HOLTVILLE

61st Carrot Festival

Through Feb. 10: The root-vegetable celebration brings out amateur chefs and duffers with cookery contests for kids and adults, plus a golf tournament, a parade and midway. A low-key, family vibe prevails at the Feb. 10 Día de la Familia, where a cook-off (carrots not required) carries a $1,000 first-place prize.

Where: Holt Park, at Holt Road and 6th Street.

Cost: Free admission; $25 for cook-off entry fee.

Info: (760) 356-2923, www.holtvillechamber.com.