| Livermore History Center | Highway Garage Open |
| Museum on Main St | |
| Pleasanton Farmer's Market | Ravenswood Docent Tours |
| Niles Canyon Railway | Livermore Amateur Radio Klub Meeting |
Saturdays
Enjoy hot summer nights in downtown Pleasanton. Sizzling Saturdays combines live music and entertainment on Main Street as you enjoy special promotions from downtown businesses and restaurants. Stroll through downtown and enjoy live music throughout Main Street while you shop and dine. See the list of participating businesses and promotions below during Sizzling Saturdays from 6-9 p.m. in August and September.
Sponsor: Pleasanton Downtown Association,
Location: Downtown Pleasanton
Times: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Admission: Free
More info: Pleasanton Downtown Association,
At the Fairgrounds
Sat-Sun
One of the world's largest Celtic Festivals. 30 pipe bands. World Championship Heavy Events + Amateur, Woman's & Maters Invitational. Western Highland Dancing Championships.
Living History - MaryQueen of Scots, Highland Warriors, Roman Legion & Invading Vikings. Gathering of Clans. Celtec Heritage - Fiddling, Harping & Singing. 6 stages continuous entertainment - traditional to Celtic Rock. Childrens Glen, Scottish Country Dancing. Irish Step dancing. Birds of Prey. Sheep Dog Trials. Clydesdale Horse Team. Five-A-Side Soccer, Rugby & Shinty Tournament. Whisky Tasting. British food & drink. 5 buildings with 100 + Vendors.
Sponsor: Caledonian Club
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: 8:30am to 6pm.
Admission: Parking: $10
At the Gate: 1 day $24, 2 day $31; Student (12 - 17) $13; Seniors (65+) $13; 11 & under FREE;
Online: 1 day $19, 2 day $26; Student (12 - 17) $11; Seniors (65+) $11; 11 & under FREE;
Military (with active duty ID) FREE, 11 & under FREE
Check web sites below for any updates.
More info: Caledonian Club or Fairgrounds web site
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Sunday
Cancelled
On Sunday of Labor Day Weekend, wineries celebrate the exciting crush season. Wine lovers have come from all over the Bay Area and beyond for the past 35 years to enjoy this unique event.This exclusive event is open only to ticket holders- don't miss out on a wine country celebration!
Join us for live music, wine tasting, lawn games, food trucks and more. VIP guests will enjoy preferred parking, complimentary small plates of food, lounge seating, reserved shade areas, exclusive tasting of signature wines.
Tickets include entrance into participating wineries, wine tastings, commemorative Livermore Valley Wine Country glass, wine discounts and a program.
The 2017 Harvest Wine Celebration is a one day event, but you can make it a two day experience. Many wineries honor wristbands, have additional special activities, and are open on Monday.
Ticket sale proceeds benefit the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association, a non-profit organization which supports the wineries and growers in the Livermore Valley American Viticultural Area. We appreciate your support.
Location: Las Positas College campus
Times: noon to 5pm
Admission: General: $55 presale through 9/1, $65 at the door.
VIP: $85 presale through 9/1, $100 at the door.
VIP guests will enjoy preferred parking, complimentary
small plates of food, lounge seating, reserved shade areas, exclusive
tasting of signature wines.
10% discount on purchases of 10 or more
All tickets include wine tastings, commemorative
Livermore Valley Wine Country glass, wine discounts at select wineries on
Monday and a program.
There are NO non-drinking tickets available for this
event.
Parking: $5 per car. Complimentary for VIP Ticket
holders.
Tickets are available at: Participating
wineries, www.LVwine.org,
First Street Wine Company in Livermore, The Wine Steward in Pleasanton, Bay
Area Safeway Stores
More info:
Livermore Valley Winegrowers
Association or Call 925-447-WINE (9463) for more information.
Sat
Activities:: Petting Zoo & Pony Rides (Fee), LPD K-9 Demonstration, Live Entertainment: Clown, Magician, & More
Livermore/Pleasanton Fire Departments, Safety Trailer & Fire Truck.
Free Make-It & Take-It Crafts, Inflatable Activity Center (fee), Information for Parents & Kids, Pool open noon-6pm, Train Rides (fee), RLCC Cafe Open
No Pets allowed at the Fair.
