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Best Mother's Day Brunches & Activities: East Bay 2018
Whether Mom prefers teas, kayaking, winery picnics, garden tours, horse racing, nature hikes, zoo fun or jazz, this is your ultimate guide!

EAST BAY, CA – Delight Mom on this year's Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13, and plan the ultimate outing.
Whether the mother or wife in your life loves the outdoors, hiking or kayak excursions, breweries, champagne brunches, concerts, crafts, bocce ball or garden tours, Patch has you covered.
Brunch at the famed Niles Pie Company or Golden Gate Fields racetrack? A Mother's Day macarons baking class? A grand tea service aboard the USS Hornet? Keep reading ...
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ALAMEDA:
MAY 12: Mother's Day Officers' Tea: USS Hornet
MAY 12-13: 18th Annual Downtown Spring Festival
MAY 13: Mother's Day Kayaking Tour
MAY 13: Moms on the Mudflat: Crown Memorial State Beach
ALAMO:
MAY 11-12: AAUW Garden Tour 2018: Danville, Walnut Creek & Alamo
ALBANY:
MAY 12: Mother's Day Weekend Pop-Up Abrams Claghorn Gallery
MAY 13: Mother's Day Dance Party: Ivy Room
BERKELEY:
MAY 12: Pre-Mother's Day Build-A-Birdhouse: UC Botanical Garden
MAY 13: Golden West Beer Tour - Mother's Day Edition: Berkeley & Oakland
MAY 13: MOTHER'S DAY Champagne Brunch Buffet: HS Lordships
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch at The Track: Golden Gate Fields
CASTRO VALLEY:
May 13: Mother's Day Concert
MAY 13: Mother's Day Concert: Chouinard Vineyards
CLAYTON:
MAY 12-13: Mother's Day Tea at The Greenhouse
MAY 13: Mother's Day Wildflower Hike: Mt. Diablo State Park
MAY 13: Mother's Day Discover Diablo Hike - Round Valley Ramble
CONCORD:
MAY 12: 6th Annual Art & Wine [& Beer!] Walk
MAY 12: MOMDay in the Plaza & Music Festival
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch Buffet 2018: Hilton Concord
DANVILLE:
MAY 11-12: AAUW Garden Tour 2018: Danville, Walnut Creek & Alamo
MAY 12: Mother's Day Mom Paints 4 Free: Color Bundles Art Studio
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch & Mass at San Damiano
DUBLIN:
MAY 12-14: Mother's Day Macarons Cooking Class: Sur La Table
EL SOBRANTE:
MAY 12: Mother's Day Run: San Pablo Dam Reservoir
FREMONT:
MAY 12: Mother's Day Celebration & Crafts 2018: Wildlife Refuge
MAY 13: Marvelous Moms! Free, Family Nature Hike: Sunol/Fremont
MAY 13: Mother's Day On The Farm & Brunch: Ardenwood
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch: Newark-Fremont DoubleTree, Newark
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch Campo di Bocce
LAFAYETTE:
MAY 12: Artful Gardens Tour & Plant Sale- Mother's Day Weekend
MAY 13: Family Day At Sienna Ranch
LIVERMORE:
MAY 11: LARPD Mommy & Son Dance
MAY 11-13: Mother's Day Weekend At BoaVentura Winery
MAY 12: Mother's Day Weekend Paint Parties Bellinis & Bundtinis
MAY 12: Mother's Day Brunch & Brushes
MAY 12: Annual Livermore Valley Craft Beer Festival & Music
MAY 12: Ribs, Chili, Cars, Brews & Blues
MAY 12-13: Scone & Wine Pairing: McKahn Family Cellars
MAY 12-13: Chocolate Truffle & Wine Pairing: Las Positas Vineyard
MAY 13: Mother's Day Picnic on the Patio at McGrail Vineyards
MAY 13: MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH: Garré Vineyard & Winery
MAY 13: Annual Mother's Day Picnic & Music: Retzlaff Vineyards
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch: Campo di Bocce
MAY 13: Mother's Day 4-Course Brunch & Dinner: Simply Fondue
MAY 13: Celebrate Mom At Wente Vineyards - Wine, Food & Music
MAY 13: Mother's Day Sip & Celebrate Package: Murrieta’s Well
MAY 13: Picnic & Tastings & Truffles: Dante Robere Vineyards
MARTINEZ:
MAY 11: Mother's Day Event: 'It's Blooming at Lavender Moon'
MAY 12: Mother's Day Luau: Morello Hills Christian Church
MAY 12-13: Mother's Day Paint & Sip Wine Coasters: Bar Cava
NEWARK:
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch: Newark-Fremont DoubleTree
OAKLAND:
MAY 5: St. John's Mother's Day Fashion Show & Luncheon
MAY 13: Golden West Beer Tour - Mother's Day Edition: Berkeley & Oakland
MAY 13: Mother's Day Celebration at District Oakland
MAY 13: Mother's Day Celebration at Agave Uptown
MAY 13: Mother's Day Tea & Tour: Cohen Bray House
MAY 13: Oakland Zoo Mother's Day - Free Train Ride For Moms
ORINDA:
PLEASANTON:
MAY 12: Wine Stroll: Downtown
MAY 12-13: Hawaiian 'May Day Festival' - Fairgrounds
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch Buffet: Pasta's Trattoria
MAY 13: MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH 2018: Barone's
SAN LEANDRO:
MAY 13: Mother's Day Brunch: Cleophus Quealy Beer Co.
SUNOL:
MAY 13: Marvelous Moms! Free, Family Nature Hike: Sunol/Fremont
UNION CITY:
MAY 13: Mothers' Day Brunch 2018: Niles Pie Company
WALNUT CREEK:
MAY 10: 'Blooms for Mom' Workshop at Bondadoso
MAY 11-12: AAUW Garden Tour 2018: Danville, Walnut Creek & Alamo
MAY 12: DIY Mother's Day Teapots: Ruth Bancroft Garden
MAY 12-14: Mother's Day Macarons Cooking Class: Sur La Table
MAY 13: Mother's Day 2018: Scott's Seafood Jazz Brunch
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FOR MOTHER'S DAY FUN THROUGHOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: Mother's Day Brunches & Events 2018 SF Bay Area: Start Planning!
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