Events & Activities

One person's trash is another's treasure and this month it's also the basis for one of the most intriguing art exhibits of the year. Whether the materials or the theme, Sacramento artists have taken up the challenge to recycle trash into the talk of the town.

This Kennedy Gallery exhibit features works from over 20 resident artists and three floors of open studios in the heart of Midtown’s entertainment district. Second Saturday features a full-service, no-host bar.

No Set. No director. No Rehearsal. Each night, a different actor arrives on stage and is handed a sealed envelope. Together, actor and audience discover the mystery that lies in the envelope in this one of a kind, do not miss, theatrical experience. Over three weeks, crowd favorite members of the B Street Theatre Acting Company, plus a few invited guests will get the chance to unravel the riddle of White Rabbit Red Rabbit where the script remains the same, but the performance is always excitingly new and different. Each night, the actor will read the script for the first time in a show the New York Times called “playful, enigmatic and haunting”.

Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ramshackle pre-war duplex, eerie things start to go bump in the night and the heart and horrors of the Blake clan are exposed.

In October, Viewpoint will host a Collector's Edition Exhibit and James Motlow's "Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town."

The Collector's Edition Exhibit offers an opportunity to purchase fine art photography and support Viewpoint at its annual silent auction fundraiser at the end of the month. Viewing and bidding is open throughout the month of October during regular gallery hours.

Motlow's exhibit, "Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural Chinese Town," explores the photographer's trip in the 70s when he happened upon the small town of Locke when visiting a friend, and everything changed for him.

Alt Library meets up at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op once a month to talk about thought-provoking, quirky, and interesting books.

For their October meeting, they'll be discussing Caitlin Doughty's second book "From Here to Eternity: Traveling the world to find the good death." Check out a copy from your local library!

For the final Stories on Stage event of 2019, things are going to be switched up a bit from the usual fiction offerings to some outstanding non-fiction. Stories on Stage is thrilled to present two exceptional memoirists: Christine O’Brien, whose memoir Crave details a story of family turmoil and incessant hunger hidden behind the luxurious façade of New York’s famed Dakota apartment building, and Jen Palmares Meadows, a Sacramento memoirist whose work has been nationally published and whose memoir-in-progress, Betting on Brown she describes as a “coming-of-age gambling memoir.”

Central Coast singer-songwriter Steve Key and 2018 Sammie Nominee Jenn Rogar share the bill at Luna's Cafe with opening band The Soft Offs.

Steve Key is an award-winning songwriter, performer and recording artist, best known as the writer of "33, 45, 78 (Record Time)" recorded by country music star Kathy Mattea. He recorded for New York's Fast Folk label, which is now part of the Folkways collection at the Smithsonian.

Jenn Rogar is a sensitive and profound singer/songwriter with the rich warm voice of an angel and haunting melodies that leave the listener touched by her beauty and deep insight into the mysteries of our times.

Short Cuts is a fast-paced, game-based improv show similar to Whose Line is it Anyway?. Fun, short-form improv games and a great cast of performers will ensure that this is one show that you won’t want to miss!

YOU! The Musical is a completely improvised musical inspired by your suggestion of a title. Everything in the show is made up on the spot—lyrics, music, dancing -- everything. Each 60-minute performance features a full story with heroes and villains, sidekicks, and allies.

The Sacramento Mineral Society of California Presents their 83rd Annual Gem, Jewelry, Mineral and Rock Show! Featuring amazing vendors, exhibits, demonstrations, exhibitions, fun for the whole family, and great food!

To get into the "spirit" of the season, there will also be several trick-or-tricking stations at our show along with games and crafts for the kids -- so come down to get in a little extra trick-or-tricking!

Join the Midtown community for a day of trick or treating with your favorite Midtown businesses! Businesses along J and K streets between 20th and 27th streets will be providing candy and hosting fun Halloween activities! Participating businesses include Midtown Farmers Market Sacramento, Kulture, Midtown BierGarten, Tres Hermanas, Salon Paisley, Paws and the Palette, Wild Poppy & Co Boutique, Rick's Dessert Diner, Relles Florist, Beach Hut Deli, Sugar Shack Boutique, St Francis Manor Apartments, ShopCuffs, RIRE Boutique, The Moppet Shoppe, Identity Boutique, Capital City Beads, Birkenstock Midtown, Centro
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Stop by any of these businesses next week or on the day of the event to grab your Trick or Treat map!

