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Take advantage of Free Admission Hours every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crocker Art Museum.
Established in 1885, the Crocker Art Museum is one of Northern California's largest and best museums of regional artists. The collection spans from the 10th century to contemporary periods and includes a stunning collection of European master drawings and a notable selection of contemporary California art. Museum programs include touring exhibitions, educational programs, public tours, and concerts.
Midtown Stomp offers swing dancing every Friday night at Sacramento's Eastern Star Ballroom, a historic landmark built in 1928. Join the beginning swing dancing lesson from 8-9 p.m., and then keep dancing until midnight!
Lessons are social with rotating partners -- you don't need a partner to join. Dance the Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing, Charleston, Balboa, and many other fun, vintage dances.
Held every second Sunday of the month, the Sacramento Antique Faire is a meeting place for hundreds of antique dealers from throughout Northern California.
Come paw through furniture, textiles, architectural pieces, jewelry, cultural pieces, china, glassware, garden accessories, rugs, art, collectibles, and more.
While you're hunting for your one-of-a-kind treasure, fortify yourself with the variety of offerings from the numerous food vendors at the Faire.
On the second Saturday of each month, galleries in Sacramento stay open for a Sacramento Art Walk late into the evening, allowing people to walk from gallery to gallery, viewing, experiencing, and discovering local art and meeting artists.
While galleries all over Sacramento participate, most are clustered in two main areas: Midtown Sacramento and along Del Paso Boulevard in the Uptown Art District (the number of Downtown galleries is also growing). These areas support thriving arts communities, and the venues' close proximity, walkable streets, interesting boutiques, and many restaurants make for an enjoyable, leisurely walk.
Download a map at 2nd-sat.com.
The Downtown Sacramento Partnership offers a variety of walking tours designed to introduce visitors to the people, places, and events that shaped California history. At least one walk is offered daily except Saturdays, and topics range from art and architecture to cultural, religious, and urban history.
Current scheduled walks include:
- Kids Meet the City, a tour of California history especially for kids
- Tales of the Central City, an overview of early Sacramento history
- Structural Stories, local examples of historical architecture styles
- Art Is All Around Us, a tour of Sacramento's collection of art in public places
- Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, about K Street commerce, growth, and redevelopment
- The Art of Terra Cotta, an architecture tour featuring local clay artisan Gladding McBean
Tours are $10 and leave from within a short walk of the Sacramento Hostel.
Reservations are required; call (916) 442-8575 or email dsp@downtownsac.org.
Wander through the lush gardens and along the grand avenues of the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, the resting place of many remarkable Californians. Established in 1849 and designed to resemble a Victorian garden, the City Cemetery is an outdoor museum recording California history from the Gold Rush Era through today.
Docents provide free guided walking tours every other Saturday; go here for a list of upcoming tours. You can also take a self-guided tour during regular hours.
The Torch Club is known as one of the best blues clubs in Sacramento, and features bands from all over the Bay Area as well as some national acts. They've recently been called "the center of the blues in Sacramento" by the Sacramento Bee.
Every Sunday during happy hour they have a blues jam with no cover charge.
Every third Saturday of the month, Rendezvous -- a local band performing "hip rock," reggae, alternative, and R&B covers and originals -- plays at Headhunters on K Street.
Headhunters also serves dinner entrees (priced $8-$18) until 10 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays serves late-night bar food until 3:30 a.m. (drinks stop at 2 a.m.). Check out their website for a 20% off coupon and a peek at the menu.
If you love karaoke, take it to the next level and step into the spotlight with RockstarLBK, which claims to be the only live band karaoke in Sacramento.
They play every Thursday at Marilyn's on K, and have a songlist of more than 200 popular rock, pop, and country songs.
This summer, Cesar Chavez Plaza becomes the hottest Friday night music venue in Sacramento!
The Friday Night Concerts in the Park series runs from May 7 to August 13, showcasing local artists in a range of genres including rock, pop, punk, blues, and folk. Acts vary by week -- the concert lineup as well as links to listen to upcoming artists is available online.
Music addicts and happy-hour junkies flock to these all-ages shows to enjoy live music, fresh air, good food, and the famous beer garden.
Sample the bounty of California's harvests straight from local farms at the weekly Farmers Market in Sacramento's Cesar Chavez Plaza, held May through October.
Certified Farmers Markets are an effort to re-establish the traditional link between farmers and consumers in California, by creating places where genuine farmers sell products they grow themselves directly to the public.
At these markets, farmers can offer field- and tree-ripened fruits and vegetables which are too delicate for the packing and shipping process of traditional food distribution systems. In addition, consumers are assured of obtaining only California-grown fruits and vegetables, fresh and in season, at a good price.
Every Saturday in June, visit a different East Sacramento park for a free concert.
This year's series includes:
June 5 - Whiskey Dawn / East Portal Park (51st Street at M Street)
June 12 - Because, A Tribute to the Beatles / Glenn Hall Park (Sandburg Drive at Carlson Drive)
June 19 - SwingMasters / Bertha Henschel Park (45th Street at Brand Way)
June 26 - The Q Balls / McKinley Park (H Street between Alambra and 33rd Street)
Check out Sacramento's Studio Theater June 13 and 27 for Old Time Radio Shows -- where live actors perform "some of the greatest of original radio."
Yes, there even are classic sound effects straight out of the 1940s.
June 13, the show includes:
Gunsmoke - The Guitar
The Bickersons - Anniversary Party
Musical Interlude with Mike Branson
Our Miss Brooks - Friday the Thirteenth
June 27, see:
Richard Diamond - The Nathan Beeker Case
The Bickersons - Bachelor Dinner
Musical Interlude with Mike Branson
Fibber McGee & Molly - The Policeman's Ball
The Sacramento River Cats are the minor-league affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They play at Raley Field, just across the Tower Bridge from downtown Sacramento.
Two games a month, team sponsor Sutter Health puts on a fireworks display after the game -- since tickets run as low as $7, you really can't go wrong!
Bring a blanket, buy a hot dog, and enjoy a classic American evening.
Fireworks are scheduled for: June 19 and 26; July 10 and 31; August 14 and 28.
Other home game promotions include $2 Miller Lite beers at every Thursday game and $1 hot dogs and desserts at every Friday game.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Park hosts free noontime concerts every Wednesday.
This month's schedule includes:
June 2 - Cellist Elizabeth Grunin; Violinist Kathleen Lamb
June 9 - Capitol Chamber Players featuring Handel Organ Concerto
June 16 - Pacific Arts Trio: Alice Lenaghan, flute; Natalie Cox, harp; Dan Reiter, cello
June 23 - Guitarist Chris Waltz and fiddler Lee White
June 30 - Jazz Pianist Jim Martinez
For the full schedule, visit the series website.
This is not your grandma's craft market -- it features newer, hipper styles, jewelry, bags, cards, and other handmade objects straight from the artists themselves.
Think etsy.com, in person.
The market is open every Thursday, May through October.