Attractions
Attractions
This ain’t no theme park. This here is the real deal. Registered as a national historic landmark, The Waterfront overflows with invigorating things to see and do. Wild museums, riverboat rides, historic railroads excursions, horse carriage, and cobblestone…it’s one non-stop adventure after another just waiting to unfold.
NFL Sundays at O’Mally’s
O'Mally's Irish Pub
O’Mally’s is Old Sacramento’s host of the NFL ticket. Every game, every Sunday.
A Royal Affair: A Celebration of Women Through Art & Cultures
YAS (You Aspire Success) Queen
YAS Queen, will host a celebration of Women through Arts & Culture which will promote women’s empowerment and education, family strength, and community collaboration through the various cultures prominent in Northern California. Local musical artists hitting our stage: S.I.A.T with over 2 million streams from her hit song “Stay In My Lane” she brings uplifting music and empowerment to all who follow her. Sene Goss is more than just a beautiful voice & face whose mission is to spread awareness of self-discovery to young black & brown female creatives.
Ghost Tours
Sacramento History Museum
Come join the “ghosts” of early Sacramento as you search for
clues and solve true tales of Sacramento’s phantom past! Beware
of wronged soiled doves, misidentified remains, and colorful Gold
Rush characters. Hear tantalizing tales of how folks lived – and
died! – in our fair city.
These guided walking tours lasts approximately one hour and are
recommended for those 8 years of age and older.
Tours will “depart” at 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, and 8:30 pm on
Saturdays, October 15, 22, and 29.
Old Sacramento Ghost Tours
Sacramento History Museum
Come join the “ghosts” of early Sacramento as you search for clues and solve true tales of Sacramento’s phantom past! Beware of wronged soiled doves, misidentified remains, and colorful Gold Rush characters. Hear tantalizing tales of how folks lived – and died! – in our fair city.
These guided walking tours lasts approximately one hour and are recommended for those 8 years of age and older.
Movies Under The Stars
Xfinity
Experience Movies Under the Stars presented by XFINITY every Thursday night in October with four Halloween-themed movies hosted outside at the Old Sacramento State Historic Park.
Tickets are sold at General Admission and Preferred Seating. General entry attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, picnic blankets, and anything else that you need to get comfy. Priority ticket holders will be provided with a chair, blanket, and free popcorn.
Plenty O’ Pumkin’s Patch
Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento
Come Find Fall in the Old Sacramento Waterfront with our OctoberTour promotion featuring the first ever Pumpkin Patch within the district! The Children’s Receiving Home is excited to announce a new volunteering opportunity during the month of October. In partnership with Old Sacramento Waterfront, we will be hosting a Pumpkin Patch to benefit the youth and families CRH serves, as well as Caleb Greenwood Elementary.
Hours – The Month of October (weather permitting)
Thursday & Fridays 12 PM – 6 PM
Frankie’s Pizza
Frankie’s pizza is a family-owned dream. What started out as Frank’s love for pizza quickly became a 30+ year passion of his throughout the years of working in the pizza industry. When Franks first daughter Marissa was born, he quickly became the family man with a dream of owning his own pizza restaurant one day. He even taught Marissa how to make pizza dough at age 4! Although, she was only interested in playing with it.
Every soccer party, birthday party, get together was at a pizza restaurant.
Eric Blake
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club and Lounge
Seen on HBO, NBC, Comedy Central and was on Showtime’s Chocolate Sundaes, and he is part of Big Boy’s Neighborhood on 92.3 iheartradio.
Pete Jr. & Seth Tippetts
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club and Lounge
With Special Guests Logan Farr & Gabriel Alexander
Comedy & Trivia
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club & Lounge
Hosted by Chelsea Bearce
Special performances by Guest Comics
Dance On The Edge
Dance On The Edge
Dance on the Edge is a Latin dance series in the Old Sacramento Waterfront. Each event is free, family-friendly, and fun! Attendees will enjoy Salsa and Bachata dance lessons, music performances, and dance showcases, no dance experience is required.
Every Dance on the Edge summer and fall is an opportunity to create long-lasting memories with friends and family. Don’t miss your chance to dance and laugh alongside the Sacramento River!
Roaring 20’s Jubilee
Old Sacramento Waterfront
September 30, October 1 & 2, 2022
Banjos! Ragtime! Jazz Bands!
Friday – Saturday & Sunday
Join the Fun!
Friday & Saturday Evenings Banjo Showtime,
Plus: Outstanding Youth Jazz Band The New Traditionalists (TNT) Tower Bridge Trad The Syncopating Sea-Monkeys Fremont Christian School Jazz Band
Old Sacramento Underground Tours
Sacramento History Museum
Old Sacramento Underground Tours – Tour tickets may be purchased at the Sacramento History Museum, Visitor’s Center (1000 2nd St), or online at sachistorymuseum.org
Tickets are on sale for our popular Old Sacramento Underground Tours which run seven days-a-week. Ticket prices for adults are $22.00, and ages 6 – 12 are $15.00. Children 5 and younger are free. Tours are limited to 20 per group, face masks are required while inside the museum and in the underground areas. Underground Tours run approximately 1 hour.