The Arthurian legends begin here. Before he was King Arthur, ruler of the Britons and head of the infamous Round Table, Arthur was a young boy destined for greatness.

This adaptation explores the thrilling adventures that made the boy into a man of legend and the powerful sword that only the rightful King could pull from the stone.

Join Xoso Sport and Social League and make this Halloween weekend a year to remember. Registration includes one complementary drink at check-in, drink/food specials at 12+ participating bars, waived cover charges at all stops, and entry into the costume contest.

How does it work? It's simple! Register for the crawl, and at check in you'll get a wristband and a drink ticket for your complimentary kick-off drink.* Wear your wristband into the participating bars during the crawl and collect your food and drink specials! Everyone loves cheap drinks, but only crawlers wearing a wristband will have access to these awesome specials.

Costume Contest Info:
At check-in, each crawler (or group costume) will be issued a number to wear. Throughout the night, visit xososports.com and vote for your favorite costume using that number. The Top 3 costume numbers at 10pm will win a $50, $30, or $20 gift card. Winners will be announced via social media. Must pick up prizes within one week of the event.

Note: This event goes on rain or shine. No refunds but tickets are transferable -- feel free to give them to a friend if you can't make it.

Join Friends of Sutter's Fort as they team up with California State Parks to present a special two-night, family-friendly event allowing you to explore the spooky nooks and creepy crannies of Sutter's Fort -- one of Sacramento's oldest settings -- completely after dark!

Stroll the storied rooms and weathered courtyards of Sutter's Fort looking for fun, Halloween-themed, hands-on activities teaching you about life in the 1800s, including death and survival on the California frontier. Who knows, you may even see a friendly wayward spirit or two.

Activities include turnip carving (the original Jack-O-Lanterns), creepy campfire stories, sugar skull mask making, and more!

No food or beverages other than water are allowed inside Sutter's Fort. All proceeds from Haunted Fort support the ongoing efforts of Friends of Sutter's Fort, which works to preserve, protect, and enhance Sutter's Fort State Historic Park and to support the educational and interpretative programs at the park.

Celebrity Seance: Come join to conjure your favorite celebrity spirits! Featuring Charlie Lemcke, Michelle Petro, Evan Widjaja, Aaron de Guzman, and tech Andrew Sarchet.

Scary Stories: Stand-up comics tell frighteningly funny stories of times they were hilariously frightened. Hosted by Amy Estes with Wendy Lewis and Taylor Evans.

The Halloween comedy variety show features ghosts, movie killers, costumes, music, scary games, tricks, treats, witches, wizards, and ghouls. Hosted by Dracula. Be sure to wear a costume for the costume contest!

Topics include (but are not limited to) anxiety, depression, addiction, ADD, PTSD, memory loss, chronic UTIs, NPD, gout, colitis, OCD, and more!

Hosted by Amber Whitford, and featuring the headliner Iris Benson.

Special Guests:
-Kelly Browne
-Sedric Drake
-Buddy Dean
-Nick Larson
-Diana Hong
-Joleen Lunzer Hernandez

Not all disabilities can be seen! Help open the dialogue and destigmatize these incredibly common conditions -- all while laughing!

Note: This show features ASL interpretation.

Wear your costume, bring your bag, and trick or treat on every aisle!

Dark. Literate. Mildly classy. Plus lasers. And swearing. Squad Patrol is Comedy Spot’s live, main-stage sketch comedy show, similar to Saturday Night Live and Key and Peele.

Enter a world of stories told through jokes: cat detectives; sexual tension on construction job sites; the horror of bats and banana slugs; Casio keyboards; bears and lady boys; time machines; Mr. Trollywhiskers; judicious use of nerd references; Chuck E. Cheese flashbacks; the pathos of good grammar; space hamsters. All theatrically expressed through flamboyant costumes, cardboard props, original songs and videos, sound effects and gratuitous spot-lighting, and of course, verbose language replete with the swears.

House improv team RIOT presents Alternate Reality: Watch a reality played, replayed, and explored with increasing levels of hilarity. RIOT is also joined on stage each month by another troupe of improv friends. It’s like seeing two shows for the price of one!

A fabulous return to form -- this is pure, unadulterated, unfiltered, industrial-strength power pop sung by adults who never lost their boyish innocence. The definitive line-up featuring Jon Rubin, Tommy Dunbar, Donn Spindt and Al Chan are back in action on new album From Home, just released on Yep Roc Records.

Opener Adrian Bourgeois also performs.