Aloha Festival; Eat Real Festival; Salsa Festival: NorCal Weekend

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and entertaining events throughout Northern California – from the beaches of Santa Cruz, through the South Bay, East Bay and the Peninsula, to 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, see what's slated this weekend from Saturday, Sept. 21 to Sunday, Sept. 22.

Double-check with event organizers to confirm dates, times and locations in case activities have been updated since posted on Patch.

EAST BAY:

Alameda Legacy Home Tour – Alameda

Oktoberfest – Alameda

Gilman Art Walk – Berkeley

Queering Dance Festival– Berkeley

The Marsh Berkeley Cabaret Presents "Hippie Kid" – Berkeley

The Marsh Berkeley Presents "Who Killed Sylvia Plath" – Berkeley

The Marsh Presents "A History of World War II" – Berkeley

Trumer Oktoberfest – Berkeley

Neighborhood Garage Sale – Danville

Serve Day – Danville

Super Saturday at Valley Children's Museum – Dublin

WOBtoberfest – Dublin

Lafayette Art & Wine Festival – Lafayette

Art Reception: Where Art and Nature Meet at Bankhead Theater – Livermore

Create Lab at Civic Center Library – Livermore

Harvest Wine Celebration at Fenestra Winery – Livermore

Grapes to Wine Educational Sunset Tour at McGrail Vineyards – Livermore

Pooch Parade Dog Walk – Livermore

Treasure the Moments Gala for Lazarex Cancer Foundation – Livermore

Newark Days – Newark

Eat Real Festival – Oakland

Montclair Village Fall Art Walk – Oakland

Puptoberfest – Oakland

Alviso Adobe Fall Festival – Pleasanton

Author Adam Plantinga: "The Police: Fiction Versus Reality" – Pleasanton

Red, White & You Gala – Pleasanton

"Barefoot in the Park" at Lesher Center for the Arts – Walnut Creek

Documentary Screening: "Wilder Than Wild: Fire, Forests, and the Future" – Walnut Creek

Magic Show with Mr. Funnybone – Walnut Creek

Smuin Contemporary Ballet Presents "Dance Series 1" – Walnut Creek

NORTH BAY/WINE COUNTRY:

Fine Arts, Crafts & Marketplace – Benicia

Bike MS: Waves to Wine – Brisbane, Rohnert Park

Marin Comics Fest Presents Eda Kaban – Corte Madera

Marin Comics Fest Presents Illustrator Eda Kaban – Corte Madera

Oktoberfest Beer Festival – Cotati

Sonoma Goods Band at Geyser Peak Winery – Healdsburg

"Shipwrecks of Marin" Author Talk at Larkspur Library – Larkspur

Makers Market at the Lumber Yard – Mill Valley

Marin Comics Fest Presents Andy Warner – Mill Valley

Oktoberfest – Mill Valley

Afternoon Tea at the Ackerman Heritage House – Napa

Le Painted Grape Wine & Art Class – Napa

Napa Valley 1839 FC Soccer – Napa

Napa Valley Aloha Festival – Napa

Rustic + Refined Pasta Making Class – Napa

"50 Faces" Opening Reception at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art – Novato

An Evening with Holocaust Survivor Sami Steigmann – Novato

Virtual Reality Art Classes at XR Marin – Novato

Pre-Rosh Hashana Farmers' Market – Petaluma

Marin Comics Fest Presents Alexis E. Fajardo – Point Reyes Station

"The Mousetrap" at The Barn – Ross

Movies in Creek Park – San Anselmo

Chunky Blanket Workshop – San Rafael

NAMI Marin Walk – San Rafael

Run As One: Can Do! Community 5K & Fun Run – San Rafael

San Rafael PorchFest – San Rafael

Oktoberfest – Santa Rosa

San Francisco Comedy Competition Semi-Finals – Santa Rosa

Hike the Headlands – Sausalito

Harvest Party at Merryvale Vineyards – St. Helena

Tiburon Taps Beer Festival – Tiburon

Oktoberfest – Vacaville

THE PENINSULA:

Summer's End Music Festival – Half Moon Bay

Facebook Festivals: Bands on the Bayfront – Menlo Park

Anderson Collection's 5th Anniversary Celebration – Palo Alto, Stanford

Art, Ecology, and Animal Talks – Palo Alto

Beginner Filmmaking Workshop – Palo Alto

Shulem in Concert: "The Perfect Dream" – Palo Alto

Salsa Festival – Redwood City

San Mateo Bayfront Cleanup – San Mateo

San Mateo County Disaster-Preparedness Day – San Mateo

Coastal Cleanup Day at Haskins Way – South San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO:

Carolina Lugo's & Carolé Acuña's Ballet Flamenco – San Francisco

CMC Sundays: Community Music Day – San Francisco

Free Shakespeare in the Park – San Francisco

Guitarist Yuri Liberzon in Concert – San Francisco

Live Music Aboard Balclutha: Spitzer and Mareva Sea Music Concert – San Francisco

Museum Day – San Francisco

Oktoberfest at Anchor Public Taps – San Francisco

Oktoberfest by the Bay – San Francisco

Out of the Darkness Community Walk – San Francisco

Presidio Theatre Opening Celebration – San Francisco

PUSHfest Dance Festival – San Francisco

The Marsh Presents "Border People" – San Francisco

The Marsh Presents "The Waiting Period" – San Francisco

Transportation/Transformations Community Day – San Francisco

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY/BEACHES:

"Mamma Mia!" at Mountain Community Theater – Ben Lomond

Felton Covered Bridge Butt Cleanup – Felton

Boardwalk Fiesta en la Playa – Santa Cruz

Oktoberfest – Santa Cruz

Prudy Foxx Viticulture Lecture & Tasting at Soif Wine Bar & Merchants – Santa Cruz

Monterey Bay Birding Festival – Watsonville

SOUTH BAY:

Courtyard Concerts: The Great American Song Book – Cupertino

Film Screening: "The Biggest little Farm" – Gilroy

Oktoberfest – Los Altos

Climate Fair – Los Gatos

Los Gatos Art & Wine Festival – Los Gatos

Los Gatos Bunny Adoption Show – Los Gatos

Yoga & Wine at Black Ridge Vineyards – Los Gatos

Ludwig's German Table Oktoberfest – San Jose

Groovin' in the Grove at Clos LaChance – San Martin

Oktoberfest at Triton Museum of Art – Santa Clara

Heading to Southern California? Then see:

• Harbor Days; Book Fest; 5K Runs; Oktoberfests: SoCal Weekend

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