What’s Happening in Sebastopol?

Live Music Fridays
2025-10-31 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-07 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pax Wines, 6780 McKinley St #170, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Spend a casual Friday evening enjoying live music & local wines at a small, family owned & operated winery in The Barlow in downtown Sebastopol.
Featured artists are announced on a monthly basis to our email list and can be found on the events calendar on our website.
Free entry. No reservations are required but Table Service can be booked in advance to ensure you get a seat. Our tasting room is family & dog friendly, please feel free bring the whole crew!

The Great Pumpkin Party
2025-10-31 17:00 - 20:00
Come join us for a family friendly Carnival on Friday, October 31st from 5-8PM. There will be lots of games, prizes and a photo booth! The cost is free! The first 200 people get a slice of pizza and special treat!

The Rewind Arcade Halloween Party
2025-10-31 19:00 - 23:30 | The Rewind Arcade, 6780 Depot Street, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join us for a monstrous Halloween Bash at The Rewind Arcade on Friday, October 31st, from 7 PM until Midnight! We’ll have a costume contest, a prize wheel, and a DJ spinning spooky jams and showcasing Halloween eye candy. All ages are welcome until 8 PM. Bring your own food to pair with the 20 beers, seltzers, and spiked kombuchas available on our self-pouring beer wall – it’s the wave of the future!

The Rewind Arcade Halloween Party
2025-10-31 19:00 - 23:30 | The Rewind Arcade, 6780 Depot Street, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join us for a monstrous Halloween Bash at The Rewind Arcade on Friday, October 31st, from 7 PM until Midnight! We’ll have a costume contest, a prize wheel, and a DJ spinning spooky jams and showcasing Halloween eye candy. All ages are welcome until 8 PM. Bring your own food to pair with the 20 beers and seltzers available on our self-pouring beer wall – it’s the wave of the future!

IPA10K + Brewfest + Beer Mile & Hallowine Half Marathon
2025-11-01 07:30 - 14:00 | The Barlow, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Two fabulous events in one! Coming Halloween weekend to The Barlow!
Get ready for the ultimate celebration of beer, wine, and running! Two fan favorite events — the IPA10K + Brewfest + Beer Mile and the Hallowine Half Marathon — are combined into one for an unforgettable day of fitness, fun, and festivities. This running extravaganza happens on Saturday, November 1st at The Barlow in Sebastopol. Whether you are chasing a PR or just looking for a good time, this event has something for everyone. Run the iconic IPA10K, tackle the Hallowine Half Marathon, jog the 3K, or rally your best beer drinking buddy to compete in the 2-person Beer Mile. And our Wagging Tail Run invites you to bring your dog for a tail-wagging good time in the 3k or 10k. Once you have crossed the finish line, celebrate your victory at our Brewfest and Wine Festival, featuring local breweries and wineries, live bands, delicious food trucks, and an entertaining Halloween costume contest. Watch the pros compete for prize money and the breweries compete for bragging rights in the Beer Mile competition The Barlow is a vibrant hub of shops, restaurants, and tasting rooms—perfect for making a day of it with friends, family, and fellow running enthusiasts. Come for the race, stay for the festival, and enjoy the perfect blend of spirits, sweat, and spooks at Sebastopol’s most anticipated event of the season! Register now for the race and get ready to run, sip, and celebrate!

IPA10K & 3K • Hallowine Half • Brewfest • Beer Mile
2025-11-01 07:30 - 14:00 | The Barlow, 6770 McKinley St, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join us for a sure-to-be unforgettable day at The Barlow! On Saturday November 1, 2025, the IPA10K and Hallowine Half Marathon unite for an epic event in Sebastopol, CA. This exciting multi-faceted event features the 8th annual IPA10K and 12th running of the Hallowine Run produced by Destination Races. poduced by A Good Run and Destination Races. Take part in one of several race options: the IPA10K, Hallowine Half Marathon, 3K, or The Beer Mile. For dog lovers, the Wagging Tail Run invites you to run alongside your bestie while “treating” them like a king or queen.
Enjoy an expanded post-race festival at The Barlow, one of the North Bay’s favorite gathering spots. The festival features local craft brewers and wineries, live music, food trucks, a Halloween costume contest and the iconic Beer Mile competition featuring the best beer milers in the world, the hilarious Brewery Challenge and 2-person beer mile relay. Dotted with shops, restaurants, and tasting rooms, The Barlow is the perfect open-air gathering place to relax and mingle with friends, family and running buddies.

