Marin Weekend Family Fun for September 15–17
Photo: Just Between Friends North Bay children's consignment sale this weekend in Santa Rosa. (pic from previous year)
Here are our picks for great events and activities for children and families this Weekend. Find more events for the whole week in Marin and beyond in our Family Events Calendar.
All Weekend
- Join the Bay Day Challenge - walk, run, or bike along the Bay Trail. Free for the entire family.
- Shop till you drop at the Just Between Friends kids' consignment sale in Santa Rosa, Friday–Sunday, times vary.
- Experience the best of Broadway with Transcendence Theatre's "An Enchanted Evening", Friday & Sunday, 5 pm.
- Come to downtown San Anselmo for outdoor music with Live on the Avenue, Saturday & Sunday, 5:30–8:30 pm.
Friday, September 15
- Bring the little ones for Storytime in Dolliver Park (aka Dark Park) in Larkpur, Friday, 10:30 am.
- Bring the kiddos to see Pixar's Toy Story for free outdoors at Marin Country Mart, Friday, 6–8 pm.
- Nate the Soulsanger performs at the final Jazz & Blues by the Bay concert in Sausalito, Friday, 6:30–8:30 pm.
- Watch the movie Top Gun: Maverick in Petaluma's Lucchesi Park, Friday, 7 pm.
Visit the Gerstle Park neighborhood for live music and food trucks at San Rafael PorchFest 2023, Sunday, noon–5 pm. Photo credit: Bruce Forrester
Saturday, September 16
- Fall into fantastic finds at the Trash to Treasures Flea Market in Novato, Saturday, 9 am–2 pm.
- Enjoy kids' music and crafts while you shop at the Marin Country Mart farmers' market, Saturday, 9 am–2 pm.
- Welcome fall at the Heirloom Apple Celebration at Gold Ridge Organic Farm in Sebastopol, Saturday, 10 am–3 pm.
- Come meet some adoptable pups at a mobile adoption event at Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, Saturday, noon–3 pm.
- Create and design a toolbox at Goodie's Kids' Club at Goodman Building Supply in Mill Valley, Saturday, 12:30–2 pm.
- Enjoy a campfire, stories, and a marshmallow/s'mores roast at the historic Sonoma Barracks, Saturday, 7 pm.
- The Lark Drive-In is back with, family-friendly outdoor movies! This Saturday: Minions: The Rise of Gru, 8 pm.
Sunday, September 17
- Shop for fresh produce and locally made foods and enjoy live entertainment at the Marin Civic Center farmer's market in San Rafael, Sunday, 8 am–1 pm.
- Learn to lake fish with Marin Parks rangers at Stafford Lake in Novato, Sunday, 10 am–noon.
- Take a hike and learn about the changes through time at the San Francisco Presidio, Sunday, 11 am–noon.
- Come and enjoy a free giant bubble show by Sterling the Bubble Smith at Happy Dahlia Farm in Petaluma, Sunday 11:30 am–12:45 pm.
- Visit the Gerstle Park neighborhood for live music and food trucks at San Rafael PorchFest 2023, Sunday, noon–5 pm.
- Pack a picnic and bring the family to the Fairfax Annual Town Picnic, Contratti Ball Field, 12–5 pm.
- Bring the family to The Addams Family, A New Musical Comedy at the Novato Theater Company, Sunday, 2–4:15 pm. Tickets here.
- It's Train Time! Open play with our Thomas the Train wooden toy collection at the Belvedere Tiburon Library, 3–4 pm.
