Sonoma Valley
This race track attracts some big-name racing events, but the funnest are the good old-fashioned Wednesday night drag and drift races. For $50, you can…
Must-see entertainment in Northern California
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Forget blockbusters – here San Franciscans catch the latest art-house flick or whatever won best foreign film at the Oscars with reserved seating in cushy…
Sequoia National Park
Cellar Door serves wine with live music in a subterranean club on Main St. The events are all over the place – a Metallica cover band one night, salsa…
San Luis Obispo
On the CalPoly campus, SLO’s biggest cultural venue presents an internationally spiced variety of concerts, theater, dance recitals, stand-up comedy and…
Russian River Area
Hosts live acoustic-only jazz, blues and cabaret nightly in summer (weekends in winter). Families are welcome as the cabaret doubles as an American…
Oakland
For an eclectic calendar of indie, punk and experimental sounds, burlesque shows and fun DJ dance parties, this club hits the spot. Come for a mix of…
South Lake Tahoe & Stateline
Catch up-and-coming stand-up comedians doing their funny shtick at the intimate cabaret theater inside Harvey’s old-school casino.
Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts
San Joaquin Valley
In the center of Fresno’s hippest neighborhood, it’s hard to miss the neon deco palace that opens its stage to touring rock and jazz acts and seasonal…
Berkeley
California Memorial Stadium (1923) is the University of California, Berkeley 63,000-seat sports venue. Unnervingly, the Hayward Fault runs just beneath it.
Carmel-by-the-Sea
At this 1910 venue, community-theater musicals, dramas and comedies as well as film screenings take place under the stars by flickering fire pits.
San Joaquin Valley
This huge, state-of-the-art performing arts complex in downtown Modesto brings great musical, dance and theater acts to town.
Sacramento
Sacramento's minor-league baseball team plays across the river at Raley Field, with views of the art-deco Tower Bridge.
Monterey
Waterfront dive showcases live local blues, jazz and rock bands nightly after 8:30pm or 9pm. Skip the food, though.
Sacramento & the Central Valley
Chico's contemporary gallery exhibits artworks, and hosts boundary-pushing literary readings, music and theater.
Sacramento & the Central Valley
Screens international and alternative films. Monday is 'cheap skate night,' with all seats just $4.
Sacramento
Classic, foreign and indie films screen at this historic 1938 movie house with a digital upgrade.
Sacramento
The tiny back room of this cool dive hosts some of the best indie bands that come through town.
San Joaquin Valley
This historic theater has stood here since 1934 and continues to put on films and live music.
Berkeley
The ‘breeding ground for new performance’ in Berkeley has eclectic solo and comedy acts.
Sacramento & the Central Valley
Schedules and tickets to music, theater, dance, athletics and special events on campus.
UC Davis Athletics Ticket Office
Sacramento & the Central Valley
This office at Aggie Stadium offers tickets to campus events, not just sports.
Napa & Sonoma Wine Country
This casino mega-plex is located just off Hwy 101 in Rohnert Park. It has all the standard games, plus a good lineup of musical acts worth checking out.
San Joaquin Valley
This gorgeous Gilded Age theater hosts comedians, touring music legends and local civic events.
