This is a fun event held annually by the Italian Cultural Society…read more *Live music *Food vendors *Car show *Activities for young and old *Fun There is a $12 admission fee which I thought was a bit steep considering this is a rather small event. On the plus side, there was no parking fee, and you can add the Event on your Yelp app to get a $2 discount. We mainly came to listen to some Italian music since both my step dad and hubby are Italian. We stopped here after dining at Farrel's, which meant that we had little or no room for the Italian yummies! We did try the fried calamari and lasagna tho! The calamari was oil laden and the lasagna.....meh! Regardless of our mishap, there were a number of Italian food choices: *Gelato *Cannoli *Zeppole *Tiramisu *Spaghetti and meatballs *Sausage and peppers sandwiches *Lasagne *Fried calamari Overall, I will probably come back, just for the music and being submersed in Italian culture. Next time, I'll have to try the cannoli and the spaghetti and meatballs!

We love attending Water Lantern Festivals because they're organized (for those we've attended, at…read moreleast), serene, perfect for families, and offer a safe environment for a lovely evening outing. The Sacramento team that put together the event this past Nov 8, 2025 at the Gibson Ranch Regional Park did an absolutely amazing job. A+++ There was organized traffic control, plenty of staff to keep things moving forward (especially traffic going in and leaving), security, and lots of space all around the pond for ample seating and picnic setups. Parking. If you can afford it or you have young/elderly folks, Premium parking is highly advised so you don't have to walk too far for a spot near the pond. Otherwise, be sure to read instructions and be detail oriented when it comes to event info before you purchase or attend anything. It helps tremendously to be thorough, believe me. Family had a wonderful time! Arrived around 4 PM (gates opened at 3), parking was smooth, found an spot with a great view easily, spent time to relax and unwind, and packages containing the water lanterns were very well put together (had some playing cards in there too.. nice!). Buy some glow sticks at the dollar store or Walmart, don't bother purchasing it from the site ($2 for 1-2 small wrist glow sticks? No thanks). If you haven't tried a Water Lantern Festival or Lights Festival before (where you light up the sky and witness a sight that'll leave you at a loss for words), best advice is to start off with a Water Lantern Festival. Love it? Next stop - Lights Festival. The Sacramento festival was absolutely fantastic and the experience was just as I recalled from prior events - serene, heart warming, peaceful, private, meditating, and best of all memorable.

So bad. I can't believe I've come to the point in my life where I feel I need to rip on a pumpkin…read morepatch, but this is the road I am traveling through life, it seems. $5 to park. $5 for each entry. $10 for a bounce house wristband. So just walking in the door with my 3 1/2 year old was $25. We waited in line to pay with only two families in front of us. It took more than 10 minutes. The transactions are not complicated, and yet I'm in awe of the skill level in which the ladies in the front added infinite extra steps to the "I take money/you get wristbands" concept. To quote the great warrior poet Ron Burgundy, "I'm not even mad, I'm impressed." There were 5 bounce houses, some scattered hay bales, two food trucks and some scattered vendors selling WhiteLadyEtsy handycrafts. Truly, hot glueing a plastic sunflower to the top of a jar of honey with a handwritten label is the upper echelon of basic bitch home goods. LiveLaughLove, amirite? Also Batman was here for some reason. So, cool?

Went to contribute to the local farmers but when we arrived not only was it five dollars for…read moreparking but it was a five dollar entry fee. On top of that they had no food except for some kettle popcorn and if you pop up tents and half of their amusement stuff was deflated and not even working. We try to do what we can do but frankly it's not worth even getting into free at this place. We then proceeded to say let's get some pumpkins so we headed to the Pumpkin area and no large pumpkins! They had two small pumpkin patches with about 40 to 60 Punkin's in each pile half of them are old and rotten their field where you can handpick them was half dead and only about an eighth of it had pumpkins to choose from. I would highly recommend you take your family to any other pumpkin farm rather than this one.

