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Weekend Fun For Everyone this Weekend

Only the BEST family-friendly fun in my list of weekend events across the Bay Area!

Friday, September 6, 2019

Big Bounce America 2019

  • 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Contra Costa County Fair (map)

New for 2019, our ‘Access All Areas’ ticket gives you 3 hours of fun on 3 unique attractions! Super Fun = Super Value!

Gala Celebration

  • 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • Jack London State Historic Park (map)

The Gala Celebration rises as a glittering crescendo of song, celebration and dance that completes our 2019 summer season. 

CuriOdyssey's First Friday Family Night

  • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • CuriOdyssey (map)

Fall into science as the kids play with physics, find patterns and explore the natural world in fun, interactive science exhibits.

Bohemian Rhapsody (Sing-A-Long) At Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre

  • 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • Jerry Garcia Amphitheater (map)

Expect food, drinks, music, neighborhood fun, and film selections that both cinephiles and casual moviegoers will love.

Picnics On The Plaza

  • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • San Anselmo (map)

Come enjoy some live local music on the Town Hall lawn! Bring a picnic blanket or chairs, your family and friends, and come enjoy a beautiful evening in downtown San Anselmo.

Friday Night Jazz

  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  • Marin Country Mart (map)

Every Friday night, meet us at Marin Country Mart to enjoy some jazzy tunes in the courtyard! Grab some snacks & a drink and settle in for a new musical adventure every week.

Sundown Cinema: Bohemian Rhapsody

  • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • Jerry Garcia Amphitheater (map)

Enjoy Sundown Cinema: Film Night in the Park events throughout San Francisco.

Alameda: Starlight Movies In The Park/Ralph Breaks The Internet

  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

  • Alameda Point Multi-Purpose Field (map)

Relax, sit back and watch a free movie under the glow of the moon and stars!  

Santa Rosa: Ralph Breaks The Internet

  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  • Land of Imagination Playground (map)

This fun-loving event series is back in Howarth Park for another season! Bring the family, a picnic and a blanket for a lovely evening of film-enjoyment under the stars in our park!

A Midsummer Nights Dream

  • 8:00 PM

  • Marin Shakespeare Company, Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (map)

A magical, romantic, poetic romp through a fairy-filled forest.

Larkspur: Movie In The Park - The Princess Bride

  • 8:15 PM - 10:15 PM

  • Piper Park (map)

Join us for a FREE movie in Piper Park sponsored by the Larkspur Community Foundation on Friday, September 6th.


Saturday, September 7, 2019

All Parks Free

  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Get out and play on Measure A Days. Free entry to all Marin County parks and boat launches every first Saturday of the month. Funded by Measure A, approved by County voters in 2012.

San Francisco Giant Race

  • 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  • Oracle Park (map)

Register today for the Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, or Kids Race/Family Relay to secure your spot at the start line of the best race in the league.

Good Night, Gorilla

  • 10:00 AM & 11:15 AM

  • Children's Creativity Museum Annex (map)

You’re not dreaming! Our mischievous gorilla and his zoo pals are tiptoeing out of their cages once again to follow the zookeeper home for the night.

A Taste of Egypt

  • 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

  • Redwood City (map)

Live Music, Great food and desserts, Bazaar, Redwood City Fire Truck tour and much more!

Marin Volunteer Fair

  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  • Marin Civic Center (map)

The 2nd Annual Marin Volunteer Fair is the perfect place for volunteers to meet local nonprofits and find opportunities to serve the community in a meaningful way while enjoying food and entertainment!

Wheels On The Bus

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  • BACT's Berkeley Center in the Second Stage (map)

Have fun exploring who lives in your community, as our littlest theatre-goers board a “bus” and drive through town, stopping to meet the baker, the mechanic, and other workers who ask for their help as they do their jobs and engage with the neighbors, making music all along the way.

Autum Moon Festival

  • 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  • San Francisco Chinatown (map)

Two days of nonstop entertainment, parades, dancers, arts and crafts, food and drink, and live music on historic Grant Avenue at Washington Street in San Francisco. Free.

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. 

Festa Coloniale Italiana

  • 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  • San Francisco (map)

Festa Coloniale Italiana is the only authentic Italian street festival held in San Francisco. This is a free, fun, family event and is open to the public. 

