Events & Info

This is a wonderful chance to get up close and personal with wild birds and animals and the people who love them. There are walks, exhibits, artists, films, soundscapes. They have really good organic, vegetarian food as well as the usual non-veggie fare. For walks bring warm clothes, good boots and binoculars/cameras. This festival takes place on the migratory path for many of the wild birds species coming through the Bay Area at this time of year. There is also a chapel with antique Tiffany glass panels which is open during the festival.

February 5 - 7th, 2010
Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
Wildlife Expo, Building 897
Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4pm
www.SFBayFlywayFestival.com
707 649-9464 or 707 557-9816

Monday, December 21st the California Revels Company will be in Muir Woods to celebrate the longest night of the year.  The celebration is from 3 to 8pm, but come early.  Carpool if possible as parking is limited and this is very well attended.  Park and go through the main entrance.  There will be luminaria along the main path.  The Revels will be performing Abbott’s Bromley, an ancient dance from England done with 6 men with reindeer antlers on their heads and 4 dancers dressed as a man/woman, a boy archer, a hobby horse and a fool with a triangle which he strikes during the dance.  The music is mystical:  One recorder player playing this ancient melody without amplification.  Also, the Revels singers will be sequestered in the groves and you will hear them without necessarily seeing them.  Dress warmly and be aware that this event is free and open to the public.  Bring a flashlight.    Check Winter Solstice in Muir Woods for more information.  You might even see salmon spawning if you come before nightfall.  There will be warming goodies.  Probably a charge for these, but no info on that.