Curated Boards for the Holidays with Bebe Carminito at Gold Ridge Organic Farms
2025-11-01 13:00 - 14:30 | Gold Ridge Organic Farms, 3387 Canfield Rd, Sebastopol, 95472
Master the art of the holiday spread—before your first party.
Join food stylist and recipe developer Bebe Carminito in our Apple Cottage for an intimate demonstration that’ll inspire how you entertain this season.
Bebe will walk you through creating impressive platters and boards from start to finish, sharing recipes and styling techniques from her book The Curated Board. Watch as she composes beautiful small-bite spreads, explains perfect pairings, and reveals the pro tips that make any board look effortless. She’ll demonstrate a couple of her favorite recipes, and you’ll get to enjoy the delicious results together.
What To Expect:
*Live demonstration with Bebe Carminito
*Tasting of everything she creates
*Recipes and techniques to use all season
*A signed copy of The Curated Board—perfect to keep or wrap up as a gift

Soul Motion®: Body Prayer every Sunday in person
2025-11-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Wischemann Hall, 465 Morris St, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
BODY PRAYER IS A FACILITATED EVENT DEVOTED TO INQUIRY INTO EMBODIED CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH MOVEMENT.
This class is offered every Sunday morning, and led by Zuza Engler or another teacher. It is usually attended by a vibrant & diverse bunch of welcoming and friendly people, some of whom have practiced Soul Motion® for years, while some ~ never before.
What to expect
Guidance and structure are part of every week’s class as we travel across the four landscapes of Soul Motion®:
Dance Infinite (prayer space)
Dance Community (ensemble)
Dance Communion (duet)
Dance Intimate (solo)
Practices, structures, and points of view are offered to facilitate the journey. Participants are invited to travel across all landscapes, not just their favorite one: dancing by oneself, in duet, in ensemble with several people and eventually the whole room, or witnessing in stillness the beauty of another’s or of everyone’s dance.
Body Prayer offers a place to be safely uncomfortable as we experiment with ourselves and with each other in our awkward and magnificent dance at the edge of possibility.
No experience necessary! Everyone welcome!

A Senior Moment: Author Talk & Resource Fair
2025-11-02 14:30 - 16:40 | 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, CA 95472
A Senior Moment: Author Talk & Resource Fair
Sunday, November 2
2:30pm-4:30pm
2:30pm-3:30pm Music + Mingle + Resources
3:30pm-4:30pm Author Talk
Join us for a special event featuring Richard Danford, author of Be Aware of that Nursing Home.
Richard will share insights on the nursing home industry, including consumer advice, Medicare/Medicaid limitations, transparency in care, and more.
In addition, community organizations will be on hand with valuable family and senior resources.
This event is open to everyone — families and people of all ages are encouraged to attend!
Enjoy musical guests and light bites!
Sliding scale admission: $5–$25
✨ No one turned away for lack of funds

