All About Mom - Zoo Specials; Picnics & Hikes; Free Boardwalk Bowling: NorCal Weekend

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, May 13 to Sunday, May 14.

• AND DON'T FORGET - GOING ON STATEWIDE SATURDAY: Letter Carriers’ ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ Food Drive

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EAST BAY:

Downtown Alameda's Spring Festival

Free Train Ride, Mother's Day: Oakland Zoo

Diablo Wind Symphony with Youth Performers - May Concert: Walnut Creek

Mother's Day 'May Day' Hawaiian Festival: Pleasanton

3rd Annual Livermore Valley Craft Beer Festival

MOMDay & Music Fest: Downtown Concord

Free Mother's Day Hike, Crafts & Bird Shows: Wildlife Refuge, Alviso

Visit with Animal Farm Moms: Ardenwood, Fremont

Pops in the Park! - Fremont

Mother’s Day Picnic & Live Music: McGrail Vineyards, Livermore

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NORTH BAY/WINE COUNTRY/MARIN COUNTY:

Bioluminescence Paddles: Sunset Kayaking & Dessert Picnic on Tomales Bay

Bay Area Human Race 2017: San Rafael

Food as Gifts: Mother's Day Edition: Culinary Institute of America at Copia, Napa

Mother's Day Picnic: Marin Audubon Society & Canyon Ranch Fundraiser, Stinson Beach

Straus Home Ranch Farm Tour & Cheese Sampling: Marshall

Mother's Day Dipsea Hike & Family Day: Mill Valley to Stinson Beach

Mother's Day at Deer Island: Novato

GUYS AND DOLLS to Bring Gangsters, Gamblers, Dames and More to LBC - Santa Rosa

San Marin Music presents The Music Man - Novato

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PENINSULA

Listen To Your Mother: San Francisco

Mother's Day BikeAbout 2017: San Francisco Zoo

Mother's Day Rose Show in Golden Gate Park

Coastside Wildflower Workshop and Walk - Half Moon Bay

Palo Alto Players Presents: "Monty Python's SPAMALOT" - Palo Alto

Free 'Almost Mother’s Day' Kids Concert: Redwood City

Menlo Fire 5K! - Menlo Park

Hungarian Heritage Festival - Belmont

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY/BEACHES

Mother's Day Weekend Spring Plant Sale: Cabrillo College, Aptos

International Migratory Bird Day Celebration: Watsonville

Moms Bowl Free: Boardwalk Bowl, Santa Cruz

Mother's Day Walk: Women of Big Basin: Boulder Creek

Mother's Day Tea & Toggery & Entertainment: Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton

Shakespeare to Go - Boulder Creek

Mother's Day Specials & Brunch Items at Discretion Brewing: Soquel

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SOUTH BAY

Third Annual Pints for Pups: Silicon Valley/San Jose

Disney Beauty and the Beast JR - San Jose

Hebrew Concert for Kids: Anan Al Makel - Los Gatos

Ian Maksin in Concert: Zaria - Los Gatos

Friends of the Gilroy Library Saturday Book Sale - Bag Sale!

Mother's Day Champagne Brunch: Villa Montalvo, Saratoga

Caturday Night with Cat Man of West Oakland - San Jose

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Heading to Southern California, by chance? Then see: All About Mom - Flower Fields; Paint & Sip; Children's Chorus; Mission Tour: SoCal Weekend
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