04/20/2024 - Spring Cleaning Time at Shred Fest 2024 on April 20th
Murphys, CA...It's Spring Cleaning Time! Join us for SHRED FEST - a document shredding and computer recycling event, brought to you by Angels-Murphys Rotary Club and Cal-Waste Recovery Systems! Drive-Thru the Murphys Creek Theatre Parking Lot and we will unload your vehicle; we recommend you place all items in the back of your vehicle for an easy unload!

Saturday, April 20, 2024: 9 am - 12 pm (or until the trucks are full!) Free to Calaveras residents - be prepared to show proof of residency. DONATIONS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED AND WILL GO TO OUR LOCAL MEALS-ON-WHEELS PROGRAM.

Have more questions? A large amount to shred? Call 209-278-0455 or email info@angelsmurphysrotary.org

04/13/2024 - Totally Awesome Flashback Concert ~ Sponsored by Newsome Harlow
Murphys, CA...Join us on April 13 for an unforgettable concert dedicated to saving our beloved theatre. Mary’s Tacos and Cowabunga Ice Cream will be serving food at 5pm and music by FLASHBACK starts at 6pm. Tickets are priced at $25 online and $30 at the door. Don’t miss this chance to support the arts in our community!

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TIME
(Saturday) 5:00 Pm

LOCATION
Murphys Creek Theatre

580 South Algiers Street, Murphys, CA 95247

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ORGANIZER
Murphys Creek Theatre
209-728-8422
580 S. Algiers Street Murphys, CA 95222
COST
$25 online and $30 at the door

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04/21/2024 - Get Ready to Run in the 2024 Mr. Frog's Wild Run on April 21st.
Murphys, CA...We are doing things a little differently this year and taking to the road on our webbed feet. Join us Sunday April 21st 2024 for the 1st Mr. Frog’s Wild Run. We will have a children’s fun run, a 5K run/walk and a 10 K run. Print and return the entry form Mr Frog -Run Registration (1) or go to https://www.active.com/running/mr-frog-s-wild-run-2024.

04/27/2024 - Come Celebrate Calaveras’ Spring Wine Weekend
Murphys, CA...Formerly known as President’s Wine Weekend, the Calaveras Winegrape Alliance moved the event to the springtime when the weather is a bit warmer, the wildflowers are blooming in the foothills, and the winegrape growers and winemakers have a little time to create some exciting experiences for you. 2024 Spring Wine Weekend Dates: am to 5:00 pm; Sat and Sun April 27th & 28th

(Above photo courtesy of Vina Moda in downtown Murphys)

1. Ready, Set, Go!

Enjoy two days of Spring Wine Weekend fun in Calaveras wine country. 1-day and 2-day tickets include a commemorative wineglass, a wristband for special tasting flights at 19 participating tasting rooms, and a weekend guide with maps. Advance ticketing is recommended as this event will sell out fast! Tickets can be purchased online here, or if you’d rather chance it, try to get tickets the day of the event at the Murphys Visitors and Wine Info Center in downtown Murphys located at 202 South Main Street (at the 4-way stop across from Alchemy Cafe. Wineglass/wristband/map pickup starts at 9:30 at the Murphys Visitors and Wine Info Center on Saturday and Sunday. Tasting rooms open between 10:30 and 11:00 AM, and the event wraps up at 5:00 each day. Find a list of participating tasting rooms HERE.

2. Create a Tailored Wine Weekend Fit for YOU

Val Du Vino Patio in the Spring
Vineyard hikes, museum visits, book signings, live music, and meet & greet the winemakers offers add even more great value to your Spring Wine Weekend experience. If you pre-ordered your ticket online, start your weekend at one of the vineyards along Highway 4 like Brice Station (the highest elevation vineyard in Calaveras) or travel through the Rubber Chicken Forest to Twisted Oak in Vallecito. Catch the spring super bloom and early bud break in the vineyards and drive down the ambling windy Six-Mile Road to Ironstone Vineyards. Even if the daffodils aren’t still blooming, the vineyards boasts a year-round floral extravaganza for your viewing pleasure. Head to Angels Camp and show them your wristband at the Angels Camp Museum for one free admission for each wristband. See gold rush history up close and personal on their 3.5 acre grounds housing two 10,000 square foot buildings along with main building showcasing Mark Twain and the Jumping Frog Jubilee!