Sponsor: Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District (LARPD)
Location: Robert Livermore Community Center, 4448 Loyola Ave
Times: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Admission: Free
More info: Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District (LARPD)
Sat
Join us Saturday, September 9th for a brand new event in downtown Pleasanton. Forkful is sure to be every foodies dream come true and an evening of culinary delight. This unique self-paced tasting experience will allow event guests to stroll through downtown stopping at 15 participating locations to taste their perfect forkful of food. Complimentary adult beverage tastings will highlight the food along the way. This event will allow event guests to truly experience the culinary landscape of downtown Pleasanton.
Upon arrival, each event guest will enjoy a sparkling wine reception at check in where they will receive their commemorative rose gold fork and event program to guide them through the tasting experience. Check in will take place at the Museum on Main located at 603 Main Street from 2:30-4pm. The savory portion of the event will take place from 3-5pm and the sweet portion will take place from 4-6pm. Event guests will have the opportunity to enjoy the event at their own leisure within the event hours determining their own route using the program as their guide.
You must be 21 and older to participate in this event. Event is rain or
shine, no refunds. The PDA is not responsible for lost, misplaced or stolen
tickets.
Sponsor: Pleasanton Downtown
Association,
Location: Downtown Pleasanton
Times: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Admission: Tickets start at $50
More info: Pleasanton Downtown
Association,
Firehouse Arts Center
Sat
Sandy and Richard will make you scream with laughter and tap your toes to their all-original, all-comedy cabaret, describing their cracked and bushwhacked road to marital bliss, social consciousness, and menopause.
Their unique juxtaposition of modern, socially relevant lyrics and
tune-smithy jazz piano/vocal arrangements will charm your socks off.
Sponsor: City of Pleasanton
Location: Firehouse Arts Center -
4444 Railroad Ave, Pleasanton
Times: 8:00pm
Admission: $15-$25
More info:
www.firehousearts.org
Sun
Apple Picking, Cider Making, "apple slinkies"
Face paiting, old-fashioned games, docent-led tours
Special apple tasting with Ranger "Apple" Amy at 2pm; all other activities onging.
Sponsor: Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District (LARPD)
Location: Ravenswood Historic Site, 2647 Arroyo Road, Livermore
Times: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Admission: Free
More info: Questions? Call the LARPD Ranger Office at (925) 960 2400 or email awolitzer@larpd.org for more information. (Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District (LARPD)
Sat
Brilliance at the Bankhead - The Indigo Girls
11th Season Opening Gala Featuring The Indigo Girls
With the Livermore-Amador Symphony
Including a Brilliant Reception on the Bankhead Plaza with: Delicious Food
and Drink Catered by Wente Vineyards and live music from the East Bay Jazz
High School All-Stars Band
Sponsor:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center
Location: Bankhead Theater -
LVPAC web
site - eLivermore Bankhead Theater page
Times: 6:00pm
Admission: $250 per person
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office info -
LVPAC Online Ordering page
More info:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center - eLivermore.com theater page
Firehouse Arts Center
Sept 22, 23, 24
Fri-Sun
Family theater performed by local youth!
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit
tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach that rolls
into the ocean and launches a journey of enormous proportions. James
befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit
across the ocean, facing hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements along
the way. The show features songs written by the Oscar®, Golden Globe®, and
Tony Award® winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Sponsor: Civic Arts Stage Company
Location: Firehouse Arts Center -
4444 Railroad Ave, Pleasanton
Times: Fridays: 7:30pm; Saturdays: 2pm and 7:30pm;
Sundays: 2pm
Admission: $7-$18
More info:
www.firehousearts.org
Fri
Rita Rudner
Known for her epigrammatic style, Rita Rudner’s soft-spoken humor, quick
one-liners and charming delivery shatters the tough female comedienne
stereotype and keeps her audiences laughing. She has sold out venues in the
US, England and Australia and just completed a 15-year-run in Las Vegas with
her non-stop, witty observations on modern life, covering such diverse
topics as relationships, family and the importance of cleaning ladies.
Rita’s comic style made her a welcome guest on television shows with hosts
from Johnny Carson, Bob Hope and George Burns, to David Letterman, Bill
Maher, Jay Leno, and Conan O’Brien. A multi-talented performer, she started
her career as a dancer, has written plays as well as starred in them, and
authored several books including her most recent, “I Still Have It . . . I
Just Can’t Remember Where I PutIt: Confessions of a Fiftysomething.”
Sponsor:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center
Location: Bankhead Theater -
LVPAC web
site - eLivermore Bankhead Theater page
Times: 8:00pm
Admission: $80 / $60 / $40
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office info -
LVPAC Online Ordering page
More info:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center - eLivermore.com theater page
At the Fairgrounds
Sat-Sun
On September 16 and 17, 2016, the Pet Food Express Bay Area Pet Fair will feature more than 80 California pet rescues and shelters in attendance, with over 1,000 adoptable dogs, cats & small animals.
