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The Pleasanton Downtown Association recently announced its 2025 event schedule, which includes a wide variety of downtown culinary crawls, concerts when Lions Wayside Park renovations are done and two Weekends on Main closures.
The event schedule comes just weeks after a lengthy Pleasanton City Council discussion where the councilmembers agreed that the PDA should work with business owners to find more ways to improve the economic vitality of downtown.
“The goal of PDA events is to provide ample reasons for residents and visitors to experience the incredible ambiance of downtown and explore all that downtown has to offer,” PDA Interim Executive Director Laura Brooks told the Weekly. “Our vibrant businesses enthusiastically participate in these events and look forward to welcoming our community into Downtown often!”
According to a Feb. 3 press release, the association is excited to welcome the community to what it calls the “new and improved Lions Wayside Park” once construction is completed.
The council awarded a construction contract to create a new lawn area and new bandstand at the park last September — the park has been closed since then for construction and is expected to reopen in July, in order to give the new grass roots time to establish.
The PDA said it will have an “abbreviated concert schedule for this year only,” starting July 11. Concerts will be held every Friday following that evening until Aug. 29. The 2025 performer lineup will be announced next month, PDA officials said.
“We cannot wait to christen the bandstand and create wonderful new community memories,” Brooks said.
As far as downtown Pleasanton street closures, the PDA said there will be two full weekend street closures that will be specifically catered to car and BMX bike enthusiasts.
The Main Street closures originally started off as the First Weekends on Main program, which was born out of the coronavirus pandemic to support outdoor shopping and dining. In more recent years, the PDA has reduced the program to just two installments.
The 2025 Weekends on Main closures will kick off with the Hot Rod Row & BMX Bike Fest from June 6-8. Main Street will be closed beginning at 4 p.m. that Friday and the fest will begin the following day.
Following that will be the Porsches on Main event where cars from all different decades will be featured along with live music and other activities. Main Street will be closed off for this event Aug. 1-3.
Starting next month, the PDA will also be hosting its various crawls and strolls around downtown. These events — for those ages 21 and older — include the St. Patrick’s Day Brew Crawl on March 15, the Summer Wine Stroll on May 10 and the Totally Mimosa Stroll & ’80s Party on July 12.
“Our ever growing Crawls & Strolls are back … including our newest event, Totally Mimosa, which was a huge success in 2024,” Brooks said. “We are moving this event to a Saturday this year and will be adding even more ’80s awesomeness to the day!”
There will also be a Forkful Culinary Stroll on Sept. 13, a Halloween Brew Crawl on Oct. 25 and the Spirit + Sweater Stroll on Dec. 13.
And for Pleasanton kids, the PDA will be hosting three scavenger hunts — the March 16 Bunny Hop, a Pumpkins on Main hunt in October and the Finding Frosty hunt in December.
To kick off the holiday season, the PDA will be hosting its Magical Holiday Evening on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. According to last year’s event description, residents will be able to stroll Main Street and enjoy “shopping specials, dining, live music and free photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus at the Museum on Main.”
“Downtown thrives because of the dedication of our businesses and the loyal support of our residents,” Brooks said. “Downtown is always open for business, whether you’re looking for the perfect birthday gift, a delicious cup of coffee, a place to meet a friend or just a quick dinner on the way home. Come (to) downtown often … we are always so happy to see you!”
