Events · October through December
Concerts, readings, family celebrations, and community gatherings in Occidental and nearby West County.
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October brings art, bluegrass, civic gatherings, and Halloween; November and December carry the calendar into album releases, poetry, winter concerts, and New Year’s Eve.
October 2026
4 events in and around Occidental.
Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball pairs the crystalline sound of the wire-strung harp with Irish legends, wit, and music in an intimate evening of tales and traditional melody.
Western Sonoma County’s THUGZ bring their communal, improvisational jam rock to Halloween Eve, mixing original songs with rock, blues, country, psychedelia, and the spirit of the Grateful Dead—plus a costume contest.
OCA’s daytime Halloween gathering gives local families a dedicated place to celebrate together, making it a gentler, community-centered counterpart to the previous night’s dance party.
Bay Area band Sabbath Lives brings the heavy, blues-infused sound of early Black Sabbath to OCA for a Halloween show with a costume contest and a cash prize for the best outfit.
November 2026
7 events in and around Occidental.
Sonoma County’s Electric Tumbleweed brings psychedelic outlaw country, twangy guitars, pedal steel, and a hard-driving rhythm section back to OCA for a night built for listening and dancing.
Dublin-born pianist and singer Eamonn Flynn joins Darcy Noonan, Hector Bragado, and Felim Egan for traditional and original Irish music shaped by soul, gospel, and the lively spirit of a Dublin house session.
Occidental acupuncturist and author Dennis von Elgg launches Heart Stories with selected readings, audience questions, and a signing for a book connecting Chinese medicine, cardiovascular science, emotion, and healing.
North Bay ensemble Gradina brings Balkan seasonal songs and dances into the present through a cappella singing and instrumental accompaniment, joined by Gaelen Genetti on Bulgarian kaval and Christina Penrose on clarinet.
An afternoon reading with poets Marjorie Stein, Kathleen Winter, Todd Melicker, and Claire Drucker, bringing four distinct voices together on the OCA stage.
A guitar-centered celebration of the Beatles songbook, bringing familiar melodies and arrangements to the Occidental Center for the Arts.
Bluegrass singer, songwriter, and fiddler Laurie Lewis leads the Right Hands through an afternoon of American roots music, joined by Brandon Godman, Hasee Ciaccio, and other musicians.
December 2026
5 events in and around Occidental.
The Occidental Community Choir returns for two performances, with a Friday evening concert followed by a Saturday afternoon program.
Seven writers and storytellers are chosen from a hat to share original poetry, prose, or stories in seven minutes or less at this West County literary open mic.
Award-winning songwriter Keith Greeninger and guitarist Nina Gerber join forces for an improvisational evening of songs, instrumental conversation, and deep roots in California’s acoustic-music community.
Barbara Higbie gathers musical friends at OCA for a winter-solstice concert and a warm community evening near the darkest night of the year.
Pete Sawyer and the Left Hand Monkey Wrench Gang ring in 2027 with a high-energy dance party and their exploratory take on the Grateful Dead songbook.
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