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Event Calendar

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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A Little Bird Told Me

Aaron Rowan

UnpluggedView by Aaron Rowan A Little Bird Told Me So there I was, helping load gear into the moon-house for …

Rockin’ Holiday Thanks You!

Chris Murphy

Rockin Holiday Thanks You! By Chris Murphy This wonderful community effort to bring back the retro day’s of holidays past …

BluesView Winters Blues

BigEarl

Winters Blues By Earl Matthews Hello, friends, the Holidays are here and I’m sure we could all use some good …

BrewView: Tis’ the Season for Ales!

Brandilyn Mitchell

BrewView: Tis’ the Season for Ales! by Brandilyn Brown & Christopher Mitchell   Here in sunny Central California, our winters …

BargainView: The Holiday’s don’t have to be expensive!

Monica Barber

  Watching the winter fog rolls in this evening, makes Ms. M question, “Where did 2017 go?” and smile. I …

GeekView Star Wars and Central Valley Con

Middagh Goodwin

GeekView-Star Wars by Middagh Goodwin The last few years I know I am not the only one that has been …

MAMAView Giving Thanks

Middagh Goodwin

MAMAView Giving Thanks by Middagh Goodwin November is the Month of giving thanks. I know I am grateful for all …

Jazz&WorldView – Latin Explosion

Eric Benson

JazzView by Eric Benson If you luv music you’re gonna love this By Eric Benson And on to Fall & …

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.