{"id":348579,"date":"2026-06-05T21:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348579\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:27:14","slug":"sacramento-summer-events-2026-10-reasons-to-get-out-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348579\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Summer Events 2026: 10 Reasons to Get Out & About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nate<\/a><\/p>\n

Nate Bargatze (Courtesy of Thunder Valley Casino Resort)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

NATE BARGATZE<\/p>\n

July 18 Hey, bear! Comic Nate Bargatze keeps raising his clean-comedy game, publishing a New York Times best-selling book, Big Dumb Eyes, and hosting the Emmys in 2025, then launching a new ABC game show in February and making his feature film debut in The Breadwinner \u00a0in May. But at the end of the day, he\u2019s still a stand-up guy, and this July, the funnyman will bring his greatest average American energy to Thunder Valley in Lincoln. thundervalleyresort.com<\/a><\/p>\n

RINGO STARR<\/p>\n

June 5 The Fab Four icon\u2014aka \u201cthe hottest Beatle,\u201d according to Vogue\u2014comes to Thunder Valley on the heels of the release of his newest studio album, Long Long Road, featuring collabs with musicians like Sheryl Crow and St. Vincent. The drummer will perform solo hits like \u201cIt Don\u2019t Come Easy\u201d and, with a little help from his \u201cAll Starr Band\u201d friends\u2014including Toto\u2019s Steve Lukather and Men at Work\u2019s Colin Hay\u2014classics like \u201cYellow Submarine,\u201d \u201cAfrica\u201d and \u201cDown Under.\u201d thundervalleyresort.com<\/a><\/p>\n

DON\u2019T TOUCH MY HAIR<\/p>\n

June 12\u201328 Celebration Arts stages this unlikely buddy comedy about two modern-day Black women who travel back in time to a plantation. Sacramento native and Law & Order: Organized Crime \u00a0star Danielle Mon\u00e9 Truitt directs this latest play by Douglas Lyons, whose Chicken & Biscuits\u00a0 became one of the most produced plays in the country after making its Broadway debut in 2021. celebrationarts.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Sacramento Pride Festival<\/p>\n

June 13\u201314 The region\u2019s largest Pride gathering takes over Capitol Mall with more than 25,000 revelers over two days. Watch for hometown favorites like the Sacramento Gay Men\u2019s Chorus to join new acts and events like burlesque performer Coco Lamarr and the Pillow Princess Sapphic Dance Party. sacramentopride.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by James Blonde Photography, courtesy of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center<\/p>\n

SUZANNE ADAN<\/p>\n

June 28\u2013Oct. 11 Suzanne Adan might be best known around town for her whimsical public pieces, including her bird-themed floor mosaic at the Sacramento airport. Now art enthusiasts can explore the full breadth of her impressive oeuvre at the Crocker, which presents the 80-year-old\u2019s first solo museum exhibit, I\u2019m No Spring Chicken, boasting more than 100 paintings, prints and sculptures. crockerart.org<\/a><\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL<\/p>\n

July 3\u201326 The annual tradition marks its 60th year, returning to the romantic comedy of errors it started with back in 1966: Twelfth Night. Held at Sacramento City College, the event will also include a special one-night-only original work combining elements of the 11 Shakespearean plays (out of the bard\u2019s 38 total) that the festival has not yet performed across its six decades. sacramentoshakespeare.net<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: Five County Fairs to Keep the Fun Going All Summer Long<\/a><\/p>\n

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN<\/p>\n

July 10\u201319 Is it pronounced \u201cFrank-en-stine\u201d or \u201cFronk-en-steen\u201d? Either way, expect this stage adaptation of Mel Brooks\u2019 1974 comedy\u2014featuring 18 songs by Brooks, who also co-wrote the musical\u2014to bring Abby Normal levels of hilarity to Broadway at Music Circus. broadwaysacramento.com<\/a><\/p>\n

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR<\/p>\n

July 17\u2013Aug. 2 As its theme \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d suggests, the 2026 Golden State f\u00eate offers plenty of reasons to head out to Cal Expo this summer. Put on your boogie shoes for a concert by KC and the Sunshine Band (and over a dozen others), get your thrills on more than 70 rides, get your fill of fun fair fare like jumbo corndogs and Dole whip, and see cool new exhibits like Stage 9\u2019s King Tut Experience, featuring 124 meticulously recreated Egyptian artifacts. castatefair.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Stage<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Stage 9 Exhibits<\/p>\n

JAPANESE FOOD & CULTURAL BAZAAR<\/p>\n

Aug. 8 This August, the Buddhist Church of Sacramento marks 80 years of enlightening the region through its popular summer festival. With its theme \u201cWhere Tradition Meets Today,\u201d the bazaar will offer a bevy of both classic eats (like BBQ teriyaki chicken, udon noodles and mochi) and trendy Japanese street foods (like ikayaki and wagyu hot dogs), as well as a feast for the eyes and ears with cultural performances and demonstrations, including taiko drumming and live calligraphy. buddhistchurch.org<\/a><\/p>\n

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS<\/p>\n

Aug. 12\u2013Sept. 6 B Street Theatre restages this popular play\u2014a 2001 adaptation of the classic Jules Verne adventure novel\u2014as part of its 40th season lineup. The mad-cap comedy, which made its B Street debut in 2004, will feature fan-favorite elements like live-performed sound effects, from the sloshing of water to the crunch of gravel to the roll of metal-sheet thunder. bstreettheatre.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Around<\/a><\/p>\n

Illustration by Lunia Blue, courtesy of B Street Theatre<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nate Bargatze (Courtesy of Thunder Valley Casino Resort) \u00a0 NATE BARGATZE July 18 Hey, bear! Comic Nate Bargatze…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-348579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}