3. Travel and Enjoy Calaveras Wines Safely

Six Mile Road to Ironstone Vineyards
Calaveras has great options for enjoying your Spring Wine Weekend safely. Any one of the following transportation services will take care of getting you to and from your destinations while tasting award winning Calaveras County wines:

Calaveras Connect Public Transit – Give your designated driver a break by taking advantage of the new Saturday Hopper schedule. With super affordable ticket prices and numerous convenient pick-up/drop-off locations close to the heart of the action, you can save time and money every time you hop on. Saturday Hopper locations include Angels Camp WorldMark by Wyndham, the Travelodge in Angels Camp, historic downtown Angels Camp, Arnold Big Trees Market, Murphys historic downtown at the Murphys Creek Theater by Murphys Park, Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys and the San Andreas post office (and MORE). For additional details, check out the Saturday Hopper schedule here. Call Calaveras Connect to arrange a ride to take you to and from any one of the Highway 4 tasting rooms and vineyards.

Angels Cab Company

Murphys Cab Company

4. Explore Calaveras’ Historic Downtowns

Murphys Historic Main Street | Jenny Martin
Discover the history that surrounds the region and shop the myriad of specialty family owned businesses in our charming historic Gold Rush era buildings. While you’re in Moke Hill, stop in Renegade Winery for some of their award winning Cabernet Sauvignon. Angels Camp, Murphys, Mokelumne Hill, and San Andreas each have a piece of California history worth exploring. What is a “Hop-of-Fame” and what’s with all the frogs? Where is the first 3-story building built in California? Who were the two famous stagecoach robbers whose trials were held at the courthouse that still stands in San Andreas? What town features one of the oldest, continually operating (dare we say, haunted) hotels in California?

Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway (part of Highway 4) is a high mountain pass in Alpine County that was used by the Miwok and Washoe people to trek over the Sierra Nevada mountains. In 1850, John Ebbetts, for whom the pass is now named, guided a band of miners over in search of gold in California. In the summertime, Highway 4 is open through to Nevada, however it is usually closed from November through May due to snow. There is plenty of history to discover along this highway, especially at the quaint and oldest Chevron gas station located at the Camp Connell General Store. Take some time this weekend to take this beautiful drive into the High Sierra

5. One More Thing – Posterity Ciderworks

Wild. Rural. Rare. Brand new in Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Po sterity Ciderworks is a small scale cidery and orchard that produces estate and small batch heritage apple, pear and quince alcoholic ciders. Sustainability and regenerative agriculture are central to their mission, as is allowing fruit varietal character to shine through. Take a 30-minute tour with their head cider maker that also includes a one hour table service tasting experience. Make reservations early since they are exclusive to only 10 people per time slot and there are only two time slots per day. What a great idea!

Looking for a place to stay?

From quaint and comfortable to spacious and luxurious, Calaveras has the lodging you’re looking for here. If you need any help planning the rest of your stay here in Calaveras, please feel free to give us a call at the Calaveras Visitors Bureau 209-736-0049. Or better yet, come see as at the Angels Camp Museum – 753 South Main Street, Angels Camp, CA 95222. We LOVE having visitors! Happy and safe travels!!

08/31/2024 - Steve Miller Band Returns to Ironstone on August 31st
Murphys, CA...Steve Miller Band has been announced to play Ironstone Amphitheatre in Murphys, CA as part of the Black Oak Casino Summer Concert Series on Saturday, August 31st. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 5 at 10am through Ticketmaster.

Steve Miller has been a monumental presence on the American music scene for more than half a century – and, in the course of that era, his releases have sold tens of millions of records and been streamed billions of times. Miller’s Greatest Hits 1974-78 received the RIAA Diamond Award with sales of more than fifteen million copies. It is among the 25 best-selling albums of all time.

At the start of his career, Miller was a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late ’60s. With albums like Children of the Future, Sailor and Brave New World, Miller perfected a psychedelic blues sound that drew on the deepest sources of American roots music and simultaneously articulated a compelling vision of what music – and, indeed, society – could be in the years to come.

