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Family Fall-Tastic: Five Events, One Day!

  • Downtown Benicia 1st Street Benicia, CA, 94510 United States (map)

Get inspired by local artists & live music, enjoy an adorable puppy costume contest & obstacle course, and let your little ones get their wiggles out exploring a real-life fire station (and bouncy house). There's even a hand-blown glass pumpkin patch and an interactive "zombie painter" to discover! As always, downtown Benicia offers free parking, and all events are free to attend.

3rd-Annual Benicia Dog Festival

First Street Green,11am-3pm

Doggy costume contest, puppy play area, and food trucks, oh my! Join us in a celebration that supports our furry friends - and the incredible non-profit organizations that care for them.

The event features:
* Doggy costume contest
* Doggy obstacle course
* Food trucks
* Music
* Adoptions
* Puppy play area
* Pet-related vendor booths

Final Art Walk of the Year

First Street, Benicia Time: 12-4pm

A glass pumpkin patch? An interactive "zombie painter?" Celebrate one of the Bay Area’s most active & vibrant artist communities, and enjoy entertainment & live demonstrations at eight galleries along First Street. This is the last Art Walk until next year, so don't miss out!

Get your Art Walk Passport stamped at each participating gallery for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate!

Fire Department Open House

Benicia Fire Department - Station 11

Kids can tour the inside of a real-life fire station and all kinds of emergency vehicles (including a Coast Guard vessel!) during the Benicia Fire Department Open House.

Learn from firefighters about fire prevention in your home, watch them use a fire extinguisher to put out a real fire, and learn hands-only CPR.

The event features:
* Bouncy house
* Face painting
* Food
* Fire station tours
* Coast Guard vessel
* Fire extinguisher live demo
* Fire prevention
* Hands-only CPR

Friends of the Library Book Sale

Benicia Public Library, 10am - 4pm

What can you get for a dollar these days? How about an enormous selection of books, audiobooks, LPs, DVDs, CDs, puzzles and more at the Friends of the Library Sale. Most items are $1 and Teen/children books are just 50¢!

Fall Market

Benicia Senior Center, 10am - 3pm

Located right next to the library, Benicia's Senior Center is holding its Fall Market craft fair! Pop inside and you are sure to find something one-of-a-kind.

Earlier Event: October 14
Solar Eclipse Viewing
Later Event: October 14
Bon Air Invitational Car Show