Rivertown Revival’s thousand monkey typing pool has been hard at work, making sure that our 2012 music lineup is a masterpiece even Aldous Huxley would approve of. Locked in our underground think tank/bunker for over six months, our simian booking agents did not disappoint:

Channel Stage

11:30 Kazamoze, 12:30 Waters, 1:30 Driftwood, 2:30 Misner & Smith, 3:30 Homebrew, 4:30 Rowdy River, 5:30 Frankie Boots

Barn Stage

11:30 The Penny Hens, 12:30 Jimmy Chicken Pants, 1:30 Mr. December, 2:30 The Easy Leaves, 3:30 Smokehouse Gamblers, 4:30 Baby Seal Club, 5:30 John Courage, 6:30 Hub Bub Club

Front Porch

12:30 Ghost Train Gospel, 1:30 Eliza Rickman, 2:30 Alison Harris and the Barn Owls, 3:30 Highway Poets, 4:30 The Crux, 5:30 David Luning

Daily Acts and Petaluma-based Rivertown Revival launch a branch of the successful 350 Home and Garden Challenge: Rivertown Gardens

Daily Acts and Rivertown Revival announce Rivertown Gardens, a call to action. Transform your lawn into a water-saving and food-producing garden, and fly a Rivertown Revival nautical flag to signify your love of our River. In honor of Petaluma’s 154th year, Daily Acts and Rivertown Revival invite Petaluma residents to produce 154 water-wise, edible Petaluma “Rivertown Gardens.” Register your garden as part of the 350 Home and Garden Challenge by May 13th online, and join thousands of other Sonoma County residents growing food, saving water, conserving energy, and building community!

Rivertown Gardens is an invitation to the Petaluma community to link your home garden actions to the wellbeing of our watershed. Take on any number of actions and register them online so we can see the impact of all of us working collectively for the health of our river and community. Here are some of the many ways to get involved in the Challenge: install a greywater system; create a rain garden; divert your downspouts; grow your own organic food; and/or transform your thirsty lawn into an edible ecosystem. Each one of these simple actions increases the health of our watershed by reducing toxins, reducing demand on city water resources, and increasing mindfulness about where our water comes from and where it goes when it leaves our property.

“I was thrilled when Erin Axelrod, programs manager for Daily Acts, approached us about this partnership. One of Rivertown Revival’s primary goals is to build community projects that reflect our town’s wonderful culture and spirit. What better way than to partner with Daily Acts’ 350 Home and Garden Challenge?” says Kelin Backman, event director for Rivertown Revival. “We are celebrating our heritage while taking a stand for our future.”

In addition to water- and energy-saving projects taking place all across Sonoma County May 12-13, Petaluma-featured 350 Home and Garden Challenge projects will include:

• A Rivertown Garden at the David Yearsley River Heritage Center
• A 4,000 square foot lawn transformation at the Petaluma Valley Health Center that will become a model educational food garden, saving tens of thousands of gallons of water annually.

More information about Rivertown Gardens visit Daily Acts’ 350 Home and Garden Challenge

Please Come!

Lagunitas Brewing Company – April 10
5:30 to 8:00pm

$20
Food
2 Drinks
The Easy Leaves
The Crux
$5 Weddings
Raffle

Your participation and donations help immeasurably to produce the Rivertown Revival.

Here’s the official scoop:

Lagunitas Brewing Company will be the host location for this fundraiser where the ticket price includes a full dinner as well as live music, and two drinks. Come and swing your girl to the stomping’ sounds of Sonoma County bands, The Crux and The Easy Leaves.

Tickets to the event are $20. All proceeds will benefit the costs associated with producing the Rivertown Revival Festival, the July 21 celebration of Petaluma’s River History. The Rivertown Revival is itself a benefit for the Petaluma River Heritage Center.

As in all Rivertown Revival events, costume elements incorporating the styles of the early 20th century heyday of the Petaluma River are applauded.

The organizers are grateful to the sponsoring providers: Lagunitas Brewing Company, Mary’s Chicken, and Bros. BBQ, The Crux and The Easy Leaves.

Tickets are limited and will sell out.  Tickets may be purchased in advance at http://brownpapertickets.com Lions &  Tigers & Hair in the Lan-Mart Building, 18 Kentucky Street, Petaluma.

Lagunitas Brewing Company is located at 1280 North McDowell Blvd in Petaluma.

If you love Rivertown Revival, WE NEED YOU!

Volunteer work days will be every Sunday in May, June and July from 10:00 to 3:00

Please come 10am – 3pm on Sundays in May, June and July to the River Heritage Center and join the Revivalists working hard to create this epic event.

All are welcome, and will enjoy great music, snacks, and the comradery of our community while giving a little elbow grease.

The River Heritage Center is located on the McNear Peninsula (entrance at Steamer Landing Park, which is located at D Street and Copeland).

Builders- will be working on building the docks, ticket booths, outbuildings, stages, and other areas of the festival. Bring your battery-powered tools (there will be an outlet for recharging) and some friends.  If you have access to scrap lumber that you think would help in construction, please email elizabeth@clementineecoevents.com.

Landscapers- Bring your weedwackers and help us clear the land for the big day!

Crafters-We’ll be creating banners and cloth decor items for the festival. Please bring your basket filled with: stapler, scissors, needles and red, white, and creme thread, pins, and a cushion for your own tushie!

And we’re looking for donations for the Kidstown Area of the festival- please drop off if you have any buttons, clothespins, toothpicks, wood skewers, ribbon, or green sticks.

Rivertown Revival Invites Inventors, Artists and Environmental Water People to Enter the Art Boat Races & Flotilla

Fill in our Art Boat Form »

Mark your calendars, prepare your fabrics, and gather your crew,

for the Third Annual Rivertown Revival comes to celebrate the slough!

“Join up now” reads one fine quote,

“Volunteer, Sponsor, or Build a Boat!”

Merchants and musicians are encouraged as well,

For this year we know attendance will swell.

Check back here for forms, news and posts,

As we plan for a Revival that exceeds your hopes.

“A special time on the mighty slough with volunteers in hearty crew, 8300 came and danced, and sung. Got married too.” Hearty thanks to Michael “Bug” Deakin and Brick Room Studios for creating this film.

Thanks to Brick Room Studios for splicing, dicing, and filming our story

Dave DiFalco puts the final touches on his creation, “The Transporter”
Dave built this for people that need a little help getting down the dirt path.
Thank you Dave!

The store shots provided by HEEBEJEEBE: located at 46 Kentucky  St. in Petaluma.