Then, beginning in the ‘70s, Miller crafted a brand of pure pop that was smart, polished, exciting and irresistible – and that dominated radio in a way that few artists have ever managed. Hit followed hit in what seemed like an endless flow: “The Joker,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner,” “Jungle Love,” “Swingtown” and “Abracadabra,” among them. To this day, those songs are instantly recognizable the moment you hear them – and impossible not to sing along with. Their hooks are the very definition of indelible.

Running through Miller’s distinctive catalog is a combination of virtuosity and song craft. And that’s no accident. His parents were jazz aficionados – not to mention close friends of Les Paul and Mary Ford – so, as a budding guitarist, Miller absorbed valuable lessons from that musical tradition. When the family moved to Texas, Miller deepened his education in the blues, eventually relocating to Chicago, where he played with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, James Cotton and Paul Butterfield. That range of sources informs his music to this day.

In recent years, Miller has fully immersed himself in the blues and its many byways. As he has always done, he continues to find creative outlets for the full panoply of his musical passions. On his successful tours with the Steve Miller Band, he complements the commercial peaks of his extensive catalogue with lesser-known songs that expand his fans’ awareness of the range of his work.

As a member of the Board of Directors at Jazz at Lincoln Center and at the request of Wynton Marsalis, he is defining a blues pedagogy for Jazz at Lincoln Center and has curated and headlined a series of shows that explore themes like the bridge from blues to jazz in the music of guitar great T-Bone Walker; the distinctive sounds of the blues triangle of Memphis, Texas and Chicago; the resonances between the singular musical creations of Ma Rainey and Miles Davis; the deep American roots music of Appalachia; Cannonball Adderley and the Blues; Steve Miller on Steve Miller which explored his own influences and the music they inspired and most recently the Future of the Blues.

He is also a member of the visiting committee of the Department of Musical Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Indeed, five of his guitars were displayed in “Play It Loud: The Instruments of Rock and Roll,” a groundbreaking exhibition at the Met that ran for six months in 2019. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022.

He has recently begun to open his vaults for the first time, releasing the acclaimed Welcome to the Vault box set in 2019 and Breaking Ground Live! August 3, 1977 in 2021. 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the chart-topping, RIAA Platinum-certified studio album The Joker. To celebrate this important moment in his career, Steve Miller released a groundbreaking new box set chronicling the extraordinary artistic journey that led to its creation: J50: The Evolution of The Joker.

With each listen the beauty and immediacy of Miller’s work, whether at its most playful or most serious, is palpable. As always, whether he was riding the top of the charts or traveling the endless blue highways of American music, you can hear him playing and singing with conviction and precision, passion and eloquence, making music that is at once immediately accessible, thrillingly alive in the present, respectful of the past, and more than able to stand the test of time.

Get your tickets to see Steve Miller Band Live at Ironstone Amphitheatre on August 31st this Friday, April 5th at 10am through Ticketmaster.

03/30/2024 - Snuff Out at the Speakeasy in Murphys! Sponsored by Newsome Harlow Wines!
Murphys, CA...Mob Boss, Don Sal Calzone’s 1 and only son, Hal Calzone, has been murdered, and the Don wants to know who done it! After Hal’s funeral, Don Calzone has come out to mingle at The Speakeasy in Chicago, er, I mean Murphys, and try to gather any information he can regarding Hal’s untimely death. Will Sal find the answers he is looking for at The Speakeasy. . . or will more questions actually arise regarding Hal’s mysterious death?

RSVP required. Event is at the Native Sons Hall in Murphys and is sponsored by Newsome-Harlow Wines. Costumes are highly encouraged!

03/31/2024 - Ironstone Vineyard's Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
Murphys, CA...Breakfast with the Easter Bunny! It's time to book your reservation for our family-friendly Breakfast with the Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Lions Club, on Easter Sunday, March 31.

IMPORTANT - Be sure to book your reservation as soon as possible, this is an event that sells out (fairly quickly) every year!

