Events

Overview

Events

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Event Museums Specialty Entertainment

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.

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Ryan Erwin – LIVE COMEDY
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club & Lounge

Two words that define Ryan are Sassy & Gassy. Ryan’s first comedy special, ‘Vertical Claps’, is now streaming with Dry Bar Comedy. He recently has been on Whitney Cumming’s ‘Touch Me Tour’. He recorded his debut album, ‘Thank You, Thank You’ with Helium Records, which debuted at Number 2 on the Comedy album charts. He was a regular at Wiseguys Comedy Club in Utah and now he has made North Carolina his new home where he performs at Goodnights Comedy Club and the Raleigh Improv.

Event Sacramento History Museum Sacramento History Museum

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.

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Business Casual: Get Your Creative Biz Together
Atrium 916

Make a date with your business, sip wine and build that relationship.

Did you know your paints, brushes, fabrics, canvases and sewing machines can save
you on your taxes, if you are set up correctly as a business?

Setting up correctly as a creative business means you are setting yourself up for success
and growth.

Every fourth Saturday of the month, from February to September, Atrium’s mentorship team
will be hosting a free business basics discussion group.
Growing your creative business can seem like a daunting task.

Event Atrium 916

Front Street Studio Comedy Open Mic Night
Atrium 916

Every Saturday night Front Street Studio is hosting a comedy open mic, free to both participants and audience members. Local comedian Pej the Maniac is the emcee and facilitator for this event with sign-ups starting at 7:30 pm and performances at 8:00 pm. Live music jams in between comedians, feel free to bring an instrument or play ours! Come by, and enjoy some local comedy and art at the Old Sacramento Waterfront.

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Richard Villa – SPECIAL EVENT
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club & Lounge

Richard Villa is a bilingual (English/Spanish) stand-up comedian and actor whose comedic influences draw from life experiences growing up as a Mexican-American Latino in Compton, California. His crossover comedy appeal has landed him with appearances and specials on Netflix, MTV, Comedy Central, HBO, Comedy Central Mexico, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Televisa, Galavision, Azteca TV, DirecTV, and more. He was the longtime Friday night host of “Refried Friday’s at the world famous Hollywood Improv, and was the first Latino to land this coveted gig.

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Corey Rodriguez – LIVE COMEDY
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club & Lounge

Corey is a highly sought after national touring college, club and corporate performer. He was the winner of The Catch a New Rising Star, The Funniest Comic in New England and the 2017 Big Sky Comedy Festivals. Rodrigues has been featured on the hilarious Gotham Live, Laughs on Fox and True Tv’s Laff Mobbs Laff Tracks. In 2018 he released his Dry Bar comedy special, was voted “best of the fest” at the Big Pine Comedy Festival and was picked as one of TBS’s Comics to Watch at the New York Comedy Fest. In 2019 Rodrigues made his late-night TV debut on the Conan O’Brien show.

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Paul Conyers – LIVE COMEDY
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club & Lounge

ABOUT PAUL CONYERS, WHO IS ME* *But only to me. To you, you’re “me” and I’m someone else. Got it? Super. Let’s read a bio.

My name is Paul Conyers and I’m a comedian from the San Francisco Bay Area. I’ve been able to perform all over California and beyond. I am excited to continue my comedy journey by entertaining one disinterested dive bar crowd at a time.

Here’s some cool stuff that’s happened to me:

Released debut special in 2020, Above The Fray, which you can download here.

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Second Sunday Brunch Market
River City Marketplace

Join us for a fun and family friendly Sunday Brunch Market in the heart of Old Sacramento Waterfront this year on the Embarcadero! 

Kicking off on March 12th, the Second Sunday Brunch Market will be every second Sunday through December 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:

 

 

 

Steamers Bakery & Cafe

Emma’s Tamales

Finnegan’s Irish Pub (Irish Coffee)

Our Place Kitchen & Event Space

Rio City Cafe (Reservations Recommended)

Delta King

Railroad Fish & Chips

Honey and the Trapcat

The Backdoor Lounge

Willie’s Burgers

Brannan Manor

Sean Finnegan’s Pub

Danny’s Mini Donuts

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. 

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Easter River Cruise
City Cruises

Create incredible Easter memories! Come out on the Sacramento River this weekend for an exciting Sacramento cruise. Enjoy beautiful spring weather, amazing photo backdrops, and an exciting visit from the Easter Bunny aboard the Capitol Hornblower. It’s the perfect opportunity to make this time with friends and family extra special, sailing Sacramento’s incredible views from the Delta King to the Tower Bridge. Make Easter unforgettable this year with dancing and Sacramento’s best views from our open interiors and exterior decks.

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Manny Maldonado – LIVE COMEDY

Manny Maldonado was born in Modesto California, and raised in the small town of Ceres Ca. He worked odd jobs including as a dispatch supervisor for a medical supply company. As a dare from his friends he tried stand-up comedy. The rest was history! A twenty-year veteran in The Stand Up Comedy Scene. Manny’s comedic style is best described as high energy, and no holding back. His unique ability to crossover to a mainstream audience is making him one of the hottest rising working comics today.

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Candlelight: Featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & More
California State Railroad Museum

Venue: California State Railroad Museum
Dates and times: various dates available at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. (select during purchase)
Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 60 mins prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted)

Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone

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Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift
California State Railroad Museum

Venue: California State Railroad Museum
Dates and times: various dates are available at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. (select during purchase)
Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 60 mins prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted)
Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible
Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone

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Key Lewis – LIVE COMEDY
Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club & Lounge

His comedic stories about his interracial childhood, family, and unusual views on relationships make Key simply a joy to watch. His ability to improvise and interact with all types of crowds makes this hilarious stand-up comic, one to look out for.  

Key Lewis has appeared on Amazon Prime, Drybar, Marlon Wayans TBS’s Funniest Wins, Starz Networks StaannDup, Kevin Harts One Mic Stand as well as Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes!