Montclair Village Farmers' Market
Montclair Village
Sundays from 9am to 1pm at Montclair Village.
Rockridge events and things to do
Rockridge Events This Week
Find upcoming Rockridge events, library programs, College Avenue happenings, pop-ups, live music, food events, family activities, and community meetings in Rockridge, Oakland.
Upcoming Rockridge events
Rockridge events this week
Upcoming events in Rockridge and nearby North Oakland, including today, tomorrow, this weekend, and later this week.
Dumpling Making
Preserved
Learn to make your own Chinese-style dumpling wrappers from scratch along with tasty fillings and various dumpling folding styles.
Dumpling Making
Preserved
Learn to make your own Chinese-style dumpling wrappers from scratch along with tasty fillings and various dumpling folding styles.
Trivia Night With Chuck at Cato's Ale House
Cato's Ale House
Cato's Ale House hosts Trivia Night with Chuck every Monday at 7pm on Piedmont Avenue.
National Night Out at Piedmont Avenue Branch
Piedmont Avenue Branch
🎉 National Night Out at Piedmont Avenue Branch 🎶
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Mindset Workshop: Living With Brain Injury
Rockridge Branch
This 6-week series is designed for adults navigating life after a brain injury (TBI orABI), concussion, post-concussion syndrome—and caregivers, too.
MiniWatt String Trio
Cato's Ale House
MiniWatt String Trio performs live at Cato's Ale House on Piedmont Avenue. Check the official Cato's page before going because performer schedules can change.
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
Preserved
Learn every step of the chocolate making process, from growing, fermenting and roasting cacao to grinding, tempering and tasting!
Urban Rollers Oakland Wednesday Roll-Out
Rockridge BART Parking Lot
đź—“EVERY WEDNESDAY
Sourdough Bread Making
Preserved
Learn the magic (and the maintenance!) of heirloom sourdough starters alongside an introductory lesson in the art of sourdough bread baking.
Mischief, Magic & Mentalism
The Sound Room
Mischief, Magic & Mentalism features the Bay Area's top acts in magic. Our performers have been on the biggest stages and delighted countless people! In this off the rails unconventional magic show, we take you on a tour of the impossible.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Mahjong Night at United Dumplings Rockridge
United Dumplings Rockridge
United Dumplings Rockridge hosts weekly Mahjong on College Avenue, with friendly tables, experienced teachers, dumplings, drinks, and a casual community atmosphere.
Maker Spotlight: Japanese Pantry
Preserved
Join us for an evening with Richard Keating, a Product Ambassador for the SF-based import company, The Japanese Pantry. We will taste and learn about barrel-aged soy sauces, sake-fermented vinegars, and hand-roasted sesame seeds and oil.
An Evening of Flamenco
The Sound Room
Flamenco is a passionate, expressive art form from Andalusia, Spain, combining song (cante), dance (baile), and guitar playing (toque). Shaped by Romani, Moorish, and Jewish cultures, it is celebrated worldwide for its complex rhythms, elaborate footwork, and emotional storytelli
Family Storytime
Rockridge Branch
Family Story Time at Rockridge Branch Library, every Thursday at 10:30am
Kimchi Making
Preserved
Join us for a hands-on kimchi making workshop featuring a vegan version of traditional Napa cabbage kimchi — the heart of Korean fermentation!
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Hemming & Mending Clothes By Hand
Rockridge Branch
Back by popular demand!
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Chess Club for Kids, Tweens, & Teens
Rockridge Branch
Chess Players!
Urban Rollers Oakland Wednesday Roll-Out
Rockridge BART Parking Lot
đź—“EVERY WEDNESDAY
NCPC Meeting
Rockridge Library
Join the bi-monthly meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council in the Rockridge Library conference room. There will be brief presentations by the Community Resource Officers, and discussion of local crime and safety issues. See the NCPC website for det
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
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Ask Your Area Home Experts
Rockridge Branch
Ask Your Area Home ExpertsGet answers, tips, and connections from a Senior Loan Advisor and a Realtor, both Rockridge locals. Once a month, they will be ready to help community members with questions about home ownership,…
Food & Culture Swap
Preserved
Join Preserved for a community event bringing together passionate home cooks, canners, fermentistas and gardeners to trade their homemade and homegrown edible goods while meeting other food preservation enthusiasts!
Vicki Burns Quintet
The Sound Room
Jazz singer Vicki Burns is the complete package. With her three-octave range, sure sense of rhythm, and perfect intonation, she can scat convincingly, swing like a horn, and write hip songs worthy of attention from other vocalists.
Grand Lake Farmers Market
Splash Pad Park
Saturdays from 9am to 2pm at Splash Pad Park.
Fermented Pickling
Preserved
Join us in making your own nutrient-dense, probiotic sauerkraut and brined pickle! Learn the fundamentals of lacto-fermentation and experiment with seasonal produce to achieve unique flavor combinations.
Danny Caron House Party
The Sound Room
His resumé reads like a "Who's Who in The Blues." Over the past three decades, Danny Caron recorded and performed with Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, Charles Brown, John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, and on and on. He was the featured guitarist on the Van Morris
Japanese Pickles
Preserved
Explore traditional Japanese pickling methods utilizing miso, soy sauce, vinegar, and lacto-fermention.
Meet the Author: Nancy Kurshan - Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories
Rockridge Branch
Activist Nancy Kurshan will discuss her new book, Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories. In Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories, longtime activist Nancy Kurshan offers a vivid, woman’s-eye view of…
12th Annual Desi Comedy Festival
The Sound Room
Desi Comedy Fest is the Biggest South Asian Comedy Festival in America. The mission is to showcase the funniest South Asian comedians from around the world & create a unique live comedy experience for the South Asian diaspora.
Piedmont Avenue Summer Night Market
Piedmont Avenue
PAMA's Summer Night Market brings Piedmont Avenue businesses together for late hours, discounts, tastings, local-maker pop-ups, live music, food, and neighborhood shopping.
Wild Fermented Beverages
Preserved
Learn how to harness the transformative power of wild microbes to make tart, effervescent, and potentially boozy beverages including tepache, ginger bug and wild yeast sodas.
Open Space Committee Meeting
Rockridge Library Conference Room
The RCPC Open Space Committee will have its periodic meeting this week at the Rockridge Library, conference room on 2nd floor.
Hannah Mayer Quartet
The Sound Room
Piano phenom, Hannah Mayer originally from El Cerrito, is a recent graduate of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, and is now making a splash in the jazz clubs of New York. We are thrilled to welcome her back for this performance.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Community Demo: Tomato Canning
Preserved
Join Elizabeth Vecchiarelli, owner and founder of Preserved, for a demo on how to can whole, crushed and “sauced” summer tomatoes! We’ll discuss the best tomato varieties to preserve and our favorite ways to prep the tomatoes. Then we’ll demonstrate how to can them safely in a wa
Jazz Mafia Retrospective: 26 Years
The Sound Room
Led by Jazz Mafia co-founders Adam Theis and Eric Garland, this special concert celebrates more than 25 years of the collective’s futuristic jazz roots. The program revisits the music that shaped Jazz Mafia’s identity in its earliest days, drawing from the first five years of the
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Piedmont Ave Branch Community Potluck!
Piedmont Avenue Branch
Join us outdoors for a joyful gathering of our whole community at the Piedmont Ave Branch Community Potluck! This all-ages event is open to everyone, library patrons, families, friends, neighbors, and community members from near and far.
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California Writers Club
Rockridge Branch
We are open to writers in every genre and at every level of experience, from novice to published. Our mission is to educate writers of all abilities in the craft and business of writing. Our purpose is to promote fellowship and to…
Guinga
The Sound Room
Guitarist and composer Guinga is a popular songwriter in Brazil: his songs have been recorded by the likes of superstar Elis Regina and he's a favorite of musicians around the world like Michel Legrand and Sergio Mendes. But Guinga is less well-known in the U.S. (he rarely comes
DIY Knife Sharpening
Preserved
This is a hands-on workshop for anyone interested in learning how to sharpen their own knives. Are you overwhelmed by the amount of equipment and methods out there? We will get hands on and simplify the fundamentals that will allow you to practice putting an edge on anything.
Graphic Novel Group
Rockridge Branch
Do you love visual media? Would you like a place to share and learn more about graphic novels and the library's extensive collection? Are you an artist looking for a writer, or a writer looking for an artist?
Pretty Good Stories
The Sound Room
In the mood for a good, true story? How about four?
North Berkeley Farmers' Market
North Berkeley Farmers' Market
Thursdays from 3pm to 7pm at North Berkeley Farmers' Market.
Modern Miso Making
Preserved
Together we'll learn about koji - the fungi responsible for miso, shoyu, sake and more! Then we'll make a batch of "modern" miso using koji rice, Rancho Gordo beans and a seasonal vegetable.
Jules Leyhe & The Family Jules celebrate the music of Jeff Beck
The Sound Room
Jules Leyhe is one of the world’s foremost blues slide-guitar players—so much so that even Premier Guitar magazine called his music “the best blues slide licks since Derek Trucks, maybe even Duane Allman.”
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Mads Tolling, Kenny Washington & John R Burr
The Sound Room
Mads Tolling is the recipient of the 2016 DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star Award for violin. A former long-time member of Stanley Clarke’s band and the Turtle Island Quartet, Mads is currently touring with Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. He has performed his violin concertos with the late
Mozzarella Making
Preserved
Join us as we explore the magic of cheesemaking and make a batch of mozzarella from scratch together! From milk to curd all the way to stretching into bite-size ciliegine balls! When you make mozzarella with us, you really get to play with your food!
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Kaiser Oakland Farmers' Market
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center
Fridays from 9am to 2pm at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center.
Rockridge events
Rockridge events
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College Avenue calendar
College Avenue calendar
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Free and family activities
Free and family activities
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