August is Jam Packed with Peninsula Fun

Looking for some fun this August? Dig into our local list of Peninsula events and fill your calendar with local bike-friendly and hike-friendly adventures, music in the park, outdoor movies, coyote nights, whisky tastings and lots more!

Grab a neighbor, meet other parents and enjoy FREE shenanigans on Mondays at Paddock Park. Mondays will feature an outstanding family-friendly lineup curated by the Bay Meadows team. Aug 7: Daffy Dave, Aug 14: Mister Q, Aug 21: Happycake Facepainting, Aug 28: Mr. SHAP Balloon Artist – Magician.

Sway to the sounds of Music in the Park in Redwood City. August 2: Lost Dog Found, August 9: Sinister Dexter, August 16: Top Shelf.

Indulge in the Pour & Tour Experience at Riggs on August 3 in Burlingame.

Bring your pups and mix with their people at Twilight Tails: Join us every Thursday in August (3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st) with your pooch from 5-6pm for a special hour celebrating our furry friends in Landing Green Park! Don’t miss our specially curated event on August 3rd: Twilight Tails First Thursday Line Up! where the areas best vendors that cater to your pooch Pop-up.

The Central Park Music Series is every Thursday from 6-8pm through August. August 3: Take 2 (Party), August 10: Bud E. Luv (Swing/Big Band), August 17: Spazmatics (80’s).

Join Movies on the Square this summer in Redwood City. August 3: La La Land (PG-13), August 10: Finding Dory (PG), August 17: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13), August 24: Dirty Dancing (PG-13), August 31: Ladder 49 (PG-13).

Head to Redwood City for Music on the Square. August 4: Mustache Harbor, August 11: Steel ‘n’ Chicago, August 18: Whiskey Dawn, August 25: Foreverland.

Enjoy free admission at the History Museum in Redwood City on the first Friday of every month on August 4.

Bike Skills 101 — Fundamental Bike Handling Skills clinic where you’ll learn the old dogs new tricks and the newbies the fundamentals. Redwood City, August 5.

Join the 2017 Take A Hike at Edgewood Park in Redwood City on August 5.

Get creative at the European Handheld Bouquet Workshop in Redwood City on August 6.

Paints+Pints comes to Freewheel Brewing Co. in Redwood City on August  6.

Twilight Tails: Tails will be waggin’ on August 10! Join us at Bay Meadows every Thursday evening with your pooch from 5-6pm in Landing Green Park #SanMateo for a special hour celebrating our furry friends with some time to burn off that daily energy.

Enjoy Pop Up at the Museum at the Peninsula Museum of Art in Burlingame on August 10.

Bike Swap Meet comes to Cyclismo Café in Redwood City on August 13.

Join Coyote Nights at Coyote Point in San Mateo on August 17 to sip local beer and get to know San Mateo County’s awesome parks.

Spend an evening of fun featuring endearing and thought-provoking short films during CuriOdyssey Cinema Nights in San Mateo on August 18.

Dig It: Harvest and Cocktails from the Garden invites you to DIG IT on August 19. Late summer is the time when our gardens are overflowing with produce! Come share the harvest with your neighbors, ask questions about the summer garden, and learn to make delicious cocktails.

Join retired CSM History Professor Mark Still for a walk to look at some of San Mateo’s oldest and most venerable residential structures during the San Mateo Walking Tour on August 19.

Enjoy Powers And Middleton Whiskey Tasting in San Mateo on August 25.

Peninsula Ballet Theatre presents Dance Makers in San Mateo on August 26.

Redwood City Walking Tour comes to town August 26 is a tour of historic sites in the downtown area of RWC.

Experience Midurban life. Bay Meadows is a family-friendly neighborhood with lots of open space to enjoy all year long. Whether it’s growing your own vegetables in a gorgeous community garden with expert guidance, playing a game of pick-up basketball after work, team building over bocce, picnicking with family on warm summer nights or getting fit with pop-up fitness and yoga classes curated just for you, there’s no shortage of green space to explore. If you have little ones, don’t miss Momdays on Mondays in Paddock Park! Check out life out and about at Bay Meadows by following us on Instagram.