Best of Arts and Culture

Best of Arts and Culture 2026

Celebrate creativity in Sonoma and Napa Counties with the Best of the North Bay 2026 Arts & Culture winners. From vibrant museums, galleries, and theaters to live music venues, festivals, dance performances, and community events, these reader-voted favorites showcase the region’s thriving arts scene. Whether you’re looking for a night out, a cultural experience, or the perfect date, these top picks highlight the very best in local art, music, and entertainment.

Best of Arts and Culture 2025

Best Place to Pretend You Came for the...

Best of Arts and Culture 2024

Best Place to Make an Art Investment of the ‘I Knew Them Before They...

Mar 19, 2024

University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park Let’s be frank: We’ve all wondered if that garage sale splatter fest...

Best Place to Become a ‘Movie Prepper’

Mar 19, 2024

The Goodwill DVD section, Sonoma and Napa counties If I have my media history correct, video killed the radio star,...

Best Way to Get Fashionably Trashed

Mar 19, 2024

Sonoma Community Center’s Trashion Fashion Runway, Sonoma A very special community effort is underway in the town of Sonoma to...

Best Way to Un-Mellow a Cello

Mar 21, 2023

Dirty Cello’s new album rocks Hopmonk Sebastopol “We thought we would originally call it ‘Greatest Hits,’ but it sounded super...

Best Way to Get Entwined in Hollywood and Vines

Mar 21, 2023

Sonoma International Film Festival, Sonoma If filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has taught us anything, it’s that one should always go...

Best of Arts and Culture 2023

Mar 21, 2023

Best Art Gallery NAPA Sofie Contemporary Arts SONOMA Sebastopol Center for the Arts Best Ballet Company NAPA The Dance House Napa Valley SONOMA Sebastopol Ballet School Best Band NAPA Mama Said SONOMA Sol...

Best of the North Bay 2022: Arts and Culture

Mar 24, 2022

Best Art Gallery Napa Sofie Contemporary Arts Sonoma Sebastopol Center for Arts Best Band Napa Mama Said Sonoma Sol Horizon Best Cover Band Napa Wonderbread 5 Sonoma Petty Theft Best Indy Filmmaker Napa 1700 FILM /Caleb...