In addition, the event is an extravaganza for pet-loving families. Admission and parking is free, and there will be free live shows, free activities for kids and dogs, food trucks, lots of giveaways and loads of vendors.
The six years of the Pet Food Express Bay Area Pet Fair resulted in:
4,760 homeless pets adopted, including 1078 in 2016!
More than $238,000 donated back to local rescues and shelters
110,000+ animal lovers in attendance
Pet Food Express' Director of Community Outreach, Mike Murray, calls the Pet Food Express Bay Area Pet Fair an 'opportunity to educate people about the importance of rescue and adoption, find hundreds of homeless pets forever homes and provide a fun weekend of activities for the whole family.'
For the latest updates please visit www.bayareapetfair.org.
Sponsor: Pet Food Express
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Admission: Free Parking is free
More info: (510) 924-3398, pfe_events@petfoodexpress.com, www.bayareapetfair.org, or Fairgrounds web site
Sunday
Pacific Chamber Orchestra under Maestro Lawrence Kohl performs magical Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Steinway artist Natsuki Fukasawa. A Fulbright scholar Ms. Fukasawa’s music career has taken her throughout U.S. cities as well as to Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Australia, Brazil, Japan and China, performing at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall. Schubert’s Symphony No. 1 while clearly showing influences from Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven establishes his unique sense of flowing melodic line so characteristic of his song cycles.
Sponsor: Pacific Chamber Orchestra
Location: Bankhead Theater - LVPAC web site - eLivermore Bankhead Theater page
Times: 2:00pm
Admission: $59 / $45 / $35
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office info - LVPAC Online Ordering page
More info: Pacific Chamber Orchestra - LVPAC web site
Tues
Celebrate Senior Center Month
Wear your Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts, cowboy hats and boots!
Fun photo booth, stick horse races, door prizes, games and refreshments.
At the Robert Livermore Community Center, Palo Verde Room.
Register by 4pm 9/12
Sponsor: Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District (LARPD)
Location: Robert Livermore Community Center, Palo Verde Room. Additional parking on Loyola Ave.
Times: 2:00 to 3:30pm
Admission: $6.00. $7:00 NR
More info: Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District (LARPD)
At the Fairgrounds
Thurs-Sat
The Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival features a wide variety of supplies, notions, patterns and techniques in the areas of quilting, sewing, needle-arts, stenciling, embossing, crystals, fabric crafts and more. Many booths will feature new cutting edge products that are brand new to the market. Enter your ticket stub to win free door prize drawings that occur every hour. Our co-sponsor, Dublin Sewing, will also be giving away a free sewing machine making this a very exciting show for those with a creative flair! In addition to that prize, dozens of free door prizes will be called throughout the day.
Sponsor: Rusty Barn
Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: Thurs 10am - 5pm; Fri. 10am - 5pm; Sat. 10am - 4pm
Admission: Free. Parking $10
More info: www.quiltcraftsew.com or Fairgrounds web site
At the Fairgrounds
Sept 29, 30, Oct 1
Thurs-Sun
Fri-Sun
• FREE Parking All Day (Thursday & Friday)
• $2 Hot Dogs (Thursday)
• Food Truck Fridays (Fridays)
• Daily Racing Seminar 12 PM (12:30 on Fridays)
• KKIQ/KKDV T-Shirt Giveaway (Thursday)
• 95.7 The Game Fan Cave
Live Sporting Events on HD Screens
• Win, Place, Show Contest
• Late Pick 4
• .20 Gold Rush Pick 6
• .20 Gold Strike Pentafecta
Sip, Savor, & Wager Wine Featival (Sat, Sept 23)
Poker Run to the Races Motorcycle Ride (Sun, Sept 24)
Craftoberfest Craft Beer Festival (Sat Sept 30)
Mixology Festival Craft Cocktails (Sun, Oct 1)
Sponsor:
Location:
Alameda County
Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: Post time: 1:45pm (2:15 on Fridays)
Admission: Free Admission to the track Parking
Free on Thursdays and Fridays
More info: racing.alamedacountyfair.com/ or
Fairgrounds web site
Thurs
R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, and Will Ckipman
Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the world’s premier performer of
the Native American flute. Originally trained in classical trumpet and music
theory, Nakai was given a traditional cedar wood flute as a gift and
challenged to see what he could do with it.
Since he began playing the traditional Native American flute in the early 1980s, Nakai has released more than 50 albums including “Canyon Trilogy,”which went platinum, the first for a Native American artist performing traditional solo flute music. In addition to traditional Native American music, he has also explored new age, world-beat jazz and classical styles. Nakai’s cross-cultural collaborations have included an album with the Wind Travelin’ Band, a Japanese folk ensemble, and Tibetan flutist and singer Nawang Khechog. In addition to guitarist William Eaton and percussionist Will Clipman, with whom he is currently on tour, he has worked with flutist Paul Horn, composers James DeMars and Phillip Glass and several symphony orchestras.
The recipient of numerous Grammy Award nominations and other awards,
Nakai’s career has been shaped by a desire to communicate a sense of Native
American culture and society that transcends the common stereotypes
presented in mass media.
Sponsor:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center
Location: Bankhead Theater -
LVPAC web
site - eLivermore Bankhead Theater page
Times: 7:30pm
Admission: $30.00
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office info -
LVPAC Online Ordering page
More info:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center - eLivermore.com theater page
Fri
SF Comedy Competition
Now in its 42nd year, the San Francisco Comedy Competition has helped
launch a Who’s Who of comic champions. Over the years, legends such as Robin
Williams, Dana Carvey, and Ellen DeGeneres have emerged from this stand-up
comedy contest to become stars.
Among the many competitions around the country, the format of the San Francisco Comedy Competition makes winning particularly challenging. The preliminary rounds consist of short stand up sets in six venues, which may include comedy clubs, bars, restaurants, casinos and theaters. Ten comedians proceed to the semi-finals for longer sets in six more venues, before moving to the finals, where the length of the sets increase to 12-15 minutes.
Since 2015, the Bankhead Theater has become a popular stop, one of the
last on the semi final circuit, where the competition keeps audiences on the
edge of their seats … until they’re rolling in the aisle with laughter.
Sponsor:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center
Location: Bankhead Theater -
LVPAC web
site - eLivermore Bankhead Theater page
Times: 8:00pm
Admission: $30.00
Tickets: Bankhead Theater Box Office info -
LVPAC Online Ordering page
More info:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center - eLivermore.com theater page
Saturday
Sponsored by the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Tree Sweater Forest is a fun and whimsical art installation. Knitters and crocheters make "sweaters" for 30 trees on First Street, Livermore. Yes, just for fun! They add a festive and vibrant ambience to Livermore's beautiful downtown for the fall season.
Installation is Sat., September 23 and they stay up until November 18.
When they come off the trees they are repurposed as animal comfort blankets
at the Valley Humane Society of Pleasanton.
Sponsor: Bothwell Arts Center
Location: Downtown Livermore
Times:
Admission:
More info: Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center
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Sunday
Welcome to our 28th Annual Nostalgia Day Car Show:
For twenty seven years the club has held its Nostalgia Day Car Show on the streets of downtown Livermore, where the show has grown to display 700+ muscle cars, street rods, custom and classic cars and draws over 10,000 spectators annually. 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 $460,000 for local organizations that promote the Tri-Valley youth, help strengthen their families and help keep kids off drugs & alcohol.
We will be providing more information in the near future about the show and registration on this page as it becomes available.
See photos from the 2003 show (on web
pages)
See
2014 and 2016 show photos on the eLivermore.com photo site.
Sponsors: Livermore Downtown and Altamont Cruisers
Location: Downtown Livermore
Times: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Admission: Free
More info:
Altamont Cruisers Car
Club
Sun
Ice Cream Social
Historic Barns
Horses, Goats, chickens
Walking Tours
Live Music
Antique Tractors & Buggies
Homemade Cookies
Beekeeping Demonstration
Introducing Hagemann Honey
Sponsor: Livermore Heritage Guild
Location: Hagemann Ranch, 455 Olivina Ave, Livermore.
Times: 1:00 to 4:00pm
Admission: Free
More info: Livermore Heritage Guild
Firehouse Arts Center
Wed
“Strum & Spirits” is a new, interactive, social way for beginners to learn to play the guitar, discover rock ‘n roll history, experience new wines and have fun doing it all! Guitarist/vocalist David Victor (formerly of the multi-platinum band BOSTON) takes each group by the hand and gently introduces the fundamental concepts of the guitar with a presentation spiked with storytelling and humor. It’s like a “paint-and-sip” class, only more rockin’!
