Downtown San Rafael Annual Events & Programs:
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Complete Business Calendar
Year-long activities: Art Shows, Fundraisers, Trivia, Karaoke, and More!
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Art Works Downtown's 2nd Friday Art Walk
January 9, 2026
3rd Annual Lunar New Year Scavenger Hunt
Year of the Horse
February 1-28, 2026
4th Annual Downtown San Rafael's fe-BREW-ary
February 2026
Downtown Clean & Green Day on Earth Day
April 22, 2026
CAFILM: DocLands Film Festival
April TBD, 2026
36th Annual May Madness Car Show & Parade
May 9, 2026
5th Annual Downtown BID Mixer at the Pacifics
Friday June TBD, 2026
CAFILM Pride Program
June TBD, 2026
3rd Annual Pride Art Walk Puzzle
June 2026
3rd Annual Juneteenth in Downtown (and beyond!)
June 2026
AIM's San Rafael 2nd Friday Summer Market
Summer 2026
3rd Annual Dancing Under The Lights
August TBD, 2026
GPNA's San Rafael PorchFest
September TBD, 2026
6th Annual Hops & Vines Stroll
September TBD, 2026
San Rafael BID Annual Meeting & Mixer
September TBD, 2026
West End Fridays Block Party
Aug-Oct, 2026
CAFILM's Mill Valley Film Festival
October TBD, 2026
Banned Books Week in Downtown
October TBD, 2026
Downtown Pizza Month
October 2026
Trick Or Treat on Fourth Street
& Pet Costume Contest
October 24, 2026
Dia De los Muertos & Altar Displays
October - November 2026
45th Annual San Rafael Holiday of Lights & Winter Wonderland
Shop Small Saturday
November 26, 2026
5th Annual Elf Hunt
November 2026-January 2027
San Rafael Lighted Boat Parade
December TBD, 2026
Annual San Rafael BID Holiday Party & Mixer
December TBD, 2026
Downtown San Rafael Garages Free on Weekends
Enjoy our Downtown with FREE parking on Saturdays and Sundays! FREE WEEKEND PARKING is in the A Street and C Street Garages only, thanks to the Parking Department's pilot program started in 2019.
Photos from Recent Events
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- 2025 Trick or Treat
- 2025 Hops & Vines Stroll
- 2025 Dancing Under The Lights
- 2025 May Madness Car Show & Parade
- 2024 Menorah Lighting and Gelt Drop
- 2024 Holiday of Lights and Winter Wonderland
- 2024 Trick or Treat on 4th Street
- 2024 Fall Annual Meeting & Mixer
- 2024 Hops & Vines Stroll
- 2024 Dancing Under the Lights
- 2024 May Madness Car Show & Parade
- 2023 Holiday Mixer
- 2023 Menorah Lighting & Gelt Drop
- San Rafael Holiday of Lights & Winter Wonderland 2023
- 2023 Trick or Treat
- Hops & Vines Stroll 2023
- Annual Meeting & Mixer 2023
- May Madness Car Show & Parade 2023
- Downtown Clean & Green Day 2023
- 2022 Menorah Lighting
- 2022 Parade of Light & Winter Wonderland
- 2022 Halloween
- 2022 Hops & Vine Stroll
- 2022 Clean & Green Day
- April 2021 Clean & Green Day
- 2020 Costume Edition of Dining Under The Lights
- Summer 2020 Dining Under The Lights
- Nov 2019 West End Village Celebration
- Trick or Treat 2019
- July 2019 Hops & Vine Stroll
- April 2019 Sidewalk Sale
- April 2019 Clean & Green Day
- February 2019 BID Mixer
- November 2018 West End Lighting Project
- November 2018 West End Celebration
- 2018 October Window Decorating Contest
- 2018 Summer Sidewalk Sale
- 2018 Iron Springs Mixer
