Enjoy Mill Valley Blog
The Enjoy Mill Valley Blog is the official storytelling platform of the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce — and the most comprehensive source for what’s happening in and around town.
Whether you’re looking to explore something new, support a neighborhood business, or stay informed about upcoming events, the Enjoy Mill Valley Blog is your trusted source for local insight — thoughtfully curated and proudly community-driven.
With Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Set to Return to Golden Gate Park Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Sweetwater Lands a Pair of Dynamite ‘Out of the Park’ Shows
On Sept. 30, Waco Bros. & Bob Schneider perform w/ a special screening of the Hazel Dickens Documentary “Don’t Put Her Down.” And on Oct. 1 the ever-amazing post-Fela Kuti Afrobeat band Antibalas takes the stage at the Sweetwater fr the first time in a couple of years, and will be joined by the guitar-driven Algerian Tuareg desert rock quintet Imarhan.
Read More
Lights, Camera & Get In on the Action at the 45th Mill Valley Film Festival – Oct. 6-16
This year, the festival’s 45th edition marks a return to the norm, with the retention of at-home virtual screenings Organizers have landed a stellar cast of all of the above for MVFF’s 145-film program from Oct. 6-16. “This year is kind of like the phoenix rising out of the ashes of the craziness of the last few years.”
Read More
Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Sept. 12
If you want to support this Enjoy Milll Valley Blog, including all of the News You Can Use below, you can make a tax-deductible donation of $75 or more to the Enjoy Mill Valley Fund, which supports shovel-ready beautification and infrastructure improvements throughout Mill Valley, from flower plantings and restoration of landmarks like the Gravity Car and Clock Tower to the free Movies…
Read More
The Hivery Hosts Wellness Day @ Club Evexia – Sept. 23
The Hivery is partnering with Club Evexia, Warren Gendel and Scott Raymond’s massive fitness, health, and wellness business that seeks to serve the broadest swath of people possible, located at 100 Shoreline Hwy. The two organizations are offering “a curated, half-day wellness escape at their beautiful new wellness club,” Kraaijvanger write in a missive to her members.
Read More
Variety to Honor ’10 Screenwriters to Watch’ at Mill Valley Film Festival – Oct. 15
For more than a decade, Variety has honored “10 Screenwriters to Watch,” regularly bring those honorees together for a chance to recognize their achievements and facilitate a conversation around screenwriting. They’ll do so again this year as part of the 45nd Mill Valley Film Festival on Oct. 15.
Read More
The Trailer for the 45th Mill Valley Film Fest Is Here!
The 45th Mill Valley Film Fest runs Oct. 6-16. Here’s the trailer.
Read More
O’Hanlon Center Dials Up Free-Form Jazz Sept. 24, Margery Kreitman’s Humorous Navigation of a month-long silent retreat on Oct. 2
The O’Hanlon Center for the Arts is back at it with a pair of events in September. On Sept. 24, the Deb Winters Band plays an intimate evening of jazz and contemporary styles. On Oct. 2 at 3pm, O’Hanlon shifts gears from music to comedy with “retreat,” a humorous exploration of playwright and solo performer Margery Kreitman’s journey as she navigates her way through a month-long silent retreat.
Read More
As Blithedale Project Continues, We Keep Ramping Up Our Support For downtown Businesses & Nonprofits – Check Out Our New Signs Reminding You to #ShopMV!
Earlier this year, we created – with generous design assistance from Poet and/the Bench and the support of the City of Mill Valley – an array of banners, both on Miller Ave. and on the Depot Plaza, to urge residents and guests to support the people that serve as backbone of our community. Now we’re deploying some signs around town to do the same.
Read More
Scintillating Live Music + Fashion Show + Beer Garden to Benefit Kiddo! = Larry the Hat’s Community Block Party – Sept. 25
On Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1-6pm, Larry the Hat’s “Mill Valley Community Block Party” once again takes over the block of Miller Ave. between Throckmorton and Sunnyside avenues, with the Depot Plaza used for kids activities.
Read More
Sweetwater to Toast Its 50th Anniversary with a Series of Live Shows & a Gala to Benefit Its Nonprofit Arts Fund
Bob Weir, Sweetwater co-owner and a musical icon, made news this week by announcing that he’ll once again take the Sweetwater stage as part of the venue’s 50th anniversary gala on Thursday, November 17, all part of a multi-night benefit for the venue’s recently created nonprofit Sweetwater Music Hall Arts Fund.
Read More
Mill Valley Market Rolls Out Welcoming Outdoor Furniture
Some of those Downtown Project’s bulb-outs were large enough to create more outdoor sidewalk space, particularly for the venerable Mill Valley Market at 12 Corte Madera Avenue. The market’s leadership recently placed a welcoming array of outdoor gathering spaces.
Read More
Elvis Costello to Perform a Pair of ‘Elvis Sings Hunter-Garcia’ Shows To Benefit Austin & Leslie de Lone’s Prader-Willi Home of CA
The de Lone family had paused the event in recent years, but it’s coming back in a massive way this month. Music legend Elvis Costello, long a fan, collaborator and colleague of the late icon Jerry Garcia, as well as songwriting guru Robert Hunter, is set to perform Elvis Sings Hunter-Garcia, a pair of intimate shows at the Great American Music Hall.
Read More