The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise presents its 22nd annual Festival September 2nd and 3rd at Ives Park in Sebastopol. All proceeds from the festival fund West County nonprofits, schools, health, hunger, homeless programs. Crawfish, Cajun food, BBQ, plus artisan crafts, beer, wine hurricanes and . . .
Huge Shade Cover & Wooden Dance Floor!
Live and learn. We tried the ticking of boxes thing, to tell you in every single entry, if an event is: all ages, has a dance floor, how many people the dance area accommodates, if it’s outside, yada, yada, yada. We were doing our darnedest to have the most information for you. If you could see all the scrolling and clicking we were doing to make that happen. . .
So, now we’re working smarter, so we don’t burn out. But it’s cool for you. Here’s why:
Go to the calendar page and pick an event. Most any event. Now click on the venue. Bam! Everything you ever wanted to know about dancing to music at that juke joint, farmers market or restaurant. And then you know, and you don’t have to click through next time. And we only have to tick the “Click on venue for description” box and the genres, and we can load stuff up at lightening speed. And still have time to go dance.
Since we only have to enter this information once, we can be more complete. Sometimes a whole paragraph.
You won’t see the details you don’t need again and again, and we have less work.
Know what else is cool when you click on venue, that you may not have known or forgotten? All of its upcoming gigs will display below the description. How cool is that?
So, before June, we’ll have ALL the outdoor farmers markets, street fairs and summer series listed – in addition to most of the venues. We’re also getting some winery series in there. And festivals. And it’s oh, so much easier.
We would still love to have a Petaluma scout and a winery liaison to get us information about even more places folks can shake their booty. And, as always, tell all your music-loving friends about us.
The season has begun! Enjoy!
Musicians! There is still time to sign up for Creative Sonoma’s Next Level Conference & Grants 2017. We’ll be at a table at the conclusion on Sunday to answer your questions and collect your band information to improve your Sonoma County Dance Beat gig listings. You can also find out other ways in which we can help you take it to the Next Level. Find out more here.
We’ve also put the Boost Your Event page back up, but now it’s called Get Listed. Too many musicians are confused about the process, so we decided to spell it out and make it easy to do. Easier than “email us the magic five things” (which still works, by the way).
Dancers! We’ve added some more boxes to tick on the back end. What does that mean for you? You’ll see some descriptions of the venues’ dance areas. We will — when we have the information — let you know what you’ll be dancing on and how many dancers the space will fit.
Musicians and Dancers should “like” our Facebook page and subscribe to the email list to stay in the know. We post anything related to local dance music. Did your axe get stolen out of your car? We’ll share about it on Facebook, and other musicians will rally to your aid. We share FB events for great live music, especially if we find out about it too late to post it to the website. Want to try a new venue as a dancer or a musician? We often post pictures of venues with a brief write-up in our eBlasts.
Got a suggestion for the site, tip about a new venue, or a correction? Please use the contact form. We usually respond the same day.
We still teach many forms of dance by appointment in our RR Square studio. Something to consider if you want to take your dancing to the Next Level. Contact form works for that, too. Leave your phone number and availability.
See you at the first Wednesday Night Market in the new square! Then it’s back to data entry to keep that calendar fat.
