Big Names in Tennis
Watch some of the greatest tennis players of all time at the two-day Esurance Tennis Classic, a great fundraiser for local charities. Catch Billie Jean King, Anna Kournikova, Pat Cash, Lindsay Davenport, Tracy Austin and Murphy Jensen as they partner with amateurs in doubles matches, play against each other in World Team Tennis format and against top collegiate players in WTT Shoot-Out format. Food and product booths are open all day. Come from 9:30 am-5 pm, Saturday, October 2, and from 10 am-5 pm, Sunday, October 3. Tickets are $35; weekend passes are $50. Harbor Point Tennis Club, 475 East Strawberry Dr., Mill Valley. Info: 383-6114 or www.tennisclassic.org

Big Names in Blues
Hustle to see the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival with three days of non-stop acts, featuring Boz Scaggs’ new venture, The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue, on the Festival’s opening day, 2-7 p.m., Friday, October 1. Day two stars Joan Baez, Hot Tuna Electric and local favorite, the David Grisman Quintet, among many others, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday, October 2. Big names Earl Scruggs, Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris and the Indigo Girls head the lineup on closing day, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, October 3. Admission is free. Speedway, Lindley and Marx Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Info: www.strictlybluegrass.com

Just All of Us on the Block
Join the Tiburon Peninsula’s ultimate and intimate block party at Oktoberfest on Main Street, the last bash of the Friday Nights on Main 2010 season. Gather one last time for this traditional end-of-summer festival that bans cars and allows the community a casual place to stroll in the street, along with a wide variety of cozy seating arrangements, compliments of local restaurants. Let them tempt you with their array of tasty offerings, including hearty German cuisine and beer, served with gemütlichkeit and perhaps a little beer hall music of the oom-pa-pa variety! Come from 6-9 p.m., Friday, October 1. Main Street and Ark Row, downtown Tiburon. Info: 435-5633 or www.tiburonchamber.org