What’s better than water slides on a hot summer day? Water slides on a hot summer night! It’s all the fun without the sunburn! Hit up Roseville Golfland Sunsplash from 5 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. every day of the week (except Sundays) for the rest of July, and you can…
Raley Field will host a first-of-its-kind event called “Fourth on the Field” with a gathering of local food trucks, live music and a fireworks extravaganza. The event goes down from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The best part? You’re actually on the Raley Field outfield with…
Easily the area’s largest Independence Day festival, the 29th annual Rancho Cordova Fourth of July Celebration will take place along the beautiful American River (how fitting!) at Hagan Park on Wednesday, July 3 and Thursday, July 4. Nearly 20,000 people are expected to attend for two nights of fireworks, a…
Walk the streets of Midtown and downtown in those red sneakers or pumps to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northern California, an organization that aims to provide confidence-building experiences benefiting the lives of children with special needs. The fourth annual Red Shoe Crawl begins Sunday, June 23 with…
Bands like Ol’ Cotton Dreary, 50 Watt Heavy, Drive Thru Mystics, Whiskey and Stitches, Drop Dead Red and dozens more will ring in a weekend of rock ‘n’ roll celebrating the 79th anniversary of Old Ironsides (1901 10th Street). The music performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with 14 bands performing…
Soul/rock group The Staxx Brothers return to Sacramento and this time they’re performing with local funk band Phat Butta Jam. On Friday, June 14, Marilyn’s on K will witness the band’s coined “hard ass soul” music, a mixture of funk, soul and hip-hop. The Seattle-based band’s latest album Jungle Cat…
Memorial Day has come and gone, which means, unofficially, it’s summer. I love these long, carefree days—not that they’ve been truly carefree for quite some time. Not since I was in grade school or whatever, and summer meant I had two and a half months to fuck off. Still, summer…
Raw: Natural Born Artists is an independent artists’ organization that puts on exhibitions in more than 80 locations such as New York City; Austin, Texas; and now, Sacramento. On Friday, June 5, this multi-art showcase, Kaleidoscope, will kick off at District 30 (1022 K Street) at 7 p.m. Leave your…
By Emily Bonsignore Space may be the final frontier, but for now it is the final piece we need for our spring wardrobe. Immeasurable swirls of dark matter, stardust and stellar remnants, galaxy designs have been a major trend this year. These unknown cosmos have transformed into any article of…
Local post-punk/hardcore band Number Station may be relatively new to the scene, but as the saying goes, this isn’t their first rodeo. Vocalist Ean Clevenger, formerly of Northern California hardcore punk band Pipedown, who were signed to A-F Records (Anti Flag’s label) and toured/played with bands like AFI, Thrice and…
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