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Modesto is the official center of California. The best dining, the best shows and the best in living are all here; Modesto View has the authoritative  and most up to date calendar of events for Modesto, Ca
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GoModesto: Bowie for the Holiday

Middagh Goodwin

GoModesto: David Bowie TributeThere will be only seven nights of Rockin Holiday this year starting December 7th, and you won’t want to miss any of them.  Saying that make sure to mark your calendar,  on December 14th, the Men Who Fell to Earth, Northern California premier David Bowie Tribute band

GeekView: Star Wars & more

Middagh Goodwin

GEEKView: Star Wars and MoreBy Middagh GoodwinWow not only is the Mandalorian streaming on Disney+ the Rise of Skywalker will be in theatres December 19th. You know Modesto will be representing big time for the premiere of the new Star Wars movie. The 501st will be out at Brenden Thursday night and the Lodge Pole Pickers will be dressed as Jedi’s and rogues for Rockin Holiday

Big Band Christmas

Middagh Goodwin

Big Band Christmas!Modesto Junior College Foundation in collaboration with the Modesto Junior College Arts Division presents Ernie Bucio’s Little Big Band for a Very Merry Big Band Christmas on Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m.

Halloween and Harvest Fun

Middagh Goodwin

Halloween and Harvest Fun9/27 10/27(Fri-Sun) Boomers Halloween Horror9/27-10/31 Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze RAM Farms Turlock9/28-10-31 Pumpkin Maze DellOsso Family …

MAMView: Two Decades with Ears to the Future

Middagh Goodwin

MAMAView: Two Decades with Ears to the FutureBy Middagh Goodwin I have said it before and I will say it …

MAMA Turns 20

Chris Murphy

MAMA Turns 20 By Chris Murphy It was twenty years ago today.. that Chris Ricci and I were enjoying lunch …

Billy Currington at the FruitYard September 20

Michael Mangano

By MJ Mangano Billy Currington hit the stage full of energy, and he never once lost that enthusiasm at the …

Morbid Obsession: Victorian Funeral Customs Tour at McHenry Mansion

Middagh Goodwin

The McHenry Mansion Foundation announces a one of a kind tour of Victorian Funeral Customs just in time for Halloween. Open …

More about our event calendar

In the great city of 219,000 people with a county of 450,000 people, you will find incredible independent restaurants, things to do for families , national caliber performers like Styx, Social Distortion, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, John Legend,  Dwight Yoakam, Hootie and the Blowfish, Vertical Horizon, Avril Lavigne, Grandaddy, Megan Slankard, Matt Nathanson, Chris Isaak, Willie Nelson and many more.

Modesto is the home to  Porchfest in May, Graffiti Summer in June, Music in the Plaza from May to October, DOMO First Fridays, ModStock in August, Picnic at the Pops in September, the annual MAMA Music Awards in October and Rockin’ Holiday in December. 

We have some great art galleries, museums, and points of interest. There are new things to see and lots of music at the Gallo Center, State Theater, Prospect Theatre, the Fruit Yard and the new Intermission and Modesto Junior College.

Many of our local restaurants, bars & breweries have live music most nights of the week that also serve fantastic food and drinks.     

Take your kids to events at the Great Valley Museum, the Graffiti USA Museum and the Modesto  McHenry Museum and learn about our city.

Most of all, have fun in Modesto! Checkout out our event listings below, then get going and go do something. Have an event for our Modesto event calendar? Let us know and we will get it live. Email us your events at events@modestoview.com or post your own right now.

Most of all, have fun in Modesto! Checkout out our event listings below, then get going and go do something. Have an event for our Modesto event calendar? Let us know and we will get it live. Email us your events at events@modestoview.com or post your own right now.