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Sunday, Monday
Info based on last year
See Our Harvest Wine Celebration page
The 27th Annual Livermore Valley Harvest Wine Celebration showcases each of our 43 wineries' wines and their unique personalities during the peak of Harvest Season!
Purchase a logo glass which provides you with wine tasting at all
participating wineries.
Shuttle buses are available to take you between the wineries, and to & from
the transportation hub at Robertson Park.
Some locations, such as Blacksmith
Square, have multiple wineries pouring.
Parking may be limited at some wineries.
Live bands ranging from Country to
Rock to Jazz to R&B.
Food and other items will be on sale.
Live entertainment and local crafts will be available at most sites.
Activities include Wine Tasting, Live Music and Dancing, Jewelry,
Pottery & Glass Artisans,
Fine Art Displays, Olive Oil & Mustard Tasting, Book Signing, Food
Booths.
Location:
At all local wineries.
Times: noon to 5pm
Admission: $50 advanced, $55 during event.
Monday only ticket: $45 in advance or day of event. Purchase a glass for
tasting at all wineries. Non-drinking/designated driver/child ticket: $10
More info:
Livermore Winegrowers
Association Call 925-447-WINE (9463) for more information.
Sat-Sun
Local Performances
Livermore Police Car Seat Checks (Saturday only, 10-noon)
Bicycle Rodeo (bring a bike & helmet - Sunday only, 10-1)
Livermore/Pleasanton Fire Departments Safety Trailer & Fire Truck
Free Make-it & Take-it Crafts
Inflatable Activity Center (fee) - Gym
Carnival Games (fee) - Gym
Livermore Police K-9 unit
Food Booths
Parent and Kid's Information
Please - no pets at the fair.
Sponsor: Livermore Area Recreation and Parks Department
Location: Robert Livermore Community Center - 4444 East Ave, Livermore
Times: 10am to 4pm
Admission: Free
More info: PDF poster for the fair, LARPD, 925-373-5700
At the Fairgrounds
Sat-Sun
Largest California Childrens Event! Hundreds of interactive childrens activities, fun family booths, non-stop childrens entertainment. Barney live on stage!
Craft Cities; Princess Pavilion; Wild West Show; Strawberry Shortcake stage show; Cabbage Patch Kids stage show; Clown-Town circus fun; meet over 25 characters including Dora the Explorer, and more.
Sponsor: Event Solutions
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: Sat. 10am - 5pm; Sun. 10am - 5pm
Admission: $8 Adults, $5 Child (2-12). Discount Avail: $1 off coupon at www.thekidsfaire.com
More info: www.thekidsfaire.com, 866-283-8600, or Fairgrounds web site
At the Fairgrounds
Fri-Sun
Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft show is the largest indoor arts and craft show on the west coast. Attendees can meet and buy directly from top artisans with unique arts and crafts. Entertainment - both on stage and strolling, delicious festival cuisine, and demonstration artists.
Sponsor: Western Exhibitors
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: Fri, 10am - 6pm; Sat, 10am - 6pm; Sun, 10am - 5pm.
Admission: Adult $9.00, Child (13-17) $4.00, Kids 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult. One ticket good for all three days, Seniors (62+) $7.00, Discount coupons available in newspapers & retail locations.
More info: www.harvestfestival.com, 415 447-3205 or Fairgrounds web site
At the Bankhead Theater
Sunday
This two hour show features contemporary, jazz, pop and barbershop music. Joining VIH will be two championship caliber quartets: Masterpiece (all four members are former gold medalists) and The Crush (2007 Intl Collegiate Silver Medalist). Voices in Harmony is Northern California’s premier men’s a cappella chorus and was crowned the 3rd Place Bronze Medal Chorus at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 70th annual international contest in Nashville, Tennessee on July 4, 2008.
Sponsor: Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
Location: Bankhead Theater
Times: 2:30pm and 7:30pm
Admission: VIP Reserved: $35; General Admission: $25.
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office
More info: eLivermore.com theater page, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Voices in Harmony web site
Wednesday
Come take a behind the scenes look at what keeps the drinking water, wastewater, storm water and recycled water flowing in the City of Livermore. Fun for the whole family! (Please wear closed-toe shoes.)
Free BBQ (5-6:30 p.m.) and refreshements
Learn how wastewater is cleaned to make it safe for the environment
Take a plant tour and learn how processes mimic Mother Nature, just speeded
up (Tours last approximately 1 hour; tour times are 4:30, 5:00 and 5:30
p.m.)
