3930 West Land Park Dr.

Free with Park admission (Free/Kids: $7.25/ Senior: $10.50/ Regular: $11.25) or with membership

All ages

On the first Saturday of every month, the Sacramento Zoo holds “Where the Wild Kids Are,” where local businesses, non-profits and vendors can hold booths and display their goods. There is also live music and different projects for the kids to do around the zoo.

The participants listed on the Zoo’s website are:

Educational Homestay Programs Friends of San Juan de Oriente Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Gus the Green tree frog, Sacramento Zoo Mascot Jinan Sacramento [read more...]

1002 2nd St.

Free (just pay for the drinks and entertainment)

21 +

In celebration of the Mexican holiday that only Americans celebrate, Old Sacramento is hosting a pub crawl that will cover its 12 bars in a 2 block radius. Thanks, once again, to Sac365.com, some of the bars are listed below:

-River City Saloon, 4pm-8pm: Great rock and blues with Mike’s Lost & Found Band, followed by a special Cinco De Mayo karaoke night where shots of tequila, and singing and dancing on top of the bar collide. -Suspects Dinner Theater, 7:30pm: Comedy, suspense, [read more...]

In recent years, Sacramento has become more and more bike friendly. You can’t go anywhere without someone whizzing past you on his or her bike. A couple months ago, we had Bike Fest and now….it’s Bike Month. That’s right, the entire month of May is dedicated to bicycles. There are plenty events that people can attend and some of them are listed below, courtesy of Sac365.com:

-Thursdays & Fridays: Free Family Bike Nights -May 1: Bike Month Kick Off -May 3: Bike Movie Night: Breaking Away -May 5: Land Park Garden Tour & Tea -May 6: Seersucker [read more...]

910 I St

All ages

Free

If you have lived in Sacramento for over a year, you know about Concert in the Park. Whether you like it or not, it takes over downtown (more specifically, Cesar Chavez Park) every Friday night throughout the summer. This year, they are trying something a little new: there will be a DJ featured at every Concert in the Park, since Sacramento has it’s fair share of them.

This summer’s kick off show is on Friday, and the bands are listed below:

ARDEN PARK ROOTS Island of Black and White, [read more...]

2708 J St.

$13/night or $30/3-day pass

21 +

The Sacramento Electronic Music Festival is celebrating its 3rd year, and a new venue. Starting at Townhouse Lounge, the crowd has gotten larger, requiring the event to be moved to Harlows/Momo’s. There will be local acts like Dusty Brown, DOOMbird, World Hood and DJ Whores.

To find out more information, you can go on the SEMF website or check out this nifty article that staff writer Dustin Druecker wrote.

Crocker Art Museum

216 O St

Free to Students and Faculty

Free with Museum admission to all others

All ages

The Kondos Art Gallery, which normally exhibits artwork that is exclusively completed by faculty, is holding a show this month that includes students. This show is being held at the Crocker Art Museum and is funded by the Los Rios Fund for the Fine and Performing Arts.

The exhibit will remain in the Kondos Art Gallery from April 16 – May 12, 2012. The Opening Reception will be held on April 19 from 5-7  p.m. Music will be provided by [read more...]

Phono Select Records

2312 K St

If there is not anything better than a day dedicated to record stores and getting deals on rare vinyl, there’s one more reason to attend Record Store Day: the party at Phono Select.

Even better, there will be baked goods from Sac Urban Dharma and coffee from Insight Coffee Roasters.

The line-up is listed below:

1:30pm -Aly & Miek Sneak 2:00pm – Lee Bannon 3:00pm – Appetite 3:30pm – The Four Eyes 4:00pm – Nacho Business 4:30pm – Knock Knock

For more information on the party, visit the Facebook events page.

Marilyn’s on K

908 K St

Ages 21 +

$10 ($2 off with canned food)

Sacramento hip-hop icon Random Abiladeze is celebrating a new release of old recordings. Confusing? He is releasing lost recordings from his release party in 2010 to the public and he’s throwing a party for it. He has also worked this into a canned food donation drive. The line-up is listed below:

Random Abiladeze w/Bread Fam (Entire Set with Band!) James Cavern Zebulon Sleeprockers

For more information, visit the Facebook event page.

Sacramento Central Farmers Market

8th and W Streets, across from Southside Park

All ages

Free

Remember when the thought of ordering off a food truck made your stomach turn? Well, not anymore. The Sacramento crowd has fallen in love with the food truck scene, so much that people can often be found arguing over which truck is better. This could be why the Sacramento Mobile Food Festival has reached the 4th consecutive year. More info on the event is below:

There will be activities for kids and families (and don’t forget, Southside Park, and the best public playground in Sacramento, [read more...]

1050 20th St

$1 (ie…fun button)

All ages

It’s Friday the 13th this month but there’s nothing scary about Game Night at Luigi’s. You are encouraged to bring a card or board game of your choice and gaming systems will also be provided. Doofydoo will be providing the musical entertainment. That’s right, Doofydoo. What’s scary about that? Here’s more info:

We got a PROJECTOR, we got a Wii system, we got N64, we got WIFI, we got CLAWGAMES, we got FOOZBALL, we got LAZERZ. It’s goin’ DOWN SON. BRING YO KIDS. WE GOIN TIL MIDNIGHT HOLLA.

To check it out [read more...]