Chamber Events

The Lafayette Art & Wine Festival, held each year on the third weekend in September, is the largest event in Lamorinda and one of the five biggest outdoor festivals in Contra Costa County. Over 60,000 attended in 2017, strolling among hundreds of stalls of art and handmade crafts, sampling foods from top local restaurants and food trucks, and enjoying quality wines and microbrews. The event features four stages with continuous music and three kid zones! Admission, parking and bike parking valet are free!

Saturday, September 15, 10am-7pm
Sunday, September 16, 10am-6pm

For complete details about this year’s event:

www.lafayettefestival.com

Join us for Coffee with the Mayor on Friday, September 21, 8am-9am, at the Lafayette City Offices, 3685 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Room 265. 

This event is free but registration is requested.

Join us for our September Mixer at Block Advisors, 3390 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette on Wednesday, September 26 from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Bring your business cards!

This event is free, but registration is requested. 

Join us for a Ribbon Cutting at Radiance Family Wellness, 914 Dewing Ave., Lafayette.

This event is free, but registration is requested. 

Potential customers are searching online for "nearby" solutions you offer. Are they finding you? Help them by optimizing strategic online business profiles. This includes Yelp, Google Local, and Bing, as well as NextDoor, your Chamber website profile, and more. In this popular workshop, we outline easy steps to get started. 6-7:30pm, Library Homework Center. Speaker: Robin S Fox, Digital Strategist

Join us for a Ribbon Cutting at Rivulet Chiropractic, 978 2nd Street., Suite 210, Lafayette on Thursday, October 11, 2018, 5:30pm-6pm.

The Chamber of Commerce and the City of Lafayette are co-sponsors of the Lafayette Res Run for Education which is traditionally held on a Sunday in October. Beneficiaries of the event are the local schools and the services and programs of the Chamber. The Run is the city’s most popular “family affair”, involving kids, parents, grandparents, and hundreds of serious runners from throughout the Bay Area.  

Participants compete in a 10k or 5k certified runs and a 2 mile run/walk for fun through downtown Lafayette, around the reservoir (10k only) and back. Sprinters, walkers, the “stroller brigade” and many of Lafayette’s top four legged residents share the streets on that festive Sunday morning. Don’t miss the live music and the Healthy Lifestyles Fair!

Event Date: Sunday, October 21, 2018

Start Location: On Mt. Diablo Blvd. at Oak Hill Road

Online Registration: NOW OPEN

On Location Registration Opens: 6:30am

Staggered Start Times: 5k Certified Run 8:00am, 10k Certified Run 8:15am, 2mi run/walk 8:45am

Pre-Race Packet Pickup:Lafayette Chamber Office, 251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150.  Thursday-Saturday, October 18-20, 10am-6pm

Join us for our October Mixer at Orinda Academy, 19 Altarinda Road, Orinda, on Wednesday, October 24 from 5:30pm-7:00pm. Bring your business cards! Bring your business cards!

This event is free, but registration is requested. 

Join us for Coffee with Steve Falk & Jeff Heyman on Friday, October 26, 8am-9am, at the Lafayette City Offices, 3685 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Room 265. 

For a fun, safe Halloween event, children and their parents are invited to Trick-or-Treat on Mt. Diablo Blvd. from Plaza Way to Dewing Ave, Lafayette Circle and in La Fiesta Square from 4:00-6:00pm on Friday, October 26, 2018.

All participating businesses will display a “Trick-or-Treat Poster” and a balloon. View a list of participating vendors here. Please come in costume to receive a special treat. Don’t forget to bring a Trick-or-Treat bag!

Want to know how to manage common problems in groups or learn the best tips for encouraging members to increase their work-related or emotional ROI? No matter what kind of group you are leading, from quitting smoking to getting over divorce or from workplace teams to book clubs, people who support each other are often more effective at problem solving and mutual aid than individuals working in isolation. You will learn techniques for strengthening the group you work with as well as different types of groups, leadership styles, roles and group agreements. Our guest speaker is Ann Steiner, Ph.D., MFT, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association, FAGPA, Psychotherapist/ Consultant / Professional Speaker - Author: Just released Help Your Group Thrive: A Workbook and Planning Guide, Routledge Books - www.DrSteiner.com
 

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Join us for a Special Mixer at the Lafayette Police Station, 3471 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette on Wednesday, November 7 from 5:30pm-7:00pm. 

This event is free, but registration is requested. 

Step by step! Free tools and tips for creating engaging visuals to share on social media, in emails and on your website/blog. 6-7:30pm, Library Homework Center. Speaker: Robin S Fox, Digital Strategist

REGISTER HERE >> 

The 40th Annual Community Thanksgiving Breakfast will be held on Friday, November 16, 2018 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church.

We invite everyone - politicos, non-profits, school representatives, business leaders, community leaders, Rotarians, our Chamber members, etc. to all come together to share in a breakfast and enjoy our speaker, Donna Wright Sommerville, co-founder of Grateful Gatherings.

Grateful Gatherings began in 2013 when Donna and her family saw a 10-year-old named Ayisha on the local news talking about being homeless during the holidays. Donna connected with the family and delivered Christmas dinner and presents. A few months later, Ayisha’s family was placed in a new apartment but had nothing to furnish their new home… nothing! Donna emailed 20 friends; within four days, Ayisha’s family had enough furniture and household items to set up their new home and new life.

Donna, our keynote speaker, will present "Furnishing Homes with Hope". Event starts at 7am and ends by 8:30am. Pastor Dan Senter from Our Savior’s Lutheran Church will provide the Invocation and Rev. Robin Wells from the Lafayette United Methodist Church will do the Benediction at the end of the breakfast. 

Cost is $25 per person. No tickets will be sold at the door.