Cerealism (Coming Soon!)
An underground cereal bar that brings Saturday morning vibes to your everyday.
Old Sacramento Waterfront Iconic Sign
Old Sacramento Waterfront
FIRST OF ITS KIND, NEON ALTERNATIVE ICONIC SIGN LIGHTS UP OLD SACRAMENTO WATERFRONT FOR
FIRST TIME, RISING 20’ ABOVE RAILROAD MUSEUM
Rock the Yacht Cruise
Head out on City Cruises’ Rock the Yacht cocktail cruise, the only party you can’t find on land! Sip on drinks from the bar and take in the fresh river breezes as you cruise under the Tower Bridge and past the Sacramento city lights.
Second Sunday Brunch Market
Old Sacramento Waterfront
Join us for a fun and family friendly Sunday Brunch Market in the heart of Old Sacramento Waterfront this summer!
Kicking off on June 12th, the Second Sunday Brunch Market will be every second Sunday through October from 10 am – 2 pm, featuring local artist booths, brunch at neighboring restaurants, live music and more! We are partnering with River City Marketplace to bring the best local makers and artists into our very own historical district each month.
Grab brunch at our neighboring restaurants:
Finnegan’s Irish Pub (Irish Coffee)
Our Place Kitchen & Event Space
Rio City Cafe (Reservations Recommended)
Are you an early bird? Make sure you join us at 9 AM for our FREE yoga series that happens in the district every Sunday as well! Grab your yoga mat, get your sunshine, and then come join us for brunch and shopping afterwards.
Sacramento Yacht Club 70th Annual Opening Day Boat Parade
Sacramento Yacht Club
The Sacramento Yacht Club is excited to announce the kickoff of the 2022 boating season with the opening day boat parade. Decorated boats will be leaving The Sacramento Yacht Club at noon, cruising north up the Sacramento River, and passing through Old Sacramento around 12:30 p.m. The boats will continue up the river, turn around at Virgin Surgeon, and head back to West Sacramento.
Project Church
We are Project Church, a place for people in progress. We are all broken people trying to become more like Jesus. And that’s the whole point of why Project Church exists… “It’s all about Jesus.”
In the Bible, Jesus commands us to make disciples (Matthew 28:19) and love people (Matthew 22:37, 38). In a nutshell, our vision & mission are to do what Jesus commands us to do: make disciples, love people and plant churches. We believe that through starting more churches, we can effectively make disciples and love communities of people well!
Sacramento, CA 95814
Old Sacramento Waterfront Rewards
Have you heard the news?! You can now be rewarded for experiencing the Old Sacramento Waterfront! We are excited to announce the Old Sacramento Rewards program. You can now access exclusive offers, promotions, and other shopping incentives from Old Sacramento Waterfront restaurants, stores, and businesses. It’s so simple to use too, you can access all these rewards from your mobile device!
Anytime Tours (Virtual)
Welcome to Sacramento!
The Sacramento History Museum is bringing the Old Sacramento Waterfront to you! Sit back while you explore and experience a new side of what life was like in 19th century Sacramento with gripping true stories that follow in the footsteps of murderers, ne’er-do-wells and common citizens alike.
Sacramento, CA 95814
California Automobile Museum
Sacramento’s riverfront car museum, is an essential stop during your visit to Old Sacramento Waterfront.
California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, offers a sight of rail history with over 2.5 acres of exhibits on the property. With a roundhouse museum space filled with trains, a picnic area on our 1849 scene, museum store, library, turntable, passenger station, and the areas only historic and authentic excursion train ride that is volunteer ran!
Excursion Train Rides
Operated by the California State Railroad Museum. Train rides depart from and return to the Front Street Train Depot in Old Sacramento Waterfront.
Chug along the Sacramento River behind Granite Rock No. 10 steam locomotive or one of the museums vintage diesel locomotives.
City Cruises
by Hornblower
City Cruises offers a few different options to soak in the views of Old Sacramento Waterfront. Make the most of your weekend and step aboard for a Saturday or Sunday afternoon on the river with a cocktail cruise! Grab a drink at the bar and relax as you set sail on this 1.5-hour cruise along the Sacramento River. Gather your co-workers, friends, or family and head down to Old Sacramento Waterfront to board your new favorite happy hour.
To make your reservation, please see links below!
Huntington & Hopkins Hardware
Part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park, this free museum recreates a small town hardware business and displays 19th century tools and machinery.
