Welcome to the International Jumping Frog Jubilee!
Where the spirit of Mark Twain leaps to life. Join us for four days of non-stop fun at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds, celebrating the charm and tradition of California’s Gold Country. From the thrill of frog jumping to family-friendly entertainment, delicious food, and community spirit, there’s something for everyone. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unforgettable annual celebration!

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Excerpt from a letter Mark Twain wrote to his friend Jim Gillis.

"It makes my heart ache to call to mind some of those days. Still it shouldn’t, for right in the depths of their poverty and their pocket hunting vagabondage lay the germ of my coming good fortune. You remember the one glean of jollity that shot across our dismal sojourn in the rain and mud of Angel’s Camp – I mean that day we sat around the tavern stove and heard that chap tell about the frog and how they filled him with shot. And you remember how we quoted from the yarn and laughed over it, out there on the hillside while you and Stoker panned and washed. I jotted down the story in my notebook that day and I would have been glad to get ten or fifteen dollars for it – I was just that blind. I published that story and it became widely known in America, India, China, England – and the reputation it made for me has paid me thousands and thousands of dollars since."

Samuel Clemons aka Mark Twain, January 20, 1870