Wings Over Wine Country Air Show
| August 16th to August 17th, 2008 Antique aircraft, warbirds, and modern day aircraft will perform flybys and be parked on the ramp for an up-close and personal look. One of the exciting features of the Pacific Coast Air Museum's (PCAM) "Wings Over Wine Country" Air Show is the opportunity to touch and feel the awesome power and might of these historic machines which have meant so much to our great nation's history. Military flybys inspire you with their precision and power and some will be on static display when not in the air. Visitors will have a chance to climb aboard a jet fighter or walk through an open cargo/transport plane.
Vendors will display models, T-shirts, caps, books, and crafts which will be available for purchase. And of course there will be a wide variety of food and beverages to satisfy your hunger and thirst.
Art at the Source
| April 1th to June 8th, 2008 Art At The Source (AATS), West Sonoma County?s self-guided open-studio tour, will open the doors to the studios of more than 90 professional artists for the first two weekends in June 2008. This will be the fourteenth year that Sebastopol Center for the Arts has sponsored the annual event.
Derby Day
| From May 3rd, 2008 Derby Day raises over $120,000 for the Meals on Wheels program and other senior services.
Held on the grounds of beautiful
Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards
On the same day as the Kentucky Derby each year, Derby Day features:
• Celebrity Chef Competition
Participating Chefs: Fred Langley, Mark Dierkhising and last year's winner Paul Schroeder
• Fabulous Four Course Southern Luncheon
• Russian River Valley Wines
• Silent & Live Auction
• Live Kentucky Derby Broadcast
Peggy Sue's
| June 12th to June 15th, 2008 '2008' events include:
Thursday June 12th 'Cruise-in' at Northwest Community Park.
Friday..... June 13th 'Poker Run' on the back roads of Sonoma County.
'Chili & Pasta Cook Off' ~ 'Beer & Wine Taesting' at Northwest Community Park.
Sat. .........June 14th 'Show & Shine' at A Place to Play Youth Park, Santa Rosa
'Cruise' downtown Santa Rosa
Sun. ........June 15th 'Show & Shine' and 'Awards' at A Place to Play Youth Park, Santa Rosa
Father's Day 14th Annual
| From June 15th, 2008 Father's Day 14th Annual Car Show
Recreation: Talk "shop" with car owners or take the opportunity to "show & shine" your vehicle. Drinks, Food, Music Entertainment & Raffle Contest. All proceeds go to the MSA & ECA scholarship programs. Held at Juilliard Park, Santa Rosa, CA
Santa Rosa Downtown Market
| May 21st to August 27th, 2008 Celebrating 20 Years of Food, Family & Fun!
The Santa Rosa Downtown Market (Wednesday Night Market) is Sonoma County's largest and most popular Farmer's Market and street faire. Every Wednesday night, from mid-May thru August, the Downtown Market brings the community together to celebrate and showcase the bounty of Sonoma County by offering fine foods, fresh produce, a variety of entertainment, and handmade arts and crafts.
The Santa Rosa Downtown Market fills the downtown area along Fourth Street from B Street to D Street. The 2008 Market Season will run from May 21 through August 27. Market hours are from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
HARMONY FESTIVAL 2008
| June 6th to June 8th, 2008 The Harmony Festival continues to evolve and grow this year more than ever before. This year's Festival has expanded greatly in size and scope with these major new features:
Camping throughout the Festival grounds all weekend long.
Opening on Friday (camping check-in 2 PM Friday, Festival begins 5 PM Friday).
Legendary musical lineup.
In addition, there are many other exciting changes afoot as well. This year the Harmony Festival will occupy the entire Sonoma County Fairgrounds. We are opening up many new areas of the Fairgrounds, including new camping areas and a new grassy lawn area for music performance,the Redwood Theater which becomes a second major music stage that will showcase many excellent bands. Group camping on the Fairgrounds is encouraged this year, especially for theme-based camps. Show up on Friday and stay for three days and nights of partying!
Sonoma Lavendar Festival
| June 14th to June 15th, 2008 Sonoma Lavender is a grower and manufacturer of more than 300 fragrant products and is not normally open to the public. But for this weekend, the public is invited to experience a five-acre lavender farm in full bloom.
SCENT-SATIONAL ACTIVITIES
New Lavender Crafts and Custom Lavender wreath making Farm Tours with tips on varieties, growing and drying Lavender Talks and Demos under the hundred-year-old Oak Tree Lavender Day Spa: massages, purple nail polish, face and hand painting U-cut and live Lavender plants: Provence, Grosso and Hidcote Aromatherapy
19th Annual Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic
| June 28th to June 29th, 2008 Bring the whole family to Keiser Park in Windsor, California, for two days of beautiful hot air balloons, food, crafts, balloon rides, and fun.
Come join us all morning long as we watch these incredible flying wonders work their magic and lift one by one into the clouds with much fanfare and celebration!