Big thanks to Regina W for posting this event on Yelp so I could hear about it and attend - it was…read moreso much fun!! Inside the giant multipurpose room at Sacramento High School, the SacTown Veg Fest is a totally free annual come-together for a wide array of veg friendly businesses, food vendors and animal based organizations. Food, service, information, products... and more food! Since a lot of these vendors don't actually occupy retail stores and are more wholesale, it was a real treat to get a look at the latest products that they offer (and also sample them) as well as have the ability to purchase various items in one single location. We were also able to support the Sacramento High School students who participate in the on-campus garden and culinary programs. They make a delicious vegan chili! This is really a valuable event to check out with a lot of great vendors and information, regardless if you eat meat or not. I even ran into my favorite yelp couple who stopped by to check it out for health-conscious reasons. I can't wait for next year!

Happened to stop by the new location for SacTown Veg Fest at Mcclellan Convention center. Plenty of…read moreparking with no parking fee, though this was BUSY! And a warm day to boot. I was a bit unhappy about the $5 entrance fee, mostly because there were two events on Facebook and one of them did not have any admission prices listed. $5 isn't much, but I don't really understand the cover charge to go in just to look at vendors and spend more money. It wasn't a huge event. You'll probably walk around for 30-45 minutes and you're done. So I had to use the ATM on site, which I'm usually not fond of and incur an additional $3 fee. The event itself was cool and I got some good stuff like maple almond butter and cashew parmesan. I happily found the cultured kitchen so I could try their products as it's cheaper buying directly from them vs at the local health food stores. Most of the food vendors and trucks were outside, but very pricey. $20 for a chk'n mac and cheese burger. Yikes. $9 for a hot dog. $8-$10 for a shake. You would skip the entrance fee if you just wanted to get some grub since it was all outside. I ended up getting a giant pizza slice for $8, which was good.

Radio 94.7 put on a decent attempt for City of Trees' first year. Entertaining bands, local…read morevendors, local eats, beautiful venue (and how grateful I was for the trees!), affordable VIP tickets with enough perks to make it worth the cost. The venue was not only scenic, but the stages were set up so that there really wasn't a bad seat in the place. Big thumbs up for that coming from a short person who always struggles to see the action at concerts and music festivals. Band highlights for me included Of Monsters and Men and Elle King. If it ended there, then it would have been a perfect day. But of course, as festivals go, there were glitches that could have been avoidable: * Adequate water. Even at 2:30 p.m. first thing inside the festival, the water line looked ominous. I filled my bottle immediately knowing that the line was only going to grow. And yes, the line grew so much that the throngs of people cut the venue in half. My second time in line, the only available water station ran out during the hottest part of the day. I saw no one handing out bottles like you claim, but I was escorted over to a hose where the first aid folks were filling bottles one at a time until a replacement water truck was set up to replace the empty station. 94.7 later claimed there were water fountains, but I don't know how they expected festival-goers to know where to find them. And those water coolers at the first aid stations? No bottle filling allowed. Knowing what Sacramento summer weather is like (100 degrees on this particular day), there should have been a better plan to keep people hydrated. More water stations and a plan to keep the water flowing, please! * No water in vs. no water out. I totally get the "no water in" rule at music festivals because of the threat of patrons sneaking in booze (especially when the festival offers free water inside), but the "no water out" rule perplexed me. Before I left, I filled my water bottle in case there was a wait to get out of the parking lot, only to be told I had to dump it before I was allowed to leave. That was a music festival first, and I've been to a lot of music festivals. Did they really think I'd gotten my hands on 30 ounces of their mediocre vodka and was about to swill it in the parking lot before a perilous joy ride back into the city? What about those folks who hoofed it a mile or more to the park entrance in a haze of dust to catch a Lyft? What about those who waited hours in their car to get out of the park? Totally unnecessary rule that likely kept liquids from those who needed it. * Lights after dark. This was my first time at Gibson Ranch County Park, and what a surprise it was to exit the concert at night, only to find that there were NO lights beyond the concert entrance. Parking lots were no longer visible. Jungle gyms were no longer visible. Picnic areas were no longer visible. Pot holes and wire fences were no longer visible either. It was so dark that as I walked to my car, I saw a shooting star (OK, that part was cool). I only found my car because I made a mental list of landmarks I had passed on the way in early in the day. I was lucky enough to have juice on my phone to power the flashlight so that I wouldn't end up tripping on anything, and I used my key fob to hear my way closer to my car. How silly it was that once I found my car, I had to circle the parking lot searching for the exit onto road leading out of the park. (Note: I left midway through Cake's set, so I bypassed the hours-long wait to exit the park.) All that said, I still think it was a decent event that's a good addition to the Sacramento scene. I'm looking forward to an even better concert experience next year.

