Sonoma Con's third year adds a Whimsy Woods fairy village and board-game room at the Santa Rosa fairgrounds this weekend.

Nightfall's jack-o'-lantern trail and Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls have sold out at Woodside's Filoli estate two years running.

Spina Farms is letting everyone in free this fall, with animatronic dinosaurs and a fresh Bee Train ride for 2026.

Over one million lights return to the Sloat Boulevard zoo this fall, as new CEO Cassandra Costello leans on the event to help close a multimillion-dollar budget gap.

Thirty-two chefs battle in a sudden-death bracket, and Santa Rosa locals can watch it live for free.

The original Brad Majors brings a VIP meet-and-greet and a cut stage song back to San Francisco on October 11.

The free two-day festival at Fruitvale and MacArthur returns October 3-4 with five stages and hundreds of craft brews.

San Francisco on Ice opens Nov. 4 at 80 Jefferson St. with a 6,300-square-foot outdoor rink and waterfront views.

The It's Iconic Tour lands at Concord Pavilion Oct. 11, with En Vogue returning to the Oakland roots that birthed them in 1989.

Free admission and three music stages hit Palmetto Avenue — plus a tip on skipping the parking hunt.

A 900-foot inflatable obstacle course and moon-crater ball pits land at Contra Costa Fair and Event Park, and adults are invited too.

The oddities museum will close at the end of 2026, ending a six-decade run at Fisherman's Wharf.

Leo J. Ryan Park hosts a two-night lantern launch with more than 2,000 people expected — and the city says don't blame it for the traffic.