February may be short and sweet, but it’s also packed with oodles of exciting things to do with the family. From Valentine’s Day to Chinese New Year celebrations to GiantsFest and more. Amazing events are happening everywhere! Here’s some top picks for this weekend events.

Friday, February 7, 2020

Silhouette Artist Karl Johnson

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cupcake, Santa Rosa (map)

Please join Silhouette Artist Karl Johnson at our store where he will be creating hand cut silhouette portraits! Each one takes just minutes and all ages are welcome even the squirmy ones. Original Silhouettes are $30. Payment is made at the event. Please reserve one time slot per person, as duplicates are cut at the same time.

SPARK Art Show

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Corte Madera Town Center (map)

Introducing the SPARK Art Show – a community art event that will showcase the talents of local and emerging artists and the students of Larkspur-Corte Madera School District.

Silhouette Artist Karl Johnson

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Cupcake, Healdsburg (map)

First Friday Family Nights

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CuriOdyssey, San Mateo (map)

On the first Friday of every month, from 5pm until 8pm, parents and kids relax and celebrate the weekend together at CuriOdyssey. Enjoy a live band, cash bar and get a hot dinner while the kids meet animals up-close and play with fun science exhibits.

Father Daughter Dance

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Belvedere Community Center (map)

Event includes: dessert buffet, cookie decorating, music & dancing.

Saturday, February 8, 2020, King Tides

Valentine’s Day at the Marin Country Mart

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Marin Country Mart, Larkspur (map)

Make Heart Waffles and dance to music with Steve and Jill Pierce 9:30-10:30.

NMC Annual Rummage And Bake Sale

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Novato Gymnastics (map)

Come one, come all! Buy and sell lightly used treasures.

Brick Fest Live® LEGO® Fan Experience

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
San Mateo County Event Center (map)

LEGO® lovers rejoice! The Brick Fest Live® LEGO® Fan Experience is filled with hands-on attractions and activities engineered to inspire, educate, and entertain.

Teddy Bear Tea

9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Belvedere Tiburon Library (map)

Calling all young children, their friends and families and anyone who loves hot chocolate and teddy bears.

Valentine's Day Conversation Heart Cookies

10:00 AM 12:00 PM
Williams Sonoma Stores

Spread some love this Valentine’s Day with delicious sugar cookies that look just like conversation heart candies! Then, we’ll get to try our freshly baked treats!

Learn To Saltwater Fish

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
McNears Beach Park, San Rafael (map)

Join rangers to learn how to fish on the San Pablo Bay. A limited amount of poles will be available on a first come, first-served basis. A valid California fishing license is required when fishing from the shore, not from the pier.

Giants FanFest

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
AT&T Park, San Francisco (map)

Live KNBR broadcasts on the field, player Q&As, free player autographs, places to take photos, walk or play catch on the field (weather permitting), self-guided tours of the Giants Clubhouse, a kids zone and more.

A Pre Valentine's Day Celebration

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mill Valley Lumber Yard (map)

Live Music, Shopping Specials, Make Your Own Valentines, One-of-a-Kind Gifts and Valentine's Cheer.

Junior Ranger Program Owl Exploration!

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
China Camp Village Beach, San Rafael (map)

Who’s hoo-ing at China Camp? Owls, that’s hoo! Earn your Jr. Ranger badge as we learn about owls and their favorite foods.

Silhouette Artist Karl Johnson @ Sprout SF Mill Valley

10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sprout San Francisco in Mill Valley (map)

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Step through the magic wardrobe into a mythical land frozen in eternal winter under a powerful witch’s spell. Epic storytelling combines with movement and puppetry as two actors and four dancers create an entire world of fantastic creatures.

Alphabet Rockers

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (map)

ALPHABET ROCKERS make music that makes change. Led by Kaitlin McGaw (she/her) and Tommy Shepherd (he/him), they create brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip hop.

Valentine's Day Booth at Sugar Paper

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sugar Paper (map)

Get your smiles and silly faces ready for Sugar Paper’s Annual Valentine’s Photo Booth Event! First card is on them.

Chinese New Year Celebration

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Chinese Historical Society of America (map)

Join the Chinese Historical Society of America before the Chinese New Year Parade for FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION all day to welcome the Year of the Rat! Enjoy our exhibitions Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion and Called to Rise: Chinese Americans in CBI, plus a full day of programs!

Community Fair

11:00 AM
Chinatown, San Francisco (map)

Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of San Francisco’s exhilarating Chinatown during one of the community’s most exciting times of the year.

San Francisco Summer Resource Fair

11:00 AM 2:00 PM
San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their Families (map)

The Summer Resource Fair connects San Francisco’s children, youth, and families with summer programs, camps, classes, and other services that help ensure that children and youth - particularly from working families - will have enriching, safe, and fun activities to participate in during the months school is not in session.

The Purple Party Ft. Music Of Prince For Kids + More

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley (map)

A family concert series hosted at historic music venues across the country.

