Every Wednesday evening through the summer, Peacetown fills Ives Park in Sebastopol with free live music. The season runs fifteen weeks, from early June into September, and most nights put two bands on the bill under the park's redwoods, with local artists showing their work alongside the music.
Every Wednesday evening through the summer, Peacetown fills Ives Park in Sebastopol with free live music. The season runs fifteen weeks, from early June into September, and most nights put two bands on the bill under the park's redwoods, with local artists showing their work alongside the music.
This is Sebastopol at its most open-hearted: a lawn full of neighbors of every age, and a welcome that makes a visitor feel local by the second set. The bands lean toward music made for moving, from blues and funk to swing and roots.
Bring a chair, come early for a good spot under the trees, and stay until the last song. Then let the evening drift on to dinner in town.
Peacetown is the Sebastopol community organization that presents the free summer concert series in Ives Park.
Visit organizer site →Peacetown is the creation of Jim Corbett, known around Sebastopol as Mr. Music. He built the concerts to support his Mr. Music Foundation, which helps keep music programs going in local schools, so every summer evening on the lawn also plays for the next generation of musicians.
The setting has its own pedigree. Ives Park is the oldest park in Sebastopol, home to a public pool, a ball field and a theater stage among its trees.
