Find California Memory Cafes near you and enjoy a “dementia-friendly” outing with your loved one. Some are sponsored by national organizations, while many more are offered by local groups. If your favorite Memory Cafe isn’t shown, please let us know and we’ll add it. It’s free!
Burlingame
Trousdale Wellness Center
1875 Trousdale Drive | Burlingame, CA 94010
2:00 – 4:00 PM, 1st Wednesday of each month
The hosts and organizers are:
– Burlingame Parks and Recreation Department
– Peninsula Healthcare District
– Catholic Charities
– Burlingame Rotary Club
For more information, please call 650.558.7300
Last updated: September 2019
Chico
CARD Community Center
545 Vallombrosa Ave. | Chico, CA 95926
For more information or for dates and times, please call Angie Martin at 530.895.9661
Clayton
Clayton Community Library | Hoyer Hall
6125 Clayton Road | Clayton, CA 94517
10:00 – 11:30 AM, 3rd Saturday of each month
Last updated: June 2023
Montecito
Peppers Estate
430 Hot Springs Road | Montecito, CA 93108 | 805.451.2222
2:00 – 5:00 PM, 2nd Friday of each month
Oakland
Senior Helpers Memory Cafe at the Point
4500 Gilbert St. | Oakland, CA 94611
10:00 – 11:30 AM, 4th Tuesday of each Month
For more information, please call Allison Rodman at 510.658.9266
Co-sponsored by:
• The Point at Rockridge Generations Memory Care Program
• Senior Helpers in Alameda County
Last updated: January 2020
Oxnard
Garden of Memories Cafe | Oxnard Family Circle ADHC
2100 Outlet Center Dr. #380 | Oxnard CA 93036
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, 2nd Saturday of even months (FEB | APR | JUN | AUG | OCT | DEC)
For more information, please call 805.385.4180
Last updated: July 2019
Palo Alto
Palo Alto City Library | Rinconada Library
1213 Newell Road | Palo Alto, CA 94301
11:00 AM, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month
The Memory Cafe offers people experiencing mild or early stage memory loss and their care partners a chance to gather twice a month for socializing and activities in a comfortable setting. Activities include conversation, music, puzzles, and light exercise. For more information, please contact Cynthia McCarthy at 650.838.2931 or cynthia.mccarthy@cityofpaloalto.org or visit online.
Last updated: December 2023
Pasadena
Pasadena Senior Center
85 E. Holly St. | Pasadena, CA 91103
9:00 – 11:00 AM, 2nd Friday of each month
For more information, please contact Ginny Delgatto:
• Phone: 626.584.8130
• Email: ginnyd@homecaregiving.org
Last updated: October, 2017
Pleasanton
Memory Cafe at the Pleasanton Library
Pleasanton Public Library | Large Meeting Room
400 Old Bernal Ave. | Pleasanton, CA 94566
3:00 – 4:30 PM
2024 Dates: April 21, May 19
Pleasanton Library’s newest program, Memory Cafes, utilize our new Memory Kits! Especially recommended for adults and their families and/or caregivers, but welcome to all who enjoy reminiscing. Memory Cafes are intended to be a safe space where caregivers and their loved ones can socialize, listen to music, play games, and enjoy other appropriate activities. Each Memory Kit contains interactive activities that can be used independently or with caregivers and families. Memory Kits can provide a tool for adults to recall memories and to engage in meaningful conversations about their life experiences around the items. For families and caregivers, the kits provide an enjoyable activity to enhance their time spent together. Activities are varied, but tend to focus on topics that are apt to cause one to reminisce about times gone by. That “connection” to the past can be as comforting as it is medically beneficial.
This program series and collection are made possible thanks to the Pacific Library Partnership’s Innovation & Technology grant program, as well as the Pleasanton Senior Center. For more information, please contact Jeff Gibson at 925.931.3400 or jgibson@cityofpleasantonca.gov or visit online.
Last updated: March 2024
Rancho Mirage
P.F. Chang’s | The River Mall
71800 CA-111, Suite C-104 | Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
3:00 – 5:00 PM, 3rd Wednesday of each month
For more information, please call 760.341.1095
Last updated: October 2017
Roseville
Eskaton Memory Cafe | Eskaton Village Roseville
1620 Eskaton Loop | Roseville, CA 95747
3:30 – 5:00 PM, last Tuesday of each month
Last updated: February 2024
Sacramento
Fremont Presbyterian Church
5770 Carlson Dr. | Sacramento, CA 95819
2:00 – 4:00 PM, 2nd Thursday of each month
For more information, please call Maryann Frantz at 916.594.9088
San Diego
Grace Point Church
13340 Hayford Way | San Diego, CA 92130
10:00 – 11:30 AM, 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month
For more information, please contact Marti Wesala:
• Phone: 619.405.0768 or Email: mwesala@glenner.org
• Visit online at Glenner.org
Last updated: February 2020
Memory Matters | Hillcrest Unitarian Church
298 West Arbor Drive | San Diego, CA 92103
10:00 – 11:30 AM, 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month
For more information, please contact Kathy Gilbert, LCSW:
• Phone: 619.894.8334 or Email: kathyjgilbert@sbcglobal.net
Last updated: January 2020
San Francisco
Jewish Family and Children’s Services
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
1:00 – 3:00 PM, 1st Tuesday of each month. Enjoy a dementia-friendly, docent-led tour of the museums’ permanent collections. Memory Cafe rotates between the following two locations:
de Young MuseumGolden Gate Park |
Legion of Honor MuseumLincoln Park |
Last updated: March 2024
Jewish Family and Children’s Services | Conservatory of Flowers
100 JF Kennedy Dr. | San Francisco, CA 94118
1:00 – 3:00 PM, 3rd Tuesday of each month
Last updated: March 2024
Jewish Family and Children’s Services | Ruth’s Table
3160 21st Street | San Francisco, CA 94110
1:00 – 3:00 PM, 4th Tuesday of each month
Last updated: March 2024
San Mateo
Jewish Family and Children’s Services | Pinstripes
36 Hillsdale Mall | San Mateo, CA 94403
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, 3rd Thursday of each month
Enjoy a fun game of indoor bocce ball or bowling
Light refreshments will be served
For more information, please contact Alana Goldscheid:
• Email: alanag@jfcs.org or Phone: 415.449.3849
• Visit on the web: seniorsathome.jfcs.org/memory-cafe/
Last updated: January 2020
San Rafael
Jewish Family and Children’s Services | Marin Bocce Federation
550 B Street | San Rafael, CA 94901
1:00 – 3:00 PM, every Thursday of each month
Last updated: March 2024
Simi Valley
Crooner Cafe | Sunrise Senior Living
190 Tierra Rejada Rd. | Simi Valley, CA 93065 | 805.584.8881
1:30 – 3:30 PM, 1st Sunday of each month
Sonoma
Sonoma Memory Cafe | Sonoma United Methodist Church
109 Patten Street | Sonoma, CA 95476
10:00 AM – Noon, 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month
Last updated: March 2024
Tustin
Tustin Area Senior Center
200 S. C St. | Tustin, CA 92780
4:30 – 5:30 PM, 1st Thursday of each month
Last updated: June 2022
Ventura
Garden Party | Aegis Assisted Living
4964 Telegraph Road | Ventura, CA 93003 | 805.650.1114
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, 2nd Wednesday of each month
