Do you love the fair, but hate the rides, the livestock show, the flower show, the art show, the bird show, the horse racing, the cakes, the contests, the cotton candy, the quilts, the gyros, the fudge, the frozen lemonade, the sand sculptures, the magicians, and the monster trucks? Then you’ll dig the Petaluma Music Festival, which is just like being at the fair, except for all that stuff! Music’s the focus at this annual fundraiser for music in the schools—Jackie Greene headlines, while the Pimps of Joytime, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Nicki Bluhm, the Highway Poets and 11 other bands play this Saturday, August 4, at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds. 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma. $30. 11am. 11am-8:30pm.
