Weekend Fun For Everyone

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Ring in the New Year with some rockin tunes, family New Years celebration, and much merriment (whatever that may be)! There's plenty of great ideas below. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! Time for some Ol Lang Syne, my friends.

Check out my lists for Holiday Train Rides, Ice Skating Rinks and New Year’s Eve Celebrations.

Friday, December 28, 2018

NUTCRACKER

THEATER

HOLIDAY LIGHTING

Holidays Along the Farm Trails

Meet your farmers, vintners and artisan producers; cut down your own Christmas tree; shop for home-grown and handmade gifts; source ingredients for your holiday meals; see how cheese is made; greet farm animals; sample delicious food; and discover some of Sonoma County's best kept secrets! #SonomaStrong #FarmStrong

Kwanzaa Celebration

The Village Project will present their 12th annual Kwanzaa celebrations throughout San Francisco, with seven days of community events, starting on Dec. 26th through January 1st.  

’Tis The Season For Science

  • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (map)

Experience a winter wonderland in the heart of San Francisco. Outdoor snow flurries, a hands-on polar-themed exhibit, and festive ice rink make the Academy a holiday destination for science lovers of all ages.

Unique Derique FOOL LA LA 

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • The Marsh, San Francisco (map)

Ho ho ho and Fool La La!  It’s the most wonderful time of the year as the Bay Area’s favorite Clown Prince of Fools, Unique Derique, returns to The Marsh San Francisco in this fifth annual holly jolly circus fun celebration for all ages.

Lego Play Day

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Mill Valley Library (map)

Need something to do over winter break? Come to the library! We'll serve freshly popped popcorn at the movies. Drop-in, all ages welcome. No registration required. 

Jurassic Quest

  • 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds (map)

Jurassic Quest is Americas Largest and most realistic Dinosaur Event. Our guests will walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period and The Triassic period and experience for themselves what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs. 

Night Bloom 

  • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  • Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park (map)

Light and sound will transform the iconic San Francisco landmark into a glowing landscape of interactive experiences this holiday season. 

Lantern Light Festival

  • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  • Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton (map)

Lantern Art Festival is a huge light show, Bigger, Better, more beautiful than your traditional light show. Lanterns are built on site up to 30 feet tall.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

NUTCRACKER

THEATER

HOLIDAY LIGHTING

Holidays Along the Farm Trails

Meet your farmers, vintners and artisan producers; cut down your own Christmas tree; shop for home-grown and handmade gifts; source ingredients for your holiday meals; see how cheese is made; greet farm animals; sample delicious food; and discover some of Sonoma County's best kept secrets! #SonomaStrong #FarmStrong

Kwanzaa Celebration

The Village Project will present their 12th annual Kwanzaa celebrations throughout San Francisco, with seven days of community events, starting on Dec. 26th through January 1st.  

Fun Family Fitness Class

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  • Mill Valley Recreation (map)

Join Coach Tilda for a fun workout for the entire family! 

Jurassic Quest

  • 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

  • Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds (map)

Jurassic Quest is Americas Largest and most realistic Dinosaur Event. Our guests will walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period and The Triassic period and experience for themselves what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs. 

Family Art Making

  • 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • de Young museum (map)

Family Art Making offers a free, drop-in art project led by professional teaching artists. 

’Tis The Season For Science

  • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (map)

Experience a winter wonderland in the heart of San Francisco. Outdoor snow flurries, a hands-on polar-themed exhibit, and festive ice rink make the Academy a holiday destination for science lovers of all ages.

Naturalist Creekwalk Tours In Search Of Coho Salmon

  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

  • Samuel P. Taylor State Park (map)

Each winter we look forward to following the endangered coho salmon as they return to Lagunitas Creek to spawn. 

Unique Derique FOOL LA LA 

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • The Marsh, San Francisco (map)

Ho ho ho and Fool La La!  It’s the most wonderful time of the year as the Bay Area’s favorite Clown Prince of Fools, Unique Derique, returns to The Marsh San Francisco in this fifth annual holly jolly circus fun celebration for all ages.

Christmas With Walt Disney (2009)

  • 4:00 PM  

  • The Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco (map)

In this charming film directed by Don Hahn and produced exclusively for the museum, Diane Disney Miller shares stories of Walt’s life during the holidays—at work and at home with his family.

