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Mill Valley Music Festival Organizers Unveil Early Plans for the 4th Edition of Classic Bay Area Event on May 10-11, 2025, With Early Bird Weekend Passes on Sale Thursday, Oct. 23rd at 10am!
”We love our community deeply and we are proud to keep this amazing, family-friendly, multi-faceted May weekend event flourishing and raising the profile of this wondrous place,” says Jim Welte, executive director of the Mill Valley Chamber. “The launch pad of the Mill Valley Music Festival is Friends Field, in the heart of the 94941 and surrounded by some of the Bay Area’s gargantuan Bay Area monoliths – the 2,500-foot Mount Tamalpais, Muir Woods National Monument, and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area just across the Golden Gate Bridge. Adventure, delicious cuisine, a myriad of arts and culture, and an amazing depth of music history are our jam. Come have one of the best homegrown live music experiences in the Bay. While we get to building the 4th edition of this vibrant event, make your plans for an avalanche of pure joy in the spring!”
Read MoreBingo is Back at Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Join Your Friends and Neighbors at OLMC for a Great Night of Bingo
For six or seven years, Bingo was going strong at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Mill Valley. Then… the pandemic began and gatherings were no longer possible. Now, this great community event is back, as Mark and Shawn Klender, along with parishioner Jill Thornton, have stepped up to reinstate Bingo for our church and for our local community. “Bingo brings everyone together, and it’s been so long!” says Mark Klender.
Read MoreMarin IJ’s Jeff Burkhart: Meet the Man Behind the Smash Hit Corner Bar – Jason Sims
The partners’ ultimate vision for Corner Bar is to “blend the authentic charm of a neighborhood bar with the sultriness of a cocktail lounge. We want to celebrate the best of both worlds and infuse a new late night energy to downtown Mill Valley.” Corner Bar’s central location near Sweetwater Music Hall, the Throckmorton Theatre, and Mill Valley Film Festival makes it the ideal destination for pre-show or post-show drinks and bites.
Read MoreRotary Club of MV Hosted an Informative City Council Candidate Forum, Featuring Five Candidates Seeking One of 3 Seats on the Council – MV Chamber and League of Women Voters Provided Support
Rotary Club of MV Hosted an Informative City Council Candidate Forum, Feat. Five Candidates Seeking One of 3 Seats on the Council – MV Chamber and League of Women Voters Provided Support
Read MoreBarely a Year Since Safeway Debuted a Beautifully Remodeled Store in Strawberry Village, It Did So Again this Month at Safeway @ Camino Alto – With a $3,000 Donation to Kiddo!
Safeway at Camino Alto made a $3,000 donation to Kiddo!, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation
Read MoreKelly Brush Ride in Mill Valley Arrives on October 19, Register to Ride, Sponsor This Amazing Event – or Both! Support Active Lifestyles for All
This ride will help raise money to support KBF’s mission of inspiring and empowering people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives. Whether you’re a road cyclist, a mountain biker or someone that just enjoys getting out for a recreational ride, this event has a route for you!
Read MoreSacramento Bee: With a 7.40 Rating, Marin Would be the 7th Happiest Nation in the World, Between the Netherlands and Canada, if it Were its Own Country
“We find that happiness is aligned with specific quality of life ratings. In particular, jobs, leisure, and housing,” Baldassare said, according to the report. “In our polling, we also looked at personal finance. But the biggest change we’ve seen over time has been satisfaction with jobs, which went from 52% saying they were very satisfied in our first polling to 31% today.” Other polling, by Gallup, asked Californians to rate their satisfaction of life from 1 to 10. A research team from the University of Oxford then compiled all 215,801 responses into a map of the state, broken down by county.
Read MoreLarry the Hat’s 26th Annual Community Block Party Returns With a Free Concert Featuring Matt Jaffe & the Distractions and a Taylor Swift Tribute Band – Sept. 29th, 1-5:30pm
Swifty is a Taylor Swift tribute band “by Swifties, for Swifties.” Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Swifty captures the infectious energy of the Eras Tour. Young actor and musician Gillian Eichenberger sparkles as Taylor, and features a live band headed by prolific singer/songwriter Jon Chi. Bust out your bodysuit, throw on your friendship bracelets, and get ready to “Shake It Off” to your favorite songs! Dance party, costume contest, Taylor inspired drinks specials! Matt Jaffe & The Distractions will perform special guests, Westamerica Tai Kwondo performance and class, Kids Zone with Dave Fromer Soccer, Mill Valley Rec Center Crafts and Camp Funderblast.
Read MoreLongtime MV Resident Patricia Gwilliam Ziegler, Creator of the Gorgeous Back Cover of the 2024-25 Enjoy Mill Valley Guide, is the Chamber’s Selection as Artist of the Month for October – Artwalk Is Oct. 1st, 5:30-7:30!
To Patricia Gwilliam Ziegler painting is her lifelong personal journal, a visual expression of her relationships and experiences, interpretations of memories that linger in her heart beyond words. Family, parenting, marriage, as well as the simple moments of every day are her inspirations. To Ziegler the act of painting is like vivid dreaming. She starts with a color or a vague memory and follows her brush as it reveals the image, developing into an enchanted vision with a life of its own.
Read MoreKelly Brush Ride in Mill Valley Is Almost Here – October 19, Register to Ride, Sponsor This Amazing Event – or Both! Support Active Lifestyles for All
This ride will help raise money to support KBF’s mission of inspiring and empowering people with spinal cord injuries to lead active and engaged lives. Whether you’re a road cyclist, a mountain biker or someone that just enjoys getting out for a recreational ride, this event has a route for you!
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