Get a close-up look at the specialized equipment that helps keep things
flowing
Learn easy ways to cut your water use and prevent pollution while saving $$$
Bring old mercury thermometers in a ziploc bag to exchange for new digital
ones
Learn how actions in Livermore can affect the San Francisco Bay
Get a close-up look at the Whale Mural and meet the artist
Win great prizes including a high-efficiency toilet
RSVP is appreciated. Please call 960-8100 or send an email to wrd_info@ci.livermore.ca.us
Sponsor: City of Livermore Water Resources Division.
Location: 101 W. Jack London Blvd
Times: 4pm to 7pm
Admission: Free
More info:
Water
Resourced Web Site
Thursday
A lecture, “I Was A TV Horror Show Host,” by former KTVU-TV Creature Features host, John Stanley, will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, September 18, at the Lynnewood United Methodist Church, 4444 Black Ave., Pleasanton. The lecture is presented by Pleasanton’s Museum On Main Street. Admission is $5 for members; $10 for non-members. Memberships will be available that night for purchase. No reservations necessary. Information 925-462-2766. The lecture sponsors are Chris and Heather Rizzoli.
John Stanley is best known in the San Francisco-Bay Area for serving as the host of “Creature Features” for six years (1979-84) at KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland . One of the most popular TV series of its time, Stanley introduced horror and science-fiction movies by the dozens and also introduced to his viewers some of the most important writers, producers and directors of the genres which he was specializing in.
During and after the series he authored six editions in “The Creature Features Movie Guide” series, which still remains one of the most comprehensive histories of its kind.
The year 2007 saw the coming of “I Was A TV Horror Host,” an autobiographical account of his experiences at Channel 2 and a recounting of his meetings with such celebrities as Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Anthony Perkins, Lucille Ball and countless others, told with 559 photographs. The book was endorsed by such notables as Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, producer Roger Corman and actor Tom Hanks, who grew up in the Bay Area watching the series.
Many still remember Stanley as an entertainment writer for the San Francisco Chronicle for 33 years. His reviews and interviews appeared in the "Pink Section" of the Sunday Chronicle. Stanley came to specialize in celebrity interviews. Mae West, Jimmy Stewart, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Mitchum were among those he profiled during his long reign at the Chronicle. He reviewed countless motion pictures during those years, having developed a reputation for being an expert in the field of mystery, horror and war movies.
Stanley also had a writing career outside the Chronicle. He authored two novelty books, “The Great Comics Game,” (1966) published by Price-Stern-Sloan and “The Movie Monster Game,” (Troubador, 1974 before breaking into the fiction field.
He is most proud of his first novel, World War III, published in 1976 by
Avon about American combat forces fighting a war in China in the
not-so-distant future. It was followed by the Avon-published novelization of
“Viva Knievel,” the 1977 feature film starring Evel Knievel. He also
co-authored “The Dark Side,” a private eye novel nominated for the coveted
Edgar Award.
Sponsor: Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society
Location: Lynnewood United Methodist Church, 4444 Black Ave.,
Pleasanton
Times: 7:00pm
Admission: $5 for members; $10 for non-members. Memberships will be
available that night for purchase. No reservations necessary.
More info:
Museum on Main Street,
925-462-2766
Fri-Sun
Atheletic Competition for Adults Age 50 and over.
Softball, Dance Sport/Ballroom Dancing, Bowling, Swimming, Tennis
Sponsor: Cities of Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, and San Ramon, Tri Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Location: Various Tri-Valley locations
Times: Various
Admission: Early Registration: (by Aug 22): $25; Standard Registration (8/23 to 9/05): $30; Plus event fees.
More info: 580/680 Senior Games web site is on the Danville City web site.
Sept 26-28
Oct 3-5
Oct 10-12
Fri-Sun
Sponsor: Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre (formerly Pleasanton Playhouse)
Location: 1048 Serpentine Lane, Suite 309 Pleasanton, CA 94566
Times: Fridays & Saturday: 8:00pm. Sunday Matinees: 2:00pm
Admission: Season Tickets: Adults: $67.00; Over 60 or Under 18: $60
More info: Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre (formerly Pleasanton Playhouse)
Sat & Sunday
Just in time to welcome the change of seasons, the Pleasanton Downtown Association will host the 25th annual Pleasanton Art & Heritage Festival.
Come out to the Pleasanton Heritage festival, September 20 & 21, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Street Downtown Pleasanton. Admission is free.
Things will be changing a bit this year so stay tuned for more details!
Sponsor: Pleasanton Downtown Association.
Location: Main Street, Downtown Pleasanton
Times: 10:00am to 5:00pm both days
Admission: Free
More info: California Artists - Pleasanton Downtown Association
Saturday
A day like this only happens once every 125 years!
