This Weekend In NorCal: Haunted USS Hornet; Corn Maze; Scarecrow-Building Contest; Kite Celebration

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and quirky events throughout Northern California -- from the beaches of Santa Cruz, through the South Bay, East Bay, the Peninsula, to Marin and the uppermost points of North Bay and Wine County.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, do see what's on tap this weekend from Saturday, Oct. 8 to Sunday, Oct. 9.

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EAST BAY:

23rd Annual Classic Car Show in Downtown Alameda

El Cerrito Annual Art Show & Sale

Haunted USS Hornet - Alameda

Harvest Festival & Pumpkin Picking! - Walnut Creek

Martinez Restaurant Tour 2016

Fall Festival & Scarecrow Building Contest at Alden Lane Nursery - Livermore

Antique and Collectibles Faire in Pleasanton

Fear at the Fairgrounds: Pirates of Emerson in Pleasanton

A Wild West Evening - Pleasanton

Young Musicians Violin Benefit Concert 2016 - Fremont

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NORTH BAY/WINE COUNTRY:

Cotati Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest For Families In American Canyon, Napa Co.

Friends of the Napa River Concert and Benefit

Fright Fest at Six Flags: Vallejo

Portuguese Fado Night at Cafe Lucia: Healdsburg

Cool Patch Pumpkins 2016 Corn Maze: Dixon

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PENINSULA/MARIN COUNTY

Mill Valley Film Festival 2016

Marin Waldorf Children's Faire

San Francisco Fleet Week and Blue Angels

Cycle Saturday: Los Altos

2016 Annual San Carlos Art & Wine Faire

Peninsula Hills Women's Club Super Garage Sale

Pacifica Senior Services Spaghetti Feed

Chinese Chung Yeung Festival at Skylawn Memorial Park Celebrates Ancestors with Traditional Offerings and Kite Flying - San Mateo

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY/BEACHES

Oktoberfest Santa Cruz 2016

Blessing of the Animals - Aptos

Second Saturdays @ Watsonville Municipal Airport

Breakfast Fundraiser for the American Legion Post 121 - Watsonville

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SOUTH BAY

Lumination at Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park: Gilroy

Halloween Haunt At Great America: Santa Clara

Los Gatos - Listowel Writers' Festival

Day on the Bay: Alviso Marina County Park - Alviso

Second Saturday Rides with the Cruiser Shop: Campbell

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Heading to Southern California, by chance? Then see: This Weekend In SoCal: Terror Theatre; Beach Pong; Boo At Zoo; Art & Wine Fest

--Images via Morguefile, ASHLEYBOARMAN, Cool Patch Pumpkins, Haunted Hornet 2016 by Robert Downs Photography