🎸 Roger Daltrey Friday and Labor Day fun

We've got a nice long Labor Day weekend lined up. Happy Friday Santa Rosa!

In this week's Signal:

Sebastopol Porchfest returns September 12. The neighborhood festival puts bands on actual porches for a day, and the Bohemian's preview makes the case that the porch, not the lineup, is the point. Worth putting on the calendar a week out. Bohemian

Handline has been drawing a line in Sebastopol for a decade. Sonoma Magazine went back to the west county fish-taco and oyster counter to find out what has held up after ten years, right down to the chocolate-and-vanilla swirl at the soft-serve window. Sonoma Magazine

Nearly 200 people filled Old Courthouse Square for Nepal. North Bay Nepalese residents and their neighbors held a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening after catastrophic flooding and landslides, gathering donations for relief work back home. KSRO

Now open: Graton Station — a cafe and bakery in the town's former firehouse, giving Graton the coffee shop it has gone without. (Sonoma Magazine)

Now open: Dolce Rosa Cafe — brunch, pasta and espresso in Rincon Valley, with pistachio running through most of the menu. (Sonoma Magazine)

Back open: Acre Pizza — the Barlow location reopens Friday after an electrical fire forced it to close. (KSRO)

🥾 Pedal into Labor Day Weekend on the Russian River Railbikes
Four-person railbikes on the old tracks, through a tunnel and over a bridge above the river.
Saturday to Monday, 9 am–3 pm
Russian River Railbikes, 425 Asti Road, Cloverdale
Cost: $20 – $145 · See more →

🎨 Salmon Creek Art Walk
Eleven artists open up along the coast road, a mile north of Bodega Bay.
Saturday to Monday, 10 am–4 pm
Salmon Creek
Free · See more →

🎭 Intimate Apparel at the Mercury Theater, Petaluma
Lynn Nottage's play about a Black seamstress sewing for everyone from society women to prostitutes in 1905 New York.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2–4:30 pm
Mercury Theater, 3333 Petaluma Boulevard North, Petaluma
Cost: $20 – $35 · See more →

🎭 Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific at 6th Street Playhouse
Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 2 pm, Sunday 2 pm
6th Street Playhouse G.K. Hardt Theatre, 52 West 6th Street, Santa Rosa
Cost: $33 – $56.95 · See more →

🍎 Summer Sessions at Marimar Estate: Puppy Hour
Adoptable puppies, wine by the glass, live music.
Friday, 4–7 pm
Marimar Estate
Free · See more →

🎨 First Friday Art Walk at SOFA Art Galleries
Friday, 5–8 pm
SOFA Art District, South A Street and Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa
See more →

🎪 Cloverdale Friday Night Live Street Fair
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band headlines the plaza, free.
Friday, 6–9:30 pm
Downtown Cloverdale Plaza, 122 N Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale
See more →

🎶 Ross Street Sessions: The Okay Ultras open for Band of Brothers feat Lady D.
Friday, 6–9:30 pm
Ross Street, Santa Rosa
Free · See more →

🎶 Roger Daltrey: A Great Night Out
Friday, 7:30–9:30 pm
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa
Cost: $206.50 – $810.66 · See more →

🎬 Movies in the Park: Lilo & Stitch
Friday, 7:45–9:45 pm
Howarth Memorial Park, Santa Rosa
See more →

🥾 Tour de Fuzz 2026
A 32, 62 or 100-mile ride through wine country, finishing with a barbecue. Proceeds go to the Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Service.
Saturday, 7 am–5 pm
Luther Burbank Center, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Cost: $115 – $135 · SOLD OUT · See more →

🎨 Opening Day Celebration: Día de los Muertos
Saturday, 11 am–5 pm
Museum of Sonoma County, 425 7th St, Santa Rosa
Cost: $12 · See more →

🍎 Labor Day Barbeque with Live Music at Boho Manor
Saturday, 1–5 pm
Boho Manor, 20822 River Blvd., Monte Rio
See more →

🧺 Season of the Witch Artisan Market
Twenty-six little shops inside and out, plus a food truck in the beer garden. Free tickets, but reserve one so they know who is coming.
Saturday, 1–6 pm
Shady Oak Brewing Company, 420 1st Street, Santa Rosa
Free · See more →

🎶 Downtown Sound: Marshall House Project
Saturday, 6–9:30 pm
Ross Street, Santa Rosa
Free · See more →

🎭 A Bientot: A XX20's Cabaret
Drag, burlesque and variety, built on the Berlin cabaret scene of the 1920s and 30s.
Saturday, 7:30–10 pm
The California Theatre, Santa Rosa
Cost: $30.57 · See more →

🔭 Public Star Party
Telescopes and astronomers on the mountain after dark.
Saturday, 8–11 pm
Robert Ferguson Observatory, 2605 Adobe Canyon Road, Kenwood
Cost: $18.90 · See more →

🎶 The English Beat at the Mystic Theatre
Saturday, 8:30 pm
Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma
Cost: $37.50 – $55 · See more →

🍎 Winemaker Harvest Walk & Tasting at West Wines
A walk through the vineyard with the winemaker during harvest, then a tasting.
Sunday, 9:45–11:30 am
West Wines, 1000 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg
Cost: $50 · See more →

🧺 The SoCo Market Presents Ross Street Markets
Sunday, 12–4 pm
Ross Street, Santa Rosa
Free · See more →

🔭 Soundscape Listening Walk for California Biodiversity Day
Jack Hines of KRCB's Ear to the Wild brings the recording rig and you listen to the evening.
Sunday, 6–9 pm
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood
Cost: $7.50 – $15 · See more →

🎶 The Return of ROCK N ROLL SUNDAY SCHOOL
Twelve Sonoma County DJs, one night, first time back in years. Ages 21 and up.
Sunday, 7 pm
Vintage Space, 2777 4th Street, Santa Rosa
Cost: $10 – $20 · See more →

🖼️ Family Hike at Sugarloaf
Docents lead it, two miles down to the waterfall or a shorter loop along the creek. RSVP required.
Monday, 10 am–12 pm
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood
Free · See more →

🍎 Ross Street Weekday Food Trucks
Monday, 11 am–2 pm
Ross Street, Santa Rosa
See more →

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— Ben, writing from Santa Rosa