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Celebrate nature's wonders with family fun and live music
Join the Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival on Feb 8 2025 for a day of live music fish casting archery and environmental education at Lake Sonoma
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Set beside the vine lined valleys north of Healdsburg this free festival turns the Milt Brandt Visitor Center and the Congressman Don Clausen Fish Hatchery into a one day salon for river life and regional craft.
On Saturday March 7 2026 from 10 am to 4 pm guests gather at 3288 Skaggs Springs Road Geyserville to watch endangered steelhead make their annual return and to see the fish ladder in action a rare close up on a migration that usually stays hidden beneath dark water.
Expect 60 plus exhibits and a steady rhythm of hands on learning fish casting a mobile aquarium fish dissection stream walks coho and watershed talks plus archery and live music for a polished picnic mood.
Look for guided hatchery tours and the festivals charmingly specific Sonoma details a mussel sniffing dog disc golf demos face painting and the Sonoma Bubble Man Bring a refillable water bottle use the shuttles from overflow parking and plan for limited cell service so the landscape keeps your attention.
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