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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Decades
Decades at the Barn Saturday night — covers-based party band with a reliable crowd; the Barn is one of the better outdoor venues in town.
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Week of August 3014 events coming up, starting with Decades at The Barn at Meriam Park.
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Roy Dyer and Locked & Loaded
Rock, rhythm and blues, and honky tonk performance at Sweet Flower Stage, all-ages.
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Chico Saturday Farmers Market
Saturday Farmers Market opens at 7:30am — early September means stone fruit is still around if you get there before 9.
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5monca Exhibition on View: Through Another Lens
monca presents two new exhibitions on view from Thursday, August 13, 2026 through Sunday, September 27 2026: Through Another Lens. Join us for the opening rece…
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Legacy Stage Fringe Festival 2026
Legacy Stage Fringe Festival continues Saturday afternoon downtown — multiple short works, low barrier, good way to spend a couple of hours.
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5BBQ, Bikes and Blues
BBQ, Bikes and Blues on Saturday at Mangrove is a casual afternoon with food and live music; good for a long lunch.
This week
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press
Personal to Political highlights the pioneering work of Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley, known for championing Black and African American artists. This trav…
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Across the Transverse
Across the Transverse at the Chico Fab Labs Gallery Saturday at 4pm — small venue, interesting space.
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Chico Open Cash Cup
The Chico Open Cash Cup, hosted by Zelos Pickleball, is coming to Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Chico, California, September 4–6, 2026. This USA Pickleball sa…
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5Mary's Wedding by Legacy Stage
Mary's Wedding runs again Saturday night at the Bow Truss — second chance if you miss Friday.
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Tonight · Sat, Sep 5the Cosmic Cowboys at Mulberry Station
Cosmic Cowboys at Mulberry Saturday evening — country-adjacent, low-stakes, cold beer nearby.
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Local favorites
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1078 Gallery
One of the more serious gallery spaces in town; worth checking in on for rotating shows.
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Argus Bar + Patio
Covers a wide range: quiet weekday patio drinking to late-night live electronic sets on weekends.
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Bidwell Park
Upper Bidwell creek access is free and a short drive from downtown — the swimming holes are still worth it in early September before the water drops.
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Chico Art Center
Small gallery with rotating local shows; the photography exhibitions in particular tend to be more considered than you'd expect.
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Chico Certified Farmers Market
The Saturday market at the downtown lot is larger and more varied than the Wednesday one — both are worth it if you cook at home.
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Lost on Main
No frills, no fuss — if a band is playing here, they're playing because they want to, not because it's a prestige booking.
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Mulberry Music Station
The swing dancing on Thursdays is a genuine community thing, not a performance — beginners are welcome and it shows.
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Naked Lounge
The best coffee shop for staying a while — good espresso, no pressure, useful for mornings before the market.
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No layoffs, no reserve draw, Oroville balances $2.5M budget gap
Oroville has closed a roughly $2.5 million budget deficit that surfaced earlier this year, balancing its budget without layoffs or dipping into the c…
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Cal Skate Chico yard sale draws hundreds as longtime owners prepare to retire
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DUI checkpoint planned Friday night in Chico
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Chico Police Department will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint Friday night in Chico.The checkpoi…
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Man arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot up Oroville charter school
The Oroville Police Department (OPD) arrested a man on Friday, suspected of making multiple threats against a local charter school.According to inves…
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Chico library could get panic buttons in security overhaul after shooting
The security upgrades would be for the Chico and Oroville branches, which are currently undergoing renovation, and come after two people were fatally…
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State funding change leaves youth, LGBTQ+ programs in limbo
Stonewall Alliance Center, the nonprofit that provides a crucial lifeline for LGBTQ+ people in the North State, is one of many local organizations th…
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