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Holiday Concerts
Dec 5 ~ 22nd Annual Sing Along Messiah ~ 2pm, United Methodist Church, 500 N Main St, Sebastopol. A wonderful community opportunity to sing with exhilaration. No experience, rehearsal or vocal abilities necessary. Local musicians are on hand to enhance your performance. Tickets $6 general, $15 for family. www.sebarts.org
First Night on Dec. 5 - tickets are half- price at Occidental Center for the Arts. Adults- $15/Kids 12 and under- Free. Tickets available at door or at www.OccidentalChoir.org . Advance reservations recommended.
Dec 13 ~ Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus Christmas ~ Angelic voices will delight with songs of the season. 3-5p. $20. Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. www.petalumamuseum.com. Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/2438689
Dec 13 ~ Cinnabar Singers Holiday Concert ~ Concert at 3p, United Church of Christ in Petaluma. The Cinnabar Singers perform under www.cinnabartheater. org/choirs/#cinnabarsingers. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for ages 21 and under. Info: 707-763-8920. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
Dec 13-14 ~ Healdsburg Chorus Christmas Collage Concert ~ Come hear a beautiful assortment of holiday songs. Healdsburg Community Church, 1100 University St, Healdsburg. Tickets $15. www.healdsburgchorus.com
Dec 19 ~ Sing-Along Messiah ~ The 35th Annual Redwood Empire Sing-Along. A benefit for the music education programs of the Santa Rosa Symphony League. 7p. Jackson Theatre, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa. www.sing-along-messiah.org $20.
Chanticleer’s beloved offering, a favorite with audiences and critics alike. The Christmas story in Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, traditional carols and much more. 6p and 8:30p at St. Vincent Church , 35 Liberty Street,
Holiday Lights
Nov 27 ~ Yountville 27th Annual Festival of Lights ~ 6550 Yount St. 2-6p.
Nov 27 ~ Winterlights Santa Rosa ~ Join us in Old Courthouse Square for the annual Winter Lights—Downtown Tree Lighting Celebration and Remembrance
Nov 28 ~ Santa’s Riverboat Arival ~
Dec 5 ~ Healdsburg Community Dec. 13, 3p Glaser Center, Santa Rosa
Band Holiday Concert ~ Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St, Sebastopol. 3p. 707-829-4797. $10 adults. www.healdsburgcommunityband.org.
Dec 5 ~ Valley of the Moon Chamber Ensemble: Holiday Concert ~Choral music from the Renaissance to the 21st century. 5p at Madrone Vineyards Estate, Glen Ellen. Also, Dec 6 3p at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Sonoma. www.vomce.com/box-office/ or at Sonoma Community Center, 276 East Napa St, Sonoma.
Dec 5-7 ~ Santa Rosay Symphony Classical Concert, Joy to the World ~ The late 20th century master Luciano Berio offers us a folk song cycle from more than half a dozen countries plus Beethoven’s magnificent Ninth Symphony with a full choir and an array of celebrated soloists. Dec 5 at 8p. December 6 at 3 p.m. Dec 7 at 8p. Tickets here. Tickets $20+.
Dec 5-6, 11-13 ~ The Occidental Community Choir presents Got Nog? ~ heartwarming, silly and sublime songs for the holiday season. Directed by Andrew DelMonte with Artist-in- Residence Teresa Tudury Community
Dec 6 ~ Holiday Piano Concert ~ The Jack London Piano Club celebrates the holiday season with a concert highlighting the renowned music of Mozart, Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen. www.jacklondonpark.com. 707-938-5216
Dec 6 ~ Healdsburg Chorus Christmas Collage Concert ~ a beautiful assortment of holiday songs. 4p, Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa. Tickets $15. www.healdsburgchorus.com
Dec 6 ~ A Renaissance Christmas ~ 3p. The Festival Consort will be performing its acclaimed concert “Renaissance Glory”. Vocalists Carol Menke, soprano, and Chris Fritzsche, countertenor, join the four accomplished instrumentalists for an afternoon of traditional carols and other works by renaissance composers. Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma. www.petalumamuseum. com Tickets $20. Info: 707-778-4398.