Why Dieting Doesn't Work
2025-11-02 16:00 - 18:00 | 120 Pleasant Hill Ave. N, Suite 330
The Path to Health is not about quick fixes, chemo, or endless diets. Whether we are dealing with arthritis, cancer, or obesity, the underlying root cause of disease is almost always the same: it is a toxic internal and a toxic external environment that blocks the body’s natural ability to heal.
During this event, Carmen will reveal how to recognize the hidden roots of disease, release toxic burdens on a physical and emotional level, and create the conditions for true healing. Step by step, you will be guided toward a lifestyle of balance, vitality, and freedom — a path to lasting health.
This event includes a PowerPoint lecture and is part of a new series on health, wellness, and natural healing offered by Carmen. The presentation will be clear, structured, and easy to follow, and includes Q&A.
About Carmen
Carmen Baudi helps people uncover the root causes of disease and take charge of their health and wellbeing.
A medical journalist and author with training in homeopathy, media and culture studies, and dental technology, she guides clients toward lasting wellness with a holistic approach.
As a Certified Natural Health Coach under Dr. Edward Group, she is part of his Gold Team Master Class and therefore a member of the Global Healing Institute as well as the American Association of Natural Wellness Coaches.
She has brainstormed for years with her close colleague David Avocado Wolfe, sharing insights on detoxification, nutrition, and holistic wellness.
Carmen empowers people to become their own “body whisperer.”
She helps clients listen to their bodies, respond intuitively, and reclaim vitality through her detox program, weight management, frequency work, and creating toxin-free living and work spaces.
For Carmen, knowledge is freedom, and helping others achieve lasting health, energy, and independence is her greatest mission.

Intro to Yoga Workshop
2025-11-03 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-11-10 15:30 - 17:00 | Radiate Yoga Studio, 961 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol, MD, 95472, United States
Curious about yoga? Here’s your chance to learn the basics in a safe and supportive environment at local Radiate Studio. Taught by experienced local teacher Kate Harding, this workshop is suitable for all ages and all levels. Even if you think you’re not flexible or strong enough for yoga, this class is right for you. Class size is kept small to allow for plenty of personalized attention and modifications. This is a one-time, three part series.

Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
2025-11-04 15:00 - 17:45 | Location Shared Upon Registration
Register Here : https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule
Join us for a magical mussel foraging adventure on the Sonoma Coast. You will learn how to sustainably forage, clean, and prepare our beautiful California coast mussels – as well as an overview of the land’s history, intertidal zone ecosystem, and what it means to be a good steward of our land and waters.
If you haven’t experienced freshly foraged mussels, you will be in for a treat!
A post-foraging feast of mussels on the beach provides the perfect gathering spot to learn how to care for your mussels, ask questions, and enjoy the view. Everyone will have an opportunity to sample the bounty of what we harvested from the sea and share their takeaways from the tide pools.
Each person will take home up to 10 lb of fresh foraged mussels to share, recipes, and instructions.
Mussel season starts in November, don’t miss this magical experience.

Luther Burbank Experiment Farm Work Day
2025-11-05 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Luther Burbank Experiment Farm, 7777 Bodega Ave, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join a cadre of enthusiastic volunteers in preserving and maintaining the Luther Burbank Experiment Farm every Wednesday from 9am to noon. We need volunteers across the spectrum of gardening, leading tours, showing people around the cottage, selling items at the cottage gift shop, and more! All skill and ability levels welcome.

Watercolor Wednesdays
2025-11-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S High Street, Sebastopol, CA
The watercolor class will focus on skill and technique development: wash, color mixing, texture, and line. Beginning painters will practice developing a strong foundation. Advanced painters will benefit from new approaches to the basics and sharpened skills. Discussion will focus on the elements of visual art: light, form, color, and texture.

Future Club: After School Program
2025-11-05 15:00 - 18:00, 2025-11-12 15:00 - 18:00 | Sebastopol Community Cultural Center – Main Building, 390 Morris Ave, Sebastopol, Ca, 95472, United States
Every Wednesday starting mid-August meet up in the Main Hall’s Green Room to do some homework, meet new people, and learn something new! Doors open at 3pm. Head to the community center after school to hang out, grab a snack, and eat some pizza! Ages 13-18. Questions? Reach out to Sean at youthprograms@seb.org.
Wednesdays, starting in August, 3 pm to 6 pm, at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol. Free.