Charles M. Schulz Museum The Peanuts Cartoon Strip Collection is the heart and soul of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center. Numbering nearly 6,000 drawings for daily and Sunday pages, the Museums collection represents a wide breadth of Schulzs thematic work from 1950 to 2000. Also included in this collection are several hundred preliminary sketches for Peanuts.
Sonoma Jazz Festival
| May 22nd to May 25th, 2008 Sonoma Jazz + is a four day celebration of world class music, food and wine steeped in California wine country, matching the region's greatest chefs and vintners with diverse world-class performers across a dizzying array of musical genres. Main Stage acts will take place at the Field of Dreams, in downtown Sonoma, four blocks from the Plaza.
Healdsburg Jazz Festival
| May 30th to June 8th, 2008 The 10th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival is coming soon, May 30 - June 8, 2008! We are celebrating a decade of great jazz with a fantastic line-up of new and familiar names for this 10th Annual / 10th Anniversary Healdsburg Jazz Festival, including Cedar Walton, Charlie Haden, Billy Hart, Joshua Redmond, George Cables, Julian Lage, Pete Escovedo, Eddie Palmieri ... and so many more! Ten great days of jazz to celebrate ten great years of jazz in Healdsburg.
Russian River Blues Festival
| June 14th to June 15th, 2008 Welcome to the 2008 Russian River Blues Festival!
June 14th and 15th
doors open at 10am and the Blues will flow from 11am to 6pm
28th Annual Cotati Jazz & Arts Festival
| From June 14th, 2008
FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!
Share an afternoon and evening of Music, Art, Food & Fun with your family!! Jazz ensembles will be playing all over downtown Cotati.
Luther Burbank Rose Parade and Festival
| From May 17th, 2008 When is the Parade? Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM in Downtown Santa Rosa.
Welcome to the 114th Annual Luther Burbank Rose Parade & Festival, one of Sonoma County’s most honored traditions and one of the oldest and largest events of its kind in Northern California. This year’s event takes a look at how we live our lives from reducing our carbon footprint to taking life to the edge with extreme activities.
PARADE ROUTE - Please Note Route Change
Most parade entrants will stage in Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building Parking Lot and along Stevenson Street. (If your walking unit contains young children, elderly or offers an extenuating circumstance, you have the option of staging on Sonoma Avenue and entering the parade line up at that point.) From the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial the Parade will move out the back northwest corner of the parking lot to Stevenson Street, moving westward to South E Street. Parade turns north on South E Street to Third Street. Parade turns west onto Third and continues straight to B Street where the Parade completes its route.
In addition to traditional Festival activities this year’s event will include extreme sports exhibitions in the X-Treme Zone, a Green Zone, an X-Treme n Green Iron Chef Competition, and the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America will be showing off their skills with their annual Scout-O-Rama. Please note the Festival has been moved to Downtown Santa Rosa and will predominately be located in Courthouse Square and on Fourth Street from B Street to E Street.
Infineon Raceway Major Events
| June 20th to June 22nd, 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Weekend
June 20 - June 22, 2008
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series will make its only Northern California stop during the 2008 racing season at Infineon Raceway for the Toyota/Save Mart 350. Juan Pablo Montoya claimed his first Cup series win on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in 2007. The weekend will also feature the top racing stars of tomorrow in the NASCAR Camping World Series West, as well as an extensive vendor midway and other entertainment.
| April 23rd to October 29th, 2008 “Wines & Sunsets” in Paradise
With the arrival of spring, Paradise Ridge Winery is once again hosting the very popular Wednesday evening’s “Wines & Sunsets” in Paradise. Ongoing each Wednesday evening, beginning April 23rd and continuing through October 29th, the public is invited to bring a picnic and enjoy delectable award winning Paradise Ridge wines while watching spectacular sunsets from the winery’s expansive veranda and beautiful poetry terrace. Wines & Sunsets begins at 6:00 p.m. and ends at sunset. On Wednesday evenings our tasting room is closed, however, for your enjoyment wines are available for purchase by the glass or by the bottle. Paradise Ridge Winery is known for having “The Most Beautiful View in Sonoma County”. Guests come for the wines and stay for the view.
Passport to Sonoma Valley
| May 17th to May 18th, 2008 Explore the unique charm of Sonoma Valley, California's Original Wine Country! Tour one day or the entire weekend as over 40 Sonoma Valley Wineries present over 200 exceptional wines, delicious food pairings and delightful amusement. Your passport and commemorative wine glass give you unlimited tastings, discounts on wine purchases and entry to Sonoma Valley's acclaimed wineries and hidden gems not normally open to the public.
Taste of the Valley
| June 7th to June 8th, 2008 On June 7 and 8, more than 25 wineries throughout Alexander Valley welcome you for the 11th annual TASTE OF THE VALLEY
Taste of the Valley
Time: 11am-4pm both days
Cost: Weekend pass $65 in advance, $75 at the door
Location: More than 25 Alexander Valley wineries
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