Grab your sunscreen and family day pack, Sonoma County Festival season is here!
Our county’s artisans, musicians, farmers, innovators, and tinkers gather to create unique community events sure to inspire and entertain.
Sono-Ma invites your family to come out and join the fun, beginning with the upcoming “Share Fair on 5th Street” on July 10, 2011. Later, don your Huck fin hat and suspenders for Rivertown Revival fun in Petaluma on July 30, 2011. Have a parasol, corset, or fedora? If so, you’ve got the basic costume elements needed for the Handcar Regatta on September 25, 2011. Still looking for festival fun in October? Don’t miss the new West County Art and Garden festival. Details for all this and more shared on Sono-Ma here:
What is the Share Fair on 5th Street?
“The 5th Street Share Fair is designed to support the goals of the Share Exchange, an incubator of ideas for a new local economy- to share, reuse and exchange resources amongst neighbors to promote a friendlier world.” The event is planned for July 10, 2011 from 11:00 – 4:00.
With a focus on kids, art and sharing, the Fair will bring 5th Street merchants and restaurants out into the streets along with artists, musicians, inventors, and mad tinkerers. Vendors and entertainment will fill 5th street between B Street and D Street.
“We are looking forward to a fun day filled with live music, performing arts, sculpture exhibits, juried arts and craft vendors, and food,” shares Share Fair co-founder Debbie Rameriz.
Sono-Ma recommends stopping by the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County booth for engaging discoveries. Then make your way over to the Wooley Wood Works booth to find adorable tot sized furniture (such as our beloved work bench) and sophisticated hand crafted home accessories. Don’t miss doing some summer clothing shopping for your wee ones with Sono-Ma friends Sugarberry Clothing and Awakening Dreams, too!
Visit the Support Tent
Sono-Ma and community partners plan to greet you at the Share Fair with a family friendly “support” space. Find comfort, nursing support, and information at our shady pavilion.
Taking inspiration from the Mom’s Breastaruant movement, our local Support Tent provides families with a space to nurture healthy families. From space to nurse, a diaper changing station, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, water, samples of locally made products, and stellar local resource information – it’s no wonder families left last year’s tent expressing heart felt thanks!
“Thanks to you, we could truly enjoy our festival experience!” shares one visiting family who made use of the free sun screen and shady resting space with kids toys.
Join us This Festival Season Under the Support Tent
Sono-Ma and partners welcome families attending the Share Fair as well as several other upcoming festivals. Look for the Support Tent at the following family friendly events across our county:
Rivertown Revival
With more than 6,000 expected to attend in 2011, this is sure to be Petaluma’s liveliest event. There’ll be even more art boats, live music, craft and art vendors, food, and music. In addition, this FREE event will benefit the River Heritage Center on McNear Peninsula. (Read more on Sono-Ma here.)
Date: July 30, 2011
Time: 10 – 3
Location: Petaluma River Heritage Center, Petaluma, CA
Further Information: http://rivertownrevival.com/
The 4th Annual Hand-Car Regatta
The Hand-Car Regatta bills itself as a splendid celebration of art, science and ingenuity, for the delight and edification of all who attend. Details, including the theme, have yet to be announced, but it is sure to be a spectacle for both young and old. (Read more on Sono-Ma here.)
Date: September 25
Time: 11am-6pm
Location: Historic Railroad Square, Santa Rosa, CA
Further Information: http://handcar-regatta.com/
Art and Garden Event
West County’s first ever event offered at Twin Hills Union School District.
Date: October 15
Location: 700 Watertrough Rd., Sebastopol, California
Further Info: TBA
Support Tent Samples and Resources
Try free family friendly samples of locally offered products and get connected to local resources through our tremendous Support Tent Sponsors. Community-oriented business sponsors include:
Whole Foods Markets (Coddingtown, Yulupa, Petaluma, and Sebastopol)
The Sonoma County Breastfeeding Coalition
See Your Family There!
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