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# Weekend Calendar, April 29-May 1
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/weekend-calendar-april-29-may-1/
- Published: 2022-04-29T01:13:28.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-29T16:04:06.000Z
- Description: Cars and pets and bugs and treasures on tap this weekend. Plus pancakes.
- Author: Molly Dougherty
- Tags: Community, Things to Do, Events, #bulk-2023-03-29

## Friday, April 29 & Saturday, April 30

### “**Show and Go” Car Show**

**Time: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Friday; 7:00** a**.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday**

**Location: [Downtown Riverside](https://www.showandgo.org/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)**

**Cost: Free**

Car enthusiasts will find lots of automotive eye candy on display in downtown Riverside this weekend, starting with a Friday evening cruise and a day-long schedule of events on Saturday. Presented by the Riverside East Rotary Club and Old Farts Racing Team, the 2022 Show and Go activities include a pancake breakfast, grand marshal parade, beer garden, and about 1,000 hot rods. More information can be found [here.](https://www.showandgo.org/?ref=raincrossgazette.com)

## **Saturday, April 30**

### **30th** **Annual Walk with the Animals**

**Time: 9:00** a**.m. – 1:00 p.m.**

**Location: Fairmount Park**

**Cost: Registration fee – $40**

Stroll around the lake with your pet at the 30th Annual Walk with the Animals, a fundraising event for the Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center. In addition to the walk, there’ll be a pancake breakfast (lots of pancakes this weekend), Pop-Up Dog Park, pet contests, vendors, a kid’s zone, and a beer garden where you can wash down the pancakes.

Registered walkers will receive a commemorative t-shirt, a bandanna for their pet, and a ticket to the pancake breakfast (again with the pancakes).

### **Riverside Insect Fair**

**Time: 10:00 a.m.** **– 4:00 p.m.**

**Location:** **Main Library, 3900 Mission Inn Avenue**

**Cost: Free**

It’ll be bugs ahoy at the Riverside Insect Fair this Saturday at the Riverside Main Library. Hear bug stories, watch a chef cook with bugs, learn how to create your own bug collection, and visit with real live Entomology students from UC Riverside. Entomophiles will be in heaven; entomophobes – you’ve been warned.

### **12th Annual** **Wood** **Streets Yard Sale**

**Time: 8:00 a.m. –** **3:00 p.m.**

**Location: Wood Streets Neighborhood**

**Cost: Free**

Hundreds of Wood Streets neighborhood residents will participate in the 12th Annual Wood Streets Yard Sale on Saturday. Organizers recommend bringing a cart to haul away your treasures and wearing comfortable shoes – there’s lots of ground to cover. (A bottle of water wouldn’t hurt.) Be prepared for plenty of traffic and limited parking in the neighborhood’s narrow streets. White and red signs at intersections will point the way. For questions, please call or text Rosemary at 951-313-2823.

## Sunday, May 1

### **Gardening** **for Butterflies**

**Time: 9:00 a.m. – noon**

**UC** R**iverside Botani**c **Gardens,** **900 University Avenue**

**Cost: Free**

Master Gardener docents will be on hand to answer questions about the best ways to invite butterflies into your garden.