To celebrate our founding year, the first 1,883 visitors* will be able to purchase a mystery bottle of wine for $1.25! We've searched our cellar full of award winning wines for this event!
*a visitor is a person of legal drinking age. Only one special purchase price per person. Special pricing good September 20, 2008 only.
Sponsor: Concannon Vineyards
Location: Concannon Vineyards, 4590 Tesla Road
Times: 11am to 4:30pm
Admission: Free
More info: Concannon Vineyard
At the Fairgrounds
Satirdau
Experience the largest automotive lifestyle event in the world. It's a total sensory overload with car shows, model competitions, music performances, lots of free stuff, and more
Sponsor: Boost Mobile /Nightshift
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: 4pm - 11pm
Admission: $30.00 General Admission, Kids 6 & under free with paying adult, (1 child per adult). Discount: Local retailer flyers / magazine advertisements
More info: www.hotimportnights.com 1-949-789-7436or Fairgrounds web site
Saturday
Free community event (& parking) features exhibits, food, entertainment and static display of Livermore-based aircraft. The airport is home to over 600 aircraft including general aviation, military/warbirds, antique/classic, experimental/homebuilt & aerobatic-type aircraft. Airborne law enforcement, air rescue aircraft, Livermore Pleasanton Fire Dept & Livermore Police Dept will also participate.
Sponsor: City of Livermore
Location: 636 Terminal Circle, Livermore
Times: 10am to 4pm
Admission: Free
More info: Airport Website
At the Bankhead Theater
Sunday
ABT II, directed by Wes Chapman, is a small classical company of thirteen young dancers of outstanding potential, handpicked from around the world. The company’s varied repertoire mirrors the traditions of American Ballet Theatre; and, while it is firmly rooted in classical ballet, it also premieres contemporary choreography. The New York Times describes ABT II dancers as “Well-trained and willing. They perform with an appealing blend of freshness and individual presence,” while The Newark Star-Ledger says, “…ABT II delights audiences with its youthful vigor and panache. These dancers are firecrackers!"
Sponsor: Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
Location: Bankhead Theater
Times: 2:00pm
Admission: Adults: $45/$40/$35/$30. Students (17 & under): $12.
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office
More info: eLivermore.com theater page, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, American Ballet Theatre web site.
Sunday
Lights. Camera. Action. Did you know that Pleasanton was a site for making Hollywood films from 1910 to 1943? To highlight those film-making days, Pleasanton's Museum on Main will hold a "Hollywood in Pleasanton" downtown event. More than 36 movies were made in Pleasanton, and ticket holders will go on a movie walk to the many different venues in downtown Pleasanton and to meet the local residents who are recreating film scenes and events.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children under 12 and are available
at the following locations in Pleasanton, CA: The Museum on Main, 603 Main
Street; Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street; Worthington Gallery, 739 Main
Street; and Clover Creek, 670 Main Street. Guests will receive a detailed
tour booklet for this self-guided tour.
- "Hollywood in Pleasanton" will take place during the Art and Heritage
Festival. Here's what's in store:
The 'filming' of the 1917 movie "Tom Sawyer," starring Jack Pickford, is an adventure with comedy and drama, and will take place downtown. - The 1943 movie, "It Ain't Hay," starring comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, will have a red-carpet movie premiere with Pleasanton residents playing the leading roles.
- The 1921 comedy "Peck's Bad Boy," starring Jackie Coogan will recreate scenes starring locals in a special event at Towne Center Books.
- "Woman of the World," a 1925 love story and drama starring Pola Negri, a European-born actress, will be at The Rose Hotel.
- The cast of the drama "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," starring Mary Pickford, will provide a 'press tour' of this 1917 favorite.
- See a rehearsal of the 1919 film, "Eyes of Youth" with the heartthrob Rudolph Valentino, a love story of duty and ambition.
- "Staging a Bank Robbery" will be at Worthington Art Gallery, and the villains were never caught. Music for the event will be provided by pianist Bonnie Green.
Sponsor: Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society
Location: Downtown Pleasanton
Times: 12:30pm to 4:30pm
Admission: $10 for adults and $8 for children under 12
More info:
Museum on Main Street,
925-462-2766
At the Fairgrounds
Sunday
Exotic Hookbill and Softbill Birds. Bird Grooming on Site. One of the largest selections in Northern California of Supplies, including Wooden and Plexiglas Toys, Manzanita Play Stands, Bird Feed, Feeders, Cages, Books and a large selection of Accessories.
