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What Does Your Perfect 4th of July Look Like?
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Fireworks. Drone Show. Parade. Live Music. Great Food.
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CONCORD MUSIC
& MARKET
Thursday, July 2 • Music 6:30 PM
Kick off the holiday weekend at Todos Santos Plaza with free live music, a bustling Farmers Market and one of downtown Concord's favorite summer traditions. This Thursday features
Funk Shui Band.
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Free Concert
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Farmers Market Opens 4 PM
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Free Parking Nearby
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Todos Santos Plaza
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SAN RAMON
JULY 4 CONCERT
Saturday, July 4 • 5 PM
Celebrate Independence Day with
The Cheeseballsat San Ramon Central Park. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, enjoy food trucks and family fun, and celebrate the Fourth with one of the Bay Area's favorite party bands.
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Free Concert
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Food Trucks On Site
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San Ramon Central Park
🎆 FULL 4TH OF JULY GUIDE! →
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MORAGA SUMMER
CONCERT FREE!
Saturday, July 4 • 6:30 PM
Moraga's popular Thursday concert series moves to
Saturday, July 4for a special Independence Day celebration. Enjoy live music from
WAYHIGHS, food trucks, beer and wine, then stay for the community fireworks show.
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Free Concert
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Fireworks After The Show
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Beer & Wine Available
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Moraga Commons Park
🎆 FULL 4TH OF JULY GUIDE! →
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CONCERTS BY THE LAKE PLEASANT HILL
Sunday, July 5 • 6–8 PM
Free summer concerts return to Pleasant Hill Sunday evening with live music, food trucks and lakeside fun at
Concerts By The Lake.This Sunday features
The Bell Brothers Band.Bring a lawn chair, gather some friends and enjoy one of Contra Costa's favorite summer traditions.
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Free Concert
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Food Trucks Available
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Bring Your Lawn Chair
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Pleasant Hill City Hall Lake
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Billy Ray Does... Charo!
July 1, 2026
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Billy Ray here. This week I raided the costume closet and somebody handed me a wig, some earrings, and enough hairspray to survive a hurricane. Suddenly I'm Charo! Now darlings... let's find something fabulous to eat.
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🌟 This Week's Special Guest 🌟
A Little Hamlet, A Big Romance!
Darling, every county has that one restaurant people whisper about. "Have you been there yet?" Well... now I have. This little place is hiding down a road so quiet, so romantic... I almost drove right past it! But then... BOOM!... mussels! Swimming in a buttery white wine broth that should honestly have its own fan club. The fries? Crispy enough to disappear before I remembered to share. Cuchi Cuchi! If this is a first date, I'm already planning the second. Click below and find out where.
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This Week's Sponsors
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🍷 Sunday Prime Rib Dinner for Two — $70
Prime rib for two? Darling, who says you have to bring another person? I can love both pieces equally! Seventy dollars, a whole bottle of wine — Sunday just became my favorite day of the week.
Sunday Prime Rib
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🍾 50% Off Select Wines — All Day Wednesday
Fifty percent off the wine? Ay, now you're speaking my love language! Somebody hide my car keys! Reds, whites, sparkling, a marina view — Wednesday just got VERY interesting. Cuchi Cuchi!
Wine Wednesday
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🍢 Choose Three Sampler Platter — $13.50
Eight appetizers, but you only commit to three? Darling, I have never committed to anything in my life and I am not starting now! Thirteen fifty for a taste of everything.
Sampler Platter
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🎉 Combo Appetizer — $19.25
Quesadilla, guacamole, chimichanguitas, AND nachos — all on ONE plate, darling, who has restraint? This isn't an appetizer, this is a FIESTA, and I am the guest of honor.
Combo Appetizer
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🃏 Hold'em, $5 Blackjack, 3 Card Poker — Daily
Twenty-two HDTVs, poker, blackjack, scratchers, shuffleboard — every single day! Darling, I haven't even sat down and I already feel lucky. That's just how I walk into a room.
Poker Night
Please gamble responsibly. Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.
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Until next week, my darlings... eat first, diet tomorrow! Cuchi Cuchi!
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Perez Nursery Does More Than Sell Trees & Plants
Landscape Design • Installation • Irrigation • Maintenance
Contra Costa’s largest nursery also offers landscape design, installation, irrigation and maintenance.
Call now to book time with a Perez personal shopper — free with a minimum purchase. Get expert guidance and find the right plants faster.
10 acres of trees, shrubs, flowers and more in Brentwood.
Open Mon-Sun 8-4:30;
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Perez Nursery— 2601 Walnut Blvd., Brentwood
📞 Nursery
(925) 516-1052
📋 LIC. #C27-857915
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SUGAR BARGE
SUMMER LIVE MUSIC
Live Music All Summer Long
Spend your weekends on the Delta with
live bands + waterfront views, along with burgers, seafood, cocktails, beer, wine, and more.
Sugar Barge’s summer music series brings local and regional performers to one of East County’s favorite waterfront destinations.
🎶 Weekend live music
🍔 Food + drinks on the Delta
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Sugar Barge Grill, RV Resort & Marina
1440 Sugar Barge Rd., Bethel Island
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