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Fun For Everyone this Weekend

Events are getting canceled because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Since the situation is evolving daily, please check your local public health department websites for the latest recommendations and closures.

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Saturday, March 14, 2020

Cancelled: Broom Busters

  • 9:00 AM -12:00 PM

  • Meet at the Tiburon Peninsula Club parking lot (map)

St. Hilary’s Open Space Preserve has a friend in the Broom Buster team, a loyal group of volunteers who have worked together to remove French broom on the preserve for over 20 years. 

Cancelled: Pi (Π) Day

  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Exploratorium (map)

Help us celebrate this never-ending number (3.14159 . . .) and Einstein's birthday as well. 

Lamb Day

  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Windrush Farm Fiber Arts (map)

Spend the morning learning about wool and meeting the animals on the farm.

Cancelled: earn How To Pier Fish

  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Paradise Beach Park (map)

Join rangers to learn the secrets and tricks of the trade when fishing from a pier. 

Cancelled: Muriel Johnson At BADM

  • 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

  • Bay Area Discovery Museum (map)

Children become characters in a journey as they meet adventurous people and clever animals who find themselves in tricky situations during Muriel's interactive, engaging and rhythmic storytelling.

Cancelled: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

  • 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM

  • BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Step through the magic wardrobe into a mythical land frozen in eternal winter under a powerful witch’s spell. Epic storytelling combines with movement and puppetry as two actors and four dancers create an entire world of fantastic creatures.

Cancelled JAMaROO Kids Album Release & 15 Year Anniversary Party

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Sweetwater Music Hall (map)

Come sing along with JAMaROO Kids! Help us celebrate 15 years of bringing music, dance and yoga to over 100 schools and community venues throughout the Bay Area at our Record Release Party!

“Hands On History” In The Sonoma Mission Courtyard

  • 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM

  • Mission San Francisco Solano Courtyard (map)

Learn About Life in the Mission Era.

Cancelled: The Rock And Roll Playhouse

  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

  • Terrapin Crossroads (map)

The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays The Music of Grateful Dead for Kids, A family-friendly tribute to Phil Lesh for his 80th Birthday.

Cancelled: A Midsummer Night’s Dream With The San Francisco Ballet

  • War Memorial Opera House (map)

Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme. 

Cancelled: The Underwater Bubble Show 

  • 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

  • Schultz Cultural Arts Hall (map)

This is a story about our lives. We all know life can be gray or colorful...Don't worry...this time it is going to be very colorful!

Headlands Wildlife: Family Night Hike & Campfire

  • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

  • NatureBridge, Sausalito (map)

Explore the mysterious lifestyle of crepuscular animals that make their home in the Headlands! Learn about special adaptations that allow coyote, owls, bats and other critters to hunt in the fading light.

Cancelled Novato Live Concert Series

  • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Novato City Hall (map)

Novato Live is back with an awesome musical lineup for 2020! Gather your friends and family and join Novato Parks & Recreation for this FREE indoor acoustic concert series on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays in February and March at Novato City Hall, 901 Sherman Avenue. Doors open at 5:30pm, music from 6:00-8:00pm. Admission is FREE and all ages welcome.

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS

St. Patty’s Day

  • Marin Country Mart (map)

Meet us at the Marin Country Mart for live music plus all kinds of fun and games for the whole family to enjoy!

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Stroll

  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • San Francisco Zoo (map)

Get your jig on and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the greenest place in the Bay Area!  

Storytime And Activities Featuring Pete The Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Barnes & Noble (map)

Will it be Pete the Cat's lucky day or will he learn that luck takes work in this charming book? Find out at Storytime, and stay for delightful activities afterward! 

Cancelled: SF St Patrick's Day Parade & Festival

  • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Civic Center Plaza (map)

The West Coast’s largest Irish event celebrating Irish history and culture.

Cancelled: St. Patrick's Day Parade And Festivities

  • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Old Sacramento Waterfront (map)

Join hundreds of colorful marchers dressed in green, along with Irish and Highland dancers, pipe and drum bands, historic re-enactors, a variety of cultural organizations.

Cancelled: Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Festival 

The City of Dublin, California, goes all out for St. Patrick’s Day, welcoming visitors from all over the world to celebrate with us!


Sunday, March 15, 2020

Cancelled: A Midsummer Night’s Dream With The San Francisco Ballet

  • War Memorial Opera House (map)

Enter Shakespeare’s enchanted forest of whimsy, mistaken identity, and jest—where fairies rule and love (eventually) reigns supreme. 

Family Music In The Park

  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Miwok Park, Novato (map)

Miss Melissa, her drum and her guitar return to the forest for FAMILY MUSIC in THE PARK! What is it? Songs & Movement for Babies, Kids & Families!

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

  • 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM

  • BACT Berkeley Center (map)

Step through the magic wardrobe into a mythical land frozen in eternal winter under a powerful witch’s spell. Epic storytelling combines with movement and puppetry as two actors and four dancers create an entire world of fantastic creatures.

Music Of Queen For Kids

  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

  • The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall (map)

The UC Theatre Presents: The Music of Queen For Kids!

Cancelled: Goodie's Kid's Club March Workshop

  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

  • Goodman Building Supply, Mill Valley (map)

Hey Little DIY'ers....Come join the fun on Sunday, March 15th as Goodie will be hosting his March Kid's Club workshop where we will be creating Pot O'Lucks and Easter Egg Creations to get ready for St. Patrick's Day and Easter.

Wildflower Naturalist Hike

  • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

  • Knight Drive Trailhead China Camp State Park (map)

Join naturalist Harold Hirsch on an exploratory hike to observe species in this family that are found at China Camp among other spring wildflowers. 

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS

St. Patrick’s Day 5K And Kids Run

  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

  • Crissy Field, San Francisco

Flat, fast out and back course along Crissy Field to Fort Point and return.  Start and finish at Little Marina Green/Yacht Harbor Road.

Cancelled: Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Festival 

The City of Dublin, California, goes all out for St. Patrick’s Day, welcoming visitors from all over the world to celebrate with us!

Cancelled: Green Fest Block Party

  • 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

  • United Irish Cultural Center (map)

Irish Bands, Jumpy Castles, Dancing, Face Painting and more.

CANCELLED St. Patrick's Day Dog Parade

  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Patrick's Park (map)

You're invited to the St. Patrick's Day Dog Parade at Patrick's Park - the largest annual event at Patrick's Park!

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