Toad in the Hole Pub plans fifth annual Mostly Python street party
Paul Stokeld Do you like music? Do you like BBQ? Do you like Monty Python? Do you like being silly in the street? That’s how the web site for the Toad in the Hole Pub in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square...
View ArticleHealdsburg Jazz Fest and Charlie Musselwhite launch online fundraising drive
Charlie Musselwhite Blues harmonica star Charlie Musselwhite of Geyserville teamed up this week with the Healdsburg Jazz Festival to launch an online fundraising campaign for next year’s event. Posted...
View ArticleMadrona Manor stages Sinatra salute
John DeMers John DeMers, a Bay Area crooner who specializes in singing Frank Sinatra tunes, will perform Wednesday, Nov. 20, at “Come Fly With Me,” a fund-raising concert for the Healdsburg Jazz...
View ArticleHealdsburg Jazz Festival line-up announced
Charlie Musselwhite The lineup for this summer’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival will include “Celebration of the Blues,” a two-day mini-festival May 31-June 1 at Santa Rosa’s Jackson Theater. The festival...
View ArticleSonoma County Book Festival ends its 14-year run
A book lover loads up on children's books at the 2009 Sonoma County Book Festival. (Photo by Kent Porter, Press Democrat.) After 14 years of presenting local and big-name authors, the annual Sonoma...
View ArticleSebastopol Documentary Film Festival set for March 27-30
The seventh annual Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival returns March 27-30 with 71 films showing on six screens, and more than 100 filmmakers and guests expected. Tickets cost $25 for the opening...
View ArticleHealdsburg Water Carnival canceled due to drought, other events still scheduled
Great Russian River Race, 2013. (Photo by Kent Porter.) Drought conditions in Northern California have had an impact on some popular annual river celebrations, including one cancellation, but others...
View ArticleSmokey Robinson stars at Kate Wolf Music Festival
The godfather of soulful Motown music headlines at a festival named for a beloved California folksinger, when Smokey Robinson stars in June at the Kate Wolf Music Festival in Laytonville. The 20th...
View ArticleHealdsburg Jazz Fest lineup announced
Eddie Palmieri. (Photo by Juan Cruz) The Healdsburg Jazz Festival, scheduled to run from May 29 to June 7, will include a two-day mini-festival titled “Jazz and the Music of the Americas,” featuring...
View ArticleSingle-day BottleRock music fest VIP passes available
Robert Plant A limited number of single-day VIP passes are now available for the third annual BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, running May 29-31 at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa. Imagine...
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