Community Day at Gamble Garden

Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA, United States

Join us for a fall day filled with fun children’s activities, a splendid plant sale, horticultural resources, displays, garden demonstrations, food, entertainment, and of course… digging for worms!

Opening Artist Ritual for Songs and Sorrows: Días de los Muertos

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Kick off this year’s Días de los Muertos festivities by joining participating artists from the past two decades of the Days of the Dead exhibition at OMCA, as well as new artists represented for the first time in 2014, for this informal ceremony in Oak Street Plaza

Oktoberfest at Craneway

Craneway Pavilion 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA, United States

Your ticket gets you access to the event and music, a commemorative tasting glass to use for the day, a number of tasting tickets to try a variety of German and local beers, one full beer of your choice!

Autumn Lights Festival

The Gardens at Lake Merritt 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

The Oakland Autumn Lights Festival is a fabulously creative two-night fundraiser held inside the beautiful Gardens at Lake Merritt, the seven-acre oasis of themed gardens nestled at the north end of Lakeside Park in Oakland. Thirty-plus Oakland artists are bringing their light-infused art to illuminate every corner of our beautiful space.

Fort Ross Harvest Festival

Fort Ross State Historic Park 19005 Coast Highway, Jenner, CA, United States

Harvest Festival starts out with a morning of gentle apple picking in the historic orchard, where we'll harvest fruit while enjoying the Eastern European harmonies of Kitka's Women's Ensemble and Russia House Kedry. The celebration then moves to the historic Fort Ross compound, where we'll enjoy the old-world charm of the 19th century Russian settlement.

Walnut Creek Centennial Birthday Festival

Shadelands Ranch 2660 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek, CA, United States

Enjoy the party of the century! Walnut Creek turns 100 in October 2014, and the public is invited to celebrate at the Centennial Birthday Festival.

Autumn Lights Festival

The Gardens at Lake Merritt 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

The Oakland Autumn Lights Festival is a fabulously creative two-night fundraiser held inside the beautiful Gardens at Lake Merritt, the seven-acre oasis of themed gardens nestled at the north end of Lakeside Park in Oakland. Thirty-plus Oakland artists are bringing their light-infused art to illuminate every corner of our beautiful space.

Community Celebration for the Days of the Dead

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA, United States

Join us as OMCA marks two decades of the annual Days of the Dead Community Celebration. Craft activities, tasty food, dance and music groups, colorful ofrendas, and ceremonia bring the community together for this healing tradition.

Zombie Ball

Sebastopol Community Cultural Center 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA, United States

Return of the Creature from the Black Laguna - The Creature wants his hospital back!

Dia de los Muertos Berkeley

1400 block of Shattuck Avenue 1400 block of Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

Celebrate and remember those who have passed on at a time of year when the veil between the living and dead is thought to be at its most diaphanous.