A pre-sale General Admission 4-day pass to this year’s Citrus Fair  is only $15, a savings of $9 over the individual daily ticket price. The 4-day pass for Juniors (ages 6-11) and Seniors is only $8 (half of the individual ticket price). Kids 5 and under are free.

Carnival wrist bands, which let you on all the rides all day, are $20 per day presale. They will be $25 after the Fair opens. [Read more →]

If you want to enlarge your home library at bargain prices, the public library book sales are the place to go. Used books, tapes, DVDs,  and CDs at bargain prices.Childrens Sale Day: Tuesday, Nov. 16 2-4:55 pm and half price 5-6 pm. General Sale Days: Wednesday, Nov. 17 5-9pm. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 18 and 19 10am-5pm. Saturday, Nov. 20 half price 10am-3 pm and bag sale $2 per bag 3:10-5pm. New books added daily through Friday. Special better books added Tuesday through Saturday.

Petaluma Library
100 Fairgrounds Drive
November 16-20 2010 10 am to 4 pm

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As always, there’s plenty of haunted happenings in Sonoma County, many free or cheap (some are pricier). I’ve also tossed in a few harvest or Day of the Dead events. Here is a listing of what’s available (you can click on the date below to be brought down to the events that occur on that day): [Read more →]

The Friends of the Cloverdale Library are holding their semi-annual art exhibit in the Pat Hare Community Room Oct 15-31.  The three talented Sonoma County artists chosen to display their works are Suzanne Jacquot, acrylic and pastel painting; Susan Stover, encaustic painting, and Nancy Winn, animal sculptures. You can meet the artists at the free Friends of the Library reception on October 15,  2010 from 6 pm to 8 pm.

If you want to enlarge your home library at bargain prices, the public library book sales are the place to go. Used books, tapes, DVDs,  and CDs at bargain prices.

Cloverdale Library
Friday, October 8, 2010 10 am to 4 pm
Saturday, October 9, 2010  10 am – 4 pm

Cloverdale’s Annual Oktoberfest will be held in Cloverdale’s Downtown Plaza. German food (bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato salad, apple crisp), wine and beer tasting, live music, silent auction, raffles, street vendors, children’s activities,etc.  The event is free but the costs meal $15 (in advance). For info call:   (707) 894-2039. (BiteClub also has a round-up of Oktoberfests in Sonoma County here.)

October 9, 2010 3 pm to 8 pm
Downtown Plaza, Cloverdale

A lot of people have told me that when it’s rainy and the kids are bored (or sometimes when the sun is shining but the kids are bored) they go to SOTC’s Best Rainy Day Kids Activities in Sonoma County post. And I’ve had people tell me that when they’re bored, or have guests coming in from out of town,  they turn to one of the Ten Free Things to Do in…posts (Bodega Bay, Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park & Cotati,  Sebastopol, Sonoma Valley, Santa Rosa, and Windsor.)

So we’re proud to unveil the ultimate list: SOTC’s 102 Free and Cheap  Things to Do in Sonoma County List. I hope you like it. You’ll always be able to find it in the sidebar to your left, along with other always-useful pages like the Sonoma County Farmer’s Market list. If there are any ideas you think I’ve missed, please leave a comment below telling us about them.

Cloverdale’s Friday Night Live (FNL) Live Music is a summer-long, outdoor concert series in partnership with the Cloverdale Certified Farmers Market.

The featured band this Friday is Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors. [Read more →]

Steve Chaney and Corny Crow will perform feats of  ventriloquism, puppetry, juggling, and more in free performances  for families in Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Cloverdale, Petaluma and Sebastopol. Here’s the schedule: [Read more →]

Cloverdale’s Friday Night Live (FNL) Live Music is a summer-long, outdoor concert series in partnership with the Cloverdale Certified Farmers Market.

The featured band this Friday is Bill Noteman & the Rockets presents a unique, high energy blend of Chicago blues and rock and roll known as West Coast Jump.  Free. [Read more →]