Marin Comics Fest Presents Scott Morse

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Marin Civic Center Library (map)

Scott Morse is award-winning author of more than ten graphic novels, including Soulwind and The Barefoot Serpent, Magic Pickle, Visitations, and Volcanic Revolver.

Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival

  • 12:00 PM -5:00 PM

  • Ghirardelli Square (map)

This family-friendly event features prominent local chefs creating chocolate inventions during cooking demonstrations, live musical entertainment, and the popular “Earthquake” Ice Cream Sundae Eating Contest. 

Our Children Are Sacred: Songs Of Love Honoring Migrants And Refugees

  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  • Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens (map)

Songs of Love Honoring Migrants And Refugees.

Big Bounce America 2019

  • 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Contra Costa County Fair (map)

New for 2019, our ‘Access All Areas’ ticket gives you 3 hours of fun on 3 unique attractions! Super Fun = Super Value!

As You Like It

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • San Francisco’s Presidio (map)

Just after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall for each other, they’re both exiled from the autocratic Court to the Forest of Arden – with Rosalind in disguise as the boy Ganymede. Despite the challenges of life in the woods, they find new friends and allies and fall in love all over again. 

Back To School Bash

  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael (map)

Let’s celebrate the start of a new school year!

Merry Wives Of Windsor

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Old Mill Park Amphitheatre (map)

In The Merry Wives of Windsor, fat, disreputable Sir John Falstaff pursues two housewives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, who outwit and humiliate him instead. Meanwhile, three suitors seek the hand of Anne Page, Mistress Page's daughter.

Gala Celebration

  • 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • Jack London State Historic Park (map)

The Gala Celebration rises as a glittering crescendo of song, celebration and dance that completes our 2019 summer season. 

Creek Park: Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

  • Creek Park (map)

As Adm. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, another vessel from the United Federation of Planets is about to try out the planet-creating Genesis Device in a seemingly deserted portion of space. In the process, two of Kirk's officers are captured by Khan (Ricardo Montalban), an enemy Kirk thought he'd never see again. Once more, Kirk takes the Enterprise's helm, where he meets Khan's ship in an intergalactic showdown.

Telescope Nights

  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • The Space Station (map)

Our telescope guides make plans to setup on very short notice this time of year.

North Bay Mobile Drive-In: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • Hamilton Theater (map)

We're enthusiasts and patrons of the projected arts determined to resurrect drive-up outdoor cinerama!

Astronomy Nights On Mt. Tamalpais

  • 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

  • Cushing Memorial Theater (map)

Welcome to the Mt. Tam Astronomy Program. This educational program is designed to give the public and students of all ages and backgrounds a better understanding of our universe by hearing about current theories and discoveries followed by an opportunity to observe through telescopes.

A Midsummer Nights Dream

  • 8:00 PM

  • Marin Shakespeare Company, Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (map)

A magical, romantic, poetic romp through a fairy-filled forest.


Sunday, September 8, 2019

Pancake Breakfast @ West Point Inn

  • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • West Point Inn (map)

Please join us up at the Inn for these wonderful events. 

Dual Slalom Race Series

  • 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

  • Stafford Lake Bike Park (map)

Pump and jump through qualifying and final rounds!

Nature For Kids: Indian Tree

  • 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • Indian Tree Preserve (map)

We’ll head up the hill and visit several different forest habitats.

Solano Avenue Stroll

  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Solano Avenue Stroll (map)

Over one mile of FREE family fun!

Sonoma Ready Day

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Sonoma County Fairgrounds (map)

Sonoma Ready Day will offer emergency resources, demonstrations, short lectures, emergency vehicle displays and tools to educate and empower community members to withstand and recover from emergencies.

Marine Science Sundays For 2019

  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • The Marine Mammal Center (map)

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month for Marine Science Sunday - a FREE engaging ocean-inspired classroom series from our education experts. These interactive classroom programs are great for all ages!

Festival Independencia Salvadoreña

  • 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  • Marin Civic Center (map)

Celebrating the traditions and customs of El Salvador, in order to join the Salvadoran community in an atmosphere of harmony and respect, cultivating the cultural values of El Salvador with other Latin American communities in the USA, so that our children do not forget their cultural roots.

