Ken has been a feature at our Grad Night for many years. Everyone young and old absolutely love…read morehim. I highly recommend him.

Super lovely small town bar. Even if you're not staying at the hotel. Staff was wonderful! Locals…read morewere wonderful! Went in for karaoke and had a blast!

The place is a bit dumpy, But it's always open! And the woman bartender today made me some killer…read moremargaritas with freshly squeezed orange juice. The prices are good! I would come back!

DJ Steve Luther is a pro at Monroe on Friday and Sunday nights. He knows how to mix the music to…read morekeep the dance floor full. Also, I love how he introduces the next song by dance style. That really helps beginners know what to expect. Especially if you do not know all the various types of social dancing. The pricing for lessons and open dance cannot be beat!

Randomly stumbled upon this place while looking for a spot to dance during a trip to Santa Rosa…read more They happened to have a salsa lesson going on, and boy was it fun! Steve the DJ was one of the instructors of the class, and he really went out of his way to make sure we had a good time. The people in general, guests and employees, were all super welcoming and encouraging to us and other newcomers. I've already recommended it to several people who live nearby! Steve announces the type of dance and how the room will be structured before each song, so that you never feel like you'll accidentally run over someone or be run over.

We had high hopes but the venue failed in every regard…read more The layout and the decorations are just beautiful, but the functional acoustic atmosphere is horrible, it's almost the worst I've ever been in. There's almost zero damping and no acoustic management whatsoever. It has the appearance of an attractive venue without the functional reality. It was incredibly painful with the voices of all the talking along with the music ringing in our ears. The conversations of people were amplified by the design of the facility to the point where they were competing with the fully amplified '90s band that I heard called joose. In addition, they appear to have no comprehension about how to actually create an appropriate acoustic management system. There are no damping systems, no soft surfaces, it's like they didn't even ask anybody who knows anything about anything about how to do acoustic design. It's entirely appearance based. We will never return here again for anything other than a cocktail or maybe a karaoke event. It was a waste of $20. Per person. We effectively paid $40 for a couple to be acoustically tortured for 2 hours. We kept hoping it would get better but it didn't I thought maybe once more people came in they might help but it didn't help they just got louder. I can't believe that nobody else has complained about this before.

Really, really disappointed with the drag brunch. In my previous experience elsewhere; the…read moreperformers would put on a great show, with high energy, jokes, dancing and most importantly crowd engagement. However, these performers just lip sang and walked around collecting tips. Hardly any interaction with the crowd. The '3 course meal' was awful. First course was a small cinnamon bun and mini chocolate crossiant, second course was a tiny portion of french toast casserole and egg frita, and then dessert. It was all sugar- no protein, or fruit. Definitely felt like a rip off.

I've been going to this fun bar for a couple of decades!…read moreAlways a fun time and great music! The bartenders are very friendly and make everyone no matter who you are feel welcome! The drinks poured are always full and they have a great selection of beers!

Very large space with lots of seating. Enjoyed playing on the pool table. Bartenders were super…read morenice and helpful. Easy to talk with others and fun overall.

I'm pretty disappointed in Healdsburg Jazz. They seem to focus on money and not Jazz. My experience…read morehas mostly been in the SF Jazz community. Here, they don't seem very open to building relationships and seeking out and creating jazz experiences. They are consistently overpriced and I often leave disappointed. Marcus talks to much and the organization tries to manage its members, rather than focusing on creating events that blow the listeners socks off. It's very sad.

What unfettered fun! Sit outside in lawn chairs enjoying food and wine while listening and…read morewatching to professional Jazz bands! It's all history now, but the afternoon's experience changed many of us who attended: We want to do it again and many of us want to go to New Orleans to see first hand what we sampled! (It would have been a hard sell to get me on a plane to New Orleans before I heard the Dr. Michael White Quartet.) There are many venues during the Healdsburg Jazz Festival - this one was New Orleans Jazz hosted at the Dry Creek Winery on Lambert (Laaaaaambert!) Road. Three groups performed: Russian River Ramblers are a local group of musicians which play traditional music (All of Me). MJ's Brass Boppers Brass Band played an eclectic repertoire that included brassy riffs that caused individuals to get up from those comfortable lawn chairs and dance! The last performance was Dr. Michael White Quartet. Dr. White prefaced each tune with a bit of interesting history on the piece of music and jazz history in New Orleans. One of his original pieces was "Sunday Morning" which Dr. White composed after the Katrina flood that devastated New Orleans. He explained that jazz bands in former times would parade through neighborhoods playing on Sunday morning to lead people to church. I'd never heard that before, but the image of a parade of people following a jazz band to church on a sunny Sunday morning is a good one! The highlight of the performance was when Dr. White was off on his clarinet solo when accross the street, someone's car alarm goes off. I instantly had homicidal thoughts about the car's owner to ruin Dr. White's magnificent solo... when I noticed a nearly imperceptible change in tempo and Dr. White incorporated the car horn into his riff!! Pitch and tempo of the car horn was as if that car horn was designed to accompany the music. That was a dandy demonstration of improvisation that I will not likely forget for a very long time! I hate large crowds. This crowd was small and festive. People I enjoyed being with. I do not know if all the events at Healdsburg Jazz Festival are as good as this one, but if they are half as good, this is an experience worthy of anyone's time.

