With A Beer Festival and the Zazzle Bay to Breakers, Northern California is the Top Place For Parties
You want to party this weekend!? The place to do it is California’s Bay Area.
There are two great events, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. First, it’s the Boonville Beer Festival and then it’s the legendary Bay to Breakers in San Francisco.
The Boonville Beer Festival, as the name suggests, takes place in Boonville. And it’s it’s in the boonies, 150 miles north of San Francisco and with no stoplights along the two-lane highway. But that’s part of the pleasure, for there’s no diversions, only beer from 80 micobreweries, 7,000 people and a great time.
In fact, for many, it’s an entire weekend. They camp out in a dirt lot adjacent to the Mendicino County Fairgrounds, some arriving as early as Thursday. Friday night it’s a lively party and that rolls right into Saturday ($50 at the door, 1-5 p.m.).
There’s people from all over the Bay Area and even party buses that come up from San Francisco. The Mendicono Brewing Co., located right around the corner, is the host brewery and puts on the annual event.
And on Sunday, whoa, it’s the Zazzle Bay to Breakers. This is San Francisco’s version of a Mardi Gras parade. Except everyone is in the parade.
People dress in costumes and many used to build exotic and creative floats until the SF City Council decided it’s no longer good to have fun (and they are trying to have an alcohol ban. Yeah right!).
There are some 75,000 people who do the walk – with alcohol or, ahem, no alcohol – from the base of the Bay Bridge to the “breakers” in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. It’s actually a 12K run but most people walk, there are street parties along the way and one of the best and most harmless fun times anyone can have anywhere in the state of California. Or the entire West Coast for that matter.
So if you want to party – go big or go home, right!? – then start Saturday at the Boonville Beer Festival then conclude Sunday with Bay to Breakers.
RELATED LINKS:
• Boonville Beer Festival Party Guide & Photos
• Boonville Beer Festival Tips & Campground Info
• Bay to Breakers Party Guide & Photos
• Commentary: Leave Our Bay to Breakers ALONE!
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