Novato Community Events

October Events

Saturday, 10/03

• 9am-2pm Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Celebrating Latine Makers at the SF Ferry Terminal 
• 11am-4pm African Arts Festival at the Yerba Buena Gardens, SF
• 1-3pm Halloween Costume Swap at Novato Library

Sunday, 10/04

• 11am-5pm Oktoberfest at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur

Thursday, 10/08

• 3:30-4:30pm Nature Club – Celebrating Spiders at the Mill Valley Library. Registration required.

Friday, 10/09

• 4-7pm The Great Closet Cleanout at the Mill Valley Community Center

Saturday, 10/10

• 10am-12pm Open House at Discovery Time Daycare, Greenbrae
• 11am-2pm Votes, Voices & Victory: 115th Years of California Women's Suffrage at Sonoma Barracks
• 12-8pm Biketoberfest at Marin Museum of Bicycling, Fairfax

Sunday, 10/11

• 11am-3pm Family Day at Marin MOCA. RSVP required.

Saturday, 10/17

• 10am & 11:30am Not-So-Scary Halloween Magic Show at Novato City Hall

Sunday, 10/18

• 6:30-8:30pm Marin Stargazers at Back Ranch Meadows Campground parking lot, San Rafael

Friday, 10/23

• 5pm Goblins' BOOtacular along San Anselmo Avenue

Saturday, 10/24

• 11am-12:30pm Inside and out: bugs and their exoskeletons at China Camp Village, San Rafael
• 1-3pm Trick-Or-Treat on Fourth Street! in San Rafael
• 3-6pm Día de los Muertos Celebration at Novato Civic Green/Flex Space

Sunday, 10/25

• 12-2pm Pumpkin Painting at Stafford Lake, Novato. Registration required.
• 12-4pm Celebrate Halloween at Town Center, Corte Madera

Tuesday, 10/27

• 7am-9pm Free Entrance Days - Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday at National Parks (Muir Woods, Yosemite, SF’s Maritime National Historical Park)

Recurring Fall Events

• April 3 - October 2: First Fridays on Grant every first Friday of the month from 5-8pm on Grant Avenue in Novato
• May 5 - October 27: Downtown Novato Community Farmers' Market every Tuesday from 4-8pm (7pm in Oct) on Sherman Ave., Novato
• June 2 - October 27: Hamilton Landing Farmers' Market every Tuesday from 10am-1:30pm in Novato
• June 19 - October 30: Movie Night every Friday at 6pm at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
• August 10 - January 8: Marin Open Studios every week day from 9am-4pm at Marin Community Foundation, Novato
• August 28 - October 9: Movies in the Park every other Friday 10 minutes after sunset at different San Rafael locations
• October 4 - October 12: Fleet Week in San Francisco
• October 9 - October 10: 30th Annual Nostalgia Days Cruise + Car Show from 4-6:30 on Fri and 10am-4pm on Sat in Downtown Novato
• October 23 - October 30: Novato Horsemen Haunted House every Friday and Saturday from 7-10pm at Novato Horsemen. Registration required. $ 

Always Recurring Events

Weekly:  

• Tuesdays from 10-10:30am Stories and Rhyme Wiggle Time at the Novato Library. Ages 5 and under
• Tuesdays from 10am-10pm Kids Eat Free at World Famous HotBoys, Novato w/ paid accompanying adult  $
• Wednesdays from 10:30-11:15am Mart Littles Music outside Poppy Store at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
• Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm Homework Helpers at Novato Library. Grades 3-10
• Thursdays from 8am-1pm Marin Farmers Market at Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
• Thursdays from 10:30-11:15am Mart Littles Storytime on the Big Log outside Copperfield's Books at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
• Thursdays from 6:30-8pm Insight Talk and Meditation at Anubhuti Meditation Center
• Saturdays from 10:30-11:30am Russian Storytime! at Marin City Library
• Saturdays from 12-4pm Meet the Makers at Made Local Marketplace
• Sundays from 8am-1pm Marin Farmers Market at Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
• Sundays from 10am-8:30pm Kids Eat Free at Finnegan's Marin, Novato w/ paid accompanying adult  $

• First Tuesday of the month (except January): The Mill Valley Arts Commission's FIRST TUESDAY ARTWALK! with receptions from 5:30-7pm
• First and Third Wednesday of the month: Music & Movement Storytime with Colors of Spanish from 11:15am-12:15pm at the South Novato Library
• Every other Wednesday: Books & Bubbles from 10-11am at the Novato Library. Ages 5 and under
• First Thursday of the month: The Challah Club at 3:30pm at Chabad Jewish Center of Petaluma
• First Saturday of the month: The Home Depot's Kids Workshop at 9am at either San Rafael or Rohnert Park stores
• First Saturday of the month: Open House & Veteran Storytelling from 12-3pm at the Nike Missile Site
• Second Monday of every month: Live Music in the Hall from 5:30-9pm at at Larkspur's American Legion Post 313
• Second Saturday of every month: Makers Market from 11am-5pm at Mill Valley Lumber Yard
• Second Sunday of every month: The Outdoor Antique Market from 9am-3pm at The Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Parking Lot, San Rafael
• Second Sunday of every month: The Box Shop's Second Sunday Open House! from 12-4pm 
• Second and Fourth Sunday of every month: Marine Science Sunday from 10:30am-3pm at The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito. Pre-registration required.
• Third Thursday of every month: Mobile Art in the Garden from 10-11:30am at the San Rafael Community Center
• Fourth Saturday of every month: Sausalito Art & Harbor Days from 10am-3pm at the Sausalito Ferry Building
• Last Monday of every month (except December): Museum Mondays at 10am for Little Ones at the Charles M. Schulz Museum $10/child (includes 2 adults)