Healdsburg Jazz Festival Juneteenth Celebration was held here in Saturday June 13. What a beautiful…read morespot to bring a picnic, chairs and blankets and listen to great music. Lots of children and dogs. The Sundra Manning Organ Quartet was amazing. They had an hour of free drum lessons, vendors and educational displays.it was a real treat.

This little plaza gets turned into a picnic ready concert venue every Tuesday night in the summer…read moremonths. With a different live band playing music every week, you are in for a good time. This is a family friendly venue where you can enjoy a free evening of music and good times. You have the option of packing a picnic and enjoying it on the lawn while sitting next to fellow concert goers or you have the option of purchasing one of the delectable treats being offered by the various food vendors on site. Many of the options are the brick and mortar locations brought to the venue for convenience. If you are looking for a relaxing and enjoyable opportunity to enjoy the outdoors on a Tuesday night, venture out to the healdsburg plaza and enjoy the music, food and fun.

My wife and I were looking for a different speed for our wedding (April 2021) music as a "DJ"…read moredidn't fit the vibe we wanted; Carl and his team were just what the doctor ordered! They played "Paris cafe" type music at our request and even made some recommendations with additional musicians to foster that vibe. They were wonderful! Our guests loved it and we got so many compliments! We highly recommend Carl and his team!

We had the FABULOUS experience of having Carl Vast and three other of his co-musicians provide the…read morelive music for the ceremony, the cocktail reception, and the dinner portion of our daughter Lily's wedding at the Highlands Estate in Cloverdale. Honestly, five stars is not enough. For the pre-ceremony ("greeting" music) and for the ceremony itself we had Carl on the guitar, Jeff on the woodwinds (flute, clarinet and saxophone) and Kathryn on the cello. For the cocktail reception and dinner we added Steve, with a bass. I am a big music lover, and for me, the music was maybe even my number one highlight of what was from start to finish a fabulous wedding. Carl was able to arrange it so that the type of music that was played CHANGED for each segment of the event (mentioned above), just enough so that it all flowed together, yet each portion of the event had a distinctively different "feel" to it. I don't know my music terminology very well, but Carl explained that in addition to the wedding music used during the ceremony, they also played jazz music, classical, Bossa Nova and Variety types of music. (All of these types of music can be heard on Carl's website.) Carl speaks the "language of music" very well and was able to be specific with me prior to the event so that we were able to set the mood for each segment of the wedding exactly as we wanted. Also, he was able to tailor certain segments with special requests. My daughter had something a bit more contemporary that she wanted to use for walking down the isle during the ceremony, and for a minimal extra fee (something like $40) the group learned the music and had it ready to go. In the months leading up to the wedding, Carl was extremely helpful when it came to the logistics of what would be played and when. He also went the extra mile when deciding where the musicians would set up the instruments during the ceremony and then during the reception. This enabled the sound to be optimilized (it was an open-spaced outdoor event) and the musicians to be seen and enjoyed, yet people would not be bumping into them (this DOES happen at events if the planning isn't done right). Carl, if you happen to read this, I want you to know that my absolute "high point" of our daughter's wedding was when, towards the end of the dinner, your group played my husband's and my special request, The Ashokan Farewell. We ADORE this piece, and when your band started to play it, my husband and I instinctively got up, walked away from our dinner plates and seated ourselves on a bench near the band. I get choked up just thinking about it. It was at that moment when, fully enraptured in your music and sitting among the rolling hills of the Highlands Estate, when I was finally able to calmly take it all in and reflect. Our past, our present, and our future as a family and how it felt to figuratively release our daughter into the world swept over me swept over me like a swiftly moving San Francisco fog. Thank you, Carl, for everything. But especially for that one moment.