BOOK YOUR RESERVATION

Egg Hunt Times:
10am - 5 years old and under
10:30am - 6-8 years old
11am - 9-12 years old

Menu (Served Buffet Style):
Frittata Lorraine (Canadian Bacon, Vegetables, Jack Cheese, Spinach)
Scrambled Eggs with Herbs
Breakfast Potatoes
Applewood Smoked Bacon
Breakfast Sausage
Toasted English Muffins
Waffles with Maple Syrup & Berry Compote
Carrot Cake & Strawberry Shortcake
Fruit Salad
Mini Muffins-Blueberry
Cinnamon Rolls
Yogurt & Granola
Assorted Cereal & Milk Cartons
Orange Juice & Coffee
Wine, Beer, & Mimosas Available for Purchase

(Menu subject to change)

9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Sun, Mar 31, 2024
Venue: Ironstone Vineyards
Contact: Ironstone Vineyards 2097281251, info@ironstonevineyards.com

05/04/2024 - The 24th Annual Kids Fishing Clinic is May 4th!
Murphys, CA...Saturday, May 4, 2024, 9:00am ‘til 1:00pm - 1st through 8th Grade. Murphys Community Park, Go south on Algiers Road at the Murphys Hotel. Children must be accompanied by an adult. We provide the fishing gear, or you can bring your own. Bring the whole family and enjoy the day!

Sponsored by the Calaveras County Fish and Game Commission and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

03/15/2024 - Murphys Irish Day Is Coming March 16, 2024. A Look Back at Photos & Video from 2018 to Set the Mood
Murphys, CA...Saturday, March 16, 2024 – 10am to 5pm. A Celebration of the Irish! Free Admission! One of the premier annual events in the Mother Lode is Murphys Irish Day. Each year on the third Saturday in March, thousands of people from Northern California and beyond gather in the historic gold rush town of Murphys to honor its Celtic heritage and to celebrate as only the Irish can. Our picturesque Main Street is filled with booths offering handcrafted items, original art, photographs, tasty food, wine, and other beverages.

The day begins with a pancake breakfast from 8:30-10:30 am at the First Congregational Church of Murphys just a block off Main Street at the corner of Church & Algiers Streets. Purchase tickets in advance from their website.

At 11 am, the swirl of bagpipes heralds a parade of marching bands, classic cars, horses, community organizations, novelty entries, and some of the finest children in the land. This year we will be honoring Jan & Patty Schulz, owners of The Spice Tin and tireless supporters of Murphys who will serve as the Grand Marshalls of the parade.

The day continues with live entertainment on two stages and the street featuring singers, dancers, musicians, and jugglers.

All this, in addition to the charming shops, fine restaurants, and tasting rooms that line historic Main Street and help create what is nationally recognized as one of the finest small towns in America.

This year the Murphys Community Club will be hosting the Murphys School of Music and selling food & drink in the Community Park from noon-4. Enjoy performances by the Murphys School of Music students and take a walk through the park down to the Creek for a break from the crowds on the street.

The Native Daughters will be hosting a Scavenger Hunt beginning in their Hall. Purchase a ticket and be entered for a chance to win a cash prize and show off your skills.

The Murphys Business Association hosts Irish Day each year with the knowledge that if you visit Murphys once, you will want to return again and again. Our next community event will be Spring Wine Weekend, hosted by the Calaveras Wine Grape Alliance. Please stop by our Visitors Center at the corner of Main Street & Big Trees Road to catch up with them and our stage sponsor, the Calaveras Visitor’s Bureau, to learn more about Wine Weekend, local wines & wineries, and all the other ways to play in Murphys and Calaveras County.

Sponsored by the Murphys Business Association, Murphys Irish Day is a fundraiser for many community projects and non-profit organizations and is the primary fundraiser for the Murphys Business Association and the Murphys Firefighters Association. For more information, contact us at info@visitmurphys.com.

03/16/2024 - Everybody Loves a Parade – Be Part of Murphys Irish Day as a Parade Participant, Vendor, Sponsor o
Murphys, CA...Always wanted to be in the Murphys Irish Day parade? Now’s your chance. Spaces are limited, and there are some restrictions, so download the information and get your application submitted soon. Please contact our parade coordinators (Jody & Carrie) with any questions.