Saturday night’s Super Bowl 50 parties throughout the Bay Area featured an eclectic mix of celebrities and musicians—Lil’ Wayne appeared at Maxim’s bash at Treasure Island; Cuba Gooding Jr., lead actor in the new television miniseries, The People v. O.J. Simpson,  showed up at Playboy’s party in San Francisco on Friday. But one of the most exclusive of this year’s Big Game soirees was held at the Silicon Valley estate of venture capitalist Jillian Manus, and it was the only place you could receive a smooch from two live seals swimming in her front yard as you made your way in.

About 700 people, who sprung between $3,000 and $18,000 per ticket to attend the “Big Game Big Give” benefit, flooded Manus’ 18,000-square-foot home in Atherton, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Joe Montana, DeMarco Murray and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. The event, hosted by former San Francisco Giants slugger Matt Williams and the aforementioned Manus, was MC’d by Jay Leno, who auctioned items, such as the privilege to travel with the 49ers for a road trip on the team charter. For $41,500, you had the opportunity to snag the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix Ultimate VIP Package, and for $86,500, you had the chance to bid on a week-long stay for 10 at Sir Richard Branson’s private island.

For a mere $50,000, guests were presented with the opportunity to catch a pass from Montana, and participate in a private film session, re-living his football glory days with the San Francisco 49ers. The package also included a signed football, and a VIP experience for Super Bowl 50.

Other celebrities who were scheduled to attend the event included Jim and Sarah Harbaugh, David Beckham, Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, just to name a few.

The goal was to raise one million dollars for charities such as the Stanford Cancer Institute, the Four Rings Montana Family Foundation, and the Giving Back Fund.

Known for going all-out on her bashes (once placing and elephant at the door to greet guests at a previous party), Manus was clad in a glamorous, white, floor-length gown, complete with 20-karat yellow diamond earrings and a 50-karat yellow diamond ring on her finger. The jewelry was loaned to Manus from jeweler-to-the-stars Martin Katz, who was also a sponsor of the event.

Manus cleared out the ground level of her home, and pitched a tent in the backyard, which housed a giant scale-replica of the Golden Gate Bridge—the party was California themed. Underneath the bridge were 10 mixologists serving drinks; her kitchen was transformed into the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, complete with a Beach Boys cover band, and a Fisherman’s Wharf out back. The Rodeo Drive room was draped in white curtains, boasting jewelry cases featuring Katz’ creations for sale. One diamond necklace for sale carried a $200,000 price tag.

Guests dined on braised short rib dumplings and horseradish sauce, lamb burger sliders, tuna tartar and a variety of exotic dessert selections, including delicious rose-infused French macarons.

The Super Bowl is here—here being, you know, the South Bay—‘a.k.a. Silicon Valley, the global hub of technological innovation, and home to Apple, Google, Facebook, the social media and mobile revolution.

But if you were to ask the NFL exactly where the Broncos and Panthers are set to face off, they’d just assume have you believe that the gridiron is in San Francisco, a little more than 40 miles away from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

SF is home to the official “Super Bowl City,” after all.

And yet, even as football fans across the nation take in footage of steamy clam chowder at Fisherman’s Warf; observe the beautiful, decaying relic that is Alcatraz; gawk at Coit Tower standing sentinel over the city; or marvel at that most iconic symbol of San Francisco: the Golden Gate Bridge—even while all that is happening, there will be plenty more going on in San Jose and its neighboring cities.

Pure Lounge in Sunnyvale has a week packed with celebrity appearances, beginning with electro house duo W&W on Wednesday and trance producer Andrew Rayel on Thursday, followed by a string of prominent emcees: Fabolous on Friday, T.I. on Saturday, and the G-Unit’s commanding officer, 50 Cent, on Sunday.

The downtown San Jose nightclub, Studio 8, is also getting in on the action. Travis Scott brings the “Antidote” on Thursday; the producer, singer and Trinidad James collaborator August Alsina keeps things live on Friday; and cosmic sex icon Miguel is in charge of making sure everyone feels the love on Saturday.

If you’re looking for a laugh, you may want to head to StubHub or Craigslist to try to nab tickets for one of Norm Macdonald’s sold-out sets at the San Jose Improv on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Mario Lopez of Extra TV and ’90s hit sitcom Saved By The Bell is hosting a party at Taste Restaurant and Nightclub on Friday.

While BackBar SoFa will keep things on the cutting edge with underground hip-hop performers, including Homeboy Sandman on Wednesday, Trizz & Chuuwee on Thursday and HBK Skipper, J. Stalin and Young Chop on Friday.

There is a whole lot more going on. For the entire rundown click here.