Local Events

Museum Walkabout Meet at the Healdsburg Museum on Saturday, Oct. 7 for a two-hour walk though Healdsburg to visit local sites related to the Museum’s current exhibit on African-American Histories. 10am, 221 Matheson St.

Friday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. Banks and government offices will be closed, including those of the City of Healdsburg.  Veterans Breakfast: Friday, Nov. 11 at the Annex of the Villa Chanticleer in Healdsburg, free for veterans and their families. The breakfast will commence at...

Jazz pianist and composer Keith Jarrett once opined, "Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple." Fortunately, we know precisely when and where jazz will happen locally when the Healdsburg Jazz Festival returns for its 24th year. Running...

Though Santa Rosa and other communities in Sonoma County have already hosted Pride events, in Healdsburg all the action is this coming weekend, including a Pride Movie Night and a Rainbow Runway show at the Pavilion, followed by a Tea Dance for “music, movement, and connection.”

Spend Saturday morning at the Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market, the place for shopping and connecting with the agricultural community. Buy fresh local produce, snacks and crafts, and listen to live music. From 8:30am till noon at the Foley Family Community Pavilion.

“So what’s the difference between ours and every one of the other ones? What keeps coming up is that it’s not an event where just people are drinking and shoving food into their mouths because it’s great. We have a real connection to the land that they don’t have. Healdsburg has this agricultural history that’s real and palpable, and you can feel it when you’re here.”

Among this weekend's events is Taste of Sonoma, the long-running annual food and wine celebration from Sonoma County Tourism. It takes over Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate and Garden on Saturday from noon to 4pm. Over 100 wineries will participate, plus food trucks, a beer garden and more.