Where’s it at?

Local hot spots for live music, shopping, eating, drinking and playing

Music/Clubs

Avalon: 805 15th St.; (916) 553.4277; www.avalonsacramento.com

Badlands: 2003 K St.; (916) 448-8790; www.sacbadlands.com

The Boardwalk: 9426 Greeback Lane, Orangevale; (916) 988-9247; www.boardwalkrocks.com

Cabana Ultra Lounge: 1200 K St.; (916) 878-8344; www.cabanasacramento.com

Capitol Garage: 1500 K St.; (916) 444-3633; www.capitolgarage.com

Club Retro: 521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale; (916) 988-6606; www.myspace.com/clubretro

The Distillery: 2107 L St.; (916) 568-6771

Empire: 1417 R St.; www.empireeventscenter.com

Faces: 2000 K St.; (916) 448-7798; www.faces.net

Fire Escape Bar and Grill: 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights; (916) 967-5464

Fox & Goose Pub and Restaurant: 1001 R St.; (916) 443-8825; www.foxandgoose.com

G Street Pub: 228 G St., Davis; (530) 758-3154; www.gstreetpub.com

Harlow’s: 2708 J St.; (916) 441-4693; www.harlows.com

Kennel Club: 5821 Auburn Blvd.; (916) 339-1675

Level Up Food & Lounge: 2431 J St.; (916) 448-8768; leveuplounge.com

Marilyn’s On K:908 K St.; (916) 446-4361; www.marilynsonk.com

Old Ironsides: 1901 10th St.; (916) 442-8832; www.theoldironsides.com

On the Y: 670 Fulton Ave.; (916) 487-3731; www.myspace.com/musiconthey

The Palms Playhouse: 13 Main St., Winters; (530) 795-1825; www.palmsplayhouse.com

Park Ultra Lounge: 1116 15th St.; (916) 492-1960; www.theparkdowntown.com

Press Club: 2030 P St.; (916) 444-7914; www.myspace.com/clubpow

R5 Records: 2500 16th St.; (916) 441-2500; www.myspace.com/r5records

Sandbar: 7242 Arcadia Dr., Citrus Heights; (916) 722-2400; www.myspace.com/sacsandbar

Sophia’s Thai Kitchen: 129 E St., Davis; (530) 758-4333; www.sophiasthaikitchen.com

The stag: 506 Main St., Woodland; (530) 668-8373; www.myspace.com/thestag

Torch Club: 904 15th St.; (916) 443-2797; www.torchclub.net

The Townhouse: 1517 21st St.; (916) 613-7194

Comedy

Sacramento Comedy Spot: 1716 Broadway; (916) 402-4757; www.saccomedyspot.com

Laughs Unlimited: 1207 Front St.; (916) 446-8128; www.laughsunlimited.com

Punch Line Comedy Club:

2100 Arden Way; (916) 925-550; sac.punchlinecomedyclub.com

Coffeehouses

Coffee Garden: 2904 Franklin Blvd.; (916) 457-5507; www.thecoffeegardenonline.com

Javalounge: 2416 16th St.; (916) 441-3945; www.myspace.com/thejavalounge

Luna’s Café & Juice Bar: 1414 16th St.; (916) 441-3931; www.lunascafe.com

Naked Lounge: 1500 Q St., (916) 442-0174, www.thenakelounge.com

Temple Fine Coffee and Tea: 1014 10th St., (916) 443-4960, www.templecoffee.com

True Love Coffeehouse: 2315 K St.; (916) 448-5683; www.truelovecoffehouse.com

Tupelo: 5700 Elvas Ave., www.thenakedlounge.com

Art galleries

20th street Art Gallery: 911 20th St.; (916) 930-0500; www.20art.net

Appel Gallery: 931 T St.; (916) 442-6014

Art Foundry Gallery: 1021 R St.; (916) 444-2787

Asylum Gallery: 1719 25th St.; www.asylumgallery.net

Axis Gallery: 1517 19th St.; (916) 443-9900; www.axisgallery.org

Block Downtown Art: 1020 10th St. upstairs between J and K sreets; (530) 409-3304; www.blockdowntown.com

Center for Contemporary Arts: 1519 19th St.; (916) 498-9811; www.ccasac.org

Crocker Art Museum: 216 O St.; (916) 808-7000; www.crockerartmuseum.org

Sacramento State University: 6000 J St. Solano Hall 1010 Witt Gallery, Kadema Hall; (916) 278-6997; www.csus.edu

Smith Gallery: 1020 11th St. Ste. 100; (916) 446-4444

Solomon Dubnick Gallery: 1050 20th St.

Tangent Gallery: 2900 Franklin Blvd. corner of 4th Avenue and Franklin Boulevard; (916) 457-5507

Viewpoint Gallery: 2015 J St. No. 101; (916) 441-2341

Museums

Aerospace Museum of California: 3200 Freedom Park Dr.; (916) 643-3192; www.aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org

California Foundry History Museum: 5301 Price Ave.; (916) 929-8001, www.foundryhistory.com

The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts: 1020 O St.; (916) 653-7524; www.californiamuseum.org

California state Military Museum: 119 Second St.; (916) 442-2883; www.militarymuseum.org

California state Railroad Museum: 111 I St.; (916) 445-6645; www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org

Discovery Museum’s Gold Rush History Center: 101 I St.; (916) 264-7057; www.thediscovery.org

Discovery Museum’s Science & Space Center: 3615 Auburn Blvd.; (916) 575-3941; www.thediscovery.org

West Sacramento Historical Society and Museum: 324 Third St. in West Sacramento; (916) 374-1849.

Thrift stores

Deseret Industries Thrift store: 3000 Auburn Blvd., Ste. B; (916) 482-1480

ECO Thrift: 7305 Greenback Lane, Citrus Heights, (916) 729-8474

Goodwill Industries of Sacramento: 2265 Arden Way; (916) 565-0729

Goodwill Industries of Sacramento: 6648 Franklin Blvd.; (916) 395-9000

Goodwill Industries of Sacramento: 1312 Fulton Ave.; (916) 979-1651

Mother Goose store: 3218 Riverside Blvd.; (916) 447-1733

NEXTIME Thrift Shop: 5394 Auburn Blvd.; (916) 334-6398

St. Patrick’s Thrift store: 5960 Franklin Blvd.; (916) 422-8391

Second Season: 2528 Yorktown Ave., Ste. C; (916) 488-0828

S.P.C.A. Thrift store: 1517 E St.; (916) 442-8118

Teen Challenge Thrift store: 10025 Folsom Blvd.; (916) 369-5422

Thrift Center: 2507 Del Paso Blvd.; (916) 920-0374

Thrift Center: 2346 Florin Rd.; (916) 424-8623

The Thrift store #1: 6606 Fruitridge Rd.; (916) 383-3651

The Thrift store #2: 3000 Northgate Blvd.; (916) 920-4252

Thrift Town: 410 El Camino Ave.; (916) 922-9942

Thrift Town: 5005 Stockton Blvd.; (916) 454-0435