What's Happening This Weekend (August 7-9)
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Friday, August 7
Kent Island Restoration, 10am – 2pm, ages 5+, Meet at the public dock on Wharf Rd in Bolinas (across from the College of Marin biology lab).
Into the Woods: What's blooming now?, 11am-1pm, Native Plants, Muir Woods.
Maker Drop-in for Kids, 2:30-4pm, ages 2-13, Mill Valley Library.
Picnics on the Plaza, 5-8pm, featuring music and family fun in downtown San Anselmo. Bring your picnic basket or buy food at the event, Town Hall Lawn.
Shrek the Musical, 7pm, Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley.
Friday Night Jazz, 6-9pm, Marin Country Mart, Larkspur.
Jazz & Blues by the Bay, 6:30pm-8pm, Gabrielson Park, Sausalito.
Creekside Fridays Music Series, 6:30-8pm, 60 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley.
Men in Black, San Anselmo Creek Park
Yerba Buena Garden Festival, 11am & 12:15pm, Crosspulse, San Francisco.
Saturday, August 8
Inverness Fair, 10am-3pm, simple town fair with a pancake breakfast, a book sale, music, kids’ activities and oysters for sale, Inverness. Questions: fair@invernessassociation.org
Dog Show, food and fun for you and your doggie, Whole Foods, Blithedale, Mill Valley.
Charlotte's Web, 11am, 1pm & 3:30pm, grades K-8, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley.
STEAM with the Bay Area Discovery Museum! Nature Studio 11am-12pm, ages 3-6, San Rafael Library.
Family Movie Matinee, 2-4pm, Novato Library.
Maker Saturdays, 12-3pm, free, make, share and learn with hands-on activities where you can make a duct-tape wallet or purse, a windsock, or maybe even learn to solder, Bon Air Center, Greenbrae.
Learn to Freshwater Fish, 4-6pm, rangers will teach the basics of freshwater fishing at the parks' pond, McInnes Park, San Rafael.
Summer Nights, 7pm, $20 members/$23 public/$28 at the door, live music, kids zone, family friendly, kids under 17 free, Marin JCC.
Family Fun Nights, 5-7pm, $10 for the whole family, Sports Night, enjoy the pool, games, raffles, jumpee, face painting, nail salon and movies for those who do not want to swim, Mill Valley Community Center.
Box Trolls, San Anselmo Creek Park.
Shrek the Musical, 7pm, Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley.
Science Saturdays at Mountain Lake, 2-3pm, Saving the Amphibians at Mountain Lake, San Francisco.
Pistahan, celebrating Filipino and Filipino-American culture, San Francisco.
Gravenstein Apple Fair, 10am-6pm, Sebastopol.
Children’s Fairyland, Oakland.
Sunday, August 9
Marine Science Sunday, Under the Bridge: Marine Mammals of SF Bay, Docent-led tours at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm, Free Classroom presentations at 12 pm and 2 pm, Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito.
Charlotte's Web, 11am & 1pm, grades K-8, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley.
Concerts on the Plaza, 2-5pm, Downtown Mill Valley.
Arias in the Afternoon, 2-4pm, Gabrielsson Park, Sausalito.
Marin Shakespeare Company, 4pm, Don Quixote, Family Day Matinee, Youth under 18 free.
Folkish Festival, 12:30pm, Marin Country Mart, Larkspur.
Music in the Park, 3-6pm, Creek Park, San Anselmo.
Shrek the Musical, 4pm, Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley.
Summer Sunday Concerts, 5pm, Corte Madera.
Bricks by the Bay, 10am-4pm, Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara.
Morris Day And The Time, Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco.
Pistahan, celebrating Filipino and Filipino-American culture, San Francisco.
Gravenstein Apple Fair, 10am-6pm, Sebastopol.
Children’s Fairyland, Oakland.
