I know I’m a little late getting this event calendar together this month. What can I say? I’ve been busy.
Now, on to the important stuff: FUN!!!
May 1 thru 13 – Your last 13 chances to enjoy Deuce! One of my very favorite restaurants of all time! They have sold and it’s going to be a spaghetti factory or something underwhelming like that…
May 3 – Hike for GirlVentures Fundraiser at Santos Meadow at Mount Tamalpais State Park
May 3 – Marin County Civic Center Farmer’s Market from 8am – 1pm
May 4 – Sean Penn Presents “The Films Of My Life” Series at the Rafael Theater in San Rafael
May 5 – Annual Cinco de May Celebration at the McInnis Golf Club in San Rafael
May 5 – Sonoma Plaza’s Tuesday Night Farmer’s Market and Festival from 5:30 – 8:30pm
May 7 – Downtown San Rafael Farmer’s Market and Festival in Downtown San Rafael
May 8 – George Winston is at the Napa Valley Opera House
May 9 – May Madness Downtown San Rafael Classic Car Parade and Rockin’ Street Dance
May 9 – Grand RE-Opening of the Red Hill Dog Park in San Anselmo
May 9 – Marin Human Race a 5K, mostly flat, course starting and finishing at the Marin Center Fairgrounds
May 10 – Marin County Civic Center Farmer’s Market from 8am – 1pm
May 10 – There are a TON of places serving special Mother’s Day Brunches in Marin County, Sonoma and Napa Counties, on the San Francisco Bay, and even a few in San Francisco itself
May 12 – Sonoma Plaza’s Tuesday Night Farmer’s Market and Festival from 5:30 – 8:30pm
May 13 – Waist Watchers Cooking Class with Amey Shaw at ITK (In The Kitchen) Culinary in Sausalito
May 14 – Downtown San Rafael Farmer’s Market and Festival in Downtown San Rafael
May 16 – 26th Annual Tiburon Wine Festival
May 16 – Dog Wash Fundraiser at Red Hill Dog Park in San Anselmo
May 16 – Flappers and Fedoras, an event to kick-off the Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance, a benefit for Hospice By The Bay
May 16 – Best of San Francisco International Comedy Competition at the Napa Valley Opera House
May 17 – Marin County Civic Center Farmer’s Market from 8am – 1pm
May 17 – Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance to benefit Hospice By The Bay
May 19 – Sonoma Plaza’s Tuesday Night Farmer’s Market and Festival from 5:30 – 8:30pm
May 19 & 20 – Wild Care’s 24th Annual Dining For Wildlife… here’s how it works: You choose the restaurant you’d like to dine at from our list of 30 participating establishments. Call WildCare (415-453-1000 x11) to schedule and pre-pay for your reservation. Then all you have to do is show up on time and enjoy!
May 21 thru 24 – Jazz+ is once again at the Field of Dreams in Downtown Sonoma. As usual they have a great line up including (fasten your seat belts….) Joe Cocker, Lyle Lovett, Ziggy Marley, Chris Isaak, Big Dad Voodoo Daddy and much more!
May 21 – Downtown San Rafael Farmer’s Market and Festival in Downtown San Rafael
May 22 – Singles Night at ITK Culinary in Sausalito: Tapas!
May 24 – Marin County Civic Center Farmer’s Market from 8am – 1pm
May 24 – Mountain Play 2009: Man of La Mancha at the Mount Tamalpais Amphitheater
May 25 – Memorial Day Services and Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael
May 26 – Sonoma Plaza’s Tuesday Night Farmer’s Market and Festival from 5:30 – 8:30pm
May 28 – Young Professional’s Night at Teatro Zinzanni in San Francisco
May 28 – Downtown San Rafael Farmer’s Market and Festival in Downtown San Rafael
May 30 – 20th Annual Downtown Larkspur Flower and Food Festival
May 30 & 31 – 33rd Annual Marin County Home Show and Benefit Jazz Fest at the Marin County Exhibit Hall and Fairgrounds
May 31 – Marin County Civic Center Farmer’s Market from 8am – 1pm
As usual, this is only a sampling!
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Kelley Eling, Realtor 
Kelley~
What a great compendium of fun local information. Brava on the terrific research…
My http://marinsuddenlysingle.wordpress.com
web page is also about joie de vivre.
Have fun!
Kerryon
If your life is not enjoyable, then really what is the point?? Right??
I just wanted to add that Northgate in San Rafael is having a FREE E-Waste Collection on May 30 & 31 from 9am-4pm, so bring in your old electronics for proper recycling! More information can be found by going to http://www.shopatnorthgate.com/events.asp?id=1237.
Thanks, Kelley!
Here is a new “calendar” for June:
https://kelleyeling.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/june-2009-fun-things-to-do-throughout-the-san-francisco-bay-area-marin-county-and-the-wine-country/