CALENDAR OF EVENTS
June 2026
Summer 2026
I. SDMG – Meetings, Announcements & Events
Mon, June 15, 2026 – SDMG Board Meeting (Virtual)
Mon, June 22, 2026 – SDMG General Meeting, 7pm, SDMG Bldg.
June 27 – July 5, 2026 – SDMG Workshops closed.
Mon, July 6 – August 29, 2026 – Summer workshops in session. SUMMER SCHEDULE 2026 »
Detailed listings for Shows and Events appear in The Pegmatite
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II. On the Go… To a Show & Other Events
Wed, Jun 10 – Sun, July 5, 2026 SAN DIEGO, CA – San Diego County Fair
Sat, June 20, 2026 BELLFLOWER, CA – Delvers Gem & Mineral Society
Sat & Sun, June 27–28, 2026 CULVER CITY, CA – Culver City Rock & Mineral Club's Fiesta of Gems featuring Malachite
Sat & Sun, August 22–23, 2026 ESCONDIDO, CA – Palomar Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show
I. and II. All Meetings, Events & Shows
Sat, June 20, 2024 BELLFLOWER, CA – Delvers Rock Lapidary Extravaganza
Sponsor: Delvers Gem & Mineral Society
Venue: Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
14515 Blaine Ave., Bellflower, CA 90706
Hours: 10am – 4pm
Admission: Free.
Website: delversgemclub.wordpress.com
Parking lot sale featuring gems, minerals, equipment, odds and ends. Come One, Come All – Support your local rock club.
Mon, June 22, 2026 SAN DIEGO, CA – SDMG General Meeting
Sponsor: San Diego Mineral & Gem Society
Venue: SDMG Bldg, at the back of Spanish Village in Balboa Park, San Diego
Hours: 7pm
Admission: Free. Open to the public.
Rose Brooks will give a presentation on Feldspar.
Please remember to bring something for dessert to share with everyone. Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and other drinks will be provided by SDMG. Your help afterward in cleanup is very much appreciated by me, Mike Frye and Dave Smith, who set up and take down. See you there!
Sat, June 27–28, 2026 CULVER CITY, CA – Fiesta of Gems
Sponsor: Culver City Rock & Mineral Club
Venue: Veteran's Memorial Auditorium
4117 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230
Hours: Sat 10am – 6pm, Sun 10am – 5pm
Admission: Free.
Contact: Janice Metz, culvercityrocks35@gmail.com
Web: culvercityrocks.org/fiesta
This year the featured gemstone is Malachite. Over 30 Rock, Gem and Jewelry Dealers; Tool Dealers; Kid’s Zone with Games and Free Rocks; Free Hourly Door Prizes Drawings; Grand Prize raffle drawing Sunday afternoon with spectacular prizes.
Sat & Sun, August 22–23, 2026 ESCONDIDO, CA – Palomar Annual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show
Sponsor: Palomar Gem & Mineral Club
Venue: The Convention Center at the California Center for the Arts
340 North Escondido Blvd, Escondido CA 92025
Hours: Sat 10am – 5pm; Sun 10am – 4pm
Admission: $5.00.
Parking: Free.
Website: www.palomargem.org
Dealers offering beautiful mineral specimens, cut gems, gem rough, fossils, and eye-catching jewelry made from gems and minerals. Gem Identification and demonstrations include faceting, silversmithing, and other arts.