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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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BargainView: Lovely Spring

Monica Barber

Lovely Spring! by Monica Barber It’s a lovely spring day filled with sprinkles of rain, and rays of sunshine in …

MetalView: 2017 Spring Meltdown

Eve Oberlander

MetalView: 2017 Spring Meltdown by  Eve Oberlander Modesto’s Sworn To The Black and Merced’s Cursed are on the bill for …

April BluesView

BigEarl

BluesView by Earl Matthews Hello everyone! I hope you are ready for a great month of music. Starting things out …

InterView: Paul Tischer and the MPA 50th Anniversary

Chris Murphy

InterView: Paul Tischer and the MPA 50th By Chris Murphy   “Paul Tischer” and “performing arts” are synonymous. From the …

MAMAView: Create Your Future

Middagh Goodwin

MAMAView: Create Your Future by Middagh Goodwin We often dwell on our accomplishments. I say instead of looking to the …

SongwriterView: (Purple) Rain or Shine

Patty Castillo Davis

SongwriterView: (Purple) Rain or Shine By Patty Castillo Davis   Located in the Central Valley, we have the best of everything-outlets …

ChefView: Exciting Updates in Downtown Modesto at Ralston’s Goat and The Bayou

Brandilyn Mitchell

ChefView: Exciting Updates in Downtown Modesto! by Brandilyn Brown Photos by MJ Mangano   Ralston’s Goat has a new Chef! Chef …

FitView Basketball Madness

Efren Martinez

FitView Basketball Madness By Efren Martinez Last month, many of us enjoyed the March Madness basketball games on TV. What …

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.