Marin Weekend Family Fun for October 4–6

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

• Come shop until you drop at the huge North Bay Just Between Friends kids' sale, Sonoma County Fairgrounds' Grace Pavilion, Santa Rosa. Various times.
• Drop in and keep cool this weekend at the Hamilton Pool in Novato, Friday, 5–7 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 12–6 pm.
• Novato's Grossi Family Farm pumpkin patch offers 4 acres of pumpkins, farm animals, hay maze, and more, Friday, noon–5:30 pm, Saturday & Sunday, 10 am–5:30 pm.
• Mickelson Pumpkin Patch has a huge pumpkin field and attractions like a hay maze, games, tractor rides, and farm animals. Friday & Saturday 9 am–10 pm, Sunday 9 am–8 pm.
• Pick the perfect pumpkin and get lost in the corn maze at Petaluma Pumpkin Patch, Friday & Saturday, 10 am–10 pm and Sunday, 10 am–6 pm.
• Pick a pumpkin, brave the Haunted Village, visit the farm animals at Pronzini Farms Pumpkin Patch, Friday & Saturday, 10 am–7 pm and Sunday, 10 am–6 pm.
• Bring the family to the Harvest Faire at Roaring Camp Railroads, Saturday & Sunday, 10:30 am–1:30 pm.

Friday, October 4

• Bring the little ones for Itsy Bitsy Storytime at the Larkspur Library, 10–10:30 am.
• Come to Boyle Park in Mill Valley for a pop-up storytime, Friday, 10:15 am.
• Enjoy soulful twists on children's songs with Soul4Kids in Sausalito's Robin Sweeny Park, Friday, 11 am–noon.
• Bring the kiddos for Friday Movie Night at the Mart: Babe for free outdoors at Marin Country Mart, Friday, 6 pm.
• The West End Block Party in Downtown San Rafael returns with music and community spirit, Friday, 6–9 pm.
• See the hit movie Barbie outdoors in Mill Valley's Old Mill Park, Friday, 6 pm (movie starts at sunset)

JBF huge kids' sale is this weekend in Santa Rosa.

Saturday, October 5

• Join One Tam and Friends of Mt Tam for a collection of naturalist activities on Mt. Tamalpais, Saturday, 10 am–2 pm.
• Find your biobliss at the Bay Nature Bioblitz at Crissy Field March in San Francisco, Saturday, 10 am–1 pm.
• Meet Bethanie Murguia, author of the new graphic novel Wagnificent, at Copperfield's Books in Marin Country Mart, Saturday, 10:30 am.
• Bring the kiddos for Art in the Park, a fun-filled family painting session at Paradise Beach Park, Tiburon, 11 am–1 pm. Register here.
• Learn about Cold War history from veterans of the Nike program at the Nike Missile Site in the Marin Headlands, Saturday, noon–3 pm.
• Enjoy a pumpkin patch, pumpkin decorating, square dancing, and more at Harvest Fest at Salesforce Park in San Francisco, Saturday, 4–7 pm.

Sunday, October 6

• Shop for fresh produce and locally made foods and enjoy live music at the Marin Civic Center farmer's market in San Rafael, Sunday, 8 am–1 pm.
• Visit Nicasio Valley Pumpkin Patch for free kids's music with Tim Cain, Sunday, 11 am–noon.
• Celebrate Oktoberfest at Marin Country Mart with a kids' pretzel craft and authentic German food from Suppenküche, Sunday, 11 am–6 pm.
• Explore the World War II-era Battery Townsley in the Marin Headlands at its monthly open house, Sunday, noon–4 pm.
• Take a dusk hike in Tennessee Valley to find and learn all about owls, Sunday, 5:30–8:30 pm.