It's our first time here. Us moms and our daughters. We spent a lot of $ but they enjoyed it…read more There are a lot of cute things to win. Definitely come back

May as well be a scam. Don't waste your time or money. You got better chances playing a claw…read moremachine at a local grocery store and that's sad. After reading other reviews, its clear they rigged the machines to pay out a lot less often (if ever lol). Several months back you could actually win something spending $10-$20. Guessing the owners felt they were losing $ or something? So they increased the prices and made it harder to win?

I have been going to this festival for the past 4 years, and each year I go, I am never…read moredisappointed. The food, the music, the environment, all of it is just amazing. The kids have a place to play. There's face painting, games, and inflatables as well. It's a fun family environment for all ages.

This event cannot be missed!! So much good food and music! It's fun for everyone. Plan on spending…read morethe whole day and come early to avoid long food lines.

First, let me start off positive and say this place is super cool. We go to a lot of indoor kid…read moreactivity places and this was by far top on the list. Very clean.. food and drinks for purchase.. Temperature was perfect.. My kids had a blast but there was a few frustrating moments that I think you guys can work on to only get better. The employees were so worried about checking the kids wristband time. You cannot implement a time wristband when these kids are waiting 5-7 minutes in line just for an activity course to open up because there is no staff there to open it. We went on a Sunday and the weekends obviously your most busiest times you need to schedule accordingly to make sure there's a staff member at every single course because it's time wasted for them to play. Second, the employees seem annoyed when the kids would ask to open the next course. Anyone who has kids know that they stay on one thing maybe two times and then they're off to the next thing. Have employees at every single course if you don't want to stop what you're doing to go open the next course. And lastly, the open trampolines in the back where there is balls are inside the employee spent half the time yelling at the kids to stop kicking the balls. If you don't want the kids to throw/kick the balls then remove them.

I booked a birthday party here and things went pretty smooth! Our host was super sweet and…read moreattentive. Even though there was a little mix up in the kitchen, she made sure to make it right!!! They offer all the things you need and you're also able to decorate on your own as long as you're using tape! Party rooms include a host, and socks for the kids to jump. Depending on your package you also are able to have arcade cards for your party at the end of the jumping and eating hour. There are tons of play areas for kids of all ages, the room is bright and there are also arcade games (but pretty pricy!) At the end of the party they even offer you a wagon to carry all your food and presents to the car. Prices are pretty good compared to other jump places in the area and plenty of parking!

We came for the first time on NYE night & could tell that some homes were not as decked out/lit up…read moreanymore & the experience was not full impact. However, there were hardly any cars, so we could do a slow, easy drive. It was still magical with lots of lights throughout this neighborhood. The standout feature was that the streets were lined with continuous strings of white lights that swagged down the participating areas, creating lit paths to follow. It was impressive! There were definitely some houses that went above, while others were more simple, but all delightful to see. Here & there, Christmas trees were in the middle of a court or roundabout. We aren't familiar with the neighborhood & lost track of how we meandered through, so next year we'll try to figure out a good route. We'll definitely plan to come back earlier during the next holiday season to enjoy the full experience.

Rockmont Lights in Natomas is all they say it is and more!…read more My friend, daughter and I wanted to check out Christmas lights last night and decided to check out Rockmont Lights instead of fighting the Fab 40's crowd. It was a first time for all of us and we weren't sure what to expect. We arrived around 7:30pm and it was already pretty busy, but we found some parking on a nearby street. Most of the streets surrounding Java Court were festively decked out and flooded with people - we made our way over to Java Court and I was so surprised to see a massive Christmas tree in the center of the court. There was Santa and The Grinch happily taking photos with families and a couple of fire pits that people were warming up by! They were handing out candy canes to passing cars and I believe they were even selling hot cocoa in front of a few houses! You can drive around the area, but I highly recommend walking it to fully experience the magic that Rockmont Lights has to offer! Make sure you bundle up though! Rockmont Lights definitely gives Dovewood Court and even some streets in the Fab 40's a run for its money! We will be visiting every year now and making it a new tradition!