Gualala Arts Promoting public interest and participation in the arts since 1961
The Annual Sonoma Mendocino Whale and Jazz Festival usually takes place during April, to coincide with the Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Month. Events are scheduled at multiple venues along the Mendonoma Coast.
This highly regarded festival, with music under the guidance of Fred Adler, and Gualala Arts captures inspired, original jazz art work, jazz films, poetry and jazz, an annual Chowder Challenge and tasting
and live music in atmospheric and beautiful settings, conducive to a special coastal experience. The venues include wineries and restaurants, inns, from Annapolis to Point Arena, a wine bar, the classically restored Arena Theater and the Gualala Arts Center nestled in the coastal redwoods.
Gualala Arts thanks our sponsors for making the prior Mendonoma Coast Whale & Jazz Festivals possible, and for keeping these Online! events happening. And we look forward to future Whale & Jazz events.
Sonoma ~ Mendocino Coast Whale & Jazz Festival Committee:
Fred Adler, Festival Music Coordinator
David “Sus” Susalla, Executive Director
Jan Harris “Angel”
