Sacramento Book Festival @ Shepard Garden & Arts Cntr

Posted to Annual, Art & Culture, Family/Kids, Featured Events, Sales, Special Interests May 31st, 2025

This annual event, although still growing through its infancy, has attracted headliners such as James Rollins and Catriona McPherson. We can also boast 100+ local authors selling their books for all ages of diverse genres.

We are proud to announce partnerships with local literary organizations, The Sacramento Literary Foundation, 916Ink, and The Mustard Seed School. With them, we hope to promote literary awareness throughout the region.

Sacramento has several book fairs, but the California Writers Club wishes to promote a Capital Event. Here authors of varied abilities will champion literary awareness and share skills across diverse cultures.

The California Writers Club (CWC) is a statewide organization and one of the oldest and largest writers’ clubs in America.  We have a proud heritage going back to our founding in 1909. Organized into local branches, the club has over 1,900 members in 22 branches spread across our state.

Our mission is to provide education and support for writers in our communities. Our motto is Writers Helping Writers, which we believe to be more than a slogan.

Writing should not be a solitary profession, as writers tend to be social. We want to talk about and read their work to others. We are excited to learn their craft and to understand the business of writing and publishing.

Welcome to the Sacramento Book Festival – The Sacramento Book Festival

 

THIS CITY Block Party @ The Capitol Mall

Posted to Art & Culture, Music & Nightlife, Special Interests May 31st, 2025

THIS CITY Block Party Featuring KAYTRANADA, SANGO. KITTY CA$H, LOU PHELPS.

Too Many Squirrels @ Torch Club

Posted to Art & Culture, Music & Nightlife, Special Interests May 31st, 2025

Too Many Squirrels, plus special guests.

Old Sac After Hours Tours

Posted to Art & Culture, Special Interests, Sports & Rec May 31st, 2025

Old Sac After Hours Tours

Spend a night on the new town with a shady character from the past, who’ll show you around to the saloons, gaming halls, theaters and houses of ill-fame – places you can only see in the twilight. Meet swindlers, soiled doves and sneaky speculators! Hear all the gossip on murders of passion, political intrigue, and the century’s most notorious woman!

The Damned @ Ace Of Spades

Posted to Art & Culture, Music & Nightlife, Special Interests May 31st, 2025

The Damned & TV Smith.

Chelo @ Golden 1

Posted to Art & Culture, Featured Events, Music & Nightlife, Special Interests May 31st, 2025

Legendary Mexican singer Chelo, known as La Voz Ranchera de México, brings her iconic ranchera and norteño sound to Golden 1 Center on May 31.

San Francisco Symphony w Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hilary Hahn

Posted to Art & Culture, Music & Nightlife, Special Interests May 31st, 2025

Famed Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his long-awaited Mondavi Center debut with the San Francisco Symphony for a performance of soaring Beethoven works.

Appearing onstage alongside San Francisco Symphony is three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, who first performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto at 16. Since then, her barrier-breaking attitude towards classical music and commitment to sharing her experiences with a global community has made her a fan favorite and 2023 Musical America “Artist of the Year” award winner.

This event includes Uncorked for Inner Circle Members. Learn More.

Program List
Symphony No. 4 in Bb Major, Op. 60
Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven

Beer & Ballet 2025 @ The Sofia

Posted to Annual, Art & Culture, Eats & Drinks June 1st, 2025

Sacramento Ballet presents
BEER & BALLET 2025

Sacramento favorite Beer & Ballet returns at a new venue! Enjoy this unique performance, featuring new choreographic creations by our own Sacramento Ballet Company Dancers. Each ticket includes a complimentary glass of beer, wine, or non-alcoholic beverage, making for a delightful evening. Sponsored by Bike Dog Brewing Company and Old Sugar Mill Wineries.

SHOWTIMES:
Thursday, May 29 @ 7:30PM
Friday, May 30 @ 7:30PM
Saturday, May 31 @ 2PM
Saturday, May 31 @ 7:30PM
Sunday, June 1 @ 2PM

Unseen by Mona Mansour @ Capital Stage

Posted to Art & Culture, Special Interests June 1st, 2025

Unseen
by Mona Mansour
Directed by Benjamin T. Ismail

May 7 – June 8, 2025
Sacramento Premiere

Conflict photographer Mia wakes up in the Istanbul apartment of her on-again, off-again girlfriend after being found unconscious at the scene of a massacre she was photographing. Mia can’t even remember being there, but she wired photos of the site hours before she was found. The two women resume their volatile push-pull when Mia’s well-meaning Californian mother arrives from the US, trying to help unravel what happened to her daughter.

“Thought-provoking, challenging and complex. Those attributes alone make Unseen worth seeing, but it’s all that and more.” –ASHLAND NEWS

Million Dollar Quartet @ UC Davis Health Pavillion

Posted to Art & Culture, Music & Nightlife, Special Interests June 1st, 2025

Music Circus presents
Million Dollar Quartet
at
UC DAVIS HEALTH PAVILION
(916) 557-1999
1419 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

MAY 30 – JUNE 5, 2025

This smash Broadway hit was inspired by the true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956, record producer Sam Phillips brought these four young musicians to Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time. Featuring the hits “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Walk the Line” and more.

Purchase tickets online.
Tickets are also available by phone and in person at the Broadway Sacramento Box Office.

Children under four (including infants) will not be admitted.