COMMUNITY EVENTS

Juneteenth Celebration

Saturday, June 17, 2-8 pm, Healdsburg Plaza

Healdsburg Jazz will host Juneteenth with live music/bands throughout the day and educational activities for the entire family, including fun music workshops and interactive activities for children. There will also be a range of vendors and food. Join us for this community celebration. healdsburgjazz.org

Art After Dark

Fridays, July 21and July 28, Time TBD, Center Street

Healdsburg Center for the Arts in partnership with the Community Services Department present Art After Dark, a series of pop-up street art events. The goal of each event is to provide the community an opportunity to celebrate and witness art in a unique and welcoming environment. Art After Dark events are free and family friendly.

Fourth Of July Festivities

Tuesday, July 4, 10 am-1:30 pm, Healdsburg Plaza | Dusk, Healdsburg High School

Hundreds of families and kids of all ages come downtown for the annual Fourth of July Kids‘ Parade and Duck Dash in the Healdsburg Plaza co-hosted by the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise and the City of Healdsburg. The event is a fun attraction for the Healdsburg community to celebrate the founding of our nation. Enjoy live music and activities, including; lawn games, Duck Dash Races, face painting, and a parade around the Plaza. In the evening, come watch the Healdsburg Fireworks held at Healdsburg High School. This year’s fireworks are brought to you by the American Legion Sotoyome Post 111 in partnership with the City of Healdsburg. cityofhealdsburg.org/FourthofJuly

The Comedy Of Errors

July 27-29 and August 3-5, and August 10-12, Time TBD, West Plaza Park

One of the Bard’s funniest plays is a madcap romp featuring not one, but two sets of twins! The escalating case of multiple mistaken identities is set in motion when Antipholus and Dromio (of Syracuse) unknowingly visit the hometown of their long-lost twins. The Raven Players production is set in modern day New Orleans during Mardi Gras, taking the fun up another notch! cityofhealdsburg.org/Theater

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Step Outside With Landpaths

The City of Healdsburg is proud to partner with LandPaths to assist in managing the Healdsburg Ridge Open Space Preserve and Fitch Mountain Park and Open Space Preserve. LandPaths is a Sonoma County nonprofit organization specializing in connecting people of all ages with the County’s natural and agricultural lands. The organization stewards public and privately-owned lands for the benefit of the public use and resource conservation.

LandPaths has extensive experience in coordination of volunteers, performing trail maintenance construction, watershed restoration, and managing open space preserves around Sonoma County. In addition, LandPaths offers programs that provide public access on protected lands and has developed many educational programs that re-introduce the public to open spaces.

Landpaths Monthly Stewardship Workdays

If you’d like to volunteer on one of the City’s owned Open Space Preserves and become part of a dynamic group that stewards natural resources such as plants, animals, habitat, watersheds, and preserves infrastructure resources such as trails and roads see below for a list of workdays. More information and registration at LandPaths.org.

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HEALDSBURG RIDGE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE

Throughout this beautiful property you find breathtaking views of the Mayacamas Mountains, Fitch Mountain, Lake Sonoma basin, the coastal range and the Russian River at River’s Bend. The easy to access trails wander through oak woodland, serpentine chaparral, wetlands and mixed evergreen forests. This natural preserve abounds with wildlife and opportunities for hiking, bird watching and nature discovery. In partnership with the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and LandPaths, the City of Healdsburg Community Services Department continues to manage this diverse open space for public recreation and the protection of valuable natural resources. The trailhead is located at the eastern end of Arabian Way. For more information and a trail map please visit cityofhealdsburg.org/openspace

FITCH MOUNTAIN OPEN SPACE PRESERVE

Fitch Mountain is one of the most prominent physical landmarks found in Northern Sonoma County. The mountain is surrounded by the City of Healdsburg and the unincorporated Fitch Mountain community and provides a scenic backdrop for the City. Fitch Mountain can be seen from a great distance in all directions, including a long stretch of Highway 101.

The City of Healdsburg, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Opens, LandPaths, the Coastal Conservancy, and the Fitch Mountain Fund partner to protect, restore, enhance, and steward Fitch Mountain. Walking trails begin at the lower lot of the Villa Chanticleer. Visit cityofhealdsburg.org/openspace for more information.

Badger Park Trails

Badger Park features a quarter-mile gravel walking path around the grass area. Additionally, as part of the installation of the pedestrian bridge and walking pathway linking the west end of Badger Park with Second Street, a half-mile interconnecting trail system allows park visitors to wander through the riparian habitat adjacent to Badger Park and connecting with a trail along the banks of the Russian River.

FOSS CREEK PATHWAY & ART TRAIL

The Foss Creek Pathway now extends from Grove Street near Healdsburg Avenue to Front Street. The Community Services Department, in conjunction with the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation has designed this section of the pathway as an art trail to display sculptures from internationally renowned artists. The Foss Creek Pathway provides a walking and biking path from north end of the city limits, to south of the Russian River at Railroad Park. For more information, please visit celebratesculpture.com.

Healdsburg Tree Walk

We invite you to learn more about the City’s beautiful and well-established trees by enjoying the Tree Walk of Healdsburg. This half-mile (approximately) self-guided tour is intended to help you identify some of our most significant and interesting trees in the downtown area. The Tree Walk booklet is available at no charge at the Community Center, City Hall and Museum.

Community Garden Plots

The City offers community gardens at Badger Park. Plots are available on a first-come, first serve basis with priority going to current plot holders. The gardening year is January 1 - December 31 and plots can be renewed annually. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please call us at 707.431.3301.