This Week in Vallejo
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Vallejo, California · Every Wednesday

Vallejo’s week, curated.

Vallejo has a lot going on — concerts at the Empress, art walks, markets, library programs, church suppers, club nights — scattered across dozens of calendars nobody has time to check. This Week in Vallejo reads all of them and sends you the good stuff: one email, every Wednesday, written for the people who actually live here.

Preview · Thu Oct 29 – Wed Nov 4, 2026

This week’s top picks

Halloween week is one of Vallejo’s biggest — our launch census counted 47 verified events across the city. Here are five worth planning around:

A colorful Día de Muertos altar with marigolds, candles and decorated skulls
Sun Nov 1

Día de Muertos Festival

The week’s centerpiece — Vallejo’s Day of the Dead celebration takes over the 700–900 blocks of Marin St on Sunday.

A rock band performing live on stage in front of a crowd
Sat Oct 31 · Empress Theatre

UFO in concert

A genuine rock bill at the Empress on Halloween night — the anchor of a 14-plus-event Saturday.

Kids in Halloween costumes trick-or-treating
Sat Oct 31 · Downtown

Costume Contest & Stroll

Downtown’s Halloween costume contest and stroll — the family-friendly heart of Saturday.

A roller coaster looping against a bright sky
Sat Oct 31 · Six Flags

Tricks and Treats / Oktoberfest — final weekend

Last call for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s fall combo before the park turns to winter.

A polished classic car at an outdoor car show
Sat Oct 31 · Fairgrounds

Trunk-or-Treat car show

Classic cars and candy at the Solano County Fairgrounds — Halloween, Vallejo style.

Inside every issue

Six sections, zero filler

Not a calendar dump. Every issue is organized the same way, so you can scan it in two minutes:

Top picks

The handful of things actually worth planning your week around — the big concert, the festival, the one-off.

Family & kids

Storytimes, GVRD programs, school and park events. Vallejo’s family calendar is deep — it just never had a home. Now it does.

Music & nightlife

The Empress and Marquee Club, winery sets, speakeasies, DJs — who’s playing where, all week.

Free stuff

The no-ticket stops: markets, library programs, open-air festivals, community days.

Benicia corner

Benicia is ten minutes away and Vallejoans go there — so Benicia’s best events get a section in every issue, from day one.

The long tail

Church suppers, club meetings, school arts, neighborhood gatherings — the stuff that never makes the tourism calendars. That’s the good stuff.

Why this exists

Built for residents, not tourists

Vallejo already has a fine tourism calendar. What it doesn’t have is a weekly roundup written for the people who live here — one that treats a church harvest night and a library storytime as seriously as a headliner at the Empress. That’s the whole idea. More about who runs this →

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