MON 10/12 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Urban Hive, 730 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

In this hands-on workshop, author and creative operations professional Charleen Jones invites participants to step away from their screens and reconnect with their creative instincts through LEGO® bricks.

MON 10/12 @ 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Geery Theater, 2130 L St, Sacramento, CA 95816

Join Bernie Baktashian and Haus of Comedy for an interactive workshop that invites designers, artists, makers, and creative professionals to step away from the pressure to perform and reconnect with curiosity and one another.

MON 10/12 @ 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Sacramento Masonic Temple, 1123 J St., Sacramento, CA 95814

Join the design community at Adobe Create Now to connect with fellow local creators, explore new ways to collaborate, and enhance your creative process. Discover the latest features, and get pro tips for Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Express, and more. Enjoy appetizers, drinks, and a chance to win a Creative Cloud membership.

TUES 10/13 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Urban HIve, 730 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814

Join us as part of Design Week Sacramento at this hands-on workshop, we'll spend our time building a brand from scratch together using a shared Adobe Firefly Board. You'll see how Firefly Boards help teams move from brief to exploration, collaboration, and creative direction faster, all in real time. AI isn't making the design. It's helping surface ideas, accelerate exploration, and remove friction so you can spend more time making creative decisions.

Working through a shared exercise, you'll experience firsthand how Firefly Boards can transform the creative process while keeping the designer firmly in the driver's seat.

PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP IN ORDER TO FULLY PARTICIPATE.

TUES 10/13 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Urban Hive, 730 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

How well do you really know your audience? Join AMASV and Capitol Creative Alliance for a hands-on Lunch & Learn built to help marketers and designers rediscover the customer journey.

Through an interactive case study presentation and a fast-paced group sprint, you’ll learn how to break out of silos, manage big projects as a solo creator, and ethically integrate AI tools like Custom GPTs to scale your campaign variations without losing your creative soul. Bring your appetite, your curiosity, and your laptop—you’ll leave with a tangible marketing toolkit you can implement on day one.

TUES 10/13 @ 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Urban Roots, 1322 V St, Sacramento, CA 95818

Join us for a CCA X Common Knowledge collab with guest Cole Cuchna. A podcaster, composer, and Sacramento native, Cole brings us the power of listening, a bar lecture about the incredible ability that audio has to transform the world around us. Cole hosts the award winning music podcast, Dissect, which was named one of the best podcasts of 2018 by the New York Times and TIME. This lecture will take a deep dive into a variety of music examples, including Sacramento artists, to explore the transformative power of listening more deeply.

CCA members get $10 off this event by using code: CCA10

WED 10/14 @10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Atelier, 2118 19th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816

Transmogrify a stuffed animal from the thrift store into a best friend that can hold your darkest emotions. We’ll paint on fabric, sew expressive marks, and construct from reclaimed materials while we explore our values, limitations, and body horrors.

WED 10/14 @ 2:00 PM
140 Commerce Cir., Sacramento, CA 95815

Join us for an in-person tour of Broadway Sacramento's Production Center

It's a rare chance to go behind the scenes of Broadway At Music Circus and see how our design team brings each show to life. Technical Director Christian Johnson and Costume Director Gabriella Nance will lead guests through the production and costume shops, with opportunities to ask questions about props, sets, and wardrobe.

WED 10/14 @ 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Camellia Coffee Roasters, 1200 R St Ste 130, Sacramento, CA 95811

Join us for a talk with local design legend Ben Della Rosa and Camellia Coffee Roasters Co-Founder/Owner/CEO Ryan Harden, and learn more about the design process behind Camellia’s iconic branding.

THURS 10/15 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Urban Hive, 730 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

If your podcast feels stalled, has plateaued, or is having trouble getting off the ground, bring it into the Podcast Repair Shop for a collaborative tune-up.

Through guided exercises, real-world examples, and live feedback, participants will learn how to diagnose problems with audience, concept, structure, pacing, production, and sustainability. We’ll look under the hood, identify what’s slowing the show down, and determine what needs to be repaired, simplified, or rebuilt.

Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of what to keep, what to change, and how to make their podcast more focused, engaging, and realistic to produce.

THURS 10/15 @ 2:00 - 4:00 PM
The Urban Hive, 730 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

If you do gig work, you know how tricky it can get on the money management side of things. In this jam packed presentation you’ll learn how to take control of your financials and get actionable steps for simplifying healthcare, retirement, taxes, budgeting, savings, and more.

THURS 10/15 @ 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Bike Dog Brewing Taproom, 915 Broadway #200, Sacramento, CA 95818

Good conversations. Real connections. A little friendly friction.

Design Week Sacramento is about celebrating the people behind the work, and for this special gathering, Tap In Creative Club is bringing the local creative community together for a night of team trivia.

Tap In presents a fast-paced design trivia night built for Sacramento's creative community to connect and compete. Test your knowledge across branding, typography, studio culture, software shortcuts, and color theory in a relaxed, casual environment. Whether you are a seasoned art director or a student, join us to talk shop, flex your design history chops, and meet local peers.

Come as you are: Come with a full team, bring a friend, or show up solo. We’ll help pair everyone up seamlessly so you leave having made a few new genuine connections.

Grab a drink, bring your curiosity, and let’s see where the night leads.

FRI 10/16 @ 8:00 AM
The Urban Hive, 730 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

More details coming soon!

FRI 10/16 @ 2:00 - 4:00 PM
WeidnerCA, 5001 24th St, Sacramento, CA 95822

From Paper + Pixels to the Built Environment At WeidnerCA, we’re a design firm that builds. We transform brands, stories, and ideas from paper and pixels into physical experiences people can see, touch, navigate, and inhabit. Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of our studio and fabrication facility to see how design moves from early concept through prototyping and fabrication into the built environment. Come see what happens between “What if?” and “We built it.”

FRI 10/16 @ 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Futures Explored, 2533 R St, Sacramento, CA 95816

Life is Short is a community driven short film series that brings people together through film, music, conversation, and creative experiences. The series is for filmmakers, creatives, curious people, and anyone who enjoys discovering new stories and talking about the ideas they spark. Each event creates space to not only watch films, but connect with others, explore different perspectives, and build community through storytelling.on goes here