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Take advantage of Free Admission Hours every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crocker Art Museum.
Established in 1885, the Crocker Art Museum is one of Northern California's largest and best museums of regional artists. The collection spans from the 10th century to contemporary periods and includes a stunning collection of European master drawings and a notable selection of contemporary California art. Museum programs include touring exhibitions, educational programs, public tours, and concerts.
Midtown Stomp offers swing dancing every Friday night at Sacramento's Eastern Star Ballroom, a historic landmark built in 1928. Join the beginning swing dancing lesson from 8-9 p.m., and then keep dancing until midnight!
Lessons are social with rotating partners -- you don't need a partner to join. Dance the Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing, Charleston, Balboa, and many other fun, vintage dances.
Held every second Sunday of the month, the Sacramento Antique Faire is a meeting place for hundreds of antique dealers from throughout Northern California.
Come paw through furniture, textiles, architectural pieces, jewelry, cultural pieces, china, glassware, garden accessories, rugs, art, collectibles, and more.
While you're hunting for your one-of-a-kind treasure, fortify yourself with the variety of offerings from the numerous food vendors at the Faire.
On the second Saturday of each month, galleries in Sacramento stay open for a Sacramento Art Walk late into the evening, allowing people to walk from gallery to gallery, viewing, experiencing, and discovering local art and meeting artists.
While galleries all over Sacramento participate, most are clustered in two main areas: Midtown Sacramento and along Del Paso Boulevard in the Uptown Art District (the number of Downtown galleries is also growing). These areas support thriving arts communities, and the venues' close proximity, walkable streets, interesting boutiques, and many restaurants make for an enjoyable, leisurely walk.
Download a map at 2nd-sat.com.
The Downtown Sacramento Partnership offers a variety of walking tours designed to introduce visitors to the people, places, and events that shaped California history. At least one walk is offered daily except Saturdays, and topics range from art and architecture to cultural, religious, and urban history.
Current scheduled walks include:
- Kids Meet the City, a tour of California history especially for kids
- Tales of the Central City, an overview of early Sacramento history
- Structural Stories, local examples of historical architecture styles
- Art Is All Around Us, a tour of Sacramento's collection of art in public places
- Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, about K Street commerce, growth, and redevelopment
- The Art of Terra Cotta, an architecture tour featuring local clay artisan Gladding McBean
Tours are $10 and leave from within a short walk of the Sacramento Hostel.
Reservations are required; call (916) 442-8575 or email dsp@downtownsac.org.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Park hosts free noontime concerts every Wednesday.
This month's schedule includes:
March 3: UC Davis Chamber Ensembles
March 10: Music of the Baroque Era with Camellia Camerata
March 17: Nicole Makram (violin) with Jason Sia (piano)
March 24: Music of the Baroque Era with Passamezzo Moderno
March 31: 14-year-old violinist Ray Anthony Trujillo
For the full schedule, visit the series website.
IndieSacramento is Sacramento's largest indie/alternative craft fair. On March 20, the fair takes place at The California Museum, and museum admission is free!
Supported by a group of local crafters, the purpose behind IndieSacramento is to help spread the word about locally owned businesses and to help Sacramento gain the reputation it deserves as a city with cutting-edge art, crafts, and fashion -- plus great local shopping and eats.
Shop for hip, handmade goods, clothing, and accessories, and check out the new exhibits at The California Museum -- for free!
The Sacramento International Folk Dance and Arts Council presents the Camellia International Folk Dance Festival, their annual dance performance program.
Come watch Sacramento-area cultural dance groups perform traditional dances from countries throughout the world, including Serbia, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Scotland, and others.
Stay after the performance for an easy dance lesson to try out the dance steps for yourself.
The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in historic Old Sacramento is an all-ages celebration of Irish culture that's been going 14 years strong.
The parade starts at 1 p.m. and features 500 costumed marchers, Gold Rush historic re-enactors, school bands, floats, military regiments, police and fire representatives, and other cultural organizations.
Before and after the parade, the streets come alive with Irish-themed music, Celtic dancers, and the Ophir Prison Marching and Kazoo Band. During the evening, many Old Sacramento restaurants feature Irish specialities.
Wander through the lush gardens and along the grand avenues of the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, the resting place of many remarkable Californians. Established in 1849 and designed to resemble a Victorian garden, the City Cemetery is an outdoor museum recording California history from the Gold Rush Era through today.
Docents provide free guided walking tours every other Saturday; go here for a list of upcoming tours. You can also take a self-guided tour during regular hours.
The Torch Club is known as one of the best blues clubs in Sacramento, and features bands from all over the Bay Area as well as some national acts. They've recently been called "the center of the blues in Sacramento" by the Sacramento Bee.
Every Sunday during happy hour they have a blues jam with no cover charge.
Every third Saturday of the month through mid-May, Rendezvous -- a local band performing "hip rock," reggae, alternative, and R&B covers and originals -- plays at Headhunters on K Street.
Headhunters also serves dinner entrees (priced $8-$18) until 10 p.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays serves late-night bar food until 3:30 a.m. (drinks stop at 2 a.m.). Check out their website for a 20% off coupon and a peek at the menu.
If you love karaoke, take it to the next level and step into the spotlight with RockstarLBK, which claims to be the only live band karaoke in Sacramento.
They play every Thursday at Marilyn's on K, and have a songlist of more than 200 popular rock, pop, and country songs.
Based in London, the International Staff Band is the premiere band of the Salvation Army. They visit Salvation Army churches throughout the U.K. on a monthly basis, and their performances get good reviews all over the world.
On April 1, the band plays a free show at the Community Center Theater, which is near the Sacramento Convention Center.