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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 Modesto’s Salacious Wizard Cult

Monica Barber

5 Questions with Modesto’s Salacious Wizard Cult by Monica Barber   Salacious Wizard Cult (SWC) is an anomaly among bands in the Modesto scene. While most young bands go …

MAMAView November 2016

Middagh Goodwin

MAMAView By Middagh Goodwin Autumn is in full swing and it is that time of year we all should reflect …

BrewView: Fall Beverages! No Pumpkins Here!

Brandilyn Mitchell

Fall Beverages: No Pumpkins Here! By Brandilyn Brown and Christopher Mitchell Ah, autumn. The sun comes up later and goes …

A&P Productions: Creating a Scene from Scratch

Summer Krafft

A&P Productions: Creating a Scene from Scratch By Summer Krafft A&P Productions, a Modesto-based film production company, is setting the …

BluesView November 2016

BigEarl

by Big Earl Hello everyone! It’s turkey tine and as always I am ready. Just had my knives sharpened and …

ZenView: Celebrating the Good Old Days

Mary Layton

Celebrating the Good Old Days                                …

ModShop Artist highlight for 2016

Guest ViewCrew

We love Mod Shop! Downtown Modesto transforms into one big holiday shopping guide, where you can literally find something for …

Songwriter View Thanks for the Giving

Patty Castillo Davis

Songwriter View THANKS FOR THE GIVING By Patty Castillo Davis You are going to be asked what you are thankful …

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.