Sponsor:
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: Sun, 9am - 4pm
Admission: $6 Adults, Child 12 & under free
More info: www.ncabird.com 510 785-6647, or Fairgrounds web site
A Different View - Art Exhibit
At the Bankhead Theater
Sunday
Park District Invites Bay Area Artists to Kick Off 75th Anniversary
with Creative Landscape Art Exhibition at the Bankhead Theater
Asking specifically for creative, unusual, and different responses to the landscape--in other words, anything but the norm--the East Bay Regional Park District is teaming up with the Bankhead Theater in Livermore to begin a traveling exhibition of artworks based on any of the East Bay Regional Parks, and are putting out an Open Call to all artists living within 50 miles of the San Francisco Bay Area. Called, "A Different View: A New Take on our Regional Parks," the exhibition will act as the starting point for a host of 75th Anniversary activities for the Park District, and select works from the exhibit will travel to other East Bay exhibition sites as the celebration continues throughout 2009 (sites to be announced). Twelve works will be selected for the district's popular 2009 calendar, a piece with widespread distribution throughout the East Bay.
"A Different View" will run at the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Street, Livermore, CA, from September 17 through October 30, during the theater’s busiest time of the year as well as exposing the works to art lovers that crowd the streets during ArtWalk 2008. A reception (reservations required at 925-373-6800) is planned for September 24.
Artist submissions are due August 15, and the prospectus is available by e-mailing bothwell@livermoreperformingarts.org with "A Different View" in the subject line. The fee of $15 for three works will cover the cost of the exhibition and awards. Any proceeds from the exhibition will help support the Bothwell Arts Center, a multi-arts facility that provides affordable space to over 30 artists and arts groups. The Bankhead Theater and the Bothwell are projects of the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, committed to community enrichment.
The East Bay Regional Park District operates 65 well-loved parks within the greater East Bay, covering over 98,000 acres and more than 1,150 miles of trails, helping to ensure preservation of the natural beauty of the Bay Area, wildlife habitat, and rare and endangered species.
Meet the artists and enjoy live jazz, light hors d’oeuvres, and Livermore
Valley wines from Fenestra Winery, Livermore Valley Cellars, Page Mill
Winery, The Steven Kent Winery, and Wood Family Vineyards.
Sponsor:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center and East Bay
Regional Parks District
Location: Bankhead Theater
Times: 6:00pm
Admission:
Tickets: Call 373-6800 for reservations
More info: eLivermore.com theater page,
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center, American
Ballet Theatre web site.
At the Fairgrounds
Saturday
The World of Dance is the largest U.S. urban dance competition. Hundreds of participants, the country’s top Dance Troupes, and thousands of spectators will partake in a performance festival setting, awarding today’s top dancers with the most prestigious acknowledgements. $10,000 in Cash and Prizes.
Sponsor:
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: 4pm - 11pm
Admission: pre-sale: $20, At the door: $30
More info: www.worldofdancetour.com, 562-973-7966, or Fairgrounds web site
At the Bankhead Theater
Sunday
The Prince Charles Pipe Band (PCPB) is a non-profit organization that has been providing piping and drumming instruction to young people in the San Francisco Bay Area for 40 years. The Band will perform a variety of exciting tunes and medleys on the pipes and drums by talented young performers. Attendees will also be treated to lively performances of Scottish highland dancing and Irish dancing and other performances of celtic music.
Sponsor: Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
Location: Bankhead Theater
Times: 2:00pm
Admission: $20.00
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office
More info: eLivermore.com theater page, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Prince Charles Pipe Band web site.
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Sunday
For eighteen years the club has held Nostalgia Day Car Show on the streets of downtown Livermore, where the show has grown to a display of over 700 muscle cars, street rods, custom and classic cars and draws over 5000 spectators. Our motto has always been "Cruisers Against Drugs", and our annual Nostalgia Day Car Show has allowed us to prove that we mean it. To date, this fundraiser has enabled us to donate over $180,000 for local organizations that promote the Tri-Valley youth, help strengthen their families and help keep kids off drugs.
The Altamont Cruisers along with our 2008 Nostalgia Day Sponsors are sure
to put on another fun car show in beautiful Downtown Livermore, September
28, 2008 from 9 AM to 4 PM. The show is FREE to all of the spectators, and
there are food booths and vendors of every type.
See photos from the 2003 show.
Sponsors: Livermore Downtown and Altamont Cruisers
Location: Downtown Livermore, around the Carnegie Building
Times: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Admission: Free for spectators. Food for sale.
More info:
Altamont Cruisers Car
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