Dec 6 ~ Wing’s of Glory Holiday Concert ~ Foot-stomping gospel music and holiday selections at St. John’s Episcopol Church, 40 5th St, Petaluma. No admission charge, donations accepted. www.wingsofglory.org
Nov 29 ~ Forestville Tree Lighting ~
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Dec. 5, 7:30p Occidental Center for the Arts
Dec. 6, 3p Sebastopol Center for the Arts Dec. 11, 8p Occidental Center for the Arts Dec. 12, 8p Occidental Center for the Arts
Dec 6 ~ The Old World Carolers in Concert ~ a benefit concert at Sebastopol United Methodist Church, 500 N. Main St., Sebastopol (across from Safeway), 3:30p. Suggested donation is $10, kids free. Benefits United Methodist Church charities and local homeless shelters. Info: 823-7971. More info and links may be seen at traditionalfun.org/owc.html .
Dec 11 ~ Healdsburg Community Band Holiday Concert ~ Healdsburg Community Church, 1100 University Ave, Healdsburg. 7:30p. 707-829-4797. $10 adults. www.healdsburgcommunityband.org.
Candle Lighting Ceremony. A family event with children’s activities, live entertainment, crafts, holiday story time and food & beverage. Starts at 5p with KSRO announcing the arrival of Santa Claus on a fire truck. Free.
Nov 28 ~ Geyserville Tree Lighting and Tractor Parade of Lights ~ 5-8p. Free. Downtown Geyserville, Park and Ride Plaza. Hot chocolate, candy canes, Christmas tree lighting www.geyservillecc.com.
Nov 28 ~ Gualala Lighted Truck Parade and Arrival of Santa Clause ~ A convoy of festively lit “big rig” trucks cruise Highway 1 through Gualala. Santa stops to visit for photo opportunities and to give out candy canes. 6p. Downtown Gualala, Hwy 1, Gualala. 707-884-1080
Nov 28 ~ Old Fashioned Christmas ~ In historic Duncans Mills. Santa & Mrs Claus arrive by fire truck at 2p. Tree Lighting & Caroling at 4:30p. Celebrate the holiday season in the charming hamlet of Duncans Mills. Over 20 shops for gift-giving ideas. Wine tasting, music, food and good cheer. 2-5p.
Santa and Mrs. Claus sail by tugboat into the Petaluma River Turning Basin and disembark at River Plaza Shopping Center on E. Washington St. Entertainment starts at 11:30a. Free balloon artist to entertain the waiting crowd. Santa arrives at noon; stay for photos and Christmas wishes with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Begin gathering around 4p for cookies, cider, hot cocoa and caroling. You are invited to bring home-baked cookies to share. Santa comes on the fire truck for the kids by 4:30. The Sonoma County Bookmobile will be here, so please come pick up a book, and if you have books to donate, this is an excellent chance to bring them with you. Lights go on at dusk. Rain or Shine!
Dec 1-28 ~ Petaluma City of Lights Driving Tour ~ Take a self-guided tour of beautifully decorated homes and businesses throughout Petaluma. 6p. Free. 707-769-0429;
Dec 3 ~ Light Up a Life ~ Hospice Tree Lighting at Montgomery Village, Village Terrace, Santa Rosa. 5-6:30p
Dec 3 ~ Sebastopol Holiday Tree Lighting ~ Trees, lights, complimentary hot beverages, popcorn, children’s crafts, entertainment, Mr. Music sing-along and of course the arrival of Santa! 5-8p, Sebastopol Town Plaza (Petaluma Ave and McKinley Ave).
Dec 3 ~ Windsor Holiday Celebration & Tree Lighting ~ Windsor Holiday Celebration on the Green, 5-8p. 701
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Dec 13 ~ A Very Merry Holiday Pops ~
with Maestro Michael Berkowitz, the Santa Rosa Symphony and Syphonic Chorus. Tickets $35+, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa. 707-546-3600
Dec 20 ~ Chanticleer Christmas ~