Foraging Wild Sea Urchin (Uni) to Restore Balance (Sonoma Coast)
2025-11-05 15:00 - 18:00 | Location Shared Upon Registration
Register Here : https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule
Save Kelp, Eat Urchin!
Join our half-day intertidal ecology class where we will help the intertidal zone a big favor by helping to remove some of the overgrown sea urchin population. We will teach you how to open and enjoy this incredible delicacy. You may have heard it called “uni” in a sushi restaurant, but it’s SO much tastier when it’s fresh! Take home up to 35 uni. Requires a CA fishing license.
Class Dates (not a series):
Wed Nov 5th at 3 pm
Thurs Dec 4th at 3 pm
Thurs Dec 18th at 3:30 pm

Fall Flowers - Watercolor Workshop & Farm-to-Table Meal
2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Bohemian Flowers Farm, 121 Bohemian Hwy, Freestone, CA, 95472, United States
Join local artist Hannah Day at Bohemian Flower Farm this fall for a one-day watercolor workshop and farm-to-table meal. Bohemian is a flower and vegetable farm located in Occidental, across the highway from Wildflower Bakery. The farm is known for their colorful arrangements filled with unique flowers and foliage, and for their farmstand that sells their produce alongside their bouquets, wreaths, and fresh lemonade. The class will gather in the farm’s old barn, around a large wooden farm table filled with autumnal abundance – colorful straw flowers and beautiful heirloom gourds – to paint a fall still life. Participants will work step by step through rendering our subjects with close observation, foundational drawing skills, and watercolor technique. With a mix of demonstration and individual instruction, artists of all experience levels can walk away with a meaningful creative experience. After painting, you will enjoy lunch, prepared by farmer Bree and made from produce grown on the farm.

Fallin Leaves Festival
2025-11-08 11:00 - 15:00
As the leaves begin to change their colors and slowly fall from the trees we welcome the return of SunRidge Charter School’s beloved Falling Leaves Festival.
Join us in celebrating the season with live music, delicious wholesome food from “Food place” treats, crafts to make, games to play, and a Handmade Marketplace to help you get started in your holiday shopping.
Saturday November 8th
11am-3pm
Free entry and open to the community!

Irish Music in the Vineyard
2025-11-08 15:00 - 17:00 | ReichwageWinery, 1689 Pleasant Hill Rd,, Sebastopol, CA, 95472
Cady & Murphy “Hardly-strictly Irish” Duo performs lush, acoustic country-folk and popular songs, and traditional Irish tunes on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, bodhrán, and vocals. Back by popular demand, this talented duo will mesmerize you with their intricate harmonies and unique instruments.
Gorgeous views of the Mayacama mountains and rolling hills of Sebastopol will relax you.
Kid + pet friendly.

Weaving Earth Benefit 2025
2025-11-08 15:00 - 20:30 | Green Valley Farm and Mill, 13024 Green Valley Road, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join us for a special evening of community, celebration, and support for Weaving Earth!
We invite friends, family, and supporters to gather for a night of delicious food, lively entertainment, and meaningful connection — all in support of Weaving Earth’s mission. Rooted in ecological care, justice, and community wellbeing, our programs equip people of all ages with skills and practices to meet today’s social and ecological crises with resilience and responsibility.
This special evening is in celebration and support of our nature-based education for ecological, social, and personal transformation.
We invite you for:
Dinner & Drinks –Crafted with love and local abundance.
Live Music – A soulful jazz duo to set the evening’s tone.
Dance Party – After-hours with DJ Chagga Star (Naike Swai, ATTUNE facilitator and global sound weaver).
Fireside Conversations – A warm fire to gather around throughout the event.
Silent Auction – Bid on one-of-a-kind experiences and handcrafted treasures.
Games for All Ages – Family-friendly fun woven throughout the night.
This is more than a fundraiser — it’s a community celebration.
Why Attend?
Your presence makes a difference! Every ticket helps us reach our fundraising goal and ensures that Weaving Earth’s programs can reach more youth, teens, and adults—fostering connection, resilience, and care for the Earth. Your ticket is more than admission—it’s an investment in social and ecological care.

