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Food and Travel
What to Bring
You might want to bring a blanket or your favorite lawn chair to enjoy the speakers and entertainment on the grass. Of course, we will have plenty of seating available too.
You should definitely bring cash, checks, or credit cards to support all of the great authors, community organizations, and sponsors that will be at Freethought Day.
You do not need to bring proof of registration as we'll have a list of all registered attendees at our check-in table.
You should definitely bring cash, checks, or credit cards to support all of the great authors, community organizations, and sponsors that will be at Freethought Day.
You do not need to bring proof of registration as we'll have a list of all registered attendees at our check-in table.
Eating at the Event
Pre-Purchased Boxed Lunches
If you like, you can pre-purchase with early registration. We cater the following delicious sandwiches and salads from Panera Bread:
- Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich (w/ feta, hummus, peppers, cucumbers, greens, on tomato basil bread)
- Mediterranean Vegan Sandwich (w/ hummus, peppers, cucumbers, greens, on tomato basil bread)
- Bacon Turkey Bravo Sandwich (w/ smoked gouda, on tomato basil bread)
- Bravo Club (w/ turkey, ham, bacon, cheddar, greens, tomatoes, Bravo sauce, on tomato basil sourdough)
- Turkey and Cheddar (w/ greens, tomatoes, onions, garlic aioli, on sourdough)
- Tomato Basil BLT (w/ greens, tomatoes, garlic aioli, on sourdough)
- Fuji Apple Salad (vegan, gluten-free, w/ arugula, red onions, toasted pecan, and balsamic vinaigrette)
- Fuji Apple Salad with Chicken (gluten-free, w/ arugula, red onions, toasted pecan, gorgonzola, and balsamic vinaigrette)
- Lunches include an apple, pickle, and a beverage. Lunches arrive at approximately 11:45 AM.
- Lunches are $20, and included with certain sponsorship and fundraising packages! When you register in advance, you'll be provided an opportunity to purchase lunch.
- ⚠️ Lunches are not available for same-day purchase.
Bring Your Own Lunch
Attendees are welcome to bring their own food and drinks. Make it a picnic with an ice chest or basket!
⚠️ Alcohol and glass bottles are absolutely prohibited.
Eating Out
- There won't be any food vendors at Freethought Day, but there are places to eat that will be open on Sunday, including:
- 7-Eleven (1341 J Street, 24 hours)
- Drinks, snacks, coffee, convenience store
- Boiling Crab (1000 K Street, 12 - 10 PM)
- Cajun-style seafood
- BPM Burgers (1020 K Street, 10:30 - 9 PM) Pizza, burgers, tacos
- Hao Bao (1021 K Street, 12 - 5:30 PM) Dumplings
- Kodaiko (718 K Street, 12 - 9 PM)
- Ramen and Bar
- Koja Kitchen (732 K Street, 11 - 8 PM)
- Asian fusion
- Starbucks (1003 L Street, 8 - 3 PM)
- Coffee, tea, pastries, lunches
Staying in Sacramento
Official Hotel
- Coming from out of town? Book a room at Larkspur Landing Sacramento and enjoy a room, with:
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free Parking
- Fitness Center
- Healthy Start Breakfast
Rates are $131 per night (studio) or $151 (double), before taxes when you use our group "California Freehought" through September 11, 2024. Book using this link while rooms are still available.
🐶 The hotel is pet friendly with a $75 charge, per stay.
⏲️ The hotel is a 15-minute drive to the California State Capitol and just 5 minutes to the Reason Center (our reception).
Stay for the Reception
Join us for our Fundraising Reception on Saturday evening, the day before the main event. While enjoying our open bar and plenty of snacks and desserts, you'll be treated exclusive performances, special gifts, and an early chance to meet many of the weekend's speakers and special guests.
Local Attractions
- Closely resembling a scale model of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the beautiful, domed California State Capitol Building was built in 1869 and renovated in 1976. Sacramento's most distinctive landmark, the Capitol has been the stage of many political dramas in California history. The one-hour guided tour provides insight into the architecture and the workings of the government it houses.
Well worth visiting, this museum is the highlight of Old Sacramento. You won't miss much if you bypass the memorabilia displays and head straight for the museum's 105 shiny locomotives and rail cars, beautiful antiques that are true works of art. Afterward, you can watch a twenty-minute film on the history of the western railroads that's quite good, then peruse related exhibits that tell the amazing story of the building of the transcontinental railroad.
This museum houses an outstanding collection of California art, as well as changing exhibits from around the world. It's in an imposing century-old Italianate building, with an ornate interior of carved and inlaid woods. The Crocker Mansion Wing, the museum's most recent addition, is modeled after the Crocker family home and contains works by Northern California artists from 1945 to the present. Plan to spend about two or three hours here.