engine enthusiasts, steamboats, steampowered cars and motorcycles. Candy Kelp, (916) 777-6161.

Sept. 26: Taste of Lodi, Wine & Roses, 2505 W Turner Rd.. 1:00- 5:00 p.m. Wineries, restaurants and caterers; wine seminars, chef demonstrations, and live music; Port, Cigar and Chocolate Pavilion. $40/advance, $50/door (if available). (800) 798-1810 or (209) 365-1195.

October 1-3: Antique Classic Boat Society at B&W Resort Marina. Free display of restored wood boats. Candy Kelp, (916) 777-6161.

October 2: Make-A-Wish Foundation Fundraiser Cruise sponsored by Driftwood Yacht Club and Delta Discovery Cruises. $60, all proceeds go towards the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Heather Ingram, (925) 252-9300.

October 3: Lodi Street Faire, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Antiques, arts & crafts, commercial items, and food & beverages.

October 9: Stocktoberfest 2010. Oktoberfest with seating outdoors on long benches and tables under a lit tent. Collectable glass beer steins, German beer and food, competitions, and live music (polka to local rock). Wes Rhea, (209) 464-5246.

October 24: California Delta Chambers Music & Arts Festival at Old Sugar Mill.

October 29-31: Stockton Delta KOA Halloween Hoopla.Trick or treating on the hay wagon ride, haunted house, pumpkin carving contest. (209) 369-1041.

October 30: Downtown Lodi Trick-or-Treat & Fall Festival. Trick or treat at downtown merchants noon-5:00 p.m. The Fall Festival carries on into the evening with live music, a food court, pumpkin painting, petting zoo, face painting, costume contests, games, raffles and a pumpkin carving competition. (209) 369-8052

By the way, Lost Isle is closed for another year. They are remodeling and plan to re-open for the 2011 season. Strangely enough, the Isleton Crawdad Festival has moved to Red Bluff!