African Textile Printmaking Workshop for Families
2025-11-09 10:30 - 13:00 | 390 Morris St, Sebastopol, CA 95472
Sunday, November 9
10:30am–1:00pm
Discover the beauty of African textile art through the use of ancient Adinkra symbols in this hands-on workshop led by artist Asual Aswad. Participants will create and print their own fabric designs in what Asual calls “Talking Cloths.”
Using 4–6 hand-painted stamp symbols in colors of your choice, you’ll layer designs to transform a blank piece of fabric into an original work of art. Along the way, you’ll explore key artistic concepts such as color, design, symmetry, pattern, and balance. All materials are water-based, non-toxic acrylics safe for all ages.
About the Instructor:
Asual Aswad has been teaching the arts to Bay Area youth for many years. He is a resident artist at Southern Exposure and a California Arts Council Resident Artist with the East Oakland Youth Development Center.

Fall Prevention Speaker
2025-11-10 14:30 - 16:00 | 167N. High St.Sebastopol Area Senior Center, 167 N. High St., Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
Join us for a one-time, interactive presentation designed to support healthy aging and reduce the risk of falls.

Medicinal Mixology: The Art of Botanical Bitters
2025-11-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Gather Sebastopol, 122 N. Main Street, Sebastopol, 95472
Explore the intersection of herbalism and craft cocktails in this hands-on workshop with Chef and Herbalist Kim LaVere, owner of Land + Local. Learn how botanical bitters bring balance, complexity, and wellness to both drinks and daily rituals.
We’ll begin with a guided tasting of bitters from Kim’s apothecary, exploring how flavor, aroma, and herbal energetics work together. You’ll learn the foundations of bitters blending, how to use both dried and fresh herbs from local farms, and the basics of formulation—so you can confidently craft your own blends at home.
Then, roll up your sleeves and create your own custom bitters blend in a pint jar to take home and infuse—it will be ready to strain and enjoy just in time for the holiday season. To round out your apothecary toolkit, we’ll also make a flavorful herbal salt blend, perfect for adding a botanical touch to cooking or gifting.
In this workshop you’ll:

Taste a selection of handcrafted bitters from Kim’s apothecary
Learn the foundations of blending and formulating botanical bitters
Create a jar of custom bitters to infuse at home
Blend an herbal salt for everyday use or gifting

You’ll take home: your own infused bitters blend and a handcrafted herbal salt.
All materials provided; no experience required.
Class Cost: $150

Author talk: Anne Scott on Beyond the Noise: Reclaiming Feminine Wisdom for a World in Need
2025-11-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Many Rivers Books & Tea, 130 S. Main St., Suite 101, Sebastopol, CA, 95472, United States
What if the solutions to our world’s most pressing problems lie not just in action, but in a different way of being? Anne Scott, founder of DreamWeather Foundation, has taken her message of healing from local women’s circles to the United Nations Geneva Peace Initiative. She invites/welcomes you to an evening of discovery.
Drawing from her extensive work with women, including women experiencing homelessness, Anne will share powerful narratives that illuminate a “homelessness of the soul” that touches us all. Explore how the feminine principles outlined in her recent books can guide us in seeding new possibility and work as a catalyst for meaningful change.
You will have the opportunity to participate in a Listening Circle, a practice designed to foster deep connection and restore a sense of inner grounding for all of us, regardless of gender. Join us for an evening that promises to nourish your spirit and expand your perspective.
Anne is the founder of DreamWeather Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to restoring feminine wisdom for healing and social change. She has led workshops for women in diverse communities and organizations around the country and internationally for 25 years. For the past 10 years she has offered programs for women experiencing homelessness. She is the author of several books, including “Listening Circles: Seeding Life” – a manual intended to inspire creation of local community listening circles, and “Finding Home: Restoring the Sacred to Life” – stories of women in homelessness and transition.
