I attended the California craft beer summit yesterday on the Sacramento Capitol Mall. It was a…read moregorgeous afternoon and the event was absolutely amazing. The line to get in moved quickly and security was very efficient. They had so many different beer vendors it was hard to choose which ones to sample. The layout of the event was flawless, with each beer vendor located by region: Northern California, San Diego, Southern California, SF Region. They had plenty of seating, restrooms, food trucks, water stations, and activities to do besides drink beer. There was music and corn hole. Half of the venue had plenty of shade thanks to the high-rise buildings and plenty of trees. The other half of the venue was a little bit more sunny and therefore a little bit less crowded. This is such a great event and it is reasonably priced for all of the sampling you got to do. I will 100% be back for this event next year.

The mother of all California Craft beer festivals. Starting with the excellent job they do getting…read moreyou inside to the outstanding vending options, ample bathrooms and great dj music, this was a top-notch event from start to finish. Kudos to the CCBA team. You crushed it. Oh yeah, the beer. Insane. 160 breweries were in attendance some with up to 6 samples. Do the math. Your talking up to 400 different beers to try. I got in early and it took me 45 mins to walk around the entire venue. It was crazy. It was mecca for beer drinkers. I stayed the entire time and sampled 120 or so beers. Just an awesome day to be there. I really enjoyed myself. They will be moving to Long Beach next year due to construction at the Sac convention center. Might not be able to make it but most definitely will be back when they return to Capitol City.

First time to go to hot Jazz Jubilee it was really a lot of fun the hotel was a perfect venue the…read morestress level was none the people were great and the food in the hospitality and the music made for a really great three days will be back again next year for sure

We've been going to the jubilee since 2019. It is a very enjoyable experience. They have continuous…read moremusic all 4 days with many world famous bands and also feature many award winning young players. They sponsor the Sacramento Jazz Education Foundation, raising funds to help support them.

After missing a few years of the Sacramento Arts Festival because of the pandemic, Joe K and I were…read moreexcited again to visit this once a year event! It only happens for three days in November. This time I felt like our lives were starting to have a semblance of routine and normalcy. We chose a Saturday to attend. Masks of course, were required and we were even asked to show our Covid-19 vaccine cards. I looked forward to seeing several of my favorite artists, but alas, they were not present this year, except for one. I did splurge on a lovely glass blown sea creature design by Shawn Tsai. But many wonderful artists did participate this year, making it an enjoyable day. We still made a point of visiting the regulars, seeing some new ones, and missing the ones that were not there this year.  But at least we had a full and enjoyable day making special purchases and conversing with some of the friendly people. It's nice to have more culture in our area and this show is one that makes you more aware of the beauty that people can create and inspire! The yearly tradition resumes!

It is time again to dust off the murse and head to the Sacramento Arts Festival for a great day of…read morelooking at art while listening to some mellow music. Hopefully I will find some great Christmas presents for the family at the same time. After a stop for banana nut pancakes and Belgium beer we finally made our way into the convention center while a band played some smooth jazz in the background. The first thing I noticed was that the venders had their noses stuck to their cell phones, i-pads, and Kendalls. No one seemed to be paying attention to their potential customers. Is this what our world has come to? I wanted to yell at them; "put down your phones, the real world is out here". This baffling behavior continued until I finally came across a tie salesman from Berkeley by the name of Mitchel Rubin. You might think there is not much interesting about ties, but that would be because your eyes have not crossed paths with these whimsical artistic masterpieces. Mitchel not only had regular neckties but had pre tied bow ties and bow ties that you had to tie yourself for the bow tie purest and if that was not enough to get you all excited he had whimsical artistic suspender masterpieces as well. This guy was talented! He even had matching sets. Of course my girl friend had to check out all of the handcrafted jewelry and we both enjoyed the various pottery and hand blown goods. Then my girl friend found a comfortable pair of sandal that she could not pass up and I found a couple of hand thrown coffee mugs with frogs and dragonflies to buy my sister for Christmas. We stopped for a couple of frozen mochas (this has become an annual tradition) before continuing on. It was not long before my girl friend came across a ceramic masterpiece she had to get for a family member and I came across a hand blown glass Christmas ornament that looked kind of like a sparkling avocado (I buy my daughter some kind of handcrafted ornament every year). That is when I realized that I had not bought my annual Todd Borg suspense novel yet so we went in search of the Novelist from Tahoe. After purchasing the latest "Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller" and having Todd Borg personally sign it, we had just about conquered the show when my girl friend decided that we needed to get a present for a very special friend of hers so we spent at least another hour looking for the perfect present that would most clearly express our love for this friend. It was truly another successful year at the Sacramento Arts Festival.

