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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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5 Questions with Jordan Waters

Monica Barber

5 Questions with Jordan Waters by Monica Barber It’s a late afternoon and there’s a crowd in the living room at the Queen Bean Coffee House. Always positively …

MAMAView Economics of Entertainment

Middagh Goodwin

MAMAView Economics of Entertainment By Middagh Goodwin Modesto’s population is approximately 204,933 people. It is the 18th largest city in …

BargainView: Happy Xmas

Monica Barber

BargainView: Happy Xmas by Monica Barber So this is Christmas… Another year is over and what have you done? The …

Songwriter View: December Departure

Patty Castillo Davis

Songwriter View: December Departure By Patty Castillo Davis It is a highly exciting period of anticipation for the warmth of …

FitView Roller Fitness & Modesto On Ice

Efren Martinez

FitView Roller Fitness by Efren Martinez Four wheels per leg multiplied by two equals Roller Skating Fitness! It’s been years …

BluesView December 2016 Shows

BigEarl

BluesView by Earl Matthews Well folks this is it; the last month of 2016. Alongside mourning all the great musicians …

ZenView: Celebrating the Good Old Days (Part 2)

Mary Layton

ZenView: Celebrating the Good Old Days (Part 2)   Continuing from last month’s article: The first time Dania Hall was …

39 Wildly Entertaining Steps at Prospect Theater Project

Summer Krafft

39 Wildly Entertaining Steps at Prospect Theater Project By Summer Krafft Prospect Theater Project’s production of “The 39 Steps,” originally …

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.