One of the many things about the San Francisco Bay Area that makes it such a great place to live is all the fun things to do around here, and August 2008 is no exception. Check it out… (and this is only a sampling!)
August 1 – Downtown Sausalito’s Jazz and Blues By The Bay
August 1 – Downtown Tiburon’s Friday Nights on Main Street
August 1 – Shawn Colvin is playing that the Napa Valley Opera House
August 2 – San Francisco Botanical Gardens Summer Garden Fair
August 2 – The Beach Boys are playing at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa
August 2 – Believe it or not, UB40 is playing at Robert Mondavi Winery (check out the lineup!)
August 2 – At the South Garden at Copia in Napa, the 2nd Annual Think Green World Music Festival, benefits Habitat for Humanity
August 2 & 3 – American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at the Sonoma Valley High School Track
August 3 – The San Francisco Marathon, which takes you across the Golden Gate Bridge
August 3 – Allegra and Solid Air, American Folk Music, at the Corte Madera Town Center Summer Music Series
August 5 - Mark Pitta Comedy Show at 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley
August 5 – Downtown Novato’s Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm
August 5 – Sonoma Farmer’s Market on the Sonoma Plaza from 5:30pm until dusk
August 6 – Fairfax Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm in Bolinas Park
August 6 – Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy is playing at the Napa Valley Opera House
August 7 – Downtown San Rafael’s Farmer’s Market from 5-8pm
August 7 – Napa Valley Wine Train Murder Mystery Dinner
August 8 – Downtown Sausalito’s Jazz and Blues By The Bay
August 8 – Downtown Tiburon’s Friday Nights on Main Street
August 8 – The Rock Soup Ramblers and Houston Jones are playing at the Downtown Point Richmond Summer Music Festival
August 9 – Sonoma Valley Green Music Festival at Depot Park on First Street West – It’s FREE!
August 9 – Silverado Brewing Company is host to the Pink and White Party to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
August 10 – Miss Kitty Children’s Entertainment at the Corte Madera Town Center Summer Music Series
August 12 - Mark Pitta Comedy Show at 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley
August 12 – Downtown Novato’s Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm
August 12 – Sonoma Farmer’s Market on the Sonoma Plaza from 5:30pm until dusk
August 13 – Fairfax Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm in Bolinas Park
August 14 – Comedy All-Stars at the Seafood Peddler in San Rafael
August 14 – Downtown San Rafael’s Farmer’s Market from 5-8pm
August 15 – Downtown Sausalito’s Jazz and Blues By The Bay
August 15 – Downtown Tiburon’s Friday Nights on Main Street
August 15 – St. Francis Winery and Vineyards is host to the Wags, Whiskers and Wine Gala to benefit the Humane Society and SPCA of Sonoma County
August 16 - is a Full Moon Saturday
August 16 – Offensive Women Comedy Show at 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley
August 16 – The San Rafael Food and Wine Festival at the Falkirk Cultural Center
August 16 – Full Moon Night Hike at the Quarry Hill Botanical Gardens in Glen Ellen
August 17 – Lili Layton, Jazz Vocalist, at the Corte Madera Town Center Summer Music Series
August 19 - Mark Pitta Comedy Show at 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley
August 19 – Downtown Novato’s Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm
August 19 – Sonoma Farmer’s Market on the Sonoma Plaza from 5:30pm until dusk
August 20 – Fairfax Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm in Bolinas Park
August 21 – Downtown San Rafael’s Farmer’s Market from 5-8pm
August 21 – Napa Valley Wine Train Murder Mystery Dinner
August 22 – Downtown Sausalito’s Jazz and Blues By The Bay
August 22 – Downtown Tiburon’s Friday Nights on Main Street
August 22 – Learn about the Owls of Marin at the Marin Art and Garden Center Amphitheater in Ross
August 23 – 15th Annual Hands Across the Valley in St. Helena to work toward the goal of “a community without hunger”
August 23 & 24 – The Tiburon Art Festival on Historic Ark Row
August 24 – Fort Mason Center is host to the Young Professionals International Forum
August 24 – Michael Klapholz, Acoustic Guitar, at the Corte Madera Town Center Summer Music Series
August 26 – Downtown Novato’s Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm
August 26 – Sonoma Farmer’s Market on the Sonoma Plaza from 5:30pm until dusk
August 26 - Mark Pitta Comedy Show at 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley
August 27 – Fairfax Farmer’s Market from 4-8pm in Bolinas Park
August 28 – Downtown San Rafael’s Farmer’s Market from 5-8pm
August 29 – September 1 – The Labor Day Weekend Sausalito Art Festival
August 30 – Ledson Winery and Vineyards celebrates Labor Day Weekend, in part, with the Dave Matthews Band
August 31 – Cascada, Nuvo-Hispana Flamingo, at the Corte Madera Town Center Summer Music Series
August 31 – The 16th Annual Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction
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