Monday, May 12 🌝
- “Jumpstart Your Art” working session for artists and creatives at The 222 (weekly, 1-4pm)
- “Dungeons & Dragons Campaign Club” for kids aged 8-18 at Heartizens (weekly through May 19, 3:30-8:30pm)
- Info night for fifth grade parents at Healdsburg Junior High (5:30pm)
- SOLD OUT: Perfume Genius, popular indie-rock musician hyped by Charlie XCX, plays Little Saint (6-10pm)
- Spacewalker hosts open mic and industry night at the Elephant in the Room pub (weekly, 7-10pm)
Tuesday, May 13
- Healdsburg Farmers Market on the plaza: First Tuesday market of the season (9am-12:30pm)
- “Ben’s Friends” group hosts sober meetup at Lo & Behold for “anyone struggling with addiction in the hospitality industry” (weekly, 10am)
- Oil painting class at Healdsburg Art Atelier (weekly, 10am-1pm)
- Student theater performance at Healdsburg Junior High (4:30pm)
- Homework help for kids in grades K-12 at the mini Healdsburg Library (weekly, 4:30-6:30pm)
- Aikido class for adults at the Healdsburg Community Center (weekly through May 20, 5:15-6:15pm)
- True West Film Center hosts “La Dolce Drag,” drag dinner with Italian cinema theme, at Diavola Pizzeria in Geyserville (6pm)
Wednesday, May 14
- Teen hangout at the mini Healdsburg Library: Watch movie and eat popcorn (weekly, 1:30-3pm)
- “Intercambio” grupo de conversación / conversation group at the mini Healdsburg Library: Learn English or Spanish (weekly, 4:30-5:30pm)
- Open mic night at Heartizens (6pm)
- “Canon Book Group” meeting at the mini Healdsburg Library: Discuss “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck. (monthly, second Wed, 6-7:30pm)
- City of Healdsburg’s parks and rec commission holds regular meeting at City Hall (monthly, second Wed, 6pm)
Thursday, May 15
- Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience (Thu-Sun, May 15-18)
- Farm to Pantry hosts community garden workday at Mason Street Garden: Weeding, mulching, planting and more (weekly, 10am-noon)
- Healdsburg cyclists celebrate Bike to Everywhere Day with first-ever “energizer station” on the plaza (3-5pm)
- Live jazz at Furthermore Wines (weekly, Thu-Sat, 5:30-8:30pm)
- Live jazz and prime rib dinner deal at Goodnight’s Prime Steak & Spirits (weekly, 5:45-8:45pm)
- Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District holds regular board meeting at the Geyserville fire station (6pm)
- City of Healdsburg hosts community meeting on the March Avenue reconstruction and pedestrian upgrades project at Healdsburg Elementary’s Fitch Mountain campus: Free pizza and drinks (6-7pm)
- May flowers paint party at Healdsburg Bar & Grill (6-9pm)
- Trivia night at the Fogbelt Station beer garden (weekly, 6-8pm)
- Sam Blasucci, a singer-songwriter from SoCal, plays free show at Little Saint (6-9pm)
- New comedy play at the Raven Theater: “Home, I’m Darling” (Thu-Sat, May 15-17, 7:30pm)
Friday, May 16
- Healdsburg-born music festival “Cosmico” runs for three days at Dawn Ranch in Guerneville: Sets by Leah Blevins, Gilligan Moss, Jason Crosby and more (Fri-Sun, May 16-18)
- Art therapist Erin Partridge hosts “intuitive movement to art” dance session at The 222 (weekly, 1-3pm)
- “Dry Creek Fridays” party at the Dry Creek General Store and Bar: Live music by Jive Samba, food by Pain BBQ (weekly, 5-8pm)
- Madonna and Blondie tribute bands play Coyote Sonoma (doors 6pm, show 8pm)
- Special chef collaboration dinner at The Parish Cafe between two storied Healdsburg chefs: Campo Fina chef Ari Rosen and Parish chef Mike Ruffino join forces for “one-of-a-kind menu” (6:30pm)
- Mad scientist “Doktor Kaboom!” performs for kids at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa (6:30-9pm)
- Greyhound Band performs spring concert at Healdsburg High School (7-8:30pm)
- Maxx Cabello Band plays the Elephant in the Room pub (8-11pm)
Saturday, May 17
- Sonoma County Farm Trails hosts spring tour of farms across the county: “Blossoms, Bees & Barnyard Babies” (Sat-Sun, May 17-18)
- Healdsburg Rotary Club’s sunrise chapter hosts 40th annual Giro Vignetti bike tour: 20-100 mile routes, starting and ending at Bacchus Landing (6am)
- Healdsburg Farmers Market in the west plaza parking lot (weekly, 8:30am-noon)
- Annual cleanup day at Oak Mound Cemetery (9am-1pm)
- Annual “Battle of the Blends” at Alexander Valley Vineyards: Wine-blending competition and family-style lunch (10:30am-2:30pm)
- Read to a dog at the mini Healdsburg Library (weekly, 11am-noon)
- Opening reception for new art exhibit at the Rena Charles Gallery: “The Art of Play” by Vanessa Montenegro (noon-4pm)
- Live music on the piazza at Bacchus Landing (weekly, noon-4pm)
- Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience: “Vintners Plaza Grand Tasting” in the west plaza parking lot (12:30-4:30pm)
- Painting session at Healdsburg Art Atelier (weekly, 4-6pm)
- The Rootstocks play Coyote Sonoma (doors 5pm, show 7pm)
- Ian Scherer Trio plays live jazz at Hotel Healdsburg (weekly, 6-9pm)
- Dot Wines hosts spring release party with disco, karaoke and dim sum at Bacchus Landing (6-9:30pm)
- 20-year reunion party for Healdsburg High School Classes of 2004 and 2005 at the Fogbelt Station beer garden (6:30-9pm)
- Nicolas Bearde Quintet plays live jazz at The 222 (7pm)
- Healdsburg High School prom at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa (7pm)
- Jazz singer Diana Krall performs at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Roasa (8pm)
- Sirsi, a pop-rock duo from New York, plays the Elephant in the Room pub (8-11pm)
Sunday, May 18
- “Move! Healdsburg” hosts community bike ride around the Magnolia Loop, starting and ending at the plaza (10am)
- Curated brunch experience at Bacchus Landing: “The Bacchus Brunch Club” (11am-12:30pm)
- Geyserville’s Diavola Pizzeria hosts popup Italian brunch at Seghesio Winery (11am-1pm)
- City of Healdsburg hosts renaming celebration for the Healdsburg Community Center, now the Abel De Luna Community Center (1-5pm)
- Matinee performance of new comedy play at the Raven Theater: “Home, I’m Darling” (2pm)
- “Art of the Dose” workshop at Breathless Sparkling Wines (2:30pm)
- Idlewild Wines hosts “Sunday School” Italian wine class (4-6pm)
- “Vinyl Sundays” at Furthermore Wines: Listen to ’80s pop records with musician Nate Lopes (weekly, 4-7pm)
- Free pipe-organ concert and choral evensong at St. Paul’s Church on Matheson (5pm)
- Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience: Soul singer Allen Stone plays outdoor concert at Rodney Strong Vineyards (5:30-8pm)
- Aki Kumar Band plays the Elephant in the Room pub (6-9pm)
- Hurray for the Riff Raff, an all-female country-folk band, plays Little Saint (6-10pm)
- Clerestory, 10-man vocal ensemble from the Bay Area, performs at The 222 (8pm)
Note from Simone: These event listings originally appeared in the weekly email newsletter I write for the Healdsburg Tribune, called Healdsburg Today. Subscribe here!
