Events

Cosumnes River Little League will kick off the season with opening day ceremonies, including a parade from the North Gazebo to Stonehouse Park, 10 a.m. March 20.  The celebration will begin with teams lining up on Murieta Parkway, as they did last year, and jump houses and other fun as part of the Stonehouse Park events.  Read more »

The Rotary Club's annual St. Paddy's Day Bash takes place March 19 from 6:30 to 10:45 p.m. at the Rancho Murieta Country Club and everybody's invited. The event features a traditional Irish dinner and entertainment by The Blarney Band. The band will be joined by bagpipers and cloggers to complete the evening's entertainment. A silent auction will be held and the winners of the trip for two to Ireland raffle will be announced at the event.  Read more »

The Entertainment, Theatre & Culture 2010 season includes some much-requested Rancho Murieta encores and stars you'll recall fondly -- even a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Read more »

It's hard to believe when it's gray and wet outside, but there will be warm evenings and music at Lake Clementia once again. Proof of that: Entertainment, Theatre & Culture has released its concert dates for the 2010 season.  Read more »

Did you attend Sunday's Italian Festival at Lake Clementia?  Do you wish you had?  Here's a video look at the sell-out event and its food, music and fun.   (2:47)  Read more »

Rancho Murieta's first Italian Festival, benefitting St. Vincent De Paul's outreach efforts, was a sell-out hit Sunday afternoon, with 200 paying customers spread around Lake Clementia Amphitheater. Event organizer Natachia Taylor was on the run throughout the day but found a few moments to distribute doggie treats, above. The festival featured food (like the sausage hors d'oeuvres at right), wine, crafts, a contest to produce the best one-hour spaghetti sauce (winning recipe below), a pooch parade, a grape-stomping event and a lot of neighborly socializing. It concluded with a spaghetti dinner and the music and singing of a strolling accordionist as the beautiful autumn day drew to a close.  Read more »

It gets bigger every year. Blues & Brews, the event for 21-and-overs sponsored by Plaza Foods in conjunction with the Kiwanis Club and the Rancho Murieta Association, brought hundreds to Lake Clementia Amphitheater Saturday evening for live music, the opportunity to sample dozens of beers and wines, as well as food from local eateries and the wares of area artisans. The event raises funds for youth projects in the community.  Read more »

What was your favorite show of the 2009 season?  Click here and let ETC know

The president of Entertainment, Theatre and Culture for Rancho Murieta took a look back Wednesday at the just-concluded ETC concert season and talked about what’s ahead.  Read more »

The Marshall Tucker Band, celebrated for musical improvisation and memorable shows, lived up to its reputation Saturday night at Lake Clementia Amphitheater in the last show of this year's Entertainment, Theatre and Culture concert series. The performance, a laid-back fusion of country, rock and jazz with a South Carolina accent, took place under a full moon.  Read more »

The sixth Rancho Murieta Blues & Brews event – music, beer and food -- is coming to Lake Clementia Amphitheater from 5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 26.  The event will feature dozens of breweries and wineries from the region and food from local eateries and sausage sandwiches from Kiwanis.  There will be artisan booths as well and a silent auction.  Read more »