Night Bloom 

  • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  • Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park (map)

Light and sound will transform the iconic San Francisco landmark into a glowing landscape of interactive experiences this holiday season. 

Lantern Light Festival

  • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  • Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton (map)

Lantern Art Festival is a huge light show, Bigger, Better, more beautiful than your traditional light show. Lanterns are built on site up to 30 feet tall.

Sunday, December 30, 2018

NUTCRACKER

THEATER

HOLIDAY LIGHTING

Holidays Along the Farm Trails

Meet your farmers, vintners and artisan producers; cut down your own Christmas tree; shop for home-grown and handmade gifts; source ingredients for your holiday meals; see how cheese is made; greet farm animals; sample delicious food; and discover some of Sonoma County's best kept secrets! #SonomaStrong #FarmStrong

Kwanzaa Celebration

The Village Project will present their 12th annual Kwanzaa celebrations throughout San Francisco, with seven days of community events, starting on Dec. 26th through January 1st.  

Jurassic Quest

  • 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

  • Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds (map)

Jurassic Quest is Americas Largest and most realistic Dinosaur Event. Our guests will walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period and The Triassic period and experience for themselves what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs. 

’Tis The Season For Science

  • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (map)

Experience a winter wonderland in the heart of San Francisco. Outdoor snow flurries, a hands-on polar-themed exhibit, and festive ice rink make the Academy a holiday destination for science lovers of all ages.

Naturalist Creekwalk Tours In Search Of Coho Salmon

  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

  • Samuel P. Taylor State Park (map)

Each winter we look forward to following the endangered coho salmon as they return to Lagunitas Creek to spawn. 

Christmas With Walt Disney (2009)

  • 1:00 PM  

  • The Walt Disney Family Museum (map)

In this charming film directed by Don Hahn and produced exclusively for the museum, Diane Disney Miller shares stories of Walt’s life during the holidays—at work and at home with his family.

Unique Derique FOOL LA LA 

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • The Marsh, San Francisco (map)

Ho ho ho and Fool La La!  It’s the most wonderful time of the year as the Bay Area’s favorite Clown Prince of Fools, Unique Derique, returns to The Marsh San Francisco in this fifth annual holly jolly circus fun celebration for all ages.

Night Bloom 

  • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  • Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park (map)

Light and sound will transform the iconic San Francisco landmark into a glowing landscape of interactive experiences this holiday season. 

Lantern Light Festival

  • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

  • Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton (map)

Lantern Art Festival is a huge light show, Bigger, Better, more beautiful than your traditional light show. Lanterns are built on site up to 30 feet tall.

Monday, December 31, 2018

Jurassic Quest

  • 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

  • Sonoma County Event Center at the Fairgrounds (map)

Jurassic Quest is Americas Largest and most realistic Dinosaur Event. Our guests will walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period and The Triassic period and experience for themselves what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs. 

Noon Year’s Eve

  • 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  • Bay Area Discovery Museum(map)

ach New Year’s Evem we invite you to bring the little ones to ring in the New Year at the Bay Area Discovery Museum’s Noon Year’s Celebration!

Lawrence Hall Of Science

  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Lawrence Hall of Science (map)

Looking for a kid-friendly New Year's celebration? Bring the whole family to the Hall on the afternoon of New Year's Eve for exciting scientific celebrations, including balloon drops every hour on the hour starting at 11:00 a.m. Registration required. Choose from one of six times: 11:00 a.m., 12:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., or 4:00p.m.. 

Hiller Aviation Museum

  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • Hiller Aviation Museum (map)

Kids and parents, come celebrate the New Year with music, activities, face painting and a countdown balloon drop at noon!

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!

  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • Charles M. Schulz Museum(map)

Ring in the New Year with hands-on crafts for kids, Santa Rosa’s only Up-Down and Baby Balloon drops at Noon, and toast with root beer at Noon and 3:00 pm!

Japanese Bell Ringing Ceremony

  • 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

  • Asian Art Museum (map)

Akiba will begin the bell-ringing, and participants may then take turns ringing the bell to leave behind any unfortunate experiences, regrettable deeds or ill luck from the previous year. 

Naturalist Creekwalk Tours In Search Of Coho Salmon

  • 12:00 PM  1:00 PM

  • Samuel P. Taylor State Park (map)

Each winter we look forward to following the endangered coho salmon as they return to Lagunitas Creek to spawn. 

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