Sacramento
Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States. It is the regional center for the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area, which dominates much of the surrounding Sacramento Valley and stretches into parts of Gold Country. Wikivoyage
Population 524,943 (Wikidata)
Before you go
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Getting there
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Through the year
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Sacramento Capitol City Jazz Festival
May
An annual affair over the Memorial Day weekend. Bands come from all over the world to play this gig. You can hear everything from Billie Holiday to Scott Joplin to Paco Gatsby in venues set up throughout Sacramento.
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California State Fair
July – August
The California State Fair (CSF) is the annual state fair for the state of California. The fair is held at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Sacramento); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- 29th Street 510 m
- 23rd Street 1.1 km
- 39th Street 1.1 km
- Broadway 1.5 km
- 48th Street 1.8 km
- 4th Avenue/Wayne Hultgren 1.8 km
Train stations: Sacramento Valley Station 3.8 km, Central Pacific Freight Depot 4.0 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.