Dan Taylor

5 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for the 2025 Sonoma County Fair. It will take place Aug.1-10 at the Sonoma County fairgrounds, 1450 Bennett Valley Road in Santa Rosa. The fair will be closed Aug. 4. Its theme will be “Hot Dogs and Cool Cats,” while its flower show theme will be “Petals & Pets.”The advance sales box office at the fairgrounds will open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on most Saturdays until August. Tickets may also be purchased online at sonomacountyfair.com.

6 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience, introduced last year, returns Aug. 29-31 to The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa. The Labor Day weekend festival will feature performances by The Roots, Questlove, Jazmine Sullivan, Hiatus Kaiyote, Esperanza Spalding and many more, with additional artists to be announced later.

6 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

Ira Glass, “Whose Live Anyway?,” Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, and Dave Koz and Friends are among the 11 acts Santa Rosa’s Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is adding to its current season. To date, 52 performances are currently being offered by the center, which continues to expand its programming throughout the year. Tickets for all of the new shows go on sale first to Luther Burbank Center members at 10 a.m. Monday, May 19, then to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday, May 30.

6 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

The 114th annual Monte Rio Variety Show will be held in Monte Rio on July 24, and tickets will be available starting May 15. The variety show has long been a local favorite for its outdoor setting and the appearance of many well-known performers, including visitors from the annual Bohemian Grove encampment nearby. The encampment is an annual, private, invitation-only. two-week gathering of prominent figures, including politicians, business leaders and entertainers.

6 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Dan Taylor

What: “La Madre Patria (Motherland),” presented by Teatro ALMAS Libres When: 4 p.m. Sunday, May 11 Where: Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa Admission: Free Information: pdne.ws/3F5GgIL, instagram.com/teatroalmaslibres Mother’s Day is a time to think not only about Dear Old Mom, but some other related concepts, like “motherland” and “mother tongue.” “La Madre Patria (The Motherland)” is a new play by Jackie Katz, a San Francisco-based political theater teacher, written in...