Pliny the Younger — Final 3 Days
Price$ per pour + food
Closes Thursday April 2. Both pubs, walk in, no reservations. Last chance this year.
Why go: You have three days. Go now.
Your Sonoma Chef cheat sheet for the next 60 days — Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Windsor, Santa Rosa, Cloverdale, Point Reyes, and northern Sonoma County.
Price is per person for a typical meal, or the posted ticket price for special dinners. Some cards show both.
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Closes Thursday April 2. Both pubs, walk in, no reservations. Last chance this year.
The entire month of April. 25+ wineries, complimentary tastings, 10% off wine. No ticket counters. Build your own tasting day at your own pace.
The 80th annual, theme Blossoms of Oz. Saturday 10 AM parade down Main Street. Festival at Ives Park Saturday 11 AM–6 PM and Sunday 11 AM–5 PM. Art show at Sebastopol Center for the Arts both days. Live music, food, local wine and cider, artisan vendors.
Three days, 50+ wineries, celebrity chefs, live music and DJ. Friday Twilight Welcome Party at Bacchus Landing with Chef Kevin O'Connor open-fire cooking — denim on denim dress code. Saturday Toast & Taste 9:30–11 AM. New this year: single-day passes.
Two days, dozens of Sonoma County farms open their gates. Spring fields, newborn animals, tastings, workshops, farm stands, and farm-to-table snacks. Free registration required — gives you access to the insider guide and interactive map. Not all farms open both days.
Four days: farmers, growers, winemakers, and chefs from Sonoma County and beyond at The Matheson, The Madrona, and Montage Healdsburg. Vineyard tours, chef demos, wine seminars, grand tasting, winemaker dinners. Proceeds benefit the FFA Healdsburg Chapter and Fundación de la Voz de los Viñedos. Saturday Grand Tasting is the centerpiece — 150+ wine producers, nationally recognized chefs.
Small-group guided tours: oyster farm, meadery, organic vegetable farm, cheese producer, farm-to-table lunch. 4–8 guests per tour.
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Spring into early May: asparagus, strawberries, snap peas. Show up early. Buy what looks alive.
Hosted cheeseboard and seasonal chef's lunch at The Fork overlooking Tomales Bay. Reservation required.
Outdoor oyster bar on Tomales Bay. Raw, BBQ, chowder. Friday through Monday.
Independent producer. Good Zinfandel, Cabernet, Petite Sirah. No crowds, no ticket fees.
Edible plants, flowers, pollinators at a working Santa Rosa farm. More working farm than formal festival.
Approachable, farm-sourced, river-town energy. The casual end of the Russian River corridor. Good for a low-key dinner after a day at the wineries or the river.
Opens for its Saturday season in May. Local growers, cheese, bread, cut flowers, prepared food vendors. One of the stronger northern Sonoma County markets once it hits its stride.
Weekend 1 (April 24–26): Apple Blossom Parade and Festival in Sebastopol + Passport to Dry Creek Valley in Healdsburg. Friday night open-fire cook in Healdsburg at the Passport Twilight Welcome Party. Saturday parade in Sebastopol at 10 AM. Saturday afternoon and Sunday back in Dry Creek Valley.
Weekend 2 (May 2–3): Farm Trails Spring Tour countywide — walk the farms Saturday, Sebastopol Farmers Market Sunday as the debrief. The contrast between the festival energy of the previous weekend and the quiet farm-gate morning is the point.
Weekend 3 (May 14–17): Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience. By mid-May the spring produce season is fully awake. The menus and the pairings will show it.
Three weekends, three completely different registers — community parade and orchard energy, farm-gate quiet, and big-tent food and wine culture. All inside 60 days of the same spring season.
All major events have been verified with current URLs. Apple Blossom Festival is confirmed April 25–26, 2026 as the 80th annual from the official Sebastopol Chamber site. Passport to Dry Creek Valley is confirmed April 24–26 from the official DCV Winegrowers site. Farm Trails Spring Tour is confirmed May 2–3. Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience is confirmed May 14–17.
Point Reyes and West Marin events stretch outside Sonoma County proper but belong here — same ecosystem, same agricultural values. The fog, the coast, the estuary — one continuous food landscape.
sonomacounty.com/events · wineroad.com/events · exploretock.com · farmtrails.org/events · thesonomalocal.com · drycreekvalley.org · alexandervalley.org · russianriverbrewing.com · appleblossomfest.com · healdsburgwineandfood.com · foodandfarmtours.com · visitmarin.org · bohemian.com · sebastopolfarmersmarket.org · golocal.coop
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