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Welcome to more news and special events from V-Town Views, the e-newsletter from the Vallejo Convention and Visitors Bureau in Vallejo, CA!
Vallejo is THE place in California to celebrate the holiday season. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom recently opened their 2nd annual Holiday in the Park, the BIGGEST HOLIDAY CELEBRATION in Northern California! Enjoy your favorite rides and attractions along with Santa’s Workshop, Candy Cane Lane, Toyland, a gigantic Christmas tree and NEW this year is Snow Hill. |
Book your hotel today to attend the above event and make Vallejo your home base to experience other area attractions like the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum, the Jelly Belly Candy Company, Mare Island Tours or take a scenic ferry to San Francisco’s Ferry Building Marketplace or PIER 39. And the wine country is only minutes from Vallejo where you can enjoy the famous Napa Valley Wine Train or wine tastings at Cartlidge and Browne, Black Stallion Winery, Domaine Carneros or V. Sattui.
Thanks for reading V-Town Views, our new e-newsletter sent monthly to Vallejo Convention & Visitors Bureau members and friends for whom we have e-mail addresses as well as those who have requested to know more about events and things to do in Vallejo, CA via our web site. We ask that you please forward this to your co-workers, family and friends. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the directions at the bottom of this newsletter.
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Great Dickens Christmas Fair 2008
Cow Palace – 2600 Geneva Ave., San Francisco
Fri. Nov. 28 – Sun. Dec. 21; 11:00 am – 7:00pm
A Victorian Holiday Party with hundreds of costumed
players, vendors & musicians over 90,000 sq.ft. of
music halls, pubs and shops. Presented by Red Barn
Productions.
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Cache Creek Casino in December...
14455 Highway 16, Brooks, CA
All shows in Club 88:
Fri. Dec 5 - Rare Earth
Sat. Dec 6 - Tower of Power
Fri. Dec 12 - Thunder from Down Under
Sat. Dec 13 - Last Comic Standing Live Tour
Fri/Sat Dec 19/20 - Bella Donna
Sat. Dec 27 - Tommy Castro
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Empress Theatre in December...
330 Virginia St., Vallejo
Thurs. Dec. 4 Toast to the Empress
Fri. Dec. 12 Classic Movies That Moved the World,
White Christmas (1954)
Wed. Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Gala
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“First Saturdays” Art Walks
Downtown Vallejo Galleries
Dec. 6 - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Enjoy special exhibits at six galleries.
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10th Annual Coal Sheds Open Studios
Building 153, 4th & Waterfront, Mare Island
Sat. Dec 6, 2:00 – 8:00 pm
Only open once a year to the public. See and buy
works from variety of artists. Music, food, & wine.
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Handel’s Messiah – 23rd Annual Sing-Along
First Presbyterian Church, 1350 Amador St.
Sun. Dec. 7, 6 pm
Presented by Vallejo Music Theatre in
conjunction with Vallejo Choral Society
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Pasko Expo 2008
Solano County Fairgrounds – 900 Fairgrounds Dr.
Sat Dec. 13, 11am-8pm; Free Admission
Filipino Holiday Celebration, music and shopping!
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Photos with Santa for Benicia Vallejo Humane Society
Aardvark’s Dog Training Center - 1125 Benicia Rd.
Sat. Dec. 13th, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
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13th Annual Christmas Concert at St. Peter’s Chapel
Mare Island, Vallejo
Sun. Dec. 21 at 2 pm; $15 donation
The Melody Choral performs traditional music and
old fashioned sing-a-long followed by refreshments
at Quarters A Mansion; tickets on sale @Visitors Center.
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8th Annual Community Kwanza Celebration
Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum – 734 Marin St.
Sat. Dec. 27th, 6:00 – 9:00 pm; $5:00 per person donation
Join in this celebration of mothers.
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New Year’s Eve Celebration at Six Flags
Discovery Kingdom
1001 Fairgrounds Drive
Wed. Dec. 31, 4:00 pm to Midnight
Family event with live music, a laser light show and
fireworks extravaganza and more!
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Check out VisitVallejo.com for your one-stop site for travel promotions, to book your hotel and to check your travel dates on our special event calendar to see what's happening when you want to visit Vallejo!
Welcome the following Groups to Vallejo in December:
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CLARK 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, Vallejo, CA |
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GALLA FEST HOLIDAY PARTY, Walnut Creek, CA |
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MOUNT DIABLO MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY CHRISTMAS DINNER, Concord, CA |
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WASA MALELE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Tacoma, CA |
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Vallejo welcomes a new event to the Solano County Fairgrounds on December 13th, Pasko Expo, a special Filipino Holiday Celebration. In honor of this event, this month’s question is about the Filipino Community Center. Before its current location on Sonoma Boulevard, what street was the Vallejo Filipino Community Center located?
Please email your answers to info@visitvallejo.com. The winner chosen from a drawing of correct entries will win two tickets on the Red & White Fleet’s Golden Gate Bay Cruise (a $44 value).
Congratulations to Val Logan, from Vallejo, CA whose name was drawn from those who correctly answered with The Hall of History to last month’s question:
What is the name of the Vallejo Museum’s exhibit hall which is used for special exhibits and available to rent for meetings and events?
Val received two tickets to Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (valued at $60.00).
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Did you know that Vallejo’s first bed and breakfast, the Starr Mansion, was built by Abraham Dubois Starr in 1869--an aristocrat, local politician and friends with the social elite in the San Francisco bay area? So very active in politics, in 1873 A.D. Starr traveled to Philadelphia as a delegate to the Republican convention, which nominated Ulysses S. Grant for re-election. And don’t miss the Starr Mansion’s Holiday Wine Tasting on Friday, December 5th! |
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On Friday, December 12th, the Empress Theatre presents on their big screen, holiday favorite and the 1954 classic White Christmas. Did you know that the railroad station and passenger cars in the film are said to be in Vermont when in fact they are Southern Pacific Standard Design Station and SP Harriman coaches never used outside of SP service territory? |
To submit a comment about V-Town Views, send an e-mail to Mike@VisitVallejo.com
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