Annual Events
The Elk Grove Historical Society, hosts, supports and/or partners with SEVEN specific events through the year.
2024
An Old Fashion Christmas
The first three weekends of December before Christmas
2025 Annual Events
Big Day of Giving: May 1, 2025
Always the first Thursday in May. A 24-hour online event, but from 10:00 to 3:00 the museum will be open to help with your donations. We partner with the Strauss Festival.
Spring Tea: May 10, 2025
Always the Saturday before Mothers Day at the museum
Yard Sale: June 2025 – Estimated to be on June 19, 20, 21, 22
The third weekend in June at the museum, 4 days from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm – Free admission
Barn Raising Project Fundraiser – Friday, August 22, 2025
ELK GROVE CITIZEN 2024 – “Elk Grove Historical Society is inviting the community to a modern barn raising. The manual labor will be replaced with good food and music, as the society raises money for a barn to display historical carriages and host events. The Raise the Barn Banquet is held on a Friday every August at District56. Ticket options and sponsorships are offered at various levels to raise funds to build the barn event center. Historical society Past President Jim Entrican said the barn would fill out a plan that the society has been working on for decades, as it develops Heritage Park, its location at the northwest corner of Elk Grove Regional Park. Published in 1982, the plan envisioned the Elk Grove Hotel, a jail, a blacksmith shop and a barn on the site. The first three buildings are already in place, in addition to the historic Foulks house. The barn would evoke a hay barn that once stood on the site of Heritage Park, and it is the only major structure left to build. The 7,500-square-foot barn would be capable of accommodating up to 300 people, Entrican said, giving the society a large indoor space that it can rent out for events such as weddings and use for its own events. In between events, the barn would display carriages, wagons and memorabilia from local collectors. The society has the wood, which will be repurposed from an old bridge on Bruceville Road, but construction will be costly. Four years ago, a construction estimate for a smaller version of the barn came in at more than $700,000 and the price tag of the final design will be higher. Entrican said he hoped to raise the funds over three years, beginning with the banquet in August. The banquet will feature a “wholesome meal” with barbecue and a jazz band. There will also be a live auction and a silent auction. During the society’s monthly free tours of Heritage Park, Entrican told the Citizen that the barn could inspire new interest in Elk Grove’s history. “All the new people that move to this town don’t really have an appreciation of the history of this town; they’re too new,” Entrican said. “But when you build this thing and you have these carriages in there and you start advertising that, I think we’d pull a lot more people.”
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Founders Day: September 6, 2025
Usually, the first or second Saturday of September from 1o:00 am – 4:00 pm. We also present the Historical Society’s “Historian of the Year” award – FREE event
Black Tie and Santa: Sunday, Black Tie & Santa, November 30th, 2025
Always the last Sunday before the 1st full weekend of December at the museum from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
An Old Fashion Christmas – December 5,6,7 and 12,13,14 and 19,20,21, 2025
(Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Santa is present all hours.
Miscellaneous Activities
We also enjoy speaker presentations, free first Saturday tours, bus trips, dedications, and special events that will vary from year to year. We always need volunteers and appreciate any help anyone cares to give. Just leave a message on the museum phone (916) 685-8155