Plan Your Visit Now to Celebrate this year's Holiday Season in Vallejo, California!
 
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Vallejo is THE place in California to celebrate the holiday season. Plan your family visit now as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom presents the 4th Annual Holiday in the Park, the BIGGEST HOLIDAY CELEBRATION in Northern California! Enjoy your favorite rides and attractions (Nov. 26 - Jan. 2, 2011, select dates, times vary) along with Santa’s Workshop, Candy Cane Lane, Toyland, a gigantic Christmas tree and back again is Snow Hill. Plan to spend the night and take in many other Vallejo holiday favorites including the all-new Mad Hatter Holiday Celebration in Downtown Vallejo on Saturdays Dec. 4 & 11. This family event is jam-packed with a parade, kool bus and train rides, Open Arts Studios and A Rita Coolidge Christmas at the Empress Theatre to name just a few. Plus, enjoy your favorites like the 15th Annual Christmas Concert at St. Peter’s Chapel on Mare Island and the Vallejo Museum’s 8th Annual Teddy Bear Tea!

Book your hotel today to enjoy Holiday in the Park and the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival and any of the many events listed below and make Vallejo your home base to experience other area attractions and restaurants. And don't forget to Shop Vallejo First and check out Downtown Vallejo for some unique gifts!


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Stay & Play in Vallejo for these Special Events

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 1001 Fairgrounds Drive Park open Sat/Sun Open daily Nov 18 - Jan 2; Except Dec 24 & 25 Nov 6-21   Discover Going Green Nov 13 Jointly Unified Nighttime Gay & Lesbian Event Nov 26-Jan 2   Holiday in the Park

Charles M. Schulz Museum 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa  thru Jan 23   Exhibit - Peanuts Naturally thru Feb 6 Exhibit - Portraits of Schulz thru Feb 21   Exhibit - Searching out new Territory-Experiments in Peanuts Nov 6   Master Class: Animating at Pixar Nov 13   Second Saturday Cartoonist - Frank Urbaniak Nov 26 & 27   Family Fun Weekend with Joe Wos Solano County Fairgrounds 900 Fairgrounds Drive  Nov 4   Taste of Home Cooking Show Nov 5 & 6   Breeder's Cup Horse Racing World Championships Simalcast Nov 5 & 6   Nancy Jo Doll Show & Sale Nov 6   Napa Valley Dog Training Club Annual Obedience & Rally Trials  Nov 7   Vallejo Dog Training Club Annual Obedience & Rally Trials  Nov 13   World of Dance Tour, San Francisco 2010 Nov 13   Philippine Cultural Committee Coronation Ball Nov 20   Filipino American International Youth Development Foundation Concert

Mare Island Historical Museum is Open 8th and Railroad St's. Sat/Sun Nov 6 & 7 and 13 & 14; 10 am - 4 pm Tours of Mare Island every day by appointment Call 707-280-5742 for reservations

Vallejo Waterfront Artists Vallejo Waterfront Promendade Saturdays; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Celebrate Vallejo - Hawaiian Style Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum 734 Marin Street Friday, November 5, 6:30 pm This year the Museum's annual Fall gala and fundraising auction has a Hawaiian theme! Enjoy delicious Hawaiian and Asian/Pacific food, complimentary tropical drinks, live and silent auctions, and much more!         Dowtown Vallejo Arts & Crafts Fair Georgia Street Wednesday's Nov. 3 - Dec. 22, 5 pm to 8 pm Every Wednesday night until the holiday weekend merchants and hand crafters will have booths along Georgia Stree to help you find that special holiday gift.     Lincoln Theater 100 California Drive, Yountville Nov 7 Peter Gros-Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Nov 13   An Evening with Tim McGraw & Friends Nov 20   Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Renovatin' Rocks the House Vallejo Veterans Bldg, 420 Admiral Callaghan Ln Sunday, November 14, 5 pm Support Rebuilding Together Solano County and the Vallejo Veterans Council. Choose your dinner selection of signature dishes donated by our local restaurants. Live music & raffle  Napa Valley Wine Train 1275 McKinstry St, Napa Nov 5 Murder Mystery Dinner Nov 16   Vinter's Lunch - Mike Grgich Nov 20   Murder Mystery Dinner Nov 21   Moonlight Escape - Full Frosty Moon

Second Saturday Access-Mare Island Preserve South End of Railroad Avenue, Bldg A-167 Nov 13      9:00 am - 7:00 pm

Touro University 1310 Johnson Lane, Mare Island Nov 8    College of Education Information Night Nov 18   Health & Wellness Fair 2010

Vallejo Comedy Circuit Zio Fraedo's Restaurant, 23 Harbor Way Nov 6    Joe Klocek & Dave Thompson at 8 pm             Cache Creek Casino Resort 14455 Highway 16, Brooks, CA All shows in Club 88: Nov 5 & 6 Randy Santiago/Jaya Nov 7   Jesse Colin Young Nov 13   En Vogue Nov 14   Los Cadetes de Rigoberto Cantu Nov 19   Adal Ramones Nov 26   Captains from the Deadlist Catch Nov 27   Tower of Power Empress Theatre 300 Virginia Street Nov 6   Shelia E, featuring Pete Escovedo & the   Family Project - 6:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m Nov 13   One Voice International - 7 pm         Jelly Belly Candy Company One Jelly Belly Lane, Fairfield  Nov 27 Tree Lighting Ceremony Nov 26-Dec24   Meet Santa

Vallejo Symphony Hogan High School Auditorium, 850 Rosewood Nov 20   Concert 1 - Paris to Vienna, Bizet & Brahams   Vallejo Business Networking @ 5:30 Nov 18; Networking @ 5:30 pm - 7:30pm Courtyard by Marriott Vallejo-Napa Valley 100 Fairgrounds Drive

MIRA Theatre Guild Bay Terrace Theatre, 51 Daniels Ave. Nov 6   Comedy Night with Sandra Riser  Nov 19   Leo Cavanagh: The Ellington Project Nov 20,21 & 28   Verimso Opera presents Rigoletto

Tour Navy Reserve Fleet - See USS Iowa  Bay View Charters; Begins in Martinez Nov 27 & 28; 10:00 am