On Saturday, March 1st, Grass Valley, California, will invite everyone to become Cornish for a day as it hosts its annual St. Piran’s Day Celebration. In local parlance, becoming Cornish means ...

from Cornish Christmas celebrations in Grass Valley to the Cornish pasties, or hand pies, sold around town. Not so evident are the literally hundreds of miles of mine shafts bored beneath the region.

It’s official, Grass Valley. You are the most Cornish place in America. The organizers of the city’s St. Piran’s Day pasty tossing contest proclaim as much every March. And now the city has a plaque ...

THEY’VE DONE A REALLY KIND OF REVAMP OF THE GRASS VALLEY MILL STREET, AND WE’RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. ONE TO THE CORNISH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION KICKED OFF TONIGHT WITH A TREE LIGHTING ...

and in Grass Valley, California the day is celebrated to honour the Cornish miners who worked in the area from the mid 19th century onwards. Most Cornish towns celebrate with a Furry dance ...