Exploring Seasonal Marshlands

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sonoma State Historic Park (map)

During the rainy season, the park’s open space transforms from dry, arid land, into natural marshlands.

Elephant Seal Walk

11:00 AM - 1:45 PM
Año Nuevo State Park (map)

Join Año Nuevo Reserve Director, Patrick Robinson, and sanctuary naturalists for an exclusive, in-depth experience of Año Nuevo State Park’s famous elephant seal colony.

Family Art Making

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
de Young Museum, San Francisco (map)

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

“Hands On History” In The Sonoma Mission Courtyard

11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Mission San Francisco Solano Courtyard (map)

Learn About Life in the Mission Era.

Novato's Community Birthday Party

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
City of Novato Parks, Recreation and Community Services (map)

Join us Saturday, February 8th from 12pm to 2pm and celebrate Novato's 60th birthday!

Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions: Year of the Rat

12:00 PM
Oakland Museum of California (map)

Enjoy live cultural performances, demonstrations, hands-on activities, food, traditional and contemporary music and dance, storytime, a petting zoo, and much more.

Annual Open House and Chinese New Year Celebration

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Presidio, San Francisco (map)

Join us for our Annual Open House and Chinese New Year Celebration. The Year of the Rat where the fun starts at 1 pm.

The Wizard Of Oz

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Presidio Theatre (map)

Musical theater for children presented at the new Presidio Theatre!

Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt

2:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center Gymnasium (map)

The Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt is a unique urban adventure game played on the colorful streets of Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill and the Financial District, set against the backdrop of the annual Chinese New Year Parade. It’s a scavenger hunt for information in which teams collaboratively solve clues leading to off-the-beaten-track locations connected with local history, art and culture.

Annual Chinese New Year Celebration and Banquet

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
San Rafael Community Center (map)

Welcome the Year of the Rat with a sumptuous Chinese Banquet, Lion Dancers, Traditional Chinese Dance, Traditional Chinese Guzheng Music, Kids books and activities.

Chinese New Year Parade

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Chinatown, San Francisco (map)

A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the many hundreds of thousands of people who come to watch it on the street.

Novato Live Concert Series

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Novato City Hall (map)

Novato Live is back with an awesome musical lineup for 2020! Gather your friends and family and join Novato Parks & Recreation for this FREE indoor acoustic concert series on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays in February and March at Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Avenue. Doors open at 5:30pm, music from 6:00-8:00pm. Admission is FREE and all ages welcome.

Penguins+Pajamas Sleepovers

6:00 PM
California Academy of Science, San Francisco (map)

Explore the exhibits after-hours: Discover the deepest depths of the oceans, travel to the tops of rainforests, and blast off into outer space at your own private planetarium show.

Sunday, February 9, 2020, King Tides

Brick Fest Live® LEGO® Fan Experience

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
San Mateo County Event Center (map)

LEGO® lovers rejoice! The Brick Fest Live® LEGO® Fan Experience is filled with hands-on attractions and activities engineered to inspire, educate, and entertain.

Dream of a King Stories & Songs Honoring the Legacy of MLK, Jr.

11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
The Osher Marin JCC , San Rafael (map)

Multi-award winning storyteller Diane Ferlatte with Erik Pearson on banjo & guitar, honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy through the art of stories and song.

Family Valentine's Fun Day

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Aquarium of the Bay, PIER 39 The Embarcadero (map)

Bring the whole family for a magical day of creating memories this Valentine's Day.

Family Program: A Botanical Valentine's Day Tea

10:00 AM 11:30 AM
UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley (map)

Our annual tradition returns with a lovely botanical tea in honor of Valentine’s Day.

Lunar New Year: Year of the Rat Celebration

10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (map)

Welcome the Year of the Rat with dancing, art-making and storytelling at our annual Lunar New Year Celebration.

Mill Valley LiVE - Magic Show & Camp Fair

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mill Valley Community Center (map)

Enjoy an amazing magic show in our Cascade Room! And afterwards, come learn about all things CAMP! Meet camp leaders and learn about all the available camps here at Mill Valley Recreation & come and visit our Preschool Open House!

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Origami Valentines with Tas Bringas

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Corte Madera Library (map)

Make a special Origami Valentine for that special someone. Ages 8 & up.

Mill Valley Sings Choral Festival

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Throckmorton Theatre (map)

Mill Valley Sings is a true community event for all ages. It is meant to excite and inspire performers, develop camaraderie, and spread positivity and love.

Drop-In Art Studio: Forest Puppet Workshop

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (map)

Wish the trees happy birthday in honor of Tu B’Shevat! Create forest animal puppets and use them to invent your own nature story in Master Study: Grand Teton National Park, a playful immersive installation by Mary Anne Kluth.

Careers In The Arts Panel

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (map)

Teens, are you interested in pursuing careers in the arts? Learn about a variety of jobs from the people that do them, including artists, educators, storytellers, and curators working in the Bay Area today.