Gilroy Garlic Festival; Feast For The Beasts​; 'Shrek The Musical'; Awesome Badger Presentation: 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 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, do see what's on tap this weekend from Saturday, July 29, to Sunday, July 30.

EAST BAY

Bankhead Theater's "The Wizard of Oz" – Livermore

Berkeley Kite Festival – Berkeley

Eugene O’Neill Festival – Danville

Family Luau – Union City

Feast for the Beasts at Oakland Zoo – Oakland

Movie in the Park – Berkeley

Shakespeare’s Associates' "Cyrano de Bergerac" – Livermore

Summer Bird Walk – Berkeley

Summer Star Walk – Livermore

The Golden Follies variety show – Pleasanton

NORTH BAY / WINE COUNTRY

Community Science: Bee Pinning Party – Fairfax

"Man of La Mancha" – The Musical Tale of Don Quixote – Santa Rosa

“Showin’ on the River” Juried Fine Art Show – Petaluma

Summer Concert Series – Corte Madera

Summer Nights Concert Series – San Rafael

Summer of Love Family Festival Fundraiser – Sebastopol

The Awesome American Badger Presentation with Naturalist Susan Kirks – Santa Rosa

THE PENINSULA

Art Liaisons' Art & Wine Reception – Redwood City

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's Free Shakespeare in the Park – Cupertino

San Carlos Children's Theater's "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"– San Carlos

Sanchez Art Center's What Becomes Home - G.L.U.E. (Girls League of Urban Epistemology) – Pacifica

The Quitters at Pacifica Performances – Pacifica

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY / BEACHES

Great American Secchi Dip In – Felton

SOUTH BAY

Foothill Music Theatre's "Shrek The Musical" – Los Altos Hills

Gilroy Garlic Festival – Gilroy

Guinness World Records Live – Gilroy

Heading to Southern California, by chance? Then see: Surf Dog Competition; OC Fair; Monster Truck Destruction Tour; Classic Car Cruise Series; A Faery Hunt: SoCal Weekend

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Images credit: Bill Strange Photography and Lara Schraft/Gilroy Garlic Festival; Quinn Dombrowski via flickr.com, used under Creative Commons; Foothill Music Theatre; Yathin S Krishnappa via Wikipedia, used under Creative Commons