Downtown San Rafael Annual Events & Programs:
Downtown San Rafael Summer Farmer's Market
May 16 - August 24, Thursdays 2024
2nd Friday Art Walk 2024
September 13, 2024
Upcoming: 10/11, 11/8, 12/13
West End Block Party
Fridays, August 16 - October 11, 2024
San Rafael PorchFest
September 15, 2024
5th Annual Hops & Vines Stroll
September 21, 2024
San Rafael BID Annual Meeting & Mixer
September 30, 2024
Mill Valley Film Festival
October 3-13, 2024
Dia De los Muertos Car Procession & Altar Display
October TBD, 2024
Trick Or Treat on Fourth Street
& Pet Costume Contest
October 26, 2024
San Rafael Holiday of Lights & Winter Wonderland
Shop Small Saturday
November 30, 2024
3rd Annual Elf Hunt
November 2024-January 2025
3rd Annual Menorah Lighting & Gelt Drop
December TBD, 2024
San Rafael BID Holiday Party & Mixer
December TBD, 2024
San Rafael Lighted Boat Parade
December TBD, 2024
2nd Annual Lunar New Year Scavenger Hunt
Year of the Snake
January 2025
3rd Annual Downtown San Rafael's fe-BREW-ary
February 2025
Downtown Clean & Green Day on Earth Day
April 22, 2025
DocLands Film Festival
May TBD, 2025
35th Annual May Madness Car Show & Parade
May 10, 2025
Youth in Arts C Street Celebration
May TBD, 2025
CAFILM Pride Program
June TBD, 2025
2nd Annual Juneteenth in Downtown
June 2025
4rd Annual Downtown BID Night at the Pacifics
June TBD, 2025
2nd Annual Downtown Pride Art Walk
June 2025
2nd Annual Dancing Under The Lights
Summer 2025
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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- 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
- 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
