Courthouse Square

It's absolutely wonderful here at the Courthouse Square on a Sunday afternoon! Not too crowded and not too hot, just perfect, and some music coming up shortly!

They are featuring Bayshore Lyric Opera tonight, on Sunday July 17 at 6 pm. It's the free performance of Mozart's great masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro (adopted for the venue, of course). Checkout the synopsis at bslopera.com.

There are many music festivities held here over the summer months, celebrating 10 years of downtown events on the square in Redwood City, in front of the magnificent San Mateo county history museum, it's impossible to count, lol. People bring food and even have picnics before and after the show. Super fun!

There are countless events and fairs run here, art shows and festivals, 4th of July fireworks, live music concerts, special events for kids!

Octoberfest is coming up early in September, Salsa festival at the end of the month, Zoppe Italian family circus (tickets at redwoodcityevents.com) is coming up in October. I posted lots of photos featuring this information if you want/need details.

Movies are shown on Thursdays at sundown and music is played on Fridays 6-8pm.

There are 10+ decorative fountains in the square but not one public water fountain for drinking. How can this be? Where have our water fountains disappeared to?

They sure have done some amazing things with this place.
At the courthouse square you'll find the redwood city history museum.
YOU should definitely check that out.

This is where they have Oktoberfest every yr.

They have the salsa fest here.

This is where my church has decided to meet now every Sunday for 5pm service.

They also have a lot of live bands here.
Those bands are pretty amazing.

In April through to November they also have the amazing farmers market here.

My guinea pig cloud loved it so I am sure you would too.

Well being a Redwood City resident, it's time once again to don my RWC cheerleader outfit (it's very tight under the arms) and sing...uh chant the praises of the revitalized downtown area. One of the centerpieces is the RWC Courthouse Square. Does anybody realize how much stuff is going on here during the summer? Let's review:

--- Music on the Square: Free outdoor concerts every Friday from 6-8 p.m.; May to early October
--- Movies on the Square: Free outdoor movies (PG-13 and below) on the big screen every Thursday night, starting at sundown; June to August
--- Shakespeare on the Square: selected Saturday evenings, starting at 7 pm; preceded by a local string quartet starting at 5:30
--- Dancing on the square: Dance series every Tuesday night from June to September
--- Other various weekend events, including the PAL Blues festival and Target Family days, which include music, storytelling and activities.

The scheduling for all the above events can be found at the RWC special events site. Here's the link:
http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/

Hungry? Thirsty? These events include vendors selling refreshments, including beer and wine. Plus there are a variety of quickie restaurants within a block, including taquerias, pizza joints, bakeries, sandwich spots and even dessert-based cafes.

Five stars for being free, outside, family-friendly, walking distance to Caltrain, and adjacent to the beautiful San Mateo County courthouse. Did I mention these activities are all FREE? Last time I checked, Free was good.

Love it here! Love it. Whenever we are walking together day or night... rain or shine... Festival, Farmers Market, or for no good reason at all... I can't help but daydream about raising a family here in Redwood City.

The people are down to earth, the town is clean, whoever plans the events here has what it takes to pull together excellent vendors and a great crowd to enjoy it all with.

Seeing children riding their little bikes in the square, couples holding hands, people standing around with their drinks chatting and people watching... great music playing in the background...

Oh and there isn't graffiti here! Man, I don't miss San Jose at all. The police officers are friendly here and the square is clean.

It also amazes me that a city in the Bay Area can have beautiful little bistro sets sitting around in a town square that people actually respect and take care of as they enjoy them. Great town, Good people!

YAY!!! I love love love the courthouse square! It's super nice and beautiful and I love that in the Summer they have FREE entertainments every single night!

I was there for a FREE movie night with some friends... do come early to snag a table and chair.. otherwise, bring your own!

Friday nights (summer) are usually VERY CROWDED (music on the square) and you really want to bring your own stuff to sit on! Lots of people bring their own food and drink and have picnics here :)

I really hope that the city will find a way to keep funding the activities here....it certainly brings businesses to the otherwise sleepy downtown area.

Check out downtown redwood city event page to find what else they are offering here at the courthouse square. It's worth visiting!

Definitely a great place to take your lunch on a nice day. The co-worker and I decided to do a hot dog run (hitting up two places for comparison) and brought out food here. Now for the dead of winter it somehow managed to be 62 degrees and sunny. Since we had a later lunch we had the square, the fountains, and the nice day all to ourselves. Let me tell you, it was a bitch trying to motivate myself and go back to work.

I love this square and the many community events that happen here all summer..

Today as I lunched I sat watching a father daughter dup perform some real retro numbers and I checked the many events coming up, the dance lessons on tuedays, the music concerts on fridays and the family events through the weak and lo! Joy was in the air!

The city has done a great job at creating a community feeling through these events..I can't wait for the free salsa lessons the last tuesday of this month :)

Love't here. So nice and even nicer in the summer w all the free dancin, live music, & movie nights. Eateries and now 2 movie theatres to pick from.
Bravo!

This is a nice, small square or center of town. There are several restaurants around and a movie theater. They have some small scale performances in the square as well.