Savor Sonoma County’s arts scene your way. Sculpture gardens tucked into hills, intimate performance venues in charming small towns join major performing arts centers like the Green Music Center and Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in sharing the arts. Each Sonoma County community has its own style of artistic expression. Look for one-of-a-kind souvenirs by artists, jewelry makers, artisans, and more in galleries and studios countywide. Stroll from gallery to gallery in Healdsburg or visit the the oldest continuously operating artists' cooperative in California. With thousands of artists and more than 20 performing arts companies in Sonoma County, you’re sure to find something special where life opens up. Be sure to check out the Performing Arts and Music & Nightlife sections for more artistic offerings.
January 2021 Update: During the current COVID-19 pandemic, a number of Sonoma County activities are currently restricted. Activities such as museums, nightlife, live music, and performing arts are unavailable. See What's Open. Sonoma County Tourism is encouraging everyone to follow public health authorities’ recommendations  and to review the Safe Travels Promise as a way to keep our community and visitors safe.
Trip Ideas
Stroll through fascinating neighborhoods, view a wide variety of artwork, sip a little wine, nibble on an appetizer, and perhaps enjoy a bit of music during one of Sonoma County's multitude of art...
Walk around — and in some cases on, under, or through — unique and colorful artwork in northern Sonoma County, where the communities of Geyserville and Cloverdale both host sculpture trails. Stroll...
If you're a history lover, here's a three-day road trip that delves into Sonoma County's long and glorious past. It takes you across mountains, valleys, meadows, and forests; into charming towns and...
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The wood-frame building next to the barracks seems to have been constructed during the 1850s when it housed, among other things, a retail store and rental library. Later the building came to be used…
Just steps from the historic Sonoma Plaza, SVMA curates rotating exhibitions of contemporary and modern art and provides educational and public programming for children, youth and adults.
The Petaluma Wildlife Museum houses over 9000 square feet of taxidermied animal, mineral, and fossil displays as well as live mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Students take courses in…
Petaluma Shakespeare Company, the only free Shakespeare in Sonoma County, was founded in 2015 opening its first season of Free Shakespeare by the River at Foundry Wharf with Taming of the Shrew. In…
Valley of the Moon Art Association (VOMAA) was started in 1958 by a group of local artists who came together to paint. As a community oriented non-profit association, our goal is the encouragement of…
Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st mission in Alta California, and the only one built under the Mexican era. It was the northernmost and last of the missions to be established. San Francisco…
Modern Art West features museum quality Bay Area art including painting, sculpture, and works on paper, from the modern and post-war periods. The gallery specializes in historical California art…
Our vision was to develop a gallery to present the talented artists we work with, and others as well, to our community in a professional gallery setting.
Riverfront Art Gallery is an award-winning gallery located in Historic Downtown Petaluma. We exhibit Fine Art Photography and Paintings from North Bay Artists. We are a Cooperative gallery. Our…
Licking, twirling columns of green, yellow and crimson fire leap and dance through the hole in the top of the furnace. It is a pocket of pure heat. Without protection it will burn your eyes and melt…