regular events

This is a listing of regularly occuring events in and around Sacramento. See our Events Board for specific events. You also may be interested in other events calendars.

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Davis College Green Party	5:10 - 6:00PM	Wellman 203	Check out http://www.ucdgreens.org/ for details.

Bistro 33 Pub Quiz from 9:00 - 10:30PM at 226 F Street in Davis. Teams of up to six compete for significant prizes. No cover. Dr. Andy is the host.

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Picnic In The Park(farmer's market)	Through October 19th: 4:30PM - 8:30PM October 26th onward: 2:00PM - 6:00PM	Central Park	This is a very popular local event, featuring food vendors, musical performances, and of course fresh produce.
Poetry and then Open Mic on First and Third Wednesdays		Bistro 33	Dr. Andy Jones and Brad Henderson are the Hosts at this Davis event (begins at 9:00 p.m.)

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Retro Film Revival	10:00PM	Holiday Cinema 6	$5

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Dinner and Shabbat Service	7:00pm	Hillel House	Usually $2.00

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Farmer's Market	8:00AM - 1:00PM	Central Park	This is one of the best and most popular farmer's markets in the region.
Soil Born Farm Stand	8:00AM - 1:00PM	[Soil Born Farm American River Ranch, Rancho Cordova]	Fresh, local, organic produce grown on site right here in Rancho Cordova
Yolo County SPCA Pet Adoptions	12:00 to 4:00 P.M.	Petco and Ace Hardware pet department	Most Saturdays. Petco in the The Marketplace and Ace Hardware pet department downtown

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Food Not Bombs serves free vegan food	12:30	Central Park

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
The Avid Reader Book Club]	Third Monday 7:30PM	The Avid Reader
Internet Users Group of Davis	Second Monday 7:00PM-8:30PM	Senior Center
LUGOD - The Linux Users' Group of Davis tech. presentations	Third Monday 6:30PM-9:00PM	Davis Branch Library

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Amnesty International meeting	Occasional First Tuesdays 7:00PM	International House	Davis Community Chapter meeting. Speaker, film or discussion of current human rights topics. Visit our website for more details: http://www2.dcn.org/orgs/davisamnesty

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
M.I.N.D. Institute Distinguished Lecturer Series	Second Wednesday 4PM and 6PM	Sacramento
California State Summer School for Mathematics & Science (COSMOS)	Wed, Feb 11th 6-7PM	UC Davis	Informational open house for prospective high school students and their parents. COSMOS is a 4-week residential program for high achieving math & science high school students. Please RSVP: cosmos@ucdavis.edu

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Green Party of Yolo County	First Thursday 7:00PM - 9:00PM	Yolo County Library - Davis Branch back meeting room
Sacramento ICO	Second Thursday 7:00PM - 9:00PM	SMUD community meeting room area	Sacramento Inner City Outings

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
ArtAbout	Second Friday 7:00-9:00PM	Downtown	Hours vary, so check the web site.
Sacramento Critical Mass	Last Friday, ~6:00PM roll out	John C. Fremont Park	Cyclist take on the streets
Davis Critical Mass	Last Friday 5:00PM (5:15PM roll out)	Central Park	All are welcome.

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Sacramento Second Saturday	Second Saturday 6:00-9:00/10:00PM	Sacramento	One of the best art walks anywhere, definitely worth the trip.
CPR & First Aid	First Saturday 9:00AM-1:00PM	Davis	American Heart Association CPR and First Aid courses. Certifications are valid for 2 years. Visit the website for enrollment information.

Event Name	Date/Time	Location	Description
Sacramento Polyamory Group	Second Sundays 9:00-11:00AM	Common Grounds	Look for the red heart pillow.

• RobotMedia - Student film festival showcase

• Pi Day March 14th.

• Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day April 19th.
  

• Asian Pacific Culture Week April 24-28, 2006.
  

• La Raza Cultural Days - Chicano/Latino cultural week culminating with La Gran Tardeada on Saturday.
  

• Native American Culture Days - One of the SPAC Culture Days.
  

• Black Family Week Culminates in Black Family Day on the last day.
  

• Dixon May Fair Possibly in May?
  

• KDVS Fundraiser - Every year KDVS tries to raise a ton of money. Their programming gets more intense, DJs do on-air stunts, and KDVS-pride seems to come out in everybody (well, at least in the form of t-shirts..)
  

• Picnic Day - Like Picnic Day or not, it goes without saying that this is the biggest day of the year for Davis (at least areas near Campus). The streets are littered with people, families come visit the Campus from back home, and there's constantly something going on somewhere. This is the UCD open house. For students at UC Davis Picnic Day probably means they'll see the Campus busier than ever and probably end up drinking more than they usually do. For alumni it means they get to see what various departments are up to and enjoy a day back at their alma mater.
  

• Whole Earth Festival Ultimate ecologically-friendly festival that always coincides with Mother's Day.
  

• Relay for Life - Join us in the fight against cancer and help support the American Cancer Society, http://acsevents.org/relay/ca/ucdavis
  

• Disability Pride Week - Each April at UC Davis
  

• Davis Double Century - Nationally acclaimed, 200 mile, one-day cycling event
  

• UC Davis Film Festival - Annual film festival of original films and videos directed, shot and acted by UC Davis students. Shown in the UC Davis Main Theatre $5.

• Gay Pride Day
  

• Davis Kids Triathlon
  

• West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games - Young athletes from all over the west coast come to compete in 9 seperate sporting events.
  

• Davis Criterium Classic - Popular cycling race held annually on July 4 in downtown Davis
  

• July 4th Fireworks - Annual fireworks show

• California State Fair Mid-August to early September.
  

• Causeway Classic
  

• Halloween Caroling
  

• Turkey Trot Annual foot race (5k/10k) held near Thanksgiving, very popular.
  

• Foxy's Fall Century 50 km, 100 km or 100 mile cycling event

• Holiday Meal December 24th.
  

• New Year's Day January 1st.