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.
Fourth of July BBQ with The Delta King
The Delta King
Enjoy live music from Pinkie Rideau & Cordon Blues on Monday, July 4th
2 PM – End of fireworks
$15 – Adults
$5 – 12 & Under
Tickets include one cocktail, beer or wine for adults, or one soda for kids.
Purchase tickets at the door.
Independence Day Boat Parade
Old Sacramento Waterfront
The Sacramento Yacht Club is excited to announce the annual Independence Day Boat Parade ready to sail away!
Decorated boats will be leaving The Sacramento Yacht Club in West Sacramento, cruising north up the Sacramento River, and passing through Old Sacramento. The boats will continue up the river, turn around at Virgin Surgeon, and head back to West Sacramento.
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
How the West Was Drawn!
Sacramento History Museum
Comics are as old as recorded history, and a surprisingly
big part of the Old West. Join the Sacramento History
Museum and Eben Burgoon this summer for How the West Was
Drawn! – A hands-on, visual storytelling workshop tracing
the lineage from the 1800s dime novel to the graphic
novel of today.
Fourth of July Picnic and Croquet Game
Sacramento History Museum
Fourth of July Picnic and Croquet Game – Join the Living History volunteers to play croquet, and to determine the winners in various contests. Living History will also be making a parade loop around Old Sacramento.
10 a.m.–2p.m.
1849 Scene (Green Area by the Sacramento History Museum)
Old Sacramento Paranormal Investigations Tour
Sacramento History Museum
Old Sacramento Paranormal Investigations Tour – An investigation of the Hall, Luhrs building.
7 p.m.
Keenan Baker
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club and Lounge
Featuring Josh Means
Hosted by Jamar Pitts
4th of July Alive After Five Cruise
City Cruises by Hornblower
Looking for the best 4th of July happy hour in Sacramento? Step aboard City Cruises’ Alive After Five cocktail cruise on the Sacramento River! Sip on drinks from the bars and take in the fresh river breezes as you cruise under the Tower Bridge and past the Sacramento city skyline. Can a Sacramento happy hour get much better? Set sail at 5:30pm for Alive After Five, your new favorite happy hour on the water.
4th of July Sights & Sips Cruise
City Cruises by Hornblower
Celebrate your 4th of July on board a beautifully decorated yacht along the beautiful Sacramento River. Bring your friends and family for a toast in celebrating America’s Independence Day!
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.
4th of July Rock the Yacht Cruise
City Cruises by Hornblower
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. 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
- Shrimp and Grits
- Avocado Toast
- Vegetarian Quiche
- Roasted Potatoes
- Fresh Fruit
- Smoked Sausage
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.
Mario Hodge
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club and Lounge
Featuring Saul Trujillo
Hosted by Dillon Collins
Sip & Shop Wine Walk
Old Sacramento Waterfront
The LAST Wednesday of every month!
Join us in the Old Sacramento Waterfront every LAST Wednesday of the month from 5 pm – 8 pm for our new Sip n’ Shop event! The event is free and open to the public, so come enjoy the district while you sip on local wines, shop at your favorite local boutiques, listen to music, and enter to win in our monthly giveaway!
Jimmie Allen
ST Productions
SAC Waterfront Festival Featuring Jimmie Allen
w/Neon Union, Jonny Houlihan, Moonshine Crazy
VIP Entry: 4:00 PM
GA Doors: 4:30 PM
Show: 5:00 PM
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.
Gold Fever! Game
Sacramento History Museum
Boom or Bust, launching from the newly relocated Sacramento Visitors Center, guests to the Old Sacramento Waterfront can experience what it was like to catch gold fever in the River City while getting actively involved in the intriguing Gold Fever! Game and tour. Participants take on personas of characters in history – or “real-life rascals” – who scratched and clawed their way to make this area the center of the Gold Rush. Never the same experience twice, Gold Fever! Game relives Sacramento’s early days when gold fever ruled amid horrible disasters that threatened fates and fortunes.
SAC Waterfront Festival
Old Sacramento Waterfront
Jimmie Allen is bringing it to Sacramento! The Sac Waterfront Festival is the country festival of the summer coming July 31st!
For multi-platinum selling, trailblazing Country star and current GRAMMY Award nominee Jimmie Allen, a simple phrase sums up his view on life and music: Never give up.
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.
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
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