Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show; Book Festival: NorCal Weekend

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, CA – 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 on tap this weekend from Saturday, April 28 to Sunday, April 29.

SAN FRANCISCO

Amigos de las Americas' Adelante Benefit – San Francisco

El Rincon Flamenco – San Francisco

Head Over Heels with Go-Go's Songs at Curran Theatre – San Francisco

Leela Dance Collective Presents "Son of the Wind" – San Francisco

Lutenist Paul O'Dette – San Francisco

Noe Valley Chamber Music's Classical Kids: Friction Quartet – San Francisco

PUSHfest Spring – San Francisco

Singles Charity Ball – San Francisco

Smuin Presents "Dance Series 02" – San Francisco

The Marsh San Francisco Extends "A Fatal Step" – San Francisco

The Marsh San Francisco Presents "Can You Dig It?: The '60s" – San Francisco

The Marsh San Francisco Presents "Daughter of a Garbageman" – San Francisco

EAST BAY

Gallery Paws for FAAS (Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter) – Alameda

Bay Area Book Festival – Berkeley

Project Light: Sam Ock Live at The UC Theatre – Berkeley

UC Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale – Berkeley

Castro Valley Unified School District Education Job Fair – Castro Valley

Kops for Kids Run Walk & Roll – Concord

Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco Presents "Feria de Abril" – Danville

Dublin Pride Volunteer Day – Dublin

Contra Costa Civic Theatre Presents "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" – El Cerrito

Hand-Block Printing Workshop – Fremont

Ohana Health Fair – Fremont

Screening of "Maktub" – Lafayette

Adam Miller Performs "Cowboy Songs & Frontier Ballads" – Livermore

Essential Figure Art Show at Bothwell Art Center – Livermore

Korean Storytelling with Seung Ah Kim – Livermore

Spring Creek Walk – Livermore

Springtime Bird Time – Livermore

Three Decembers Opera with Frederica von Stade – Livermore

Wild Folds Origami Exhibit by Robert Lang at LAA Gallery – Livermore

Youth Triathlon – Livermore

May Day at the Zoo – Oakland

Firehouse Arts Center Presents "Rock Of Ages" – Pleasanton

Fresh Works VIII Annual Open Juried Fine Arts Exhibition at Harrington Gallery – Pleasanton

Ira Stein Trio: An Evening of Bach Improvisations & Original Compositions – Pleasanton

Jinx Jones Trio – Pleasanton

Talita Suassuna: Large Scale Paintings Installation at Harrington Gallery – Pleasanton

Tea Time with Shepherd's Gate – Pleasanton

"Transportation" Special Exhibit at Harrington Gallery – Pleasanton

San Leandro Historical Society Presents "A Pictorial Journey through the San Leandro Watershed" – San Leandro

Paint Pouring Workshop: Let if Flow! – Walnut Creek

NORTH BAY / WINE COUNTRY

College of Marin Symphony Orchestra Presents "Czech, Please!" – Kentfield

Francesca Kennedy Trunk Show – Mill Valley

Slide Ranch's Spring Fling – Muir Beach

Lions Club Rummage Sale – Novato

MarinMOCA's Altered Book Exhibit & Fundraiser – Novato

Soroptimist International of Novato Fashion Show Fundraiser – Novato

Garden Valley Ranch's Farm Trails Spring Tour: Blossoms, Bees and Barnyard Babies – Petaluma

Petaluma Arts Center Presents Youth Arts Exhibition – Petaluma

Spring Wine Release Dinner at Garden Valley Ranch – Petaluma

Sonoma County Walk to Defeat ALS – Rohnert Park

Sonoma Executive MBA Information Session with Alumni Panel – Rohnert Park

Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra Presents "Avec l'orgue" – Rohnert Park

Sonoma State University's Spring Dance 2018 – Rohnert Park

Children for Change's C4C Challenge – San Anselmo

The Bharat Event: ArtWorks for India – San Anselmo

Guiding Youth Through Music: Music For All – San Rafael

Marin Symphony Presents "Masterworks 4, Fantasy" – San Rafael

Mayhem at the Museum with Stinky Cecil – Santa Rosa

Lantern Light Festival – Vallejo

THE PENINSULA

Mercy High School Burlingame's Spring Open House – Burlingame

Mobile Farmers' Market Relaunch – East Palo Alto, Menlo Park

Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show – Half Moon Bay

Rainbowfest – Pacifica

Gamble Garden Spring Tour – Palo Alto

Palo Alto Children's Theatre Presents "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" – Palo Alto

Palo Alto Players Presents "Rock of Ages" – Palo Alto

Palo Alto Children's Theatre Presents "The Princess & The Frog" – Palo Alto

Sonnet Ensemble Spring Concert – Palo Alto

STEAM Fest on the Square – Redwood City

Summit Preparatory Charter High School's Rummage Sale – Redwood City

Bayside Performing Arts Center Presents "Honk, the Musical" – San Mateo

PlayFest 2018: Makers and Builders – Stanford

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY / BEACHES

Garden Planting and Wool Day at Wilder Ranch – Santa Cruz

Ocean Dream Fair – Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Chorale's Spring Concert – Santa Cruz

Touch-A-Truck Santa Cruz – Scotts Valley

SOUTH BAY

Cherry Blossom Festival – Cupertino

Coffee with a Cop – Gilroy

Pilates in the Park – Gilroy

AAUW Fiesta Luncheon – Los Altos

Cat's Hill Bicycle Race – Los Gatos

MakerSpace Open Studio: Sock Penguins – Los Gatos

Rotary Club of Los Gatos Great Race – Los Gatos, Saratoga

"Two On Tap" Song-&-Dance Show – Los Gatos

One World Cup 2018 – San Jose

Relay for Life: Cambrian – San Jose

California Native Plant Society's 44th Wildflower Show at West Valley College – Saratoga

Flea Market – Saratoga

Saratoga High School's Spring Musical: "Mary Poppins" – Saratoga

Heading to Southern California? Then see:

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