The BerryFest Strawberry Festival exceeded my expectations. I've been to Yolo Fairgrounds before…read morefor the Honey festival and others and wasn't too inpressed, but I didn't expect Berryfest to be so large and enjoyable! Parking is plentiful at $10 or you can park outside and walk in. There were SO many vendors selling all kinds of knick knacks, drinks, desserts, snacks, and strawberry themed stuff, and I was able to get craft unsweetened ice tea instead of sugary drinks. The vendors were outside and in two separate indoor warehouse areas. The best part was the Amazing Animal World showcasing their reptiles inside, for free!! We stood in line, which wrapped around their tables and we were able to hold slinks, snakes, scorpion, and bearded dragons. So cool! Thw toycar racing was also free inside and lots of tastings like the honey stalls. There was also an animal petting area and horserides for a cost, but I don't support those because those poor animals are so overstimulated. Although, the baby llamas were really cute. There were a good variety of food trucks and tents. On the lawn was a huge car show. Then there's the nook that takes you down various California farm's fruitstands, some from Santa Cruz. They had the sweetest strawberries and blackberries I've ever had, so of course we brought some baskets home. I wish there was more entertainment and more strawberry-infused unique foods. I was expecting strawberry ice cream at the least but didn't find any. Overall, the festival had something for everyone and it was great that they had the indoor areas to escape the heat. Great variety of food and fun.

What a fun time we had today. We weren't familiar with the festival till this year when my…read morehusband's barber gave home 2 tickets to the festival. We're always up to trying new things and free had our attention. With a predetermined temperature of 92 today we had to strategize. We couldn't arrive when it opened as we had a church BBQ to go to. We ended up arriving at 2pm, the peak of the day. We didn't realize the festivities wrapped up at 4pm. We parked our car in the JC Penny's parking g lot across from the entrance. So convenient. It was $10 cash. I'm glad I went to the website for the festival and knew to bring cash. The fair was a quick walk from our car. The entrance is on the street corner opposite the entrance to the parking lot. Soon as we arrived we ventured to the bathrooms. There wasn't a line and they were well kept and supplied and smelled fresh. Next we checked out the huge car show. So many beautiful cars from different eras. As we were passing the food venders I spotted a shaved ice stand with a line in front, but the line was in the shade do we hopped in line. It was a quick line and the lovely gal offered us a mini donut after I exclaimed that was our next stop. The donut was still hot, covered with cinnamon sugar and just melted in our mouths. As good as I remembered them. Back to the shaved ice. it was $10 plus tax. It was your typical fair shaved ice with many floors to choose from. It wasn't my first pick of a cold treat, but it worked. I was more in the mood for a fresh strawberry or berry smoothy, but we never did find that so I'm glad we grabbed the first cold treat that we saw. It was really refreshing and a fun sweet treat. We sat under the trees on a bench we shared with a gentleman who was also eating a snow cone. I wish it was the Japanese kind with the snow. If you haven't had it before you've got to try it. It's so finely shaved that it's literally like snow falling from the sky. It was warm out but not hot enough to melt our snow cone and make a sticky mess. Next we went to the indoor stage and watched a roping demo. That was a fun sight to see. After that we went on the hunt for the farmers market section. We found it all the way in the back, past all the craft and other vendors. All the vendors had samples and buy, were those strawberries sweet. Nothing like the ones at the store. There were so many to choose from. I don't know how people decide. We choose to buy them from the last vendor. It was $21 for 3 baskets or 6 baskets for $40. We chose the 6 baskets to share between 3 households. I think we ate a basket while resting in the shade before we made our trek back to our car. Overall it was a good experience. You can't blame them for the heat. You can thank them for all the shade trees and benches. Inside activities and stages. I highly recommend this festival.

My favorite local summer concert spot!…read more They just started doing this concert series a couple years ago and I've gone both years. Love it! They set up a big stage and outdoor amphitheater in the parking lot at Sunrise Mall (near Macy's). Maybe, like me, you're thinking "must be pretty small". No! It's pretty darn big. Plenty of room for looots of people and a food/beer/hangout area when you walk in. Parking is free because you just park by Macy's at the mall. Tickets are usually $25-$35 and they have a selection of about 10 different concerts each summer. The first year I saw The Commodores. It was AWESOME! They rocked it! The second year I saw Bel Biv Devoe and Boyz II Men.. friggin' incredible! I will definitely be going back this year. It's an awesome addition to the Citrus Heights area and a great opportunity to see some great live-music! You gotta go!

The security is on it! The shuttles have been amazing. I have enjoyed all the Music. I think there…read moreare definitely a few aches & pains that come along with a 5 day festival. The food is insanely pricey. You have the grabby drunk guys.... And the younger ones wanting to fight everyone. I still stand by it is well worth the money!

