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May 19, 2013
Pacific Rim Street Festival
Presented by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
The Sacramento region reflects the growing diverse Asian Pacific population of California. To honor and celebrate that cultural richness and ethnic diversity, Restaurateur Frank Fat and community leaders created the Pacific Rim Street Fest in 1993. The street fest is planned and staged by volunteers from more than 15 Asian Pacific community groups. Their goals are to broaden the awareness and understanding of the Asian Pacific heritage, to showcase the many positive contributions to the community at large, and to lend support to cultural endeavors in the form of grants and scholarships. More at www.pacificrimstreetfest.com

May 24–27, 2013
Sacramento Music Festival
Presented by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
Now in its 40th year, the Festival has a new name and many new styles of music. Presented by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, SacMusicFest still is the home to great Dixieland and other forms of jazz, but also, swing, blues, zydeco, rockabilly, bluegrass, Latin and more.

August 30–September 2, 2013
Gold Rush Days
Presented by the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau
and the Historic Old Sacramento Foundation
The 14th annual Labor Day weekend event transports you back to the days of Gold and Glory.  More than 200 tons of dirt will pave the streets, as Old Sacramento “turns back the clock,” transforming the historic district into a scene straight out of the 1850s.

October 6, 2013
World Music and Dance Festival
A celebration of cultural and ethnic fusion and a spectacular feast of dance and live musical performances. Includes education and interactive experiences for children that teach about our region’s cultures through hands-on artistic experiences.

November 27, 2013–December 31, 2013
Theatre of Lights
Presented by Old Sacramento Business Association.
Thursdays through Sundays at 6:15 and 7:45 p.m. on K Street between Front and 2nd.  Special performances on Christmas Eve at 6:15 p.m. and New Year’s Eve at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.  Read more >

December 31, 2013
New Year’s Eve Sky Spectacular
Presented by the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Firework shows over the Sacramento River and Tower Bridge at 9 p.m. and midnight. Read more >