Festival of Parties

The 2018-19 Festival of Parties

Festival of Parties is a year-round array of events with something for everyone. You’ll find an enticing schedule that includes private recitals with guest artists, stimulating lectures, bridge and game parties, special dining opportunities and much more. These popular parties have supported the League’s mission for 20 years. All proceeds from the Festival of Parties go to the Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra's music education programs.

You can make your reservations and pay online by clicking on the Learn More/Buy Tickets link under each event. Or send in your order form by mail. League Members get a discount on Festival of Party events. Learn more about joining the League.
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Del Sol Rings in the Holidays - Dec. 13, 2018
Del Sol returns to play its wonderful Holiday show. This popular Sonoma group will take the Christmas standards and dress them up in all sorts of different musical clothes with humor and virtuosity, and with just the right amount of sentimentality. Everyone will get into the spirit! All this happens in the festive cave of Deerfield Ranch Winery. Plus there will be plentiful desserts and sweets at intermission.
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Thursday, December 13, 2018
7 P.M.
$50, $45 League Member
Deerfield Ranch Winery
10200 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood.

Let the Games Begin - Feb, 7, 2019
If you enjoy games, you’ll love this day of camaraderie filledwith enthusiastic players, a special lunch prepared by League ladies, wine, and a drawing for prizes donated by wineries, nurseries and other generous donors. Whether your passionis mahjong, bridge, canasta, hearts of Mexican train, you’ll have a great time. The event is usually a sell-out so get in touch with your friends and reserve early. Be sure to tell us what game you’re playing and who will be at your table so we can seat you together. 2019 event will again feature the fashion show to add to your enjoyment of the afternoon. Please reserve by Feb. 1.
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Thursday, February 7, 2019
11 A.M.
$45, $40 League Member
St. Patrick’s Church Hall
9000 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood

Were Your Ancestors Pirates, Thieves or Marie Antoinette? - Feb. 21, 2019
Have you often wondered what country your ancestors camefrom or when they came to America, but haven’t known how to pursue this information? Now is your opportunity to learn about genealogical research and how much fun it is. George McKinney, who holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and is the founder of the Oakmont Genealogy Club, will give us basic tools to begin to search the records that exist today. Join us for tea and you will find the resources you need to start your search.
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
$45, $40 League Member
Sons of Norway Hall
617 W 9th Street, Santa Rosa

Dinner is Served - Feb. 28, 2019
Join us for our 5th year of Dinner is Served. Enjoy an evening of fine dining with your favorite people at one of nearly twenty popular Sonoma County Restaurants. Your purchase includes a multi-choice three course meal, tax, and gratuity. No corkage fee. A number of venues feature music by members of the Youth Orchestra. Celebrate the fine music education programs of Santa Rosa Symphony that reach nearly 30,000 students this year.
More details to come.

The Revolutionists - March 14, 2019
Another signature piece by playwright Lauren Gunderson full of suspense and humor and a really interesting, edgy kind of modern feminism. Four badass women rewrite the French Revolution. An activist playwright, a selfless assassin, a Caribbean spy and former queen Marie Antoinette fight for liberté, egalité and sororité. They have a cause! Do they lose their minds and their heads? What will history think of them?
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
7:00 P.M.
$45, $40 League Member
6th Street Playhouse
52 W. 6th Street, Sana Rosa

Art For Your Garden- April 6, 2019
Join us for another fun-filled art project to welcome in springtime. Our creative team will be assisting you in creating a work of art for the garden or patio. We will have lots of
examples and ideas and all materials will be provided. Bring your friends and expect to have a great day. Wine and snacks are included.
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
1 – 4 P.M.
$45, $40 League Member
Sebastopol Center for the Arts 282 South High Street, Sebastopol

Norma, Corrick and Friends - May 12, 2019
Roy Zajac, Valerie Marshall, Corrick and Norma Brown have arranged an afternoon of chamber music to celebrate the lovely Viennese Bosendorfer piano and Symphony Board member Sara Kozel’s new home in Calistoga. Refreshments will be provided. The address will be given with reservations.
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Sunday, May 12, 2019
2 – 4 P.M.
Sara Kozel's in Calistoga
$50, $45 League Member

Quarryhill Garden Tour - May 22, 2019
Join a docent-led walking tour of an Asian specific botanical garden. Enjoy wine and appetizers in Jane’s Garden following the tour. Quarryhill is a wild woodland garden, intentionally not manicured, featuring one of the largest collections of wild sourced Asian plants in the world.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
1 – 4 P.M.
$45, $40 League Member
12841 Highway 12, Glen Ellen