Omg so if you want music going through your chest inside out the music sound here is so good…read more . It's like a mini cochella if you ask me. I'm surprised there were like 5 stages and you can not hear any music clashing. . It's at discovery park so it is muddy so I wore rain boots and best decision made. I will be wearing them every year so I can stomp and walk on everything. . I do love the Friday line up which was defttones which was a bucket list mark off. Saturday was korn and omg I'm now a fan, it was so good I literally Screamed. . I do love the vintage merch booth where t shirts were only 10 bucks which was a steal and I can't wait for next year to see what new t shirts they have. All vintage items are new just that they didn't sell out from previous year so it's a plus and now my favorite daily t shirts to wear. . Food here is like foodie heaven. So much good eats and to choose from. They had everything you can imagine trendy food items to classic good items. They even had prince street pizza here which was amazing. . Overall if you have never been to aftershock you are missing out and is a must go at least one time. I didn't think I will enjoy the music but I loved it and can't wait to attend next year. Hope this helps and thanks for reading. Have a yelptastic day.

Extra-OK. Could've been better is a more accurate description…read more Exciting that the home team won but the venue will be happy when everyone has relocated. It feels like a Band-Aid...probably because it is and has been for over a decade. The brand new venue, whenever it shows up https://www.republicstadium.com will hopefully be a good one. Sure, if you can't survive a couple hours without alcohol, you can splurge and sink some earnings in to a beverage and even scarf down some food for a premium. Passed on all that this time. This felt permanently temporary and with good reason- it is. It was exciting to stomp on the metal bleachers when that happened. It also felt like a high school rally where the kiddos would stomp and pout and make as much noise as they could. Found myself applauding because that seemed appropriate at the time but could not understand what seemed like trying to play an instrument with your feet on the metal bleacher. Parking seemed convenient enough. $15 for the evening with a back exit to split when the time came. It will cost more at the new place because this is left over space from a pretty much fallen California Exposition Center. They'll have to pave new lots. Yay. Bathrooms were porta-potties. Most of them were anyways. Yet another permanently temporary band-aid. Let's hope they don't take them out to the new stadium. Food venues looked like leftovers from the fair. Not about that. The "premium" spots gated and guarded by folks who want more money to sit down will hopefully get some real upgrades as opposed to the fancy net protecting them at this place. Had some dudes sing the National Anthem (ooh, anthem time baby!) and a brief half time display. Thanks Rachel, for the scarf. It seemed warm and the stadium was half in the sun upon arrival so shorts and a t-shirt were too much. Sun went down and it got a little chilly so the scarf-ish thing was welcome. "Bonney Field is not meant to be a permanent structure." This is the same place but with new name tags. The quote is from over 11 years ago. Out with the old, in with the new. Not entirely disappointed in going to this old setup (will most likely be the first and last time going here) and not bothered in the least that it's going away.

Came here with my son after winning tickets to a Saturday evening Sacramento Republic (SRFC)…read more Parking: Cal Expo parking was $15 via cash, debit or credit (They don't take AMEX). Surrounding stadium area: Located at Heart Health Park in Cal Expo, the Sac Republic facility is a really nice spot. Outside of the field was almost a dozen food (pizza, Greek, Tacos, German, frozen treats, etc.) & drink trucks (beers, Margaritas, Agua Frescas, etc.) options. Stadium area: VIP seating to the South, Home field side to the West, Away side to the East, and the tall bleachers to the North. SRFC also has a really nice field. Overall: Good area, good assorted food & drinks options, good stadium.

A fairly well organized event at a beautiful location for a worthy cause. I think I discovered more…read moreamazing and up-and-coming microbreweries in one hour here than I did in the last year, and that says a lot since I'm quite the beer enthusiast. The venue of choice, the California Aerospace Museum, has a lot of advantages because of its space, open and airy feel and beautiful aircraft to admire. On this particular night they would not allow us to go outside to view the rest of the planes, which is something I distinctly remember I was allowed to do at other festivals here. Each vendor was friendly and some of the pours were more than generous. The atmosphere was lively and became crowded in the final hours, but it was easy to slip upstairs and people watch from the second floor if the crowds weren't your thing. My biggest criticism is reserved for the "VIP Rare Beer Hour." For a significantly higher cost of $100 per ticket, you got to get in an hour early and supposedly taste rare beers - many of which are not even available off the factory floor. Half of that first hour was wasted standing in a long line, there was no private section for rare beer tasting and many of the vendors didn't even have a rare beer option. I'd probably be more disappointed in this if the event as a whole didn't turn out to be such a thirst quenching success.

Cheers!! A fest…read morededicated to all things brewed, with delicious tastes of sausages, pastas, cheeses and stews to fortify the soul. Hopefully other Yelpers will fill in the details on this lager-than-life event! So many breweries we didn't get to them all. The pluses: bathrooms upstairs and downstairs. Large event space. Brewers sociable and generous with their explanations, and their pours. Delicious food. The lines were short so we didn't have to spend all her time waiting around for food or drinkl The minuses: a 15-minute line at the beginning - but that irritation quickly wore off as we sipped and slurped our way to beer nirvana!! Solid 4 star event!!