Lots of local favorites headed to Petaluma Music Fest

Jackie Greene and Steve Kimock to play at the August benefit concert to raise funds for music programs in local schools.|
DAN TAYLOR
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Tickets are on sale now for the ninth annual Petaluma Music Festival, set for Aug. 6 at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, 175 Fairgrounds Drive in Petaluma.

The festival lineup features a long list of regional favorites, including Jackie Greene, Steve Kimock and Friends, The David Nelson Band, The Mother Hips, Moonalice, Mark Karan (Artist at Large). David Luning, The Sam Chase, Joy & Madness, The Highway Poets, Kingsborough, MoeTar, The Grain, Saffell and The Melt. In 2008, Petaluma High School band instructor Cliff Eveland, concerned about the future of school music programs, started the festival to raise money for them. As of last year, the festival had raised more than $125,000 in the five previous years to keep music education programs going in Petaluma area public schools.

Tickets cost $40 for general admission and $95 for VIP tickets until April 30. On May 1, the prices go up to $45 for general admission and $110 for VIP. Admission is free for children age 12 and younger. Tickets for teenagers from 13 to 18 cost $20 each, and will be sold only at the gate.

For tickets and information: petalumamusicfestival.org.

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