You need not know how to play the guitar at all! You’ll get more out of it if you know NOTHING. In fact, you DO NOT even need to own a guitar! David will provide up to 50 guitars for his guests (rental price applies, see tickets). You can also bring your own guitar if you wish.
Come and learn about some new wines and learn to play some of the greatest rock ‘n roll songs ever written in an enjoyable, new, relaxed and innovative way.
BONUS: At the Firehouse, our first 40 participants will find themselves on the beautiful Firehouse stage with David!
David will finish the evening with a special acoustic performance of some
of his favorite BOSTON songs and more that will blow you away!
Sponsor: City of Pleasanton
Location: Firehouse Arts Center -
4444 Railroad Ave, Pleasanton
Times: 7:30pm
Admission: General: $39; With Guitar: $49; Spectator: $25
More info:
www.firehousearts.org
Firehouse Arts Center
Fri-Sat
Original HEART band members and Rock ‘N Roll Hall of famers Steve Fossen (bass) and Mike Derosier (drums) and the “second incarnation” of the iconic Hall of Fame rock group! Heart By Heart’s mission is simple: create music that is authentic, passionate, and true to HEART’s original recordings. Lead vocals by Somar Macek, Randy Hansen on guitar, keyboardist Bob Rivers, and Lizzy Daymont on guitar and vocals.
Sponsor: City of Pleasanton
Location: Firehouse Arts Center - 4444 Railroad Ave, Pleasanton
Times: 8:00pm
Admission: $30 - $40
More info: www.firehousearts.org
Sept 30
Sat
Dinner – Reception – Dessert
The Opening Night Gala for Donizetti’s Don Pasquale will be held September 30, 2017 at Uncle Yu’s at the Vineyard, conveniently located in downtown Livermore. The Welcome Reception will begin at 4:00 P.M. in order to accommodate a pre-opera lecture time of 6:30 P.M and a Curtain time of 7:30PM.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Bankhead Ticket Office 925-373-6800 or online.
Nick Liang will work with our wine sponsor McKahn Family Cellars to
create a beautiful three course dinner beginning at 4:45 P.M. Specialty
desserts will be served at the Bankhead Theater. A separate ticket will be
needed to attend the opera performance of your choice.
Sponsor:
Livermore
Valley Opera
Location: Uncle Yu's at the Vineyard
Times: 4:00pm
Admission: $95
More info:
Livermore
Valley Performing Arts
Center -
Livermore
Valley Opera - eLivermore.com theater page
Sept 30
Oct 1, 7, 8
Sat
Sun/Sat/Sun
David Gately’s well loved Wild West version of Gaetano Donizetti’s classic Don Pasquale is an evening of fun, laughs and amazing tunes sure to satisfy everyone. Join us as we saddle up to tell the story of Don Pasquale, an ornery old thing who’s desire to be married soon fades when his much younger wife takes the reigns and drives his life out of control. It is a classic Spaghetti Western complete with gun totin’ cowboys, saloon girls and bubble baths to set the stage for this evening of light-hearted fun. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Sponsor: Livermore Valley Opera
Location: Bankhead Theater - LVPAC web site - eLivermore Bankhead Theater page
Times: Fri & Sat: 8:00pm. Sun: 2:00pm
Admission: $90 / $75 / $65 / $52 / $42 Student: There is a $10 discount discount for some seats. Varies by performance.
More info: Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center - Livermore Valley Opera - eLivermore.com theater page
See schedule below.
Pirates of Emerson - Haunted Themed Park
The award winning Pirates Of Emerson are bringing chills, thrills a cut
throat terror to the Bay Area for the 23rd year. Consuming over 4 acres
including 6 haunted
Attractions:
Beneath the Darkness, Trick or Treat, Pirates of Emerson, Farmageddon, The
Dark Gauntlet, Terror-tories
In addition to the Haunted Attractions, tickets include: Live Music, Mazes, Misfortune Tell, Frightmares Sideshow, Nightly Entertainment, and more.
Not recommended for children under 13.
Doing our best to make Pleasanton UN-Pleasant!
Location:
Alameda County
Fairgrounds, Pleasanton
Times: See below
Admission:
General Admission - $30.00 Six acres of scares, mazes, games, nightly
entertainment and, of course, award winning Haunted Houses!
Group Admission - $26 Groups of 20 or more
Speed Pass - $10 per ticket
Twice Thru - $10 per ticket
VIP Admission - $60 VIP allows you to skip all lines AND go thru any
attraction as many times as you want! The ultimate Speed Pass
More info:
Pirates of Emerson website - 510-657-2121 -
Alameda County
Fairgrounds,
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