It’s MoBand time!

By Chris Murphy

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Every Thursday night from 5-8pm May-September at

929 W. Main Street

They have 2 alcohol vendors who swap weeks: Tap Travelers and 18Seventy Brewery. This coming week (June 1st) is Tap Travelers, June 8th is 18Seventy, and then switch every other from there! Tap Travelers (owned by Julie Amaral and Monica Farhat) serves local beers, ciders and wines like Tapped Apple Cider, Blaker and Dust Bowl. 18Seventy (owned by Bridgette Berry) is known to feature their beer slushies and , yum! This market is a fundraiser for the non-profit Garden Joy which hosts it. You are allowed to picnic in the garden during the market, and let your kids play and eat and do crafts from the Happy Artists Children’s Creative Studio table. Upcoming crafts include painting and cooking! (Note: During very hot days, they turn the sprinklers on in the garden for kids to run around in.) For more info visit www.gardenjoyca.com/ripon-farmers-market.

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Every Saturday 8am-1pm

May-October on Main Street

(between Palm and Center Street)

Dying Breed is the show stopper here. Want a 50/50 Creamsicle

Sour, Shameless Blonde, Wild Berry Seltzer, Made in the IPA or an Old Ebenezer?! They are all phenomenal beers, and you can’t go wrong with anyone you choose. They’ll have cans of all your favorites available for purchase, but please take them home to enjoy them! Owners Joe Novotny and Josh Malcolm co-own Dying Breed with fellow Oakdalian Dan Wood. They built the Dying Breed brewery as a place for the community to come together and simply enjoy each other’s company using the three pillars of good ol’ Oakdale tradition: excellent beer, excellent music, and excellent company. Being available at the market is just another way they want to bring those excellent traditions to you! For more info visit www.turlockmarket.org.

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Every Saturday morning from 8-11am May-September on 3rd Avenue

Robert’s Ferry Gourmet is a stop in the market and lucky for you–serves Morning Market specials for only $5! Choose from beers on tap, a beer shandy, a frose (rose wine slushie), a beermosa, or a standard mimosa (orange or cranberry)! All of their drinks are available at their regular price during Morning Market however, including their delicious signature mimosas (rainbow sherbet, seasonal splash, or lavender and lemon infused). The rainbow sherbert is *chef’s kiss*. Treat yourself to a Market Special and get your kiddos a milkshake, too! Enjoy your treats on their covered patio to feel swept away to Paris for the morning! Want more Dying Breed? Catch them here selling cans on their patio on June 3rd & 10th. For more info visit www.oakdalemorningmarket.com.

The time has come Modesto! Summer is here and it is time for the biggest party all summer long. Picture this; a big brass band, a bandshell, a park, with food, drink, wine, and fun sounds like the perfect evening and best of all, new seating in Mancini Bowl thanks to a great fundraising effort by MoBand, CANA, Clampers, local donors and the teamwork of the City of Modesto. Add to this 3,000 of your best friends, blankets, wine, and picnic baskets and you have a hall of fame slice of Americana, or Modestocana as we like to say. Yes friends, MoBand season is here.

MoBand has been going strong since 1919 and the 2023 theme is Rock On! Music starts at 8:00 pm Get your blankets out early. Don’t snooze.

June 8 – Rockin’ N Rollin’ with a special appearance by American Graffiti film star Mackenzie Phillips

June 15 – Musical G.O.A.T.s – Greatest hits

June 22 – Hippy Dippy – Songs of the 60s

June 29 – Patriotic Fury

July 6 – American Gems

July 13 – Season’s Hits

July 20- ROCK ON- Special 7th Fundraiser Concert with Bangarang

Brett Tate, ’86 Founder of Dust Bowl Brewing Co.