Wheels On The Bus

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  • BACT's Berkeley Center in the Second Stage (map)

Have fun exploring who lives in your community, as our littlest theatre-goers board a “bus” and drive through town, stopping to meet the baker, the mechanic, and other workers who ask for their help as they do their jobs and engage with the neighbors, making music all along the way.

Good Night, Gorilla

  • 10:00 AM & 11:15 AM

  • Children's Creativity Museum Annex (map)

You’re not dreaming! Our mischievous gorilla and his zoo pals are tiptoeing out of their cages once again to follow the zookeeper home for the night.

Pt Reyes MycoBlitz

  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

We have a fun opportunity to participate in a MycoBlitz with Tom Bruns -- come join us!

Oakland Pride Parade And Festival

  • 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

  • Oakland Pride (map)

Oakland Pride Parade + Festival is the East Bay's premier LGBTQI Community Celebration and Festival that includes more than six city blocks of music + art + food + fun!

Kidchella 2019

  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

  • Courthouse Square (map)

Live music concerts on Sundays throughout the summer will be MCd by Andy-Z, the Master of Music and Play, bringing his high energy to Courthouse Square for the joy of kids and adults alike.

Presidio Picnic

  • 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • Main Parade Ground (map)

Multi-cultural community celebration unveils new mobile food creators and cultural dance groups at San Francisco’s Presidio National Park.

Sunday Streets: Western Addition

  • 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • San Francisco (map)

In a neighborhood with low car ownership that is often dominated by auto traffic, Sunday Streets transforms roadways into accessible, open space for the whole community.

Autum Moon Festival

  • 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  • San Francisco Chinatown (map)

Two days of nonstop entertainment, parades, dancers, arts and crafts, food and drink, and live music on historic Grant Avenue at Washington Street in San Francisco. Free.

Open Cockpit Day

  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Oakland Aviation Museum (map)

Open Cockpit Day is a tri-annual event when a handful of the museums planes open up to museum’s visitors.

A Taste of Egypt

  • 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Redwood City (map)

Live Music, Great food and desserts, Bazaar, Redwood City Fire Truck tour and much more!

Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival

  • 12:00 PM -5:00 PM

  • Ghirardelli Square (map)

This family-friendly event features prominent local chefs creating chocolate inventions during cooking demonstrations, live musical entertainment, and the popular “Earthquake” Ice Cream Sundae Eating Contest. 

Big Bounce America 2019

  • 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Contra Costa County Fair (map)

New for 2019, our ‘Access All Areas’ ticket gives you 3 hours of fun on 3 unique attractions! Super Fun = Super Value!

Opera In The Park

  • 1:30 AM - 4:30 AM

  • Robin Williams Meadow (map)

Ring in the new season with Opera in the Park, a free outdoor concert dedicated to celebrating community and artistry at San Francisco Opera.

Apples & Hops Garden Festival

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley (map)

Join us for a fun-filled afternoon in the Garden celebrating two favorite plants: apples and hops!

As You Like It

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • San Francisco’s Presidio (map)

Just after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall for each other, they’re both exiled from the autocratic Court to the Forest of Arden – with Rosalind in disguise as the boy Ganymede. Despite the challenges of life in the woods, they find new friends and allies and fall in love all over again. 

Merry Wives Of Windsor

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Old Mill Park Amphitheatre (map)

In The Merry Wives of Windsor, fat, disreputable Sir John Falstaff pursues two housewives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, who outwit and humiliate him instead. Meanwhile, three suitors seek the hand of Anne Page, Mistress Page's daughter.

Union Square Live

  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Union Square Park (map)

Live. Local. Downtown. Free. Discover the unexpected at Union Square Live’s free outdoor music, dance, theater, film, comedy and more.

Marin TV 10th Anniversary

  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Marin TV (map)

The Community Media Center of Marin is turning 10 this year! Come celebrate with us on Sunday September 8th at our block party at 819 A Street in San Rafael.

A Midsummer Nights Dream

  • 4:00 PM

  • Marin Shakespeare Company, Forest Meadows Amphitheatre (map)

A magical, romantic, poetic romp through a fairy-filled forest.

Gala Celebration

  • 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

  • Jack London State Historic Park (map)

The Gala Celebration rises as a glittering crescendo of song, celebration and dance that completes our 2019 summer season. 

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