Friday, January 19 Glow at The Exploratorium – San Francisco Chinese New Year Celebration – Santa Rosa Free Telescope Viewing – Oakland Wintertime in the Park – Livermore MakerSpace: Leaf Rubbing – Los Gatos
Saturday, January 20 IlluminOdyssey ~ San Mateo IlluminOdyssey is back! Fill your winter with wonder at an immersive, interactive light experience at CuriOdyssey. Running now through January 28!
Mr. G. Concert – San Francisco The Wiz – San Francisco FCC Excelsior Lunar New Year Celebration – San Francisco Kids Night at the Museum – Santa Rosa Lunar New Year Celebration on First Street – Napa The Little Mermaid by San Carlos Children’s Theatre – Oakland Habitot Mobile Museum – Orinda Chess for Kids – Fremont Fun on the Farm – San Ramon Ragazzi Boys Chorus SingFest – Redwood City Family Fitness Day – Palo Alto Bay Area Games Day – Los Altos Planetarium Shows at DeAnza College – Cupertino Lunar New Year Craft & Celebration – San Jose
San Jose Sharks - San Jose
San Francisco 49ers - Santa Clara
Sunday, January 21 Mo Willems & The Storytime All-Stars Live ~ San Francisco Join beloved children’s author-illustrator Mo Willems and an exciting roster of celebrity comedians for a morning of comedy, books, music, and doodles! With guests Pamela Adlon (Better Things, King of the Hill), W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America), Dulcé Sloan (The Daily Show), “Weird Al” Yankovic and more!
Puppet Show at Big Break – Oakley Model Railroad Show – Walnut Creek Legally Blonde the Musical – Livermore Coding for Kids in the Era of Generative AI – Pleasanton Family Music Concert with Mr. G. – Palo Alto Cinderella – Palo Alto
I.S.S. (Wide)Bleecker Street
The Breaking Ice (Limited) Strand Releasing
Bring Him to Me (Limited) Roadside Attractions
Cult Killer (Limited)Saban Films
Double Down South (Limited)Level 33
The End We Start From (Limited)Republic Pictures
Founders Day (Limited)Dark Sky Films
The Hunted (Limited)Vertical Entertainment
Oakland Museum of California (first Sunday) – Oakland
Telescope Viewing at Chabot (Fri & Sat eves) – Oakland
San Mateo County History Museum (1st Friday) – Redwood City
Asian Art Museum (1st Sunday) – San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences (4 select days per year) – San Francisco
Exploratorium (select days throughout the year) – San Francisco
CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point (select days) – San Mateo
Hands on Science Classes at Intel Museum (always free) – Santa Clara
Bay Area Children’s Discovery Museum (1st Wednesday) – Sausalito
Bay Model Center – Sausalito
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford (always free, special family programs on Sundays) – Stanford
Home Depot Kids Workshop (1st Saturday) – all locations
OUTSIDE FUN:
Biking and Hiking Trails Iron Horse Regional Trail – Concord to San Ramon Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail – Lafayette, Moraga Contra Costa Canal Bike Trail – Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Concord Point Pinole Regional Shoreline – Richmond Angel Island – San Francisco Golden Gate Park – San Francisco Lake Merced – San Francisco Crystal Springs Trail – San Mateo Mt. Diablo State Park – Walnut Creek San Francisco Bay Trail – Bay Area
Boat Rentals Lake Chabot – Castro Valley Lake Elizabeth – Fremont Lafayette Reservoir – Lafayette Lake Del Valle – Livermore Vasona Park – Los Gatos Monterey Bay Kayaks – Monterey Shoreline Park – Mountain View Lake Merritt – Oakland Shadow Cliffs Recreation Area – Pleasanton Almaden Lake Park – San Jose San Pablo Reservoir – San Pablo
Boat Rides Alameda/Oakland Ferry – Alameda Elkhorn Slough Safari – Moss Landing Alcatraz Cruises – San Francisco Red and White Fleet – San Francisco Blue & Gold Fleet – San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland, Vallejo, Tiburon, Sausalito Hornblower Yachts – San Francisco, Berkeley Golden Gate Ferry – San Francisco, Sausalito, Larkspur Captain Kirk’s Sailing Adventures – Sausalito Angel Island Tiburon Ferry – Tiburon
Farms Wolfe Ranch – Brentwood U-Pick Farm Map – Brentwood Swanton Berry Farm – Davenport Joan’s Farm & Pumpkin Patch – Livermore Deer Hollow Farm – Los Altos Hidden Villa – Los Altos Hills Slide Ranch – Muir Beach CoastWays Ranch – Pescadero Petaluma Pumpkin Patch – Petaluma Tara Firma Farms – Petaluma Prusch Park – San Jose Rodoni Farms – Santa Cruz Loma Vista Farm – Vallejo
Farmers Markets Campbell Farmers’ Market – Campbell Benicia Farmers Market – Benicia Daly City Farmers Market – Daly City Pescadero Grown Farmers’ Market – La Honda Moraga Farmers Market – Moraga Morgan Hill Farmers Market – Morgan Hill Mountain View Farmers’ Market – Mountain View Old Oakland Farmers’ Market – Oakland California Ave Farmers Market – Palo Alto Palo Alto Farmers’ Market – Palo Alto Pescadero Grown Farmers’ Market – Pescadero Coastways Ranch – Pescadero Redwood City Kiwanis Farmers Market – Redwood City San Carlos Farmers’ Market – San Carlos Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market – San Francisco San Jose Downtown – San Jose Bayfair Farmers Market – San Leandro Santa Clara Farmers’ Market – Santa Clara Rodoni Farms – Santa Cruz UCSC Farm & Garden – Santa Cruz Sunnyvale Farmers’ Market – Sunnyvale Vallejo Farmers’ Market – Valley Diablo Valley Farmers Market – Walnut Creek
Gardens Meyers House & Garden – Alameda Bamboo Giant – Aptos Berkeley Rose Garden – Berkeley UC Berkeley Botantical Garden – Berkeley Hayward Japanese Garden – Hayward Allied Arts Guild – Menlo Park Gamble Garden – Palo Alto Strybing Aboretum & Botanical Gardens – San Francisco Chinese Cultural Gardens – San Jose Japanese Friendship Garden in Kelly Park – San Jose Municipal Rose Garden – San Jose Rosicrucian Park – San Jose San Jose Heritage Rose Garden – San Jose San Mateo Japanese Garden in Central Park – San Mateo UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden – Santa Cruz Hakone Garden – Saratoga Villa Montalvo Arboretum – Saratoga Cornerstone Gardens – Sonoma The Gardens at Heather Farm – Walnut Creek Ruth Bancroft Garden – Walnut Creek Filoli – Woodside
Horseback Riding Mar Vista Stable – Daly City Friendly Pony Parties – Half Moon Bay California Riding Academy – Menlo Park Skylark Ranch – Pescadero Seven Oaks Farm – Portola Valley Spring Down Equestrian Center – Portola Valley Monterey Bay Equestrian Center – Salinas North Gait Equestrian Center – Walnut Creek
Nature Centers & Outings Crab Cove Visitor Center – Alameda Shorebird Nature Center – Berkeley Tilden Nature Area and Little Farm – Berkeley Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge – Fremont Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center – Hayward Sulphur Creek Nature Center – Hayward GreenPlay – Mill Valley, Ross James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve – Moss Beach Rotary Nature Center & Wildlife Bird Sanctuary – Oakland Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center – Palo Alto Ano Nuevo – Pescadero Point Reyes Outdoors – Point Reyes Station Marine Science Institute – Redwood City Crissy Field Center – San Francisco Randall Museum – San Francisco Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley – San Jose CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point – San Mateo The Marine Mammal Center – Sausalito Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary – Tiburon Lindsay Wildlife Museum – Walnut Creek Elkhorn Slough National Estuary Research Preserve – Watsonville Tiny Treks – Peninsula, South Bay
Playgrounds Adventure Playground – Berkeley Small World Park – Pittsburg Yerba Buena Playground – San Francisco McEnery Park – San Jose Sonoma Garden Park – Sonoma
Swimming Lakes Contra Loma Reservior – Antioch Lake Anza, Tilden Regional Park – Berkeley Cull Canyon Reservoir – Castro Valley Gull Park – Foster City Quarry Lakes – Fremont Don Castro Resevoir – Hayward Shell Beach, Tomales Bay State Park – Inverness Del Valle Reservoir– Livermore Lake Temescal – Oakland Shadow Cliffs Lake – Pleasanton Almaden Lake Park – San Jose Coyote Point Recreation Area – San Mateo