Old Sacramento Underground Tours
Operated by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. The tours will run now through December 31, 2020.
Explore excavated foundations and enclosed pathways hidden since Sacramento raised its streets over a century ago.
River City Queen
Sacramento’s premiere boat venue for birthday parties, company and corporate events, company holiday parties, weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, wine tasting, fantasy casino, dining & dancing – all while on a Sacramento River Cruise. We also offer general admission events year round including luncheon cruises, cocktail cruises, dinner cruises as well seasonal events!
Sac Brew Boat
Operated by the owners of the Sac Brew Bike and operated daily through October.
Sacramento’s 16 passenger Brew Boat provides a one and a half hour, pedal-powered party boat tours along the Sacramento River. Groups can bring their own beer/cider/wine aboard the chartered boat (limit 3 drinks per guest), as we cruise, pedal, and have fun on the river.
Cruises depart from the Public Docks just south of the L Street Landing (entrance between Rio City Cafe and Joe’s Crab Shack).
Sacramento History Museum
The Sacramento History Museum is a reproduction of the 1854 City Hall and Waterworks building, which sat on our current site. The original building was completed in the spring of 1854 and was the city’s first municipal structure. It housed the City Waterworks, City Offices – including the Mayor’s office and Fire Department – the City Jail, and Police Court.
The dramatic and diverse history of Sacramento unfolds in the museum’s galleries.
Sacramento Jetboat Excursion
Experience adventure as you glide over inches of water on a Sacramento Jetboat Excursion! Located on the Old Sacramento Waterfront, guests are invited to get on-board for an all new experience of exciting jetboat spins, views of the native wildlife and a little bit of Old Sacramento Waterfront History!
Excursions: Old Town Adventure (Minutes: 30) | Historic Excursion (Minutes: 60)
The Sacramento Southern Railroad
The California State Railroad Museum’s popular excursion railroad — the Sacramento Southern Railroad operates April through September. Train rides include closed coach cars, open-air gondolas and a first-class observation car pulled by either Granite Rock No. 10 steam locomotive or one of our vintage diesel locomotives from the Museum’s collection.
Top Hand Ranch
HISTORY AND PRACTICES
Top Hand Ranch was founded by Rick and Henry Newborn and was established in the early 1970’s–becoming one of the first of its kind to provide quality carriage rides in the Old Sacramento of modern times; since then Rick and Dianne Newborn (Henry has since retired) have been dedicated to giving their customers the best possible experience when touring the Sacramento area. Your satisfaction is important to them and as such you will get your choice of color for both horse and carriage whenever possible. Inquire for possible options!
Underground After Hours Tour
Presented by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. Tours run from May 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020.
Relive the night life of Gold Rush Sacramento – if you dare!
Your guides for Underground After Hours divulge matters they just can’t discuss on the daytime tours: Murder, mischief, madness, mayhem – and madams!
Sacramento, CA 95814
Underground Tours in Spanish
Presented by the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation. Tours run from April 12, 2020 through December 13, 2020.
The Sacramento History Museum is proud to announce that a Spanish-speaking Old Sacramento Underground Tour is available at 3 p.m. on the Second Sunday of each month.
Sacramento, CA 95814
Waterfront Attractions
Located at the newly activated Waterfront Park (in front of Rio City Café), a visually-exciting and whimsical 65’ Ferris wheel and carousel, operated by Brass Ring Amusements, Inc, are both open daily at the Old Sacramento Waterfront.
Hours of operation for the Waterfront Wheel and Front Street Carousel will be Monday through Thursday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday through Sunday from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.
CLOSED DUE TO HEATWAVE: 9/1/2022 – 9/7/2022
Waterfront Wheel
Offering fantastic views of the city atop the “Waterfront Wheel,” riders must be at least 44” to ride and in the same household in each open-air cart (that holds up to four people).
To help keep the community safe, physically distanced line queues will be in place, carts will be sanitized regularly (with employee disinfecting of high-touch surfaces, restraints after patrons disembark, etc.), and contactless payment and admission will be available.
Front Street Carousel
Riders must be 36″ height to ride alone. Children shorter than 36″ may ride if adult is standing next to them holding them as they ride (1 paid ticket allows for adult + child).
One way line queuing with physical distancing maintained and middle horses will be closed to riders, allowing only the inside and outside horses to be ridden for physical distancing on the ride.
Cost to ride the Waterfront Wheel or Front Street Carousel is $6 per rider.
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Featured Story - The Carousel King and the Space Mission
Leticia Ordaz is an Emmy-nominated anchor/reporter in Sacramento, California, and her sons story helped inspire the Front Street Carousel! She is the founder of bilingual publishing house Cielito Lindo Books and a 7-time award-winning children’s book author at the International Latino Book Awards.
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Sacramento, CA 95814