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Keep in mind that based on initial feedback, we are planning to:

• Keep the event at night

• Bring back the bike parking/bike valet

• Keep the musical focus on one main stage

$5 Weddings are back at Rivertown After Dark! You can renew your vows or get legally hitched by a justice of the peace. Come and share your love with us on Saturday, July 20th, 2024. Use the Weddings link to apply for a spot!

It’s that time again… We’re gathering all of our VIPs (Volunteers are Important People) to help us hoist Rivertown Revival After Dark to great heights. Sign up early to get your favorite slots. Tag a friend who you’d like to volunteer with!

Join us After Dark for our re-imagined Rivertown Revival! Tickets are available online now for Friday, July 19, 5pm - 10pm, and Saturday, July 20, 5pm - 10pm. Buy single or a weekend pass. Kids’ tix available too!

Get your tickets online here.

Tony Speirs is an artist and illustrator living and working in Sonoma County, CA. He had shown his narrative works throughout the Bay Area for over 25 years and his illustrations have appeared in several national and regional publications and books.

Tony and his wife Lisa Beerntsen collaborated as Art Farm to create the interactive “The Game of Hope and Fear” which they are bringing to display at Rivertown Revival this year.

Rivertown is a HUGE party, and the visual and musical stimulation can feel like chaos to some people. In an effort to offer the best experience for all of our attendees, we will have Sensory Friendly kits filled with several calming items and toys, and an assortment of noise cancelling head phones available at the Medical Tent to use during the event. The medical tent will be located near the Kid’s Play Faire next to the Friends of the Petaluma Booth.

If you you know anyone who skips out on these types of events because they, or their child is easily overwhelmed, please pass this information on to them.

Kits will be available in our med tent.

Although trying to flush his mother's jewelry box down the toilet, when first learning to walk, might not strike you as the marker of a curious mind, the fact that Stephen did it several times may tell a different story! This learning adventure was a preamble to many more focused attempts at wrangling understanding from a world of constraints, but it was certainly NOT the messiest.

Working with his father on residential construction sites, being a boat mechanic, endlessly tinkering at home and always looking for a path to use his skills to be helpful, Jim eventually found his way to making things for a living.

With COVID 19 making public assembly impossible, we have decided that if we cannot come Down to the River to Play, we will bring the celebration to you! Each week starting on Saturday May 23rd we will stream engaging, fun and uplifting performances for you and your kids. With intimate musical performances by our favorite regional singers and bands, profiles of visual artists, a weekly kids' magical town report, a mass vow renewal and more!

Shows will stream on the Rivertown Revival Facebook event page and YouTube.

Rivertown Revival has always been about community. From our local vendors and sponsors, to our volunteer community that help us build the event, to our dedication to local musicians and artists: Petaluma is Rivertown, and Rivertown is Petaluma.

The Dreamer Mural Butterflies was founded by Rema Makaryan. With support from Montgomery High School, ArtStart Santa Rosa and the Petaluma Art Center, the project has gained momentum and now has a strong team effort. The team includes: Violet Wang, Lineli Cruz, Mallak Ali, Lani Wongkar, Molly Zhou, Imani Pierre, Maya Grini, Rema Makaryan. They are all local High School Students.

Mae Blackmore returns with a new piece to grace the Revival Tent Stage. “Origins” was specifically designed for our 10th anniversary and explores the roots of Petaluma, Friends of the Petaluma River as an organization, and Rivertown Revival itself.

The 10th anniversary of Rivertown Revival takes place on Saturday, July 20th from 11 am - 8 pm in Petaluma benefiting the Friends of the Petaluma River. We are pleased to announce that in an effort to offer the best experience for all of our attendees, we will have sensory friendly kits…

Kevin grew up in Petaluma, California and studied art and business at Sonoma State University. After trying his hand at sales in the family business for a few years Kevin realized that art was his true passion, so for the last 20 years Kevin has been designing and building restaurants and bars in the Bay Area as well as large scale, metal, interactive sculptures for Burning Man and other music and art festivals, like Rivertown Revival.

Thanks to our friends at BayArea Media Masters for making this incredible video celebrating our “Greatest Slough on Earth”! We love it and hope you do too! C’mon down to Rivertown Revival, July 20th. 2019 and experience it for yourselves!

is a multi-media artist and educator rooted in the outskirts of Petaluma, California. Self identifying as a painter at a young age helped shape her early education and subsequent career in arts facilitation and advocacy. As a teenager, mural work became a bridge between community and the isolating reality of being a visual artist.

Thank you to our Rivertown Revival 2019 Art Sponsor, the Petaluma Public Art Committee!

We are very grateful to be receiving an art sponsorship from the Petaluma Public Art Committee for our 10th annual Rivertown Revival.