Out and About in July and August 2023
Tears for Fears in Wheatland, Cirque du Soleil at the Golden 1 Center, Rent on the Music Circus stage and more. Here are 10 events heating up the summer.
Marysville Peach Festival
July 14-15 Every July, up to 50,000 fruit-loving faithful make their peach pilgrimage to Marysville for a taste of annual favorites like Sodaro Orchards’ peach cobbler and Pop It In Poppers’ peach and bacon jalapeño poppers. Don’t dare to eat a peach? Cheer on the competitive eaters as they feast on pies filled with the festival’s star crop. marysvillepeachfest.com
Rupaul’s Drag Race
July 20 Va-va-vroom: Drag Race is coming to town. The Werq the World Tour draws on the reality competition show’s 14-year herstory to assemble fan favorites like Asia O’Hara, Bosco and Mistress Isabelle Brooks for a night of lip syncing and hip shaking at Hard Rock Sacramento. hardrockhotelsacramento.com
Tears for Fears
July 29 Need a reason to shout? Let it all out. Tears for Fears—which last year dropped The Tipping Point, their first studio album in nearly two decades—are bringing songs from the recent release, as well as classic hits like “Mad World,” “Sowing the Seeds of Love” and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” to Wheatland’s Toyota Amphitheatre. livenation.com
Cirque Du Soleil’s Corteo (Photo by Maja Prgomet, Courtesy of Cirque Du Soleil)
Cirque du Soleil
Aug 3-6 In Corteo, a dying clown dreams up his own funeral carnival. Cue the chandelier trapeze and bed trampolines! This 2005 Cirque du Soleil show—which features the troupe’s signature high-flying, gravity-defying acrobatics with a baroque twist—makes its Sacramento debut at the Golden 1 Center. golden1center.com
