Petaluma Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival
Don’t miss the fantastic Petaluma Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival on
Saturday, August 9th, 2008. The festival will feature a main event
stage showcasing nationally recognized jazz and blues artists in the
Theater Square District of downtown Petaluma with wine tasting set along
the scenic waterfront of the Petaluma River.
This year’s festival will feature these talented artists:
Adjacent to Theater Square and beside the
picturesque Petaluma River, more than 80 wineries will be pouring the
Sonoma-Marin Fair’s “North of the Gate Wine Competition” Double Gold,
Gold, and Silver Medal winning wines for festival attendees. A festival
ticket is $45 which grants admission to all performances and is
redeemable for 6 wine tastes. A music-only ticket is $35, and children
12 and under are free. The fine beers of the Lagunitas Brewing Company
will also be available for purchase.
An adjunct to the Petaluma Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival will be a street fair featuring a variety of fine art paintings, specialty food vendors, and additional music spread throughout the Theater Square District and available to the general public. Festival attendees will have in and out privileges to go between the public and festival only areas.
This year, the Petaluma
Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival will be part of Petaluma’s Sesquicentennial
Celebration, and will take place the day before the Petaluma River
Festival. Throughout the weekend, the Petaluma River will be filled
with sailing vessels of all kinds, and will provide a spectacular
backdrop to the Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival.
All proceeds of the festival will benefit the music education programs of all Petaluma area schools. The non-profit festival is sponsored by the Petaluma High School Music Boosters and the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce. If you would like to be a sponsor or patron of the festival, please email Cliff Eveland at donations@pwjb.org.
Gates will open at 11:30 AM, the first band will perform at 12:00 PM,
the wine tasting begins at 1:00 PM, and the festival concludes at 8:00
PM. The festival location is 2nd Street between B & C Streets (no
pets please). Tickets will be available for purchase after June
1st at www.ticketweb.com (ticket prices will increase $5 on the day of
the event). For more information about the Petaluma Wine, Jazz &
Blues Festival (PWJB) please visit our website: www.pwjb.org.
