Mid-September is the stretch when Dixon gets its evenings back: cool enough at dusk to sit outside, still light enough to bother. Most of what's on this week costs nothing and happens within a few blocks of First and A.
This Week
Tuesday, 3 p.m. — Nintendo Switch Gamedays at the Dixon Library, 230 North 1st Street. Drop-in gaming for kids who'd rather not go straight home.
Wednesday, 5 p.m. — the farmers market at Pardi Plaza, corner of South First and West A, every Wednesday through October 28.
Thursday, 3:30 p.m. — meet State Senator Christopher Cabaldon and Assemblymember Lori Wilson at the Dixon Library. Rare chance to put a question to both of them in person.
Thursday — Cigar Night at The Pip Wine Bar & Shop, 116 N. 1st St. Time TBA.
Saturday and Sunday — the Solano County Home & Garden Show at the Dixon May Fair, 655 South 1st Street.
Saturday, 6 p.m. — Lego Night at Joystick Gaming Lounge, 420 Gateway Drive, Suite C.
Saturday, 7:30 p.m. — Movies in the Park at Hall Park, 600 East A Street. Bring a blanket; runs every Saturday through October 3.
Live Music Nearby
Thursday, 5:30 p.m. — Line Dancing with Yolo Line Dance at the Winery on Buckeye Rd., Winters. $5 minimum donation to dance, benefiting Yolo County Meals on Wheels.
Friday, 6 p.m. — Rock the Square at Town Square, Vacaville.
Friday, 7 p.m. — Firepeach at Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon. Beer, wine, a food truck; kids and dogs welcome.
Saturday, 6 p.m. — Mexican Independence Day celebration with Voltaje Norteño and more at Ruhstaller Farm, Dixon.
From the Council
The Planning Commission met Tuesday. On its agenda: an ordinance and use permit for a cannabis business, The Artist Tree, at 240 Dorset Ct, plus design review for three model homes in the Homestead development's 58-lot Village 13 phase. The agenda says what was scheduled, not how it went. The packet has the detail.
The school board met Thursday with a full agenda, including a public hearing on renewing the district's Montessori charter school and the final 2025-26 financial report.
Still to come: the City Council meets Tuesday at City Hall, 600 East A Street, closed session at 6 p.m. Its agenda includes a presentation on the I-80/I-680/Highway 12 interchange work, a $39,460 share of intercity bus costs, a $43,034.11 sole-source police motorcycle purchase, and $134,400 for a study of how City Hall and the service center use their space. Public comment on non-agenda items is on the agenda.
On the Calendar
Thu, Oct. 1, 7 p.m. — City Council Candidate Night Forum
Sat, Oct. 3, 9 a.m. — Lambtown Festival, 40th year, at the Dixon May Fair
One Local Thing
Dixon is named after a sign painter's mistake, and the town never bothered to fix it.
The settlement here was Silveyville, founded in 1852 by Elijah Silvey as a rest stop between the coast and the Sacramento gold fields. By 1865 it had about 150 people, a store, a blacksmith and a post office. In 1868 the California Pacific laid track three and a half miles east, and Silveyville did the practical thing. It moved to the tracks.
Thomas Dickson donated ten acres for the station. The railroad superintendent in San Francisco ordered a sign reading Dickson. When he came to inspect it, the sign said Dixon.
Nobody repainted it. The spelling went into the railroad's paperwork and onto the mail, and in 1874 the county recorder put Dixon on the maps because it was simpler. The town incorporated four years later under a name it never picked.
The name Silveyville survives on the cemetery district.
Forward this to one person who'd use it. And hit reply: we read everything that comes back.