Come Celebrate a New Year of Fun & Adventure in Vallejo, California!

Great Winter Hotel Packages Available Now!
 

Welcome back to more news and special events from V-Town Views, the e-newsletter from the Vallejo Convention and Visitors Bureau!

Your Bay Area Fun Starts Here in Vallejo as 2011 begins. We hope your travel plans include a visit here whether or not it's for a weekend or an extended stay at one of our great lodging venues.

With weather that can't be beat, Vallejo is THE place in California to spend a winter getaway! Plan your family visit now to see the Vallejo Symphony perform on January 8th, New Haven to Hamburg or take the Vallejo Baylink Ferry to San Francisco's PIER 39 and celebrate the Sea Lion Anniversary January 21-23. For the adventurous, tee off at the Hiddenbrooke Golf Club for their 5th Annual Polar Bear Classic Tournament on January 28th.
Be part of the migration of over 1,000,000 shorebirds & a quarter of a million ducks and geese to our S.F.  Bay Estuary, and the San Pablo National Wildlife Refuge, the largest remaining continuous patch of tidal marsh in the northern San Francisco BayThe 15th Annual S.F. Bay Flyway Festival from February 11-13 celebrates this migration every year with outings, demonstrations, talks and hands on experiences.

Book your hotel today to enjoy the above events 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

 
     
Cache Creek Casino Resort
14455 Highway 16, Brooks, CA
Jan 8   Jett Girl Model Search
Jan 15
Jan 16
Jan 21
Jan 22
Jan 28/29
  Boyz II Men
Kevin Hart
Pat Travers
Winter Chinese Concert
Sharon Cuneta with Christian Bautista



Lincoln Theater
100 California Drive, Yountville, CA
Jan 14   Luis Bravo's Forever Tango
Jan 22


Jan 23
  Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
From the Top - Hosted by Pianist Christopher O' Riley

Charles M. Schulz Museum
2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa
thru Jan 23 Exhibit - Peantus Naturally
thru Feb 6   Exhibit - Portraits of Schulz
thru Feb 21

Jan 7

Jan 8

Jan 8
  Exhibit - Hit or Miss; Experiments in Peanuts
First Friday Film Series - The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Master Class for Adults - The New Media
Second Saturday Cartoonist - Michael Jantze

Empress Theatre
330 Virginia Street
Jan 3 San Francisco Chamber Orchestra's "Bottom's Up"
 

Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum 
734 Marin Street
Jan 5 - 31 Art from the Heart Exhibit

Mare Island Heritage Preserve
Mare Island Heritage Preserve Visitors Center
End of Railroad Avenue
Jan 8 Second Saturday Access on Mare Island Preserve
 
 

   

John F. Kennedy Library
505 Santa Clara Street

Jan 8 Step Up Music Vallejo

 

 

Vallejo Symphony
Hogan High School Auditorium, 850 Rosewood
Jan 8 Concert #2; Becker, Bohlmer & Mendelssohn

Mira Theatre Guild
Bay Terrace Theatre, 51 Daniels Drive
Jan 8 Comedy Night with Sandra Risser


Benicia Historical Museum
2060 Camel Road, Benicia
thru Jan 28

thru Jan 30
Jan 23

Jan 29
Exhibit - Works of Woodcarver Rollye Wiskerson
Exhibit - Children's Work is Play
Lecture Series - Dr. Tom Snyder - Mare Island Naval Hospital
Men of Worth in Concert

Vallejo Sister City Association
JFK Library, 505 Santa Clara Street
Jan 12 General Meeting
 

Mayoral Prayer Breakfast
January 13, 8:30 a.m.
Dan Foley Cultural Center, 1461 El Camino Alto


136th Vallejo Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner
January 14, 6:30 p.m.
Dan Foley Cultural Center, 1461 El Camino Alto
     
Hiddenbrooke Golf Club
1095 Hiddenbrooke Parkway
Jan 14
Jan 28
Crab Feed
5th Annual Polar Bear Classic Golf Tournament


Mare Island Historical Museum
Railroad Avenue & 8th Street, Mare Island Saturday & Sunday, January 15 & 16
10:00 a.m.
 
     
Vallejo PAL-HFC Crab Feed
Saturday, January 15, 6:00 p.m.
Dan Foley Cultural Center, 1461 El Camino Alto

Napa ValleyWine Train
1575 McKinstry, Napa
Jan 13 Lucky Penny "Showtunes" Piano Bar
Jan 15   Murder Mystery Dinner
Jan 22        Moonlight Escape-Wolf Moon
 
Sea Lion Anniversary at PIER 39
Friday-Sunday, January 21-23
PIER 39, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
 
Main Street - The Cornerstone for Sustainable Communities
Friday, January 28, 8:30 a.m.
Solano Association of Realtors
1302 Springs Road
 
 
V. Sattui's 2011 Barrel Tasting &
New Release Party
Saturday, January 29, 5:30 p.m.
1111 White Lane, St. Helena
WIN GREAT PRIZES! Monthly Trivia
This Month's Question

The ferry M/V VALLEJO is the oldest of the four Vallejo's Baylink ferries and was purchased by the City in 1994. What was the original name of this vessel?

The correct answer will be rewarded with two (2) Vallejo Baylink Ferry Passes ($48.00 value). Email your answer here.

Congratulations to Char Barrios of Vallejo, whose name was drawn from those who correctly answered "1971" to last month's question: In what year did Rita Coolidge release her very first album?

Char wins two (2) Vallejo Baylink Ferry Passes ($48.00 value).
Did you know that in the 2010 Golf World Reader's Choice Awards
recognized Hiddenbrooke Golf Club as the #9 Best Public Golf Course in
the nation? Hiddenbrooke is the only course in the San Francisco Bay
Area that made the Top 50 list.
   

Did you know that the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce began in May 1874 as the Vallejo Township Board of Trade? In April of 1901 the Board of Trade was re-organized and re-named the Vallejo Chamber of Commerce.
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Save the Dates! 

February 11
S.F. Bay Flyway Festival
 
 March 19
Six Flags Opening Season and Spring Break

May 11-15
AMA Motorcycle
West Coast Moto Jam

June 24-26
Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR

August 3-7
Solano County Fair


Earthdance 
Sept 23-25, 2011



  City of Vallejo

  Vallejo Chamber ofCommerce

  Baylink Ferry

  Vallejo Transit

  Vallejo Main Street
 

Greater Vallejo Recreation District
 

Solano County Fairgrounds
 

San Francisco Municipal
Railway

 


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!

Download a list of upcoming events
 
In House with the Vallejo Convention and Visitors Bureau
 
 
Welcome New Members:
Shopping
  •  MTM SILPADA DESIGNS - 450 Marina Ridge, Benicia, CA 
Insurance
    SAMUEL THOMPSON- FARMERS AGENT- American Canyon,CA 
 
Welcome to Vallejo the following Groups in January:
  •  BOILERMAKERS LOCAL 549 - Pittsburg, Ca
 

•  NANCY JO DOLL SHOW - Walnut Creek, Ca


•  OK TOUR AND TRAVEL - British Columbia, Canada

For more information about hosting your next meeting or group in Vallejo and how the VCVB can help you plan it, please contact Carrie Baulwin, Sales Manager, at 707-642-3653 or 
Carrie@VisitVallejo.com
 



 
Travel Promotions & Offers
Check out the special packages at the hotels below and more on our web site